Grozījums likumā "Par Latvijas Republikas un Eiropas brīvās tirdzniecības asociācijas valstu līgumu"

1Sub-paragraph (i) of

2Article 1 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"(i) "added value"

4shall be taken to be the ex works price minus the customs value

5of each of the products incorporated which originated in the

6other countries referred to in Articles 3 and 4 or, where the

7customs value is not known or cannot be ascertained, the first

8price verifiably paid for the products in the EFTA State

9concerned or in Latvia;"

1Except as provided for in

2Articles 3 and 4, where originating goods exported from an EFTA

3State or Latvia to another country return, they must be

4considered as non-originating, unless it can be demonstrated to

5the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

6(a) the returning goods are the

7same as those that were exported; and

8(b) they have not undergone any

9operation beyond that necessary topreserve them in good condition

10while in that country or while being exported.

1The acquisition of originating

2status in accordance with the conditions set out in Title II

3shall not be affected by working or processing done side an EFTA

4State or Latvia on materials exported from an EFTA State or

5Latvia and subsequently reimported there, provided:

6(a) the said materials are wholly

7obtained in an EFTA State or Latvia or have undergone working or

8processing beyond the insufficient operations listed in Article 7

9prior to being exported; and

10(b) it can be demonstrated to the

11satisfaction of the customs authorities

12that:

13(i) the reimported goods have been

14obtained by working or processing the exported materials; and

15(ii) the total added value

16acquired outside the EFTA State concerned or Latvia by applying

17the provisions of this Article does not exceed 10 per cent of the

18ex-works price of the final product for which originating status

19is claimed.

1For the purposes of paragraph

23, the conditions for acquiring originating status set out in

3Title II shall not apply to working or processing done outside an

4EFTA State or Latvia. But where, in the list in Annex II, a rule

5setting a maximum value for all the non-originating materials

6incorporated is applied in determining the originating status of

7the final product, the total value of the non-originating

8materials incorporated in the territory of the State Party

9concerned, taken together with the total added value acquired

10outside the EFTA State concerned or Latvia by applying the

11provisions of this Article, shall not exceed the stated

12percentage.

1Paragraph 1 of Article

213 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"1. The preferential

4treatment provided for under the Agreement applies only to

5products, satisfying the requirements of this Protocol, which are

6transported directly between the State Parties or through the

7territories of the other countries or the European Community as

8referred to in Articles 3 and 4. However, products constituting

9one single consignment may be transported through other

10territories with, should the occasion arise, trans-shipment or

11temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they

12remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the

13country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations

14other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to

15preserve them in good condition.

16Originating products may be

17transported by pipeline across territory other than that of the

18State Parties."

1Paragraph 1 of Article

214 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"1. Originating products,

4sent for exhibition outside the State Parties or the other

5countries or the European Community as referred to in Articles 3

6and 4 and sold after the exhibition for importation into an EFTA

7State or Latvia shall benefit on importation from the provisions

8of the Agreement provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the

9customs authorities that:"

1Paragraph 1 of Article

215 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"1. Non-originating materials

4used in the manufacture of products originating in an EFTA State,

5in Latvia or in one of the other countries or the European

6Community as referred to in Articles 3 and 4 for which a proof of

7origin is issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of

8Title V shall not be subject in an EFTA State or Latvia to

9drawback of, or exemption from, customs duties of whatever

10kind."

1The last indent of

2paragraph 6 of Article 15 of Protocol B shall be amended to read

3as follows:

4"The provisions of this

5paragraph shall apply until 31 December 2000 and may be reviewed

6by common accord."

1Paragraph 4 of Article

217 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"4. A movement certificate

4EUR. l shall be issued by the customs authorities of an EFTA

5State or Latvia if the products concerned can be considered as

6products originating in an EFTA State, in Latvia or in one of the

7other countries or the European Community as referred to in

8Articles 3 and 4 and fulfil the other requirements of this

9Protocol."

1Paragraph 2 of Article

221 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"2. An invoice declaration

4may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as

5products originating in an EFTA State,. in Latvia or in one of

6the other countries or the European Community as referred to in

7Articles 3 and 4 and fulfil the other requirements of this

8Protocol."

1Paragraph 1 of Article

226 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"1. Products sent as small

4packages from private persons to private persons or forming part

5of travellers' personal luggage shall be admitted as originating

6products without requiring the submission of a proof of origin,

7provided that such products are not imported by way of trade and

8have been declared as meeting the requirements of this Protocol

9and where there is no doubt as to the veracity of such a

10declaration. In the case of products sent by post, this

11declaration can be made on the customs declaration CN22 / CN23 or

12on a sheet of paper annexed to that document."

1The first indent of

2Article 27 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"The documents referred to in

4Articles 17(3) and 21(3) used for the purpose of proving that

5products covered by a movement certificate EUR. l or an invoice

6declaration can be considered as products originating in an EFTA

7State, in Latvia or in one of the other countries or the European

8Community as referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and fulfil the other

9requirements of this Protocol may consist inter alia of the

10following:"

1Sub-paragraph (d) of

2Article 27 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"(d) movement certificates

4EUR.1 or invoice declaration proving the originating status of

5materials used, issued or made out in an EFTA State or Latvia in

6accordance with this Protocol, or in one of the other countries

7or the European Community as referred to in Articles 3 and 4, in

8accordance with rules of origin which are identical to the rules

9in this Protocol."

1Paragraph 2 of Article

230 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"2. When the amounts exceed

4the corresponding amounts fixed by the importing country, the

5latter shall accept them if the products are invoiced in the

6currency of the exporting country. When the products are invoiced

7in the currency of another State Party or of another country

8referred to in Articles 3 and 4 or one of the Member States of

9the European Community, the importing country shall recognize the

10amount notified by the country concerned".

1Paragraph 5 of Article

232 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

3"5. The customs authorities

4requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of

5this verification as soon as possible. These results must

6indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether

7the products concerned can be considered as products originating

8in an Community as referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and fulfil the

9other requirements of this Protocol."

1In the enumeration of

2paragraph 5.2 of Note 5 of Annex I to Protocol B

3"Introductory notes to the list in Annex II" the

4following basic material shall be added after "artificial

5man- made filaments":

6"-current conducting

7filaments,"

1In the enumeration of

2paragraph 5.2 of Note 5 of Annex I to Protocol B

3"Introductory notes to the list in Annex II" the fifth

4example ("A carpet with tufts...are met.") shall be

5deleted.

1The list rules to HS

2Heading 2207, HS Chapter 57, HS Headings 7006 and 7601 in Annex

3II to Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:

4HS heading

5No

6Description of product

7Working or processing carried

8out on non-originating materials that confers

9originating status

10(1)

11(2)

12(3) or (4)

132207

14Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an an alcoholic

15strength by Volume of 80% vol or Higher; ethyl alcohol and

16other spirits, denatured, of any strength

17Manufacture from materials not classified

18within heading No 2207 or 2208

19Chapter 57

20Carpets and other textile

21Manufacture from(1):

22Floor coverings

23- natural fibres, or

24- chemical

25- Of needleloom felt

26materials or textile

27pulp

28However:

29- polypropylene filament of

30heading No 5402,

31- polypropylene fibres of

32heading No 5503 or 5506 or

33- polypropylene filament tow

34of heading No 5501, of which the denomination in all cases

35of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex may be

36used provided their value does not exceed 40% of the

37ex-works price of the product

38Jute fabric may be used as

39backing

40Manufacture from(1) :

41- Of other felt

42- natural fibres not

43carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning,

44or

45- chemical materials or

46textile pulp

47- Other

48Manufacture

49from(1):

50- coir yarn or

51jute(2) yarn,

52- synthetic or artificial

53filament yarn,

54- natural fibres, or

55- man-made staple fibres not

56carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning

57Jute fabric may be used as

58backing

597006

60Glass of heading No 7003,

617004 or 7005, bent, edgeworked, engraved,.

62Drilled, enamelled or

63Otherwise worked, but

64not

65Framed or fitted with other

66Materials:

67- glass plate substrate coated with

68dielectric thin film, semi-conductor grade, in accordance

69with SEMII standarts(3)

70Manufacture from non-coated glass plate

71substrate of heading No 7006

72- Other

73Manufactured from materials of heading No

747001

757601

76Unwrought aluminium

77Manufacture in which:

78- all the materials used are

79classified within a heading other than that of the

80product;

81and

82- the value of all the

83materials used does not exceed 50 per cent of the ex-works

84price of the product

85or

86Manufacture by thermal or

87electrolytic treatment from unalloyed aluminium or waste

88and scrap of aluminium

1This decision shall enter into

2force on 1 January 1999. For the Republic of Latvia the entry

3into force of this decision is subject to ratification.

4If the Republic of Latvia has not

5notified the other States Parties on the ratification before 1

6January 1999 it shall apply this decision provisionally from that

7date until the ratification has been notified.

1The Secretary-General of the

2European Free Trade Association shall deposit the text of this

3Decision with the Depositary.

4____________________________

51 The Principality of Liechtenstein forms, pursuant to

6the Treaty of 29 March 1923, a customs union with Switzerland and

7is a Contracting Party to the Agreement of 2 May 1992 on the

8European Economic Area.

92 The Principality of

10Liechtenstein forms. pursuant to the Treaty of 29 March 1923, a

11customs union with Switzerland and is a Contracting Party to the

12Agreement of 2 May 1992 on the European Economic Area.

13(1) For special

14conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile

15materials, see Introductory Note 5

16(2) The use of jute

17yarn is authorised as from 1 July 2000.

18(3) SEMII -

19Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute Incorporated.