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DECISIONNo2/74OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
establishingasimplifiedprocedurefortheissueofEUR.1movementcertificates
2.TheCustomsauthoritiesshallrefusesuch
authorizationtoexporterswhodonotofferallthe
guaranteeswhichtheyconsidernecessary.
3.TheCustomsauthoritiesmaywithdrawthe
authorizationatanytime.Theymustdosowherethe
approvedexporternolongersatisfiestheconditions
ornolongerofferstheguaranteesreferredtointhe
precedingparagraphs .THEJOINTCOMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Iceland,signedinBrusselson22July1972;
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3concerningthe
definitionoftheconceptoforiginatingproductsand
methodsofadministrative cooperation,andin
particularArticles16and28thereof;
WhereastheformalitiesrelatingtotheissueofEUR.1
movementcertificatesmaybeconsiderablyeasedin
thecasesofexportersmakingfrequentshipments;
whereastheconditionsanddetailedrulesforeasing
theformalitiesmustbelaiddown,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1Article4
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','Proceduresimplifiée',
'Procedurasemplificata','Vereenvoudigde procedure',
'Einföldunafgreidslu'.
3.Wherethesimplifiedprocedureapplies,the
CustomsauthoritiesoftheexportingStatemay
prescribetheuseofEUR.1movementcertificates
bearingadistinctivesignbywhichtheymaybe
identified .BywayofderogationfromArticle8(1),(2)and(5),
andArticles9and10ofProtocolNo3,asimplified
procedurefortheissueofEUR.1movement
certificatesisherebyestablishedinaccordancewith
thefollowingprovisions.
Article2
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
authorizeanyexporter,hereinafterreferredtoas
'approvedexporter',whosatisfiestheconditionsset
outinArticle3andwhointendstocarryout
transactionsforwhichEUR.1movementcertificates
maybeissuednottosubmittotheCustomsofficein
theexportingStateatthetimeofexporteitherthe
goodsortheapplicationforanEUR.1movement
certificaterelatingtothosegoods,forthepurposeof
obtaininganEUR.1movementcertificateunderthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle8ofProtocolNo3.
Article3
1.Theauthorization referredtoinArticle2shall
begrantedonlytoexportersmakingfrequent
shipmentsandwhooffer,tothesatisfactionofthe
Customsauthorities,allguaranteesnecessaryto
verifytheoriginatingstatusoftheproducts.Article5
1.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
subsequentverificationreferredtoinArticle19
ofDecisionNo3/73oftheJointCommittee.
2.tTheapprovedexportermayberequiredto
informtheCustomsauthorities,inaccordancewith
therulestheylaydown,ofgoodstobedispatchedby
him,sothatthecompetentCustomsofficemaymake
anyverificationitthinksnecessarybeforethe
departureofthegoods.Article8
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
carryoutanycheckontheapprovedexporterwhich
theyconsidernecessary.Theapprovedexportermust
allowthistobedone.
Article9
TheCustomsauthoritiesintheexportingStatemay
declarecertaincategoriesofgoodsineligibleforthe
specialtreatmentprovidedforinArticle1.
Article10
ThisDecisionshallnotprejudiceapplicationofthe
rulesoftheCommunity ,theMemberStatesand
Icelandoncustomsformalitiesandtheuseof
customsdocuments .Article6
Where,underthesimplifiedprocedure,Article20of
DecisionNo3/73oftheJointCommitteeisapplied,
theexpressionslaiddowninthatArticleshallbe
authenticated ,asappropriate,eitherbythestamp
usedbythecompetentCustomsofficeofthe
exportingState,orbythespecialstampreferredtoin
Article4(1)(b),whichmaybepreprintedonthe
form.
Article7
1.InthecasesreferredtoinArticle4(1),box
No11,'CustomsEndorsement',oftheEUR.l
movementcertificateshallbecompletedifnecessary
bytheapprovedexporter.Article11
ThisDecisionshallapplymutatismutandiswhere
movementcertificatesofthetypesreferredtoin
Article13(3)ofDecisionNo10/73oftheJoint
Committeeareused.
DoneatBrussels,8July1974.
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident
R.deKERGORLAY
TheSecretaries
O.EGILSSON M.C.SAOT

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ANNEX
(*)InitialsorcoatofarmsoftheexportingState.
(2)Suchinformationasisnecessaryfortheidentificationoftheapprovedexporter.