Commission Regulation (EC) No 1236/2008 of 11 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences to take account of the special situation of Laos regarding certain exports of textiles to the Community

• Published date: 12 December 2008
• Subject Matter: Customs Union,Common customs tariff,Internal market - Principles
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 334, 12 December 2008

12.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 334/53

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1236/2008

of 11 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences to take account of the special situation of Laos regarding certain exports of textiles to the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 247 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2), and in particular Article 76 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (3), the Community granted generalised tariff preferences to Laos. Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 is due to lapse on 31 December 2008 but will be replaced as of 1 January 2009 by Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (4), which confirms the granting by the Community of the said tariff preferences to Laos.

(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 establishes the definition of the concept of originating products to be used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences. Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 also provides for a derogation from that definition in favour of least-developed beneficiary countries benefiting from the generalised system of preferences (GSP) which submit an appropriate request to that effect to the Community.

(3) Laos has benefited from such a derogation for certain textile products under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 (5), which has been prolonged several times, and is due to expire on 31 December 2008.

(4) By letter dated 9 October 2008 Laos submitted a request for prolongation of the derogation in accordance with Article 76 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

(5) When the validity of Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 was last extended, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1806/2006 (6), it was expected that new, simpler and more development-friendly GSP rules of origin would be

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