On 25 August 2021 the EU Commission published guidance on the transitional rules of origin in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean area (the “Transitional Rules”). The EU is currently amending 21 origin protocols within the pan-Euro-Mediterranean (“PEM”) area by implementing an alternative set of rules of origin which will apply alongside the rules of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the “PEM Convention”). The amendments will apply on a bilateral basis pending the adoption of…