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COMMISSION OFTHEEUR.OEBAN .COMMONTIIES
COM(73)1088 final
Brussels,2July1973
PROJECTOF
RECOMMENDATION OFTHECOUNCILOFASSOCIATION
layingdownthemethodsofadministrative cooperation
inthecustomsfieldfor"thepurposeofimplementingthe
Agreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andCyprus
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0L;(73)1083final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article 17oftheProtocol concerning the definition ofthe concept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative co-operation ,
which formed anintegral part oftheAgreement setting upanAssociation ,
provides that the Council ofAssociation EEC-Cyprus shall draw up
anyrecommandations necessary for theapplication oftheProtocol
especially theprovisions relating tothemethods ofadministrative
co-operation sothat such methods may beapplied induecourse in
theMember States and inCyprus .
TheCustoms experts oftheMember States delivered afavorable Opinion
ontheproposals inthis draft recomrrandation ofthe Council of
Association CEE-Cyprus ,which isintended todefine closely asystem
ofadministrative co-operation between theContracting Parties tothe
Agreement toensure that the customs provisions oftheAgreement are
efficiently applied .

PROJECT OF
KECOlUIErtDATIOlI OP?EECOUUCILOFASSOCI/iTIOII
laying down themethods ofadministrative cooperation .
inthecustoms field for thepurpose ofimplementing the
Agreement between theEuropean .Economic Community
and Cyprus
THECOUNCIL OFASSOCIATION ,
HAVING REGARD totheAgreement between theEuropean .Economic Community
and theRepublic ofCyprus signed inBrussels on19December 1972 ;
HAVING REGARD totheProtocol concerning ,the definition ofthe
concept of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative
cooperation ,andinparticular Article 17(2)thereof ;
WHEREAS itisnecessary ,for theproper functioning oftheAgreement ,
Y :}
toorganize close administrative cooperation between theContracting
Parties totheAgreement inorder toensure correct anduniform
application ofthecustoms provisions contained therein ,inparticular
those oftheProtocol concerning thedefinition ofthe concept of
"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
(hereinafter called "theProtocol ");

HAS RECOMMENDED THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF
CYPRUS
totake themeasures necessary forapplication ofthefollowing
provisions :
A. RULES GOVERNING THE ISSUS OFANA.CY.l MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
R°le ofthe exporter
1.Itshall befortheexporter orhisauthorized representative ,
under theformer 'sresponsibility ,toapply for' theissue
ofamovement certificate .
This application shall bemade outonanA.CY.l .form ofwhich
specimen istobefound inAnnex VtotheProtocol .The form ra
becompleted inaccordance with theprovisions oftheProto­
col .
2.Theexporter orhisrepresentative shall submit with his
application anyappropriate supporting document provxng
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that thegoods tobeexported are eligible for theissue
ofamovement certificate .
II.Role ofthe customs authori ties
1.Itshall betheresponsibility ofthecustoms authorities of
theexporting country toensure that theA.CY.l form isduly
completed .Inparticular ,they shall check whether thespace |
reserved forthedescription ofthegoods hasbeen completed
insuch amanner astoexclude anypossibility offraudulent
additions .Tothis end ,thedescription ofthegoods must be
indicated without leaving anyblank lines .Where thespace
isnotcompletely filled ,ahorizontal line must bedrawn
below thelast line ofthedescription ,theempty space
^ being crossed through .

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2.Since themovement certificate constitutes thedocumentary -
evidence for theapplication ofthepreferential tariff andquota
arrangements laid down intheAgreement ,itshall bethe
responsibility ofthecustoms authorities oftheexporting
country totake any steps necessary toverify the origin of
the goods and tocheck the other statements onthe certificate .
III .Exports from aMember State ofthe European Economic Community ,
orfrom Cyprus
1.The A.CJ.1movement certificate shall beissued bythe customs
authorities ofaMember State oftheEuropean Economic Community
ifthegoods tobeexported canbeconsidered products originating
intheCommunity within themeaning ofArticle 1(1)ofthe
Protocol .
2.TheA.CY.l .movement certificate shall beissued bythecustoms
authorities ofCyprus ifthegoods tobeexported can beconsidered
products originating inCyprus within themeaning ofArticle 1(2)
ofthe Protocol .
3.For thepurpose ofverifying whether theconditions stated in
paragraphs 1and 2ofSection IIIabove have ,been met ,the
customs authorities shall have the right tocall forany docu -
•mentary evidence ortocarry outany check which th6y consider
•.;appropriate .
k.Thecustoms authorities oftheMember State orofCyprus shall
refuse toissue anA.CY.l movement certificate ifthe export
documents submitted tothose authorities reveal that the goods
towhich they relate arenotbeing sent toCyprus ortathe
Community .

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IV.Indication ofthe date ofissue ofthe certificate
The date ofissue ofthe movement certificate must beindicated
,inthepart ofthecertificate reserved for thecustoms authoritie
V.Provisions ofspecimen impressions ofthetypes ofstamp ,used
Thecustoms authorties oftheMember States andCyprus shall
provide each other ,through theCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,with specimen impressions ofthetypes ofstamp .used
intheir customs offices for the issue of .movement certificates .
VI.Replacement ofA.CY.l movement certificates bycertificates of
the same kind
1.Itshall always be'possible toreplace oneormore movement
certificates byone ormore certificates ,provided that this
isdone atthe customs office where thegoods arelocated .
2.Where thenewmovement certificate relates toproducts which
were originally imported from aMember State orfrom Cyprus
andarere-exported inthesame state ,itmust indicate the
country inwhich theoriginal movement certificate wasissued .
VII .Rétrospective issue ofmovement certificates
1.Where acertificate isissued within themeaning ofArticle 8(2 ,
oftheProtocol after thegoods towhich itrelates have
actually been exported ,theexporter must ,intheapplication
referred toinArticle 7ofthe said Protocol :
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(i)indicate theplace anddate ofexportation ofthegoods
towhich thecertificate relates ;
(ii)certify that nocertificate wasissued atthetime
ofexportation ofthegoods inquestion ,andstate
the reasons .
2.The customs authorities may issue amovement certificate retro­
spectively only after verifying that theinformation supplied
intheexporter 'sapplication agrees with that inthecorresponding
file .
Certificates issued retrospectively must beendorsed with one
ofthefollowing phrases :"NACHTRAEGLICH AUSGESTELLT ","DELIVRE
APOSTERIORI ","RILASCIATO APOSTERIORI ","AEGEGSVEN A
POSTERIORI ",ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY ","UDSTEDT EFTERF0LGENDE ".
VIII .Issue o_fduplicates
Inthe event ofthe theft ,loss ordestruction ofamovement
certificate ,theexporter mayapply tothe customs authorities
which issued itforaduplicate made out onthebasis ofthe
export document intheir possession .Theduplicate issued in
this waymust beendorsed with one ofthefollowing words :
"DUPLIKAT ","DUPLICATA ","DUPLICATO ","DUPLICAAT ","DUPLICATE ".
Theduplicate ,which must bear thedate ofissue oftheoriginal
movement certificate ,shall take effect asfrom that date .
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B•CONDIT IONS APPL ICABLE TOTHE USE OFA.CY.l MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE S
I.Direct transport ofgoods
Goods transported without passing through territories other
than those oftheContracting Parties shall beconsidered as
transported direct .
Thefollowing shall ,however ,not beconsidered --aa^an_ -intexr'aptioji
ofdirect transport :
(a)calling atports situated interritories other than those
oftheContracting Parties ;
(b)trans-shipments insuch ports attributable toforce majeure
orevents atsea ;
(c)passing through territories other than those oftheContracting
Parties ortrans-shipment insuch territories provided that
carriage ortrans-shipment through such territories is
covered byasingle transport document made outinaMember
State orinCyprus .
II.Acceptance ofmovement certifi cates after expiry ofthe time limit
for..their,submission
Movement certificates submitted tothe customs authorities of
theimporting country after expiry ofthetime limit fortheir
submission stipulated inArticle 9oftheProtocol may beaccepted
'for thepurpose ofsupplying thepreferential arrangements ,
provided the failure toobserve this time limit results from
force majeure orexceptional circumstances .
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Inaddition tosuch cases jthecustoms authorities ofthe
importing country mayaccept such certificates provided the
goods were presented tothem before expiry ofthesaid time
limit . .
III .Acceptance ofmovement certifica tes inwhich the particulars
donotcorrespond tothe importe dgoods
Thediscovery ofslight discrepancies between theparticulars
entered onthe movement certificate and those entered onthe
documents produced tothe customs office for thepurpose of
carrying out theformalities forimporting thegoods shall
not ipso facto render the certificate null andvoid ,ifitis
duly established that thecertificate relates tothegoods
presented .
FREE ZONES
!.•TheMemberiStates andCyprus shall take allnecessary steps to
ensure that goods traded under thecover ofamovement certificate
andwhich inthe'course oftransport use afree zone situated in
their territory arenotreplaced byother goods andthat they
donotundergo handling other than normal operations designed
 
tomaintain them ingood condition .
II.Where products -originating intheCommunity orCyprus andimported
into afree zone under the cover ofamovement certificate undergo
treatment orprocessing ,thecustoms authorities concerned must
issue anewcertificate attheexporter 'srequest ifthetreat­
ment orprocessing undergone isinconformity with theprovisions
ofthe Protocol .

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D-POSTAL PACKETS (INCLUDING PARCEL POST )
I.Itshall befortheexporter orhisrepresentative ,onthe
exporter 'sresponsibility ,tocomplete andsign thetwoparts
ofanA.CY.2 form ,ofwhich aspecimen isannexed tothe
Protocol .
Ifthe goods contained inthepacket have already been checked
intheexporting country byreference tothedefinition ofthe
concept of"originating products ",theexporter mayrefer tothis
check inthe space reserved for "Remarks "intheA.CY.2 form .
II.Onthegreen label C1orcustoms declaration C2/CP3>the
exporter shall enter thenumber "A.CY.2 ",followed byitsserial
number .Heshall also enter both those numbers onthe invoice
relating tothegoods "contained inthepacket .
E°SUBSEQ UENTVERIFICATI ONOFA.CY.lMOVEMENT CERTIFICATES AND
A.CY.2 FORMS ' ' "
I.Subsequent verification ofmovement certificates and ofA.CY.2
forms shall becarried out atrandom ,and also whenever the
customs authorities oftheimporting State have reasonable doubt
astotheauthenticity ofthedocument ortheaccuracy ofthe
information regarding the true origin ofthegoods inquestion .

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II.Forthepurpose ofimplementing theprovisions ofparagraph I,
thecustoms authorities oftheimporting State shall return . I
themovement certificate orpart 1oftheA.CY.2 form ,ora
photocopy thereof ,tothecustoms authorities oftheexporting ;
State giving twhere applicable ,theformal orsubstantive
reasons foraninquiry .Topart 1oftheA.CY.2 form they
ehall attach theinvoice ,ifithasbeen submitted ,or&copy
thereof ,andthey shall forward anyinformation that hasbeen
obtained suggesting that theparticulars given onthesaid I
certificate orthe said form are inaccurate .
Ifthe customs authorities oftheimporting State decide to
suspend application oftheprovisions ,oftheAgreement while awaiti
theresults oftheverification ,they shall offer torelease
the goods totheimporter subject tosuch safeguards asmay
beconsidered necessary .
III.Thecustoms authorities oftheimporting State shall beinformed j
ofthe results ofthe verification within three months .These
results must besuch astomake itpossible todetermine |
whether thedisputed movement certificate orA.CY.2 form applies
thegoods actually exported ,andwhether these goods are ,in
fact ,eligible fortheapplication ofthepreferential arrange­
ments . 1
IV.Where such disputes cannot besettled between the customs
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authorities oftheimporting State andthose oftheexporting
State orwhere they raise aquestion astotheinterpretation
oftheProtocol ,they shall besubmitted totheCustoms
.Committee .
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For thepurpose ofthe subsequent verification ofcertificates,'
thecustoms authorities oftheexporting country must keep the
export documents ,orcopies ofcertificates used inplace
thereof ,fornot less thrui twoyears .
Done atBrussels ,2July 1973
For the Council ofAssociation
Chairman