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ANNEXI
DECISIONOFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE No3/73
layingdownthemethodsofadministrative cooperationinthecustomsfieldforthe
purposeofimplementing theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofIceland
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE , Thisrequestshallbemadeoutononeoftheforms
asshowninAnnexesVandVIofProtocolNo3.
Theformmustbecompletedinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofProtocolNo3.
2.Theexporterorhisrepresentative shallsubmit
withhisrequestanyappropriatesupportingdocu­
mentprovingthatthegoodstobeexportedqualify
fortheissueofamovementcertificate .HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofIce­
landsignedatBrusselson22July1972;
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3onthedefinitionof
theconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation ,andinparticular
Article16thereof;
Whereasitisnecessary,fortheproperfunctioningof
theAgreement,toorganizecloseadministrative co­
operationbetweentheContractingPartiestothe
Agreementtoensurecorrectanduniformapplication
ofthecustomsprovisionscontainedtherein,inparti­
cularthoseofProtocolNo3concerningthedefi­
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
ferentialtariffandquotaarrangementslaiddownin
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
Article2 TheA.IS.lmovementcertificateshallbeissuedby
theCustomsauthoritiesofaMemberStateofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityifthegoodstobe
exportedcanbeconsideredproductsoriginatingin
theCommunitywithinthemeaningofArticle1(1)
ofProtocolNo3.1.Undertheresponsibility oftheexporter,heor
hisauthorizedrepresentative shallrequesttheissue
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Article5 —thedateofunloadingandreloadingofthe
goodsand,
whereapplicable,thenamesoftheships,
—certifiedproofoftheconditionsunderwhich
thegoodshavestayedinthetransitcountry;
(c)or,failingsuchparticulars,anydocumentary
evidence.TheA.IS.lmovementcertificateshallbeissuedby
thecustomsauthoritiesofIcelandifthegoodstobe
exportedcanbeconsideredproductsoriginatingin
IcelandwithinthemeaningofArticle1(2)ofProto­
colNo3.
Article10 Article6
Thedateofissueofthemovementcertificatemust
beindicatedinthepartofthecertificatereservedfor
thecustomsauthorities .TheA.W.Imovementcertificateshallbeissuedby
thecustomsauthoritiesofaMemberStateofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityorofIcelandifthe
goodstobeexportedcanbeconsideredproducts
originatingintheCommunity ,inIcelandorinAus­
tria,Finland,Portugal,SwedenorSwitzerlandwith­
inthemeaningofArticle2and,whereapplicable,
Article3ofProtocolNo3.Article11
TheCustomsauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesand
Icelandshallprovideeachother,throughtheCom­
missionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,withspecimen
impressionsofstampsusedintheircustomsoffices
fortheissueofmovementcertificates .Article7
Forthepurposeofverifyingwhethertheconditions
statedinArticle4,5and6havebeenmet,the
customsauthoritiesshallhavetherighttocallforany
documentary evidenceortocarryoutanycheck
whichtheyconsiderappropriate .Article12
Itshallalwaysbepossibletoreplaceoneormore
movementcertificatesbyoneormorecertificates,
providedthatthisisdoneatthecustomsofficewhere
thegoodsarelocated.
Article8
Article13 1.A.W.Imovementcertificatesmustindicatethe
initialsofcertificatesissuedearlierfollowedbythe
numbersofthosecertificates .Thisreferencemaybe
replacedbythatoftheexportdossier.
2.Forthepurposeofimplementing Articles2and
3.ofProtocolNo3,A.W.Imovementcertificates
mustindicatetheStateinwhichtheproductsused
haveacquiredthestatusoforiginatingproducts.
Article91.Whenacertificateisissuedwithinthemeaning
ofArticle10(1)ofProtocolNo3afterthegoods
towhichitrelateshaveactuallybeenexported,the
exportermustintheapplicationreferredtoinArticle
9ofProtocolNo3:
(a)indicatetheplaceanddateofexportationofthe
goodstowhichthecertificaterelates;
(b)certifythatnocertificatewasissuedatthetime
ofexportationofthegoodsinquestion,andstate
thereasons.
2.Thecustomsauthoritiesmayissueamovement
certificateretrospectively onlyafterverifyingthatthe
particularssuppliedintheexporter'sapplication
agreewiththoseonthecorresponding document.
Certificatesissuedretrospectively mustbeendorsed
withoneofthefollowingphrases:'Nachtraglich
ausgestellt','DelivreaPosteriori','Rilasciatoa
Posteriori','AfgegevenaPosteriori','IssuedRetrospec­
tively','UdstedtEfterfolgende','UtgefidEftira'.ProofthattheconditionssetoutinArticle7ofPro­
tocolNo3havebeenmetshallbeprovidedbysub­
missiontothecustomsauthoritiesoftheimporting
Stateofeither:
(a)asinglesupportingtransportdocument,made
out1bytheexportingState,underthecoverof
whichthetransitcountryhasbeencrossedor
(b)acertificateissuedbythecustomsauthoritiesof
thetransitcountrycontaining :
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Article14 newcertificateattheexporter'srequestifthetreat­
mentorprocessingundergoneisinconformitywith
theprovisionsofProtocolNo3.
Article18Intheeventofthetheft,lossordestructionofa
movementcertificate,theexportermayapplytothe
customsauthoritieswhichissueditforaduplicate
tobemadeoutonthebasisoftheexportdocuments
intheirpossession .Theduplicateissuedinthisway
mustbeendorsedwithoneofthefollowingwords:
'Duplikat','Duplicata','Duplicato','Duplicaat',
'Duplicate','Samrit'.
Theduplicate,whichmustbearthedateofissue
oftheoriginalmovementcertificate,shalltakeeffect
asfromthatdate.
ArticleIS1.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.TheMemberStatesandIcelandshalltakeall
necessarystepstoensurethatgoodstradedunder
coverofamovementcertificate,whichinthecourse
oftransportuseafreezonesituatedintheirterritory,
arenotsubstitutedbyothergoodsandthatthey
donotundergohandlingotherthannormaloper­
ationsdesignedtopreventtheirdeterioration .
2.WhenproductsoriginatingintheCommunityor
Icelandandimportedintoafreezoneundercoverof
amovementcertificateundergotreatmentorprocess­
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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','AkvaedumArt.25.1
Fulinaegt'.
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,8June1973.
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
Th.ASGEIRSSON
TheSecretaries
O.EGILSSON M.C.SAUT