NoL347/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.12.73
ANNEX
DECISIONNo3/73OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
layingdownthemethodsofadministrative cooperationinthecustomsfieldforthe
purposeofimplementing theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofNorway
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE , Thisrequestshallbemadeoutononeoftheforms
asshowninAnnexesVandVIofProtocolNo3.
Theformmustbecompletedinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofProtocolNo3.
2.Theexporterorhisrepresentative shallsubmit
withhisrequestanyappropriatesupportingdocu­
mentprovingthatthegoodstobeexportedqualify
fortheissueofamovementcertificate .HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
NorwaysignedatBrusselson14May1973;
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3onthedefinitionof
theconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation ,andinparticular
Article16thereof;
Whereasitisnecessary,fortheproperfunctioningof
theAgreement,toorganizecloseadministrative co­
operationbetweentheContractingPartiestothe
Agreementtoensurecorrectanduniformapplication
ofthecustomsprovisionscontainedtherein,inpar­
ticularthoseofProtocolNo3concerningthedefi­
nitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'and
methodsofadministrative cooperation ,Article3
HASDECIDED :1.Itshallbetheresponsibility ofthecustoms
authoritiesoftheexportingcountrytoensurethat
formsreferredtoinArticle2aredulycompleted.In
particular,theyshallcheckwhetherthespacereserved
forthedescriptionofthegoodshasbeencompleted
insuchamannerastoexcludeanypossibilityof
fraudulentadditions.Tothisend,thedescriptionof
thegoodsmustbegivenwithoutleavinganyblank
lines.Wherethespaceisnotcompletelyfilleda
horizontallinemustbedrawnbelowthelastlineof
thedescription,theemptyspacebeingcrossed
through.
2.Sincethemovementcertificateconstitutesthe
documentaryevidencefortheapplicationofthepre­
ferentialtariffandquotaarrangements laiddownin
theAgreement,itshallbetheresponsibility ofthe
customsauthoritiesoftheexportingcountrytotake
anystepsnecessarytoverifytheoriginofthegoods
andtochecktheotherstatementsonthecertificate .Article1
Wheretheterm'movementcertificate'or'movement
certificates'isusedinthisDecisionanditisnotspeci­
fiedwhetherthecertificateorcertificatesconcerned
areofthetypedescribedinArticle8(1)orArticle
8(2)ofProtocolNo3onthedefinitionofthecon­
ceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofad­
ministrativecooperation,hereinafterreferredtoas
ProtocolNo3,therelevantprovisionsshallapply
equallytobothtypesofcertificate.
Article4
Article2TheA.N.I,movementcertificateshallbeissuedby
theCustomsauthoritiesofaMemberStateofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityifthegoodstobe
exportedcanbeconsideredproductsoriginatingin
theCommunitywithinthemeaningofArticle1(1)
ofProtocolNo3.1.Undertheresponsibility oftheexporter,heor
hisauthorizedrepresentative shallrequesttheissue
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Article5
TheA.N.Imovementcertificateshallbeissuedby
thecustomsauthoritiesofNorwayifthegoodstobe
exportedcanbeconsideredproductsoriginatingin
NorwaywithinthemeaningofArticle1(2)ofProto­
colNo3.—thedateofunloadingandreloadingofthe
goodsand,whereapplicable,thenamesofthe
ships,
—certifiedproofoftheConditionsunderwhich
thegoodshavestayedinthetransitcountry;
(c)or,failingsuchparticulars,anydocumentary
evidence.
Article10 Article6
Thedateofissueofthemovementcertificatemust
beindicatedinthepartofthecertificatereservedfor
thecustomsauthorities .TheA.W.Imovementcertificateshallbeissuedby
thecustomsauthoritiesofaMemberStateofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityorofNorwayifthe
goodstobeexportedcanbeconsideredproducts
originatingintheCommunity ,inNorwayorinAus­
tria,Finland,Iceland,Portugal,SwedenorSwitzer­
landwithinthemeaningofArticle2and,where
applicable,Article3ofProtocolNo3.Article11
ThecustomsauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesand
Norwayshallprovideeachother,throughtheCom­
missionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,withspecimen
impressionsofstampsusedintheircustomsoffices
fortheissueofmovementcertificates .Article7
Article12Forthepurposeofverifyingwhethertheconditions
statedinArticle4,5and6havebeenmet,the
customsauthoritiesshallhavetherighttocallforany
documentary evidenceortocarryoutanycheck
whichtheyconsiderappropriate . Itshallalwaysbepossibletoreplaceoneormore
movementcertificatesbyoneormorecertificates,
providedthatthisisdoneatthecustomsofficewhere
thegoodsarelocated.
Article8
Article131.A.W.Imovementcertificatesmustindicatethe
initialsofcertificatesissuedearlierfollowedbythe
numbersofthosecertificates .Thisreferencemaybe
replacedbythatoftheexportdossier.
2.Forthepurposeofimplementing Articles2and
3.ofProtocolNo3,A.W.Imovementcertificates
mustindicatetheStateinwhichtheproductsused
haveacquiredthestatusoforiginatingproducts.1.Whenacertificateisissuedwithinthemeaning
ofArticle10(1)ofProtocolNo3afterthegoods
towhichitrelateshaveactuallybeenexported,the
exportermustintheapplicationreferredtoinArticle
9ofProtocolNo3:
--indicatetheplaceanddateofexportationofthe
goodstowhichthecertificaterelates;
Article9—certifythatnocertificatewasissuedatthetime
ofexportationofthegoodsinquestion,andstate
thereasons.
2.Thecustomsauthoritiesmayissueamovement
certificateretrospectively onlyafterverifyingthatthe
particularssuppliedintheexporter'sapplication
agreewiththoseonthecorresponding document.
Certificatesissuedretrospectively mustbeendorsed
withoneofthefollowingphrases:'Nachtraglich
ausgestellt','DelivreaPosteriori','Rilasciatoa
Posteriori','AfgegevenaPosteriori','IssuedRetrospec­
tively','UdstedtEfterf0lgende','UtstedtSenere'.ProofthattheconditionssetoutinArticle7ofPro­
tocolNo3havebeenmetshallbeprovidedbysub­
missiontothecustomsauthoritiesoftheimporting
Stateofeither:
(a)asinglesupportingtransportdocument,made
outbytheexportingState,underthecoverof
whichthetransitcountryhasbeencrossedor
(b)acertificateissuedbythecustomsauthoritiesof
thetransitcountrycontaining :
—anexactdescriptionofthegoods,

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Article14 newcertificateattheexporter'srequestifthetreat­
mentorprocessingundergoneisinconformitywith
theprovisionsofProtocolNo3.
Article18Intheeventofthetheft,lossordestructionofa
movementcertificate,theexportermayapplytothe
customsauthoritieswhichissueditforaduplicate
tobemadeoutonthebasisoftheexportdocuments
intheirpossession .Theduplicateissuedinthisway
mustbeendorsedwithoneofthefollowingwords:
'Duplikat','Duplicata','Duplicato','Duplicaat',
'Duplicate'.
Theduplicate,whichmustbearthedateofissue
oftheoriginalmovementcertificate,shalltakeeffect
asfromthatdate.
ArticleIS\.Undertheresponsibilityoftheexporter,heorhis
authorizedrepresentative shallcompleteandsignthe
twopartsofformEUR.2,ofwhichamodelis
annexedtoJointCommitteeDecisionNo4/73.
Ifthegoodscontainedintheconsignmenthaveal­
readybeensubjecttoverificationintheexporting
countrybyreferencetothedefinitionoftheconcept
oforiginatingproducts,theexportermayrefertothis
checkinthespacereservedfor'Remarks'inform
EUR.2.
2.Theexportershallenterthetitle,'EUR.2',
followedbytheserialnumberoftheformonthe
greenlabelC1orcustomsdeclarationC2/CP3.Movementcertificatessubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesoftheimportingcountryafterexpiryof
thetimelimitfortheirsubmissionstipulatedin
Article11ofProtocolNo3maybeacceptedforthe
purposeofapplyingthepreferentialarrangements
providedthefailuretoobservethistimelimitresults
fromforcemajeureorexceptionalcircumstances .
Inaddition,thecustomsauthoritiesoftheimporting
countrymayacceptsuchcertificatesprovidedthe
goodshavebeenpresentedtothembeforetheexpiry
ofthesaidtimelimit.Article19
Article16
Thediscoveryofslightdiscrepancies betweenthe
statementsmadeinthemovementcertificateand
thosemadeinthedocumentssubmittedtothe
customsofficeforthepurposeofcarryingoutthe
formalitiesforimportingthegoodsshallnotipso
factorenderthecertificatenullandvoid,provided
itisdulyestablishedthatthecertificatecorresponds
tothegoods.1.Subsequentverificationsofmovementcertificates
andofformsEUR.2shallbecarriedoutatrandom
orwheneverthecustomsauthoritiesoftheimporting
Statehavereasonabledoubtastotheauthenticity
ofthedocumentortheaccuracyoftheinformation
regardingthetrueoriginofthegoodsinquestion.
2.Forthepurposeofimplementing theprovisions
ofparagraph1above,theCustomsauthoritiesofthe
importingStateshallreturnthemovementcertificate
orPart2offormEUR.2,oraphotocopythereof,to
thecustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingState,giving,
whereappropriate,thereasonsofformorsubstance
foraninquiry.Theinvoice,ifithasbeensubmitted,
oracopythereofshallbeattachedtoPart2ofform
EUR.2andthecustomsauthoritiesshallforwardany
informationthathasbeenobtainedsuggestingthat
theparticularsgivenonthesaidcertificateorthe
saidformareinaccurate .
IfthecustomsauthoritiesoftheimportingState
decidetosuspendtheprovisionsoftheAgreement
whileawaitingtheresultsoftheverification,they
shalloffertoreleasethegoodstotheimportersub­
jecttoanyprecautionary measuresjudgednecessary.
3.ThecustomsauthoritiesoftheimportingState
shallbeinformedoftheresultsoftheverificationas
soonaspossible.TheseresultsmustbesuchastoArticle17
1.TheMemberStatesandNorwayshalltakeall
necessarystepstoensurethatgoodstradedunder
coverofamovementcertificate,whichinthecourse
oftransportuseafreezonesituatedintheirterritory,
arenotsubstitutedbyothergoodsandthatthey
donotundergohandlingotherthannormaloper­
ationsdesignedtopreventtheirdeterioration .
2.WhenproductsoriginatingintheCommunityor
Norwayandimportedintoafreezoneundercoverof
amovementcertificateundergotreatmentorprocess­
ing,thecustomsauthoritiesconcernedmustissuea

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Article20 makeitpossibletodeterminewhetherthedisputed
movementcertificateorformEUR.2appliestothe
goodsactuallyexported,andwhetherthesegoods
can,infact,qualifyfortheapplicationoftheprefer­
entialarrangements .FortheapplicationofArticle25(1)ofProtocolNo
3,movementcertificatesandformsEUR.2maybe
endorsedwithoneofthefollowingexpressions :
'Art.25.1gegeben','ApplicationArt.25.1','Appli­
cazioneArt.25.1','Art.25.1Voldaan','Art.25.1
Satisfied','Art.25.1Opfyldt','Art.25.1Oppfylt'.
Theseexpressionsshallbeauthenticated ,inthecase
ofmovementcertificates,bymeansofthestampused
bytheappropriatecustomsoffice.Whensuchdisputescannotbesettledbetweenthe
customsauthoritiesoftheimportingStateandthose
oftheexportingStateorwhentheyraiseaquestion
astotheinterpretation ofProtocolNo3,theyshall
besubmittedtotheCustomsCommittee .
Article21Forthepurposeofthesubsequentverificationofcer­
tificates,thecustomsauthoritiesoftheexporting
countrymustkeeptheexportdocuments,orcopies
ofcertificatesusedinplacethereof,fornotlessthan
twoyears.Theinitialandendorsements referredtoinArticles
8,13,14and20shallbeaddedinthespaceinthe
certificatefor'Remarks'.
DoneatBrussels,26July1973.
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
B.BRUN
TheSecretaries
N.J.J0RGENSEN J.vonGRUMME