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ANNEX XXI

JOINT DECLARATION ON THE ORIGIN OF FISHERY PRODUCTS

THE COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGES THE RIGHT OF THE COASTAL ACP STATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND RATIONAL EXPLOITATION OF THE FISHERY RESOURCES IN ALL WATERS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION .

THE CONTRACTING PARTIES AGREE THAT THE EXISTING RULES OF ORIGIN HAVE TO BE EXAMINED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT POSSIBLE CHANGES MAY HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH .

CONSCIOUS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONCERNS AND INTERESTS , THE ACP STATES AND THE COMMUNITY AGREE TO CONTINUE EXAMINING THE PROBLEM POSED BY THE ENTRY ON TO COMMUNITY MARKETS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS FROM CATCHES MADE IN ZONES WITHIN THE NATIONAL JURISDICTION OF THE ACP STATES , WITH A VIEW TO ARRIVING AT A SOLUTION SATISFACTORY TO BOTH SIDES . THIS EXAMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN AN APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE CONVENTION AND WILL , IF NEED BE , CONTINUE IN THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION . THE RESULTS OF THIS EXAMINATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED , WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF APPLICATION OF THIS CONVENTION , TO THE COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS AND , AT THE LATEST DURING THE SECOND YEAR , TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION WITH A VIEW TO ARRIVING AT A SOLUTION SATISFACTORY TO BOTH SIDES .

FOR THE TIME BEING , AS REGARDS THE PROCESSING OF FISHERY PRODUCTS IN THE ACP STATES , THE COMMUNITY DECLARES THAT IT IS WILLING TO EXAMINE WITH AN OPEN MIND REQUESTS FOR DEROGATIONS FROM THE RULES OF ORIGIN FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS IN THIS PRODUCTION SECTOR BASED ON THE EXISTENCE OF COMPULSORY LANDING REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN FISHERY AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD COUNTRIES . THE EXAMINATION THE COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN PARTICULAR THE FACT THAT THE THIRD COUNTRIES CONCERNED SHOULD ASSURE THE NORMAL MARKET FOR SUCH PRODUCTS , FOLLOWING PROCESSING , IN SO FAR AS THE LATTER ARE NOT INTENDED FOR NATIONAL OR REGIONAL CONSUMPTION .