31. 12. 80 -~ ~ Official Journal of the European Communities No L 368/63 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3513/80 of 23 December 1980 derogating in respect of the countries which have signed the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) from Articles 1, 6 and 12 of Commission Regulatlon (EEC) No 3510/80 of 23 December 1980 on the definition of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, for the purposes of implementation of the provisions concerning the tariff preferences granted by the Community for certain products originating in developing countries, rules of origin are by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/80 (), hereinafter called the ‘basic Regulation’, laid down concerning the conditions under which these products acquire the status of originating products and the mode of proof and verification of their status; Whereas under the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) close economic cooperation has been established between Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (hereinafter referred to as Andean Group countries); whereas the provisions relative to the acquisition of the status of originating products laid down in Article 1 of the basic Regulation may, with the necessary adaptations, help facilitate this cooperation and encourage the use in one Andean Group country of products originating in other Andean Group countries; whereas the said provisions should be amended accordingly and special rules as to the mode of proof and verification of the status of originating products should be laid down; whereas to this end it is necessary to provide for requests for verification to be centralized with a joint administrative body of the aforesaid group; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Commlttee on Origin, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Notwithstanding the.provisions of Article 1 of the basic Regulation, there shall also be considered as (1) See page 1 of this Official Journal. A products originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru or Venezuela (hereinafter referred to as Andean Group countries) those products which have in accordance with those provisions acquired in one of those countries the status of originating products and which after being exported from that country have undergone no working or processing in any other Andean Group country or have not undergone sufficient working or processing in any such other country to confer on them by virtue of the said provisions the status of products originating in that other country, provided that: (a) only products originating in an Andean Group country have been used in the course of such working or processing; (b) where a percentage rule limits, in Lists A and B referred to in Article 3 of the Regulation referred to above, the proportion in value of non-originating products that can be incorporated under certain circumstances, the added value has been acquired in each of the countries in accordance with the said percentage rule and with the other rules contained in the said lists without' any possibility of cumulation from one country to another. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 (a), the fact that products other than those referred to therein have been used in a proportion not exceeding in total value § % of the value of the products obtained and imported into the Community shall not affect the determination of origin of the latter products, provided that the products so used would not have caused such latter products to lose the status of products originating in the Andean Group country from which they were first exported, had the products used been incorporated in that first country. 3. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (b) no - non-originating product may be incorporated if it undergoes only working or processing as specified 1n‘ Article 3 (2) of the ba51c Regulation. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 and provided that all the conditions laid down in that paragraph are nevertheless fulfilled, the products obtained shall not continue to be considered as products