2008/820/EC: Commission Decision of 27 October 2008 on a temporary derogation from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Swaziland with regard to core spun yarn (notified under document number C(2008) 6133)

By way of derogation from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 and in accordance with Article 36(1)(b) of that Annex, core spun yarns of HS Headings 5206 22, 5206 42, 5402 52 and 5402 62 manufactured from non-originating materials shall be regarded as originating in Swaziland in accordance with the terms set out in Articles 2 to 6 of this Decision.

The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall apply to the products and the quantities set out in the Annex which are declared for free circulation into the Community from Swaziland during the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008.

The quantities set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be managed in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

The customs authorities of Swaziland shall take the necessary measures to carry out quantitative checks on exports of the products referred to in Article 1. All the EUR.1 movement certificates they issue in relation to those products shall bear a reference to this Decision. The competent authorities of Swaziland shall forward to the Commission a quarterly statement of the quantities in respect of which EUR.1 movement certificates have been issued pursuant to this Decision and the serial numbers of those certificates.

Box 7 of EUR.1 movement certificates issued under this Decision shall contain the following: ‘Derogation — Decision 2008/820/EC’.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008. It shall apply until the rules of origin set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 are superseded by those annexed to any agreement with Swaziland when that agreement is either provisionally applied, or enters into force, whichever is the earlier, but in any event this Decision shall not apply after 31 December 2008.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.