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DECISIONNo9/74OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
establishingasimplifiedprocedurefortheissueofEUR.1movementcertificates
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE , Customsauthorities,allguaranteesnecessaryto
verifytheoriginatingstatusoftheproducts.
2.TheCustomsauthoritiesshallrefusesuch
authorization toexporterswhodonotofferallthe
guaranteeswhichtheyconsidernecessary.
3.TheCustomsauthoritiesmaywithdrawthe
authorizationatanytime.Theymustdosowherethe
approvedexporternolongersatisfiestheconditions
ornolongerofferstheguaranteesreferredtointhe
precedingparagraphs .HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Finland,signedinBrusselson5October1973;
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3concerningthe
definitionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts'and
methodsofadministrative cooperation ,andin
particularArticles16and28thereof;
WhereastheformalitiesrelatingtotheissueofEUR.1
movementcertificatesmaybeconsiderablyeasedin
thecasesofexportersmakingfrequentshipments;
whereastheconditionsanddetailedrulesforeasing
theformalitiesmustbelaiddown,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
BywayofderogationfromArticle8(1),(2)and(5),
andArticles9and10ofProtocolNo3,asimplified
procedurefortheissueofEUR.1movement
certificatesisherebyestablishedinaccordancewith
thefollowingprovisions.Article4
1.Theauthorization shallstipulate,atthechoice
oftheCustomsauthorities,thatboxNo11,'Customs
Endorsement',oftheEUR.1movementcertificate
must
(a)eitherbeendorsedbeforehandwiththestampof
thecompetentCustomsofficeoftheexporting
Stateandthehandwritten ornon-handwritten
signatureofanofficialofthatoffice,or
(b)beendorsedbytheapprovedexporterwitha
specialstampwhichhasbeenapprovedbythe
CustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingStateand
correspondstothespecimengivenintheAnnex;
thisstampmaybepreprintedontheforms.
2.Inthecasesreferredtoinparagraph1(a),one
ofthefollowingphrasesshallbeenteredinbox
No7,'Remarks',oftheEUR.1movementcertificate :
'Simplifiedprocedure','Forenkletprocedure',
'Vereinfachtes Verfahren',Proceduresimplifée',
'Procedurasemplificata','Vereenvoudigde procedure',
'Förenkladprocedur','Yksinkertaistettu menettely'.
3.Wherethesimplifiedprocedureapplies,the
CustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingStatemay
prescribetheuseofEUR.1movementcertificates
bearingadistinctivesignbywhichtheymaybe
identified.Article2
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
authorizeanyexporter,hereinafterreferredtoas
'approvedexporter',whosatisfiestheconditionsset
outinArticle3andwhointendstocarryout
transactionsforwhichEUR.1movementcertificates
maybeissuednottosubmittotheCustomsofficein
theexportingStateatthetimeofexporteitherthe
goodsortheapplicationforanEUR.1movement
certificaterelatingtothosegoods,forthepurposeof
obtaininganEUR.1movementcertificateunderthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle8ofProtocolNo3.
Article5
Article3
1.Theauthorization referredtoinArticle2shall
begrantedonlytoexportersmakingfrequent
shipmentsandwhooffer,tothesatisfactionofthe1.Intheauthorization theCustomsauthorities
shallspecifyinparticular:
(a)theconditionsunderwhichtheapplicationsfor
EUR.1movementcertificatesaremade,

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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
subsequentverificationreferredtoinArticle18
ofDecisionNo4/74oftheJointCommittee .
2.Theapprovedexportermayberequiredto
informtheCustomsauthorities,inaccordancewith
theruleswhichtheylaydown,ofgoodstobe
dispatchedbyhim,sothatthecompetentCustoms
officemaymakeanyverificationitthinksnecessary
beforethedepartureofthegoods.Article8
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
carryoutanycheckontheapprovedexporterwhich
theyconsidernecessary.Theapprovedexportermust
allowthistobedone.
Article9
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
declarecertaincategoriesofgoodsineligibleforthe
specialtreatmentprovidedforinArticle1. Article6
Where,underthesimplifiedprocedure,Article19of
DecisionNo4/74oftheJointCommitteeisapplied,
theexpressionslaiddowninthatArticleshallbe
authenticated ,asappropriate,eitherbythestamp
usedbythecompetentCustomsofficeoftheex­
portingState,orbythespecialstampreferredtoin
Article4(1)(b),whichmaybepreprintedonthe
form.Article10
ThisDecisionshallnotprejudiceapplicationofthe
rulesoftheCommunity,theMemberStatesand
Finlandoncustomsformalitiesandtheuseof
customsdocuments .
Article7
1.InthecasesreferredtoinArticle4(1),box
No11,'CustomsEndorsement',oftheEUR.lmove­
mentcertificateshallbecompletedifnecessaryby
theapprovedexporter.Article11
ThisDecisionshallapplymutatismutandiswhere
movementcertificatesofthetypesreferredtoin
Article9(3)ofDecisionNo3/73oftheJoint
Committeeareused.
DoneatBrussels,8July1974.
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
R.deKERGORLAY
TheSecretaries
S.SUNDBACK J.vonGRUMME

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ANNEX
(*)InitialsorcoatofarmsoftheexportingState.
(2)Suchinformationasisnecessaryfortheidentificationoftheapprovedexporter.