The Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

2.  In these Regulations, “the 1988 Regulations” mean the Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1988(1).

3.  The 1988 Regulations are hereby amended as follows:

(a) for regulation 2, there shall be substituted the following:

“2.   These Regulations shall apply to determine the question whether goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto are to be treated as originating in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2 hereto for the purposes of any preferential rate of, or exemption from, customs duties charged in accordance with section 5(1) and (2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2), being cases where the question does not fall to be determined by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3576/92(3) or by Commission Regulations (EEC) No. 693/88(4), (EEC) No. 809/88(5) or (EEC) No. 343/92(6) as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3660/92(7).”;

(b) the words “a country or territory specified in Schedule 2 hereto” shall be substituted for the words “a country” where they occur in the 1988 Regulations;

(c) the words “that country or territory” shall be substituted for the words “that country” where they occur in the 1988 Regulations;

(d) the words “or territory” shall be inserted after the words “any country” in regulation 3(3)(b);

(e) the words “Schedule 1” shall be substituted for the words “the Schedule” where they occur in the 1988 regulations; and

(f) the Schedule to these Regulations shall be inserted as Schedule 2 to the 1988 Regulations.

Tim Sainsbury

Minister for Industry on behalf of the Minister of Trade,

Department of Trade and Industry

23rd December 1992