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DECISIONNo2/74OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
establishingasimplifiedprocedurefortheissueofEUR.lmovementcertificates
2.TheCustomsauthoritiesshallrefusesuch
authorizationtoexporterswhodonotofferallthe
guaranteeswhichtheyconsidernecessary.
3.TheCustomsauthoritiesmaywithdrawthe
authorizationatanytime.Theymustdosowherethe
approvedexporternolongersatisfiestheconditions
ornolongerofferstheguaranteesreferredtointhe
precedingparagraphs .THEJOINTCOMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Portugal,signedinBrusselson22July1972;
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3concerningthe
definitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'and
methodsofadministrative cooperationandin
particularArticles16and28thereof;
WhereastheformalitiesrelatingtotheissueofEUR.l
movementcertificatesmaybeconsiderablyeasedin
thecasesofexportersmakingfrequentshipments;
whereastheconditionsanddetailedrulesforeasing
theformalitiesmustbelaiddown,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
BywayofderogationfromArticle8(1),(2)and(5),
andArticles9and10ofProtocolNo3,asimplified
procedurefortheissueofEUR.lmovement
certificatesisherebyestablishedinaccordancewith
thefollowingprovisions.Article4
1.Theauthorization shallstipulate,atthechoice
oftheCustomsauthorities,thatboxNo11,'Customs
Endorsement',oftheEUR.lmovementcertificate
must
(a)eitherbeendorsedbeforehandwiththestampof
thecompetentCustomsofficeoftheexporting
Stateandthehandwritten ornon-handwritten
signatureofanofficialofthatoffice,or
(b)beendorsedbytheapprovedexporterwitha
specialstampwhichhasbeenapprovedbythe
CustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingStateand
correspondstothespecimengivenintheAnnex;
thisstampmaybepreprintedontheforms.
2.Inthecasesreferredtoinparagraph1(a),one
ofthefollowingphrasesshallbeenteredinboxNo7,
'Remarks',oftheEUR.lmovementcertificate :
'Simplifiedprocedure','Forenkletprocedure',
'Vereinfachtes Verfahren','Proceduresimplifiee',
'Procedurasemplificata','Vereenvoudigde procedure',
'Procedimentosimplificado'.
3.Wherethesimplifiedprocedureapplies,the
CustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingStatemay
prescribetheuseofEUR.lmovementcertificates
bearingadistinctivesignbywhichtheymaybe
identified .Article2
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
authorizeanyexporter,hereinafterreferredtoas
'approvedexporter',whosatisfiestheconditionsset
outinArticle3andwhointendstocarryout
transactionsforwhichEUR.lmovementcertificates
maybeissued,nottosubmittotheCustomsofficein
theexportingStateatthetimeofexporteitherthe
goodsortheapplicationforanEUR.lmovement
certificaterelatingtothosegoods,forthepurposeof
obtaininganEUR.lmovementcertificateunderthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle8ofProtocolNo3.
Article3
1.Theauthorization referredtoinArticle2shall
begrantedonlytoexportersmakingfrequent
shipmentsandwhooffer,tothesatisfactionofthe
Customsauthorities,allguaranteesnecessaryto
verifytheoriginatingstatusoftheproducts.Article5
1.Intheauthorization theCustomsauthorities
shallspecifyinparticular :
(a)theconditionsunderwhichtheapplicationsfor
EUR.lmovementcertificatesaremade,

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2.Theapprovedexportershallifnecessary
indicateinboxNo13,'RequestforVerification',of
theEUR.lmovementcertificatethenameand
addressoftheCustomsauthoritycompetenttoverify
thecertificate .(b)theconditionsunderwhichtheseapplications
andtheEUR.lmovementcertificatesusedasthe
basisfortheissueofotherEUR.lmovement
certificatesundertheconditionslaiddownin
Article8(2)ofProtocolNo3arekeptforat
leasttwoyears,
(c)inthecasesreferredtoinArticle4(1)(b),the
Customsauthoritycompetenttocarryoutthe
subsequentverificationreferredtoinArticle19
ofDecisionNo3/73oftheJointCommittee .
2.Theapprovedexportermayberequiredto
informtheCustomsauthorities,inaccordancewith
theruleswhichtheylaydown,ofgoodstobe
dispatchedbyhim,sothatthecompetentCustoms
officemaymakeanyverificationitthinksnecessary
beforethedepartureofthegoods.Article8
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
carryoutanycheckontheapprovedexporterwhich
theyconsidernecessary.Theapprovedexportermust
allowthistobedone.
Article9
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
declarecertaincategoriesofgoodsineligibleforthe
specialtreatmentprovidedforinArticle1.Article6
Where,underthesimplifiedprocedure,Article20of
DecisionNo3/73oftheJointCommitteeisapplied,
theexpressionslaiddowninthatArticleshallbe
authenticated ,asappropriate,eitherbythestamp
usedbythecompetentCustomsofficeofthe
exportingState,orbythespecialstampreferredtoin
Article4(1)(b),whichmaybepreprintedonthe
form.Article10
ThisDecisionshallnotprejudiceapplicationofthe
rulesoftheCommunity ,theMemberStatesand
Portugaloncustomsformalitiesandtheuseof
customsdocuments .
Article7
I.InthecasesreferredtoinArticle4(1),boxNo
II,'CustomsEndorsement',oftheEUR.lmovement
certificateshallbecompletedifnecessarybythe
approvedexporter.Article11
ThisDecisionshallapplymutatismutandiswhere
movementcertificatesofthetypesreferredtoin
Article13(3)ofDecisionNo10/73oftheJoint
Committeeareused.
DoneatBrussels,8July1974.
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
R.deKERGORLAY
TheSecretaries
A.CORREIA C.D.vonSCHUMANN

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ANNEX
(J)InitialsorcoatofarmsoftheexportingState.
(2)Suchinformationasisnecessaryfortheidentificationoftheapprovedexporter.