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19.5.2022

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Official Journal of the European Union
C 202/1

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Commission notice concerning the application of the transitional rules of origin providing for diagonal cumulation between the applying Contracting Parties 1 in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean PEM zone 2022/C 202/01

For the purpose of the application of diagonal cumulation of origin among the applying Contracting Parties, the applying Contracting Parties concerned notify each other, through the European Commission, of the origin rules in force with the other applying Contracting Parties.
It is recalled that diagonal cumulation of working, processing and/or materials can only be applied if the applying Contracting Parties of final manufacture and of final destination have concluded free trade agreements, containing identical rules of origin, with all the applying Contracting Parties participating in the acquisition of originating status.
Products originating in an applying Contracting Party which has not concluded an agreement with the applying Contracting Parties of final manufacture and/or of final destination shall be treated as non-originating.
Based on the notifications made by the applying Contracting Parties to the European Commission, the tables attached specify:
Table 1 a simplified overview of cumulation possibilities on 1 April 2022.
Table 2 the date from which diagonal cumulation becomes applicable.
In Table 1, an X marks the existence between 2 partners of a free trade agreement containing rules of origin allowing cumulation based on the transitional rules of origin. To use diagonal cumulation with a third partner, an X should be present in all the intersection of the table between the 3 partners.
In Table 2, the dates mentioned refer to the date of application of diagonal cumulation on the basis of Article 8 of Appendix A to each protocol on rules of origin between the applying Contracting Parties. In that case the date is preceded by T.
A list of applying Contracting Parties having opted to extend the application of Article 73 of the transitional rules provided by Appendix A to the bilateral protocols on rules of origin on importation of products falling within Chapters 50
to 63 unilaterally is contained in Annex I
The codes for the applying Contracting Parties listed in the tables are given here below.
1 applying Contracting Party means a Contracting Party to the PEM Convention that incorporates the PEM transitional rules of origin in its bilateral preferential trade agreements with another Contracting Party to the PEM Convention