29.7.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 223/19 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 822/2014 of 28 July 2014 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as regards the rules of origin under the scheme of generalised tariff preferences in respect of bicycles produced in Cambodia regarding the use under cumulation of bicycle parts originating in Malaysia THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code ("), and in particular Article 247 thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 245493 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementa- tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3, and in particular Article 89(1)(b) thereof, Whereas: (1) By Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (°) applying a scheme of gener- alised tariff preferences from 1 January 2014, the Union granted generalised tariff preferences to Cambodia. (2)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 () establishes the definition of the concept of originating products to be used for the purpose of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences (‘GSP). That Regulation provides for the possibility to grant, in certain precisely defined circumstances, derogations from that definition in favour of GSP beneficiary countries. The regional cumulation provisions under Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 were amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 530/2013, which clarified that regional cumulation can only apply in the same regional group to countries which, at the time of exportation to the Union, are beneficiaries of the GSP. These amendments by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 530/2013 apply from 1 January 2014. (3  On 15 May 2013, Cambodia submitted a request for a transition period according to which the Cambodian bicycle industry would continue to be entitled, for the purpose of determining the origin of bicycles of HS heading 8712 Cambodia exports to the Union, to consider parts originating in Malaysia and Singapore as mater- ials originating in Cambodia by virtue of regional cumulation under the GSP scheme as of 1 January 2014, the date the amended regional cumulation provisions apply. (4)  Cambodia has a growing bicycle industry, but the industry remains weak and has been relying heavily on the supply of parts originating in neighbouring countries that used to be GSP beneficiary countries and belonged to the same regional cumulation group, in particular Singapore and Malaysia. (5) By letter of 9 August 2013 the Commission requested Cambodia to submit further information. On 26 September 2013 Cambodia transmitted its answer to that request, as a result of which its application was considered as complete. (6)  Asof 1 January 2014, Singapore is no longer a GSP eligible nor GSP beneficiary country and thus the possibility of cumulation with the other countries of the regional cumulation Group I ceases to exist. As of 1 January 2014, Malaysia is no longer a GSP beneficiary country but remains on the list of GSP eligible countries. (7)  As a consequence, from 1 January 2014, bicycle parts originating in Singapore and Malaysia cannot be consid- ered as originating in Cambodia under regional cumulation, which prevents Cambodia from meeting the rule of origin applicable to least-developed countries for this product (HS heading 8712). Indeed, even though that rule allows for the use of up to 70 % of non-originating materials, the share of non-originating materials in certain bicycles assembled in Cambodia would exceed that limit. () OJL302,19.10.1992,p. 1. () OJL253,11.10.1993,p. 1. () OJL303,31.10.2012,p. 1. (*) Asamended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 530/2013 (OJ L 159, 11.6.2013, p. 1).