2.5.88 Official Journal of the Eufopean Communities No L 114/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1135/88 of 7 March 1988 ] concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of adminis- " trative cooperation in the trade between the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Protocol No 2 thereto, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the origin rules contained in Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 (*) are based on the use of the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature; Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council approved the ‘International Convention on° the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System’ on 14 June 1983; Whereas as from 1 January 1988 the harmonized system has replaced the previous nomenclature for the purposes of international trade; Whereas it is therefore necessary to adapt the rules of origin contained in the said Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 so that they are based on the use of ‘the harmonized system; Whereas, in the light of experience, the presentation of the origin rules could be improved by grouping all the exceptions to the basic change of heading rule into one list and by providing detailed guidance on how it should be interpreted; Whereas, after the adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 570/86, origin rules have been laid down by Regulations (EEC) No 2272/86 (%), (EEC) No 2273/86 (), (EEC) () OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1. ?) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 9. () OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 12. No 2274/86 (), (EEC) No 2275/86 (), (EEC) No 2276/86 (*) and (EEC) No 2277/86 () for the pref- erential trade between the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, on the one hand, and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation, on the other hand; Whereas those rules are more favourable, as to certain aspects, than those contained in Regulation (EEC) No 570/86, in particular in respect of documentary requirements; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide for those more favourable provisions to be applicable also in trade between the customs territory of the Community and the Canary Islands and Ceuta and Melilla; Whereas it is therefore appropriate, in the interests of clarity and for the proper functioning of the arrangements to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 and replace it by this Regulation, with a view to facili- tating the work of users and customs administrations, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: i TITLE I Definition of the concept of originating products Article 1 1. For the purpose of implementing the arrangements governing trade between the customs territory of the Community, hereinafter called ‘the Community’, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands and without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3, on condition that they were transported in conformity with Article 5, the following shall be considered as: () O] No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 15. () OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 19. () OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 23. () OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1986, p. 27.