The Joint EFTA-Israel Committee met last week to discuss various aspects of the agreement. The Joint Committee adopted an administrative arrangement concerning indication of origin for imports into the EFTA States under the Agreement.
This allows the importing EFTA country to determine whether the imported products qualify as originating products under the Agreement. This arrangement is identical to the arrangement between the EU and Israel which came into force earlier this year.
Furthermore, the Parties adopted a Decision on the update of the origin rules of the Agreement to the Euro-Med rules of origin, thereby paving the way for the cumulation of goods originating in the countries within the Euro-Mediterranean cumulation zone.
According to the EFTA Secretariat’s statistics, the value of total merchandise trade between the EFTA States and Israel registered an increase of 14% from 2003 to 2004.
Total trade between Israel and the EFTA States amounted to roughly 1 billion US dollars in 2004. EFTA imported goods for 413 million US dollars and exported goods for 597 million US dollars.
EFTA-Israel: Joint committee to improve free trade agreement
The Joint Committee adopted an administrative arrangement concerning indication of origin for imports into the EFTA States under the Agreement
20.06.05 / 00:00
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