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News article23 January 2020Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union

Amendment of the Overseas Association Decision and application of the REX system by the OCTs

Council Decision (EU) 2019/2196 of 19 December 2019 amending Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’) has been published in the OJ on 30 December 2019.

Council Decision (EU) 2019/2196 of 19 December 2019 amending Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’) has been published in the OJ on 30 December 2019.

Since 1 January 2020, the OCTs are supposed to apply the Registered Exporter (REX) system to declare the origin of their goods. Since 1 January 2020, the EUR.1 certificates of origin issued by the competent authorities in the OCTs are no longer admissible to grant the OAD preference in the EU. To apply the REX system, an OCT needs to comply with 2 pre-requisites (as it is also the case in the GSP). The webpage on the REX systemprovides the information on which OCTs already comply with those 2 pre-requisites.

Currently there are 6 OCTs which are effectively applying the REX system: Aruba, Curaçao, French Polynesia, Greenland, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre et Miquelon.

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Publication date
23 January 2020
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Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union