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COM(73)473
Vol.1973/0082

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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)473 final
Brussels ,23March 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheprocedure forissuing movement certificates
under theprovisions governing trade "between the
European Economic Community andcertain countries
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73 )473final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Movement certificates ,provided forbyrules governing trade
between theEuropean Economic Community andcertain countries ,are
issued attherequest oftheexporter bythe customs authorities in
theCommunity forgoods which under the terms ofthose rules canbe
classified as"originating products "oftheCommunity .
Goods may qualify as"originating products "asaresult of
successive processings inseveral Member States oftheCommunity .
Therefore aprocedure isneeded fortheexchange ofinforma­
tion between one Member State and another inorder tofacilitate the is­
sue ofamovement certificate byaMember State forgoods coming from
other Member States andexported from thelatter inthesame state or
after processing .
This Regulation aims toprovide that procedure .

Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheprocedure forissuing movement certificates
under theprovisions governing trade between the
European Economic Community and certain countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Commu­
nity ,and inparticular Article 113 thereof ,
HAVING regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
WHEREAS theprovisions governing trade between theEuropean Economic
Community and certain countries include measures for theissue bythe
customs authorities intheCommunity ofmovement certificates ensuring
that thegoods towhich they relate shall benefit from apreferential
procedure ;
WHEREAS theissue ofthesaid certificates issubject totheconditiqn
that thegoods towhich they relate areconsidered as"originating
products "within themeaning oftheabovementione;d provisions ;
WHEREAS goods mayqualify as"originating products "asaresult of
successive treatments inseveral Member States ;
WHEREAS ,therefore ,theissue ofmovement certificate should befacil­
itated when arequest thereof ismade inaMember State inrespect of
goods coming from other Member States andexported from thelatter in
thesame state orafter processing ,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1. For theissue ofmovement certificates ensuring that thegoods
towhich they relate shall benefit from apreferential procedure ,the
competent customs office oftheMember State when the issue ofacer­
tificate isrequested forgoods coming from other Member States which
have been exported inthe same state orafter processing ,shall ,as
regards treatment orprocessing effected inthose States ,take into
consideration thedeclaration (ssespecimen inAnnex I)supplied by
theexporter either onthe commercial invoice relating totheproducts
oronadocument annexed thereto .
2. Theinformation certificate (seespecimen inAnnex II)mayhow­
ever berequested bythecustoms office concerned ,because thedecla­
ration referred toinparagraph 1has notbeen supplied ,orforcon­
firmation that thesaid declaration iscorrect ,ortoobtain additional
information .
Article 2
The information certificate shall beissued bythecompetent cus­
toms office oftheMember State from which theproducts were previously
despatched totheMember State inwhich theissue ofthecertificate has
been requested .Thecertificate shall becompleted induplicate .The
original shall besent totheperson concerned and thecopy shall be
kept bythe issuing office .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

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Annex I
I,theundersigned ,declare that thegoods listed onthis invoice
were obtained in
(indicate Member State )
and (asthecase maybe):
a)satisfy therules governing thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "provided forintheAgreement
between the EEC and
(indicate Agreement concerned )
or
b)*were produced from thefollowing products :
Description Country oforigin Value
andhave undergone the following treatments in :
(indicate treatment )
in (indicate Member State )
*Tobecompleted ifnecessary

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FRONT Annex IT
1Exporter (1)
2Consignee (1)ORIGINAL No
INFORMATION GEFIIFICAIE
toobtain a
MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
aslaid down byprovisions
governing trade betwe en
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
and
(incapital letters )(?v
-i
i
3Processor (1) kMember State inwhich the manufac­
turing orprocessing hasbeen carried
out
5For officiai use
6Customs office ofimportation (3)
7Import document (3)
Form No
Sériés
Dated lΠ
8GOODS EXPORTED TOTHE MEMBER STATE OFDESTINATION
.«4
9Marks ,numbers ,
quantity and
nature of
.packages10BTNheading number and
description ofgoods;11Quantity (;fj >
12Value (5)
13IMPORTED GOODS USED
BTNheading number and description
1oNature ofthetreatment orprocessing carried out15Country
oforgin
(6)16Quantity
•(4)17Value
(7)
19Comments
20CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT
Declaration certified inaccordance with
supporting documents shown andwith
result ofverification .Date I I I I
Customs office
Export document :
Form No
ttate I L L l21DECLARATION BYTHE EXPORTER
I,undersigned ,declare that the
information onthis certificate is
accurate .
(signature )0FFICIAL
STAMP(Place and date )l IL
(signature )

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REVERSE
Reauest fcrsubse quentverification
The undersigned Customs official
requests verification ofthe
authenticity and accuracy of
this information certificate
(place anddate )
OFFICIAI .
STAMP
(officiai fesignature )Result ofverification
Verification carried outbytheunder
signed Customs official shows that
this information certificate :
*(a)wasissued bytheCustoms office
indicated and that the informa­
tion contained therein isaccu­
rate
*(b)does notmeet therequirements
astoauthenticity andaccuracy
(seenotes appended )
(place anddate )
OFFICIAL
STAMP
(officiait signature )
*Delete where not applicable
REFERENCES ONTHE FRONT OFTHE CERTIFICATE
(1)Name ofindividual orbusiness and full address .
(2)Indicate thecountry linked totheCommunity bytheAgreement orConvention to
-which reference ismade .
(3)Optional .
(if)Kg,hl,:m^orother measures .
(5)Packaging isconsidered anintegral part ofthecontained goods .However ,this
provision does notapply topackaging which isnotconventional fortheproduct
packed andwhich hasvalue ofitsown quite apart from use aspackaging .
(6)Ifthegoods originate inacountry linked totheCommunity byanAgreement or
aConvention ,attach aphotocopy oftherelevant movement certificate .
(7)Thevalue should beindicated inaccordance with theprovisions oftheAgree­
ment orConvention towhich reference ismade .