Council Decision (EU) 2017/560 of 21 March 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation (certain product-specific rules of origin for chemicals)

1 The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council shall be based on the draft Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

2 The representatives of the Union in the EU-Mexico Joint Committee may agree to minor changes to the draft Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee referred to in paragraph 1 without further decision of the Council.

The Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

1 Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision.

2 Appendix V to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is replaced as set out in Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the 45th day following the date of its adoption. It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2014.