PART ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OCTs WITH THE COMMUNITY
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 1
Purpose, objectives and principles
Article 2
Basic elements
Article 3
The least-developed OCTs
Chapter 2
Actors of cooperation in the OCTs
Article 4
Principles
Article 5
The different actors involved
Article 6
Responsibilities of the non-governmental actors
Chapter 3
Principles and Procedures of the OCT-EC Partnership
Article 7
Dialogue and Partnership
Article 8
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Article 9
Management
PART TWO
THE AREAS OF OCT-EC COOPERATION
Article 10
Areas of cooperation
Article 11
Productive sectors
Article 12
Trade development
Article 13
Trade in services
Article 14
Trade-related areas
Article 15
Social sectors
Article 16
Regional cooperation and integration
Article 17
Cultural and social cooperation
PART THREE
INSTRUMENTS OF OCT-EC COOPERATION
TITLE I
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COOPERATION
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 18
Objectives
Article 19
Principles
Article 20
Single Programming Documents
Article 21
Scope of financing
Article 22
Eligibility for financing
Article 23
Programming and implementation
Article 24
The EDF-OCT Committee
Chapter 2
Resources made available to the OCTs
Article 25
Financial assistance
Chapter 3
Private Sector Investment Support
Article 26
Investment promotion
Article 27
Investment support and financing
Chapter 4
Additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings
Article 28
Additional support
Chapter 5
Support for other actors of cooperation
Article 29
Objectives and financing
Chapter 6
Support for humanitarian and emergency aid
Article 30
Objectives and means
Chapter 7
Implementation Procedures
Article 31
Technical assistance
Article 32
Financial control
Chapter 8
Transition from previous European Development Funds (EDFs) to the 9th EDF
Article 33
Implementing the previous EDFs and the transitional phase
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TITLE II
ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION
Article 34
Objective
Chapter 1
Arrangements for trade in goods
Article 35
Free access for originating products
Article 36
Transhipment of non-originating products in free circulation in the OCTs
Article 37
Committee procedure
Article 38
Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
Article 39
Waste
Article 40
Measures adopted by the OCTs
Article 41
Surveillance clause
Article 42
Safeguard measures
Article 43
Committee procedure
Chapter 2
Trade in services and rules of establishment
Article 44
General objective
Article 45
General principles of establishment and the provision of services
Article 46
Maritime transport
Chapter 3
Trade-related areas
Article 47
Current payments and capital movements
Article 48
Competition policies
Article 49
Protection of intellectual property rights
Article 50
Standardisation and certification
Article 51
Trade and the environment
Article 52
Trade and labour standards
Article 53
Consumer policy and consumer health protection
Article 54
Prohibition of disguised protectionist measures
Chapter 4
Monetary and tax matters
Article 55
Tax carve-out clause
Article 56
Tax and customs arrangements for Community-funded contracts
Chapter 5
Vocational training, eligibility for Community programmes and other provisions
Article 57
Vocational training
Article 58
Programmes open to the OCTs
Article 59
Euro-Info Correspondence Centres (EICC)
Article 60
CDE and CTA
PART FOUR
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 61
Change of status
Article 62
Review
Article 63
Entry into force
Article 64
Publication
ANNEX I A
LIST OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES (OCTs) REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1
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ANNEX I B
LIST OF THE OCTs CONSIDERED THE LEAST DEVELOPED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DECISION, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(3)
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ANNEX II A
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 9TH EDF
Article 1
Allocation between the various instruments
Article 2
Administration of resources
Article 3
Allocation between the OCTs
ANNEX II Aa
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 10th EDF
Article 1
Allocation between the various instruments
Article 2
Administration of resources
Article 3
Allocation between the OCTs
ANNEX II B
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: LOANS FROM THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK'S OWN RESOURCES
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Article 2
European Investment Bank
Article 3
Conditions for foreign exchange transfer
ANNEX II C
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: THE OCT INVESTMENT FACILITY
Article 1
Objective
Article 2
Resources of the Facility
Article 3
Operations of the Facility
Article 4
Conditions for foreign exchange rate risk
ANNEX II D
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE EVENT OF SHORT-TERM FLUCTUATIONS IN EXPORT EARNINGS
Article 1
Principles
Article 2
Eligibility criteria
Article 3
Advances
Article 4
Revision
ANNEX II E
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: BUDGETARY AID FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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ANNEX II F
OTHER COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE: PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES
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ANNEX III
CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’ AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Definitions
TITLE II
DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’
Article 2
General requirements
Article 3
Wholly obtained products
Article 4
Sufficiently worked or processed products
Article 5
Insufficient working or processing operations
Article 6
Cumulation of origin
Article 7
Unit of qualification
Article 8
Accessories, spare parts and tools
Article 9
Sets
Article 10
Neutral elements
TITLE III
TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 11
Principle of territoriality
Article 12
Direct transport
Article 13
Exhibitions
TITLE IV
PROOF OF ORIGIN
Article 14
General requirements
Article 15
Procedure for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1
Article 16
Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively
Article 17
Issue of a duplicate movement certificate EUR.1
Article 18
Issue of movement certificates EUR.1 on the basis of a proof of origin issued or made out previously
Article 19
Conditions for making out an invoice declaration
Article 20
Approved exporter
Article 21
Validity of proof of origin
Article 22
Transit procedure
Article 23
Submission of proof of origin
Article 24
Importation by instalments
Article 25
Exemptions from proof of origin
Article 26
Information procedure for cumulation purposes
Article 27
Supporting documents
Article 28
Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents
Article 29
Discrepancies and formal errors
Article 30
Amounts expressed in euro
TITLE V
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 31
Communication of stamps and addresses
Article 32
Verification of proofs of origin
Article 33
Verification of suppliers' declarations
Article 34
Dispute settlement
Article 35
Penalties
Article 36
Free zones
Article 37
Derogations
TITLE VI
CEUTA AND MELILLA
Article 38
Special conditions
TITLE VII
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 39
Revision of rules of origin
Article 40
Appendices
Article 41
Implementation of the Annex
Article 42
Transitional period concerning the making out of forms EUR.2
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Appendix 1
Introductory notes to the list in Appendix 2
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Appendix 2
List of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5 A
Appendix 5 B
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
ANNEX IV
CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY OF PRODUCTS NOT ORIGINATING IN THE OCT, BUT WHICH ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OCT, AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 1
Direct transport
Article 2
Export Certificate EXP
Article 3
Issue of a duplicate Export Certificate EXP
Article 4
Validity of Export Certificates EXP
Article 5
Submission of Export Certificates EXP
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 6
Mutual assistance
Article 7
Verification of Export Certificates EXP
Article 8
Penalties
Article 9
Free zones
Article 10
Annexes
Appendix
ANNEX V
EURO-INFO CORRESPONDENCE CENTRES (EICC)
Tasks of the EICC
Tools and services
Establishment procedures
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Criteria for selecting the host structure
Council Decision
of 27 November 2001
on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community
(‘Overseas Association Decision’)
(2001/822/EC) (repealed)
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Repealed by Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’).