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COMMISSION OFHIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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MEMOFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Draft
DECISIONOFEKEJOINTCOMMITTEENo/73
supplementing andamendingArticles8,9,10,11,12and20ofProtocolHo3
concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts"and
methodsofadministrative cooperation,ExplanatoryNotes
Nos»7and8toAnnex1tothesaidProtocoland ,
Articles1,2,4,58ofDecisionof ,.
theJointCommitteeHo3/73 -
COM(73)1721finsi:

.MEMO FROM THE COMMISSION
Since theAgreements were signed with the EFTA countries ,ex­
perience has shown that theindustrial and commercial circles involved
aswell ascustoms administrations are finding itsomewhat difficult
toapply correctly certain administrative provisions inProtocol No.3»
since the customs formalities provided for are rather complex and
thenumber offorms inexistance arerelatively high .
Moreover ,theprovisions ofArticle 8paragraphe 3aredifficult
toreconcile with modern management methods .
The entry into force oftheDecision ofthe Joint Committee No.
3/73anddiscussions within theCustoms Committee setupunder each
Agreement have shown that theprovisions ofArticle 10paragraph 2
are superfluous .
Ifthe current situation were topersist ,itwould seriously
jeopardize theattainment oftheaims oftheAgreement asset out in
Article 1.
TheCommission therefore believes that itisnecessary and urgent
tolay down newadministrative provisions inorder tosimplify the
customs formalities concerned ,without altering thebasic rules of
each ofthe Protocols No.3«
The following changes are contemplated :
–-theintroduction ofasingle movement certificate tobeused
under all theAgreements ;

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-provision forpresenting asingle .certificate where goods are
consigned byinstalment ;
deletion ofArticle 8(3)and10(2)ofProtocol No.3»
extension ofArticle 8(2)ofDecision No.3/73sotomake it
applicable toEUR .2forms issued under Articles 2and 3ofProto­
colNo.3where thereduction provided forintheEEC/Austria
Agreement isrequested ,together with consequent amendments toother
provisions oftheProtocol and toDecision oftheJoint Committee
No.3/73.
This istheobject ofthis draft Decision oftheJoint Committee .

Draft
DECISION OFTHEJOINT COMMITTEE NO. /73
supplementing andamending Articles 8,9,10t11|12and20
ofProtocol No.3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of
"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,
.Explanatory Notes Nos .7and 8toAnnex 1tothesaid Protocol
andArticles 1,2,4,5and 8ofLecision oftheJoint Committee
No.3/73
THEJOINT COMMITTEE ,
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and theKingdom ofSweden ,signed inBrussels on22July 1972 ;
Having regard toProtocol No.3concerning thedefinition ofthe
concept of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative co­
operation (hereinafter referred toasProtocol No.3),andinparti­
cular Article 28thereof ;
Whereas the specimen AS.l movement certificate given inAnnex Vto
Protocol No3should bereplaced bycertificate EUR.l inorder to
enable thelatter certificate tobeused under theAgreements referrred
toinArticle 2ofProtocol No.3| ■
Whereas theprocedure forissuing themovement certificate inrespect
ofacomplete article imported inseparate instalments should belaid
down ;
Whereas experience has shown theneed tosimplify procedures for
issuing movement certificates inrespect either ofgoods which have
remained intheterritory oftherelevant countries buthave notbeen

placed inacustoms bonded warehouse andwhoch aretobere-exported
asthey are ,oroforiginating products within themeaning ofArticle
2and ,where appropriate ,Article 3ofProtocol Mo.3;
Whereas Article 8(2)ofDecision No.3/73should beextended to
apply toEUR .2forms issued under Articles 2and3ofProtocol No.3;
Whereas certain other provisions ofProtocol No.3and oftheDecisions
ofthe Joint Committee No.3/73should beemendend totake account of
theprovisions ofthis Decision ,
HAS DECIDED :
Article -1
Article 8ofProtocol No.3isreplaced bythefollowing :
"1.Originating products within themeaning oftheProtocol shall ,
onimport into theCommunity orinto Sweden ,benefit from the
provisions oftheAgreement upon submission ofanEUR.l movement
certificate ,aspecimen ofwhich isgiven inAnnex Vtothis
Protocol ,issued bythe customs authorities ofSweden orofthe
Member States oftheCommunity .
2.Where Article 2,andwhere appropriate ,Article 3areapplied ,
thecertificate shall beissued bythecustoms authorities of
eaoh ofthecountries concerned where thegoods have either
been held before their re-exportation inthesame State or
undergone theworking orprocessing referred toinArticle 2,
upon presentation ,ofthemovement certificate issued previously .

3.Without prejudice toArticle 5(3)andwhere ,attherequest of
theperson declaring the goods atcustoms and ontheconditions
laid down bythe competent authorities ,adismantled ornon-
assembled article falling within Chapter 84or85oftheBrussels
Nomenclature isimported byinstalments itshall beconsidered
tobeasingle article and amovement certificate might besub­
mitted for thewhole Article upon importation ofthe first instal­
ment .
k.The customs authorities >ofSweden and ofthe Member States of
theCommunity shall beauthorized toissue movement certificates
under theAgreements referred toinArticle 2under the conditions
laid down inthose agreements provided thegoods covered bythe
certificates are intheterritory ofSweden oroftheCommunity .
Aspecimen ofthecertificate tobeused isgiven inAnnex Vto
this Protocol ."
Article 2
Article 9isreplaced bythe following :
"Themovement certificate shall beissued only onapplication made
inwriting bytheexporter .Such application shall bemade ona
form ofwhich aspecimen isgiven inAnnex Vtothis Protocol .
Such forms shall becompleted inaccordance with theprovisions
ofthis Protocol ."

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■Article 3
1.Article 10 (2)isdeleted .
2.Article 10(3)isreplaced bythefollowing :
"3.Applications formovement certificates and forcertificates
referred toinArticle 8,paragraph 2,upon presentation of
which newcertificates areissued ,must bepreserved forat
least twoyears bythecustoms authorities oftheexporting
country ."
Article 4
Article 11(3)isreplaced bythefollowing :
"3*Movement certificates shall bepreserved bythecustoms authorities
oftheimporting State inaccordance with therules inforce in
that State ."
Article 5
Thefirst and second paragraphs ofArticle 12arereplaced by
thefollowing : > . -
"Movement cettificates shall bemade out onthe form ofwhich
aspecimen isgiven inAnnex Vtothis Protocol .Itshall bedrawn
upinone ofthelanguages inwhich this Agreement isdrafted and in
accordance with theprovisions oftheinternal lawoftheexporting
State .Ifthey arehandwritten ,they shall becompleted ininkin
printscript .
/...

Each certificate shall measure 210x297 ran,alength tolerance
of5mmbelow and 8mmabove being allowed .Thepaper used shall be
white sized writing paper not containing mechanical pulp andweighing
not less than 25grammes per square meter .Itshall have aprinted
green guilloche pattern background making any falsification bymechanical
orchemical means apparent tothe eye."
Article 6
Article 20isreplaced bythefollowing :
"TheExplanatory Notes ,Lists A,Band Cand thespecimen
movement certificate shall form anintegral part ofthis Protocol ."
Article 7
Explanatory Note 7(Article 8)toAnnex Iisdeleted *
Aiticle 8
Explanatory Note 8(Article 10)toAnnex Iisreplaced bythe
following :
"Where amovement certificate relates togoods originally
imported from aMember State oftheCommunity orfrom Sweden ,and
re-exported inthe same State ,thenew certificates issued bythe
re-exporting State must ,without prejudice toArticle 2k,show in
which State theoriginal movement certificate wasissued ."

Article 9
Artide 1ofDscision No.3/73iodeleted .
Article 10
Thesecond subparagraph ofArticle 2(1)ofDecision No.3/73
isdeleted .
.Article 11
Theinitials A.S.I inArticles kand 5ofDecision No.3/73and
theinitials A.W.I inArticle 6ofthat Decision arereplaced by
EUR.l .
Article 12
Artide 8(1)ofDecision No.3/73isdeleted .
Article 13
Article 8(2)ofDecision No.3/73isreplaced bythefollowing :
"For thepurpose ofapplying Articles 2and 3ofProtocol No.3»
EUB.l movement certificates and EUR .2forms shall indicate inwhich
State theproducts areconsidered tooriginate .Such indication shall
beobligatory inthe case ofcertificates ."

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Article
1.Thespecimen movement certificate inAnnex VtoProtocol No.3
isreplaced bythespecimen movement certificate intheAnnex
tothis Decision ,
2.Annex VItoProtocol No.3isdeleted .
3.Movement certificates drawn uponthe forms previously mforce ,
whether ofthe A.3.1 oroftheA.W.I type ,may continue tobe
used until stocks areused ;ip,under the conditions laid down
bythis Decision .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman
The Secretaries

MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
|1Exporter (Kaiiie ,fulladdress ,country )
3Consignee (Name ffull address ,GOuntry )
(Optional information )
j6Transport détails (ûptional information )EUR .1 NoA.COO .000
Seenotes overleaf before completing
2Certificate used inpreferential trade
between
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC -COMMUNITY
and
(insert appropriate country orterritory'
4Country orterri­
tory ofexportation5Country orterri - I
tory ofdestination
7Remarks (Thefirst country orterritory
ofexportation should bespecified )
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Declaration certified . • .
Kxport document (2):
Form , No .
Customs office ■
Issuing country orterritory :.
Date î • ' '
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(Signature ) jSt£UDp .[
i «12DECLARATION BYTHE EXPORTER .
I,theundersigned -,declare that the
goods described above meet thecondi­
tions required fortheissue ofthis
certificate .
Place anu date s
(Signature )

Back ofcertificate
13REQUEST FORVERIFICATION (tobesent
to:
Theverification oftheauthenticity and
accuracy ofthis certificate isrequested
Place and date
(Signature )ι η
ι ι.
'Stamp '1,1
i 114RESULT OFVERIFICATION
Verification carried out shows that thii
certificate
□wasissued "bytheCustoms Office iidicated and that the information
contained therein isaccurate .
I Idocs notmeet therequirements as{'
'–'authenticity andaccuracy (seehot^
appended .)(l) •
Place and date
Γ
•(Signature )
l)Delete where notapplicableStamp
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NOTES
1»Certificates must notcontain erasures orwords written over oneanother .Any alti
rations must bemade bydeleting theincorrect particulars andadding anynecessai
corrections .Any such alteration must beinitialled bytheperson whocompleted t!
certificate andendorsed bytheCustoms authorities .
2.Alltheitems onthecertificate must be'completed without "leaving spaces between
theitems andeach item must bepreceded byaserial number .Ahorizontal line
must be -drawn immediately below thelast item .Anyunused space must bestruck ^
through insuch amanner astomake anylater addition impossible . J
3.Goods must bedescribed inaccordance with commercial practice andwith sufficieni
detail toenable them tobeidentified .

APPLICATION FOR AMOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
1Exporter (Name ,full address ,country )
Seenotes overleaf before completing
3Consignee (Fame ,full address ,country )
(Optional information )...
6Transport details (Optional information )EUR.1NoA.000 .000
2Application foramovement certificate t(
beused inpreferential trade between
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
and .
(insert appropriate country orterritory ]
4Country orterri­
tory ofexportation5Country orterri­
tory ofdestinatior
7Remarks (Thefirst country orterritory
ofexportation should bespecified )
8Serial number ;marks andnumbers !Number andkind ofpackages
(l){description ofgoods9Gross
weight
(kg).or
other
measure
(l,cu.i
etc .)10Invoi­
ces (Op­
tional
infor­
mation )
12DECL ARATI ONBYTHE EXPORTER ■
I,theundersigned ,declare that the
goods described above meet thecondi­
tions required fortheissue ofthis
certificate .
Place and date : :
(Signature )

Back ofapplication
DECLARATION BYTHE EXPORTER
I,theundersigned ,exporter ofthe'goods described overleaf ,
DECLARE that thegoods meet theconditions required fortheissue ofthis cer-
/ tificatej
SPECIFY asfollows thecircumstances which have enabled these goods tomeet
the above conditions
SUBMIT thefollowing supporting documents (l):
.UNDERTAKE tosubmit ,attherequest oftheappropriate authorities ,anysupporting
evidence which these authorities mayrequire forthepurpose ofissu­
ingthis certificate ,andundertake ,ifrequired ,toagree toanyin­
spection ofmyaccount andtoanycheck ontheprocesses ofmanufacture
oftheabove goods ,carried outbythesaid authorities ;
REQUEST theissue oftheannexed certificate forthese goods .
Place and date
(Signature )
(l)Forexample :import documents ,movement certificates ,invoices ,manufacturer 1s
declaration ,etc.,referring totheproducts used inmanufacture
ortothegoods re-exported inthesame state .