Decision 2021/1844 - EU position within the Association Council EU-Jordan as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation

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This decision was in effect from October 18, 2021 until December 31, 2023.

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Key information

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Council Decision (EU) 2021/1844 of 18 October 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2021/1844
Regdoc number ST(2021)11792
Original proposal COM(2021)387 EN
CELEX number i 32021D1844

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Key dates

Document 18-10-2021; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 21-10-2021; OJ L 373 p. 91-93
Effect 18-10-2021; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-2023; See Art. 2

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21.10.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 373/91

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/1844

of 18 October 2021

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), was concluded by the Union by Council and Commission Decision 2002/357/EC, ECSC (1) and entered into force on 1 May 2002.

 

(2)

The Agreement includes Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (‘Protocol 3’). Pursuant to Article 4 of Protocol 3, the Association Council established by Article 89 of the Agreement (‘the Association Council’) may decide to amend the provisions of Protocol 3.

 

(3)

The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (‘the PEM Convention’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision 2013/94/EU (2) and entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012. It lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant bilateral free trade agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties to the PEM Convention, which apply without prejudice to the principles laid down in those bilateral agreements.

 

(4)

Following the adoption of Council Decision (EU) 2020/2067 (3) on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Association Council as regards the amendment of the Agreement by replacing Protocol 3, the Association Council adopted Decision No 1/2021 (4) replacing Protocol 3 with a new text.

 

(5)

Protocol 3 contains, on the one hand, a dynamic reference to the PEM Convention, making the PEM Convention applicable between the Union and Jordan, and, on the other hand, the transitional rules that have been applicable as an alternative set of rules of origin to those laid down in the current PEM Convention since 1 September 2021.

 

(6)

As part of the Union’s support for Jordan in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis, in July 2016 the Union and Jordan agreed to temporarily relax rules of origin applying to exports of Jordanian products to the Union under the Agreement.

 

(7)

Consequently, the EU-Jordan Association Committee adopted Decision No 1/2016 (5) to amend the provisions of Protocol 3 as regards the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and to supplement the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order for certain categories of products, manufactured in the territory of Jordan and connected with generating employment for Syrian refugees and Jordanians, to obtain originating status.

 

(8)

The EU-Jordan Association Committee adopted Decision No 1/2018 (6) to amend the provisions of Protocol 3 by relaxing the rules of origin scheme further and extending the duration of the scheme established by Decision No 1/2016 until 31 December 2030. Decision No 1/2018 entered into force on 4 December 2018.

 

(9)

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