(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 25 - EU Commission proposes to
extend measures on rules of origin that facilitate EU market
access for Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestinian
Territories and Tunisia until 31 December 2015. These measures
continue to allow imports free of customs duty into the EU of
products originating in these countries, without them having to
levy full customs duty on imported materials used in the
manufacture of these products. The measure puts production in
these countries on the same footing with production in the EU
and, as such, facilitates their market access to the EU and
promotes their economic development.
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreements establishing associations
between the EU and its Member States, of the one part, and
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestinian Territories and
Tunisia, of the other part, provide for the establishment of a
free trade area between the EU and these countries. Amongst
others, they provide that industrial products originating in the
EU may be imported free of customs duty into these countries and
that products originating in these countries may be imported
free of customs duty into the EU. (ANSAmed)
