Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway of 14 May 1973, as regards the replacement of Protocol 3 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new Protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean prefe

The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (hereafter 'the Convention') lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant Agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties. The EU and Norway signed the Convention on 15 June 2011.

The EU and Norway deposited their instruments of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and on 9 November 2011, respectively. As a consequence, in application of its Article 10(3), the Convention entered into force in relation to the EU and Norway on 1 May 2012 and 1 January 2012, respectively.

Article 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway should adopt a Decision replacing Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation by a new Protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention. The position to be taken by the EU within the Joint Committee should be established by the Council.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)276: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:276:FIN

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