Decision No 1/2004 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council

of 29 March 2004

accelerating the elimination of customs duties of certain products listed in Annex II of Decision No 2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council

(2004/369/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(1), signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997,

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

Whereas:

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

(2) Such decisions supersede the terms established in Articles 4 to 10 of Decision No 2/2000 for the product concerned,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mexico shall accelerate the elimination of customs duties applicable to certain products contained in Annex II to Decision No 2/2000 originating in the Community, as provided for in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall supersede the terms established in Articles 4 to 10 of Decision No 2/2000 with respect to imports into Mexico of the products concerned.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect 60 days after the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2004.

For the Joint Council

The President

L. E. Derbez

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

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

ANNEX

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

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(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.