Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation

The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the United Mexican States was signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997. The trade liberalisation provisions were laid down in Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council established by the Agreement.

Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council, concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, sets out the rules of origin for the products originating in the territory of the Parties to the Agreement.

The European Union has in place a customs union with the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino. By virtue of this customs union goods originating in Mexico benefit from preferential treatment under the EU-Mexico Agreement when entering Andorra and San Marino. It was agreed that Mexico will now accept products originating in the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino as originating in the EU within the meaning of Annex III to Decision No 2/2000.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2017)64: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:064:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)65: Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2017:065:FIN

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