22002D0369

Decision No 2/2002 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council

of 13 May 2002

relating to the accelerated elimination of customs duties of certain products listed in Annexes I and II to Decision No 2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council

(2002/369/EC)

THE JOINT COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997(1),

Having regard to Decision No 2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 (hereinafter "Decision No 2/2000") and in particular Article 3(5) thereof(2),

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(5) of Decision No 2/2000 enables the Joint Council to reduce customs duties more rapidly than is provided for in Articles 4 to 10 thereof or to otherwise improve the conditions of access under such Articles.

(2) A decision by the Joint Council to accelerate the elimination of a custom duty or otherwise improve conditions of access should supersede the terms established in Articles 4 to 10 for the product concerned,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Parties shall accelerate the elimination of customs duties applicable to certain originating products contained in Annexes I and II of Decision No 2/2000, as provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of this Decision.

Article 2

Mexico shall accelerate the elimination of customs duties on goods originating in the Community, as established in Annex I.

Article 3

The Community shall accelerate the elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Mexico, as established in Annex II.

Article 4

This Decision shall supersede the terms established in Articles 4 to 10 of Decision No 2/2000 for the product concerned.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the fifth day following that of its adoption by the EU-Mexico Joint Council.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2002.

For the Joint Council

J. Piqué I Camps

L. E. Derbez Bautista

(1) OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 45.

(2) OJ L 157, 30.6.2000, p. 10.

ANNEX I

Tariff items in which Mexico accelerates the elimination of customs duties on goods originating in the European Community

(a) Products for which Mexico eliminates customs duties on goods originating in the Community on the date of entry into force of this Decision(1).

TARIFF ITEM - INDICATIVE DESCRIPTION

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Subject to correlation to 2000 HS nomenclature

(b) Mexico eliminates the customs duties within the automotive quota established in Section C, paragraph 2.1 of Annex II (Tariff elimination schedule of Mexico) on goods originating in the Community on the date of entry into force of this Decision.

(1) The word "Unicamente" indicates that the description refers only to the modality of the good being accelerated within the tariff item. It is equivalent to an "ex out" in WTO terminology.

ANNEX II

Tariff items in which the European Community accelerates the elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Mexico

Products for which the Community eliminates customs duties on goods originating in Mexico on the date of entry into force of this Decision.

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