Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 of 5 October 2021 on the association of the Overs... (32021D1764)
Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 of 5 October 2021 on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland)
- COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/1764
- of 5 October 2021
- on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland)
- PART I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE UNION
- CHAPTER 1
- General provisions
- Article 1
- Subject matter
- Article 2
- Territorial application
- Article 3
- Objectives, principles and values
- Article 4
- Management of the association
- Article 5
- Mutual interests, complementarity and priorities
- Article 6
- Promotion of the association
- Article 7
- Regional cooperation, regional integration and cooperation with other partners
- Article 8
- Participation in European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation
- Article 9
- Specific treatment
- CHAPTER 2
- Cooperation
- Article 10
- General approach
- Article 11
- Actors of cooperation
- Article 12
- Responsibilities of the non-governmental actors
- CHAPTER 3
- Institutional framework of the association
- Article 13
- Guiding principles for dialogue
- Article 14
- Instances of dialogue of the association
- PART II
- AREAS OF COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ASSOCIATION
- CHAPTER 1
- Environmental issues, climate change, oceans and disaster risk reduction
- Article 15
- General principles
- Article 16
- Sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Article 17
- Sustainable forest management
- Article 18
- Integrated coastal zone management
- Article 19
- Oceans
- Article 20
- Sustainable water management
- Article 21
- Waste management
- Article 22
- Energy
- Article 23
- Raw materials
- Article 24
- Climate change
- Article 25
- Disaster risk reduction
- CHAPTER 2
- Accessibility
- Article 26
- General objectives
- Article 27
- Maritime transport
- Article 28
- Air transport
- Article 29
- Air transport safety and security
- Article 30
- ICT services
- CHAPTER 3
- Research and innovation
- Article 31
- Cooperation in research and innovation
- CHAPTER 4
- Youth, education, training, protection of the rights of the child, health, employment, social security, food safety and food security
- Article 32
- Youth
- Article 33
- Education and training
- Article 34
- Protection of the rights of the child
- Article 35
- Employment and social policy
- Article 36
- Public health, food safety, and food and nutrition security
- CHAPTER 5
- Culture and tourism
- Article 37
- Cultural exchanges and dialogue
- Article 38
- Audio-visual cooperation
- Article 39
- Performing arts
- Article 40
- Protection of cultural heritage and historic monuments
- Article 41
- Tourism
- CHAPTER 6
- Fight against organised crime
- Article 42
- Fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, terrorism and corruption
- PART III
- TRADE AND TRADE-RELATED COOPERATION
- TITLE I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 43
- Specific objectives
- TITLE II
- ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES AND ESTABLISHMENT
- CHAPTER 1
- Arrangements for trade in goods
- Article 44
- Free access for originating goods
- Article 45
- Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
- Article 46
- Measures adopted by the OCTs
- Article 47
- Non-discrimination
- Article 48
- Conditions for movements of waste
- Article 49
- Temporary withdrawal of preferences
- Article 50
- Safeguard and surveillance measures
- CHAPTER 2
- Arrangements for trade in services and for establishment
- Article 51
- Definitions
- Article 52
- Most favourable treatment
- TITLE III
- TRADE-RELATED AREAS
- CHAPTER 1
- Trade and sustainable development
- Article 53
- General approach
- Article 54
- Environmental and climate change standards in trade
- Article 55
- Labour standards in trade
- Article 56
- Sustainable trade in fisheries products
- Article 57
- Sustainable timber trade
- Article 58
- Trade and sustainable development
- CHAPTER 2
- Other trade-related issues
- Article 59
- Current payments and capital movements
- Article 60
- Competition policies
- Article 61
- Protection of intellectual property rights
- Article 62
- Protection of Geographical Indications
- Article 63
- Technical barriers to trade
- Article 64
- Consumer policy, consumer health protection and trade
- Article 65
- Sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures
- Article 66
- Prohibition of protectionist measures
- CHAPTER 3
- Monetary and tax matters
- Article 67
- Tax carve out
- Article 68
- Tax and customs arrangements for Union-funded contracts
- CHAPTER 4
- Trade capacity development
- Article 69
- General approach
- Article 70
- Trade dialogue, cooperation and capacity development
- CHAPTER 5
- Cooperation in the area of financial services and taxation matters
- Article 71
- Cooperation on international financial services
- Article 72
- International standards in financial services
- Article 73
- Cooperation in taxation matters
- PART IV
- FINANCIAL COOPERATION
- CHAPTER 1
- Principles
- Article 74
- Financial resources
- Article 75
- Budget
- Article 76
- Definitions
- Article 77
- Principles of financial cooperation
- CHAPTER 2
- Specific provisions for the financial cooperation
- Article 78
- Subject matter and scope
- Article 79
- Capacity development
- Article 80
- Technical assistance
- CHAPTER 3
- Implementation of the financial cooperation
- Article 81
- General principle
- Article 82
- Adoption of multiannual indicative programmes, action plans and measures
- Article 83
- Eligibility for territorial financing
- Article 84
- Eligibility for regional financing
- Article 85
- Eligibility for other Union programmes
- Article 86
- Reporting
- Article 87
- Financial controls
- PART V
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 88
- Delegation of powers to the Commission
- Article 89
- Exercise of the delegation
- Article 90
- Committee procedure
- Article 91
- Information, communication and publicity
- Article 92
- European External Action Service clause
- Article 93
- Repeal and transitional provisions
- Article 94
- Entry into force
- ANNEX I
- UNION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- Article 1
- Allocation between the OCTs
- Article 2
- Administration of resources
- Article 3
- Indicators
- ANNEX II
- CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’ AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
- TITLE I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Definitions
- TITLE II
- DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINATING PRODUCTS
- Article 2
- General requirements
- Article 3
- Wholly obtained products
- Article 4
- Sufficiently worked or processed products
- Article 5
- Insufficient working or processing operations
- Article 6
- Tolerances
- Article 7
- Bilateral cumulation
- Article 8
- Cumulation with EPA countries
- Article 9
- Cumulation with other countries benefitting from duty-free quota-free access to the market of the Union under the Generalised System of Preferences
- Article 10
- Extended cumulation
- Article 11
- Unit of qualification
- Article 12
- Accessories, spare parts and tools
- Article 13
- Sets
- Article 14
- Neutral elements
- Article 15
- Accounting segregation
- Article 16
- Derogations
- TITLE III
- TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Article 17
- Principle of territoriality
- Article 18
- Non-manipulation clause
- Article 19
- Exhibitions
- TITLE IV
- PROOFS OF ORIGIN
- Section 1
- General requirements
- Article 20
- Amounts expressed in euros
- Section 2
- Procedures at export in the OCT
- Article 21
- General requirements
- Article 22
- Request for registration
- Article 23
- Registration
- Article 24
- Revocation of the registration
- Article 25
- Supporting documents
- Article 26
- Statement on origin and information for cumulation purpose
- Article 27
- Supplier’s declaration
- Article 28
- Proof of origin
- Section 3
- Procedures at release for free circulation in the Union
- Article 29
- Submission of proof of origin
- Article 30
- Exemption from proof of origin
- Article 31
- Discrepancies and formal errors
- Article 32
- Validity of statements on origin
- Article 33
- Procedure for importation by instalments
- Article 34
- Verification of statements on origin
- Article 35
- Denial of preferences
- TITLE V
- ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
- Section 1
- General requirements
- Article 36
- General principles
- Article 37
- Publication requirements and compliance
- Article 38
- Penalties
- Section 2
- Methods of administrative cooperation applicable for the REX system
- Article 39
- Communication of names and addresses of competent authorities of the OCTs
- Article 40
- Access rights to and publication of data from the REX system
- Article 41
- Protection of data in the REX system
- Article 42
- Control of origin
- Article 43
- Request for verification of statements on origin
- Article 44
- Verification of suppliers’ declarations
- Article 45
- Other provisions
- TITLE VI
- CEUTA AND MELILLA
- Article 46
- Ceuta and Melilla
- TITLE VII
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 47
- Committee procedure
- Appendix I
- Introductory notes and list of working or processing operations which confer originating status
- Introductory notes
- Note 1 – General introduction
- Note 2 – The structure of the list
- Note 3 – Examples of how to apply the rules
- Note 4 – General provisions concerning certain agricultural goods
- Note 5 – Terminology used in respect of certain textile products
- Note 6 – Tolerances applicable to products made of a mixture of textile materials
- Note 7 – Other tolerances applicable to certain textile products
- Note 8 – Definition of specific processes and simple operations carried out in respect of certain products of Chapter 27
- List of products and working or processing operations which confer originating status
- Appendix II
- Application for a derogation
- 1. COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT
- 1.1 Customs classification (H.S. code)
- 2. COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS
- 2.1 Customs classification (H. S. code)
- 3. ANTICIPATED ANNUAL QUANTITY OF EXPORTS TO THE UNION (EXPRESSED IN WEIGHT, No OF ARTICLES, METRES OR OTHER UNIT)
- 4. VALUE OF FINISHED PRODUCTS
- 5. VALUE OF THE NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS
- 6. ORIGIN OF NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS
- 7. REASONS WHY THE RULE OF ORIGIN FOR THE FINISHED PRODUCT CANNOT BE FULFILLED
- 8. DURATION REQUESTED FOR DEROGATION
- 9. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS TO OVERCOME THE NEED FOR A DEROGATION
- 10. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
- Appendix III
- Application to become a registered exporter
- for the purpose of registering exporters in the OCTs in the framework of the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union
- Appendix IV
- Statement on origin
- French version
- English version
- (3) Appendix V
- Supplier’s declaration for products not having preferential original status
- Appendix VI
- Information certificate
- ANNEX III
- TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERENCES
- Article 1
- Principles concerning the withdrawal of preferences
- Article 2
- Withdrawal of preferential arrangements
- ANNEX IV
- SAFEGUARD AND SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES
- Article 1
- Definitions relating to surveillance and safeguard measures
- Article 2
- Principles of safeguard measures
- Article 3
- Initiation of proceedings
- Article 4
- Investigations
- Article 5
- Prior surveillance measures
- Article 6
- Imposition of provisional safeguard measures
- Article 7
- Imposition of definitive measures
- Article 8
- Duration and review of safeguard measures
- Article 9
- Confidentiality
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