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COMMISSION OjFTHEEUROEEANCGMMUMTÏES
COM(74)703final
Brussels.17May1974
COMMUNICATION PROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Draft
DECISION OF
onasimplifiedprocedurefortheissue
ofBUR.Imovementcertificated
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)703final

COMMUNICATION PROM THE CCMilSSION TOTTIE COUNCIL
Thewisn tosimplify thecustous formalities connected with theCommunities '
internal andexternal trade isamajor concern oftheCommission .Concerning
external trade this need isespecially felt inthecontext oftheagreements
concluded with theEFTA countries where theprocedures laid down "byProtocol
No3have rapidly seen tobecapable ofbeing made less restrictive inthis
sense .
Tothis end ,afirst setofsimplification measures wasadopted attheend
of1973 intheEFTA context .Themost important ofthese measures dealt
with theintroduction ofasole movement certificate foralltheagreements ,
the certificate EUR 1.
Sinca then ,ithasappeared that this effort should befollowed upinexa­
mining especially theways ofeasing theadministrative tasks oftraders
and customs administrations atthe time ofthe issue ofcertificates and
thecontrols atexportation .
This istheobject ofthedraft decision oftheJoint Committee EEC-Sweden
which isannexed .This isproposed totheCouncil foradoption asthe
common position oftheCommunity fortheJoint Committee 'ssetupbythe
different EEC-EFTA agreements .Ithasonly been drawn upasasingle draft
applying totheagreement EEC-Sweden ,itserves asamodel andwill be
identical foralltheother agreements .
This draft introduces asimplified procedure fortheissue ofmovement
certificates which will beused bycertain categories ofexporters previously
authorised bytheCustoms administrations andcontains twopossibilities !

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either thepre-authorisation ofthedocument bythecustoms authority ,or f
theimpression oftheexporter himself ofaspecial stamp instead ofand /
inthesame place asthecustoms endorsement .
Itshould benoted that ;thetextofthedraft hasbeenexamined bythe
•customs experts oftheMember States andEFTAcountries andhasreceived
their agreement .
!
Theagreement wasunanimous ,itmeans thatthisdraft canbepresented to
thevarious Joint Committees atthoir nextmeetings .
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EEC-SWEDEN AGREEMENT
THE JOINT COMMITTEE
DRMT
onasimplified procedure for theissue
ofETJR.l movement certificates
THEJOINT COMMITTEE ,
Having Regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and theKingdom ofSweden signed inBrussels on22July 1972 ;
having regard toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,
andinparticular Articles 16and28thereof ;
Whereas theformalities relating "totheissue ofEUR.l movement certifi­
cates maybeconsiderably eased asregards persons who export frequently ;
whereas itisnecessary ,however ,tolaydown theconditions and detailed
rules forsuch aneasing ,
HAS DECIDED :
Article 1
Theaim ofthepresent decision istoestablish byderogation
from Articles 8paragraphs (l),(2)and (4),9and10ofProtocol No3,
asimplified procedure for theissue ofmovement certificate EUR.l ,
according tothefollowing provisions : -
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Article 2
Thecustoms authorities intheexporting country mayauthorize
anyexporter ,hereinafter referred toasthe"approved exporter ",
whosatisfies theconditions setoutinArticle 3andwhointends to
carry outtransactions forwhich EUfi.l movement certificates maybe
issued ,nottosubmit atthetimeofexport totheCustoms office in
theexporting country either thegoods ortheapplication fora
certificate relating tothose goods inorder torender possible the
issue ofacertificate under theconditions ofArticle 8ofProtocol
No3.
Article 3
(1) Theauthorization referred toinArticle 2shall begranted on]
toexporters whoexport frequently andwhoafford ,tothesatisfac­
tion oftheCustoms authorities ,allnecessary guarantees forthe
control oftheoriginating character oftheproducts .
(2) TheCustoms authorities mayrefuse suchauthorization toexport
whodonotoffer alltheguarantees they consider appropriate .
(3) TheCustoms authorities mayrevoke atanytimetheauthorizatia
Themust dothiswhen theapproved persons nolonger satisfy the !
conditions ornolonger offer theguarantees referred toinpara­
graphs (1)andv(2).
Artide 4
(l) Theauthorization stipulates ,atthechoice oftheCustoms
authorities ,that :
.(a)either thebox"Customs Endorsement "onthefromt ofEtIR.l
movement certificates must beendorsed beforehand with ,the
impression ofthe ,stamp ofthecompetent Customs office of
theexporting country ,andthethesignatures ofanofficial of
thesaid office ,or

(b)bear theimpression oftheapproved exporter 'sspecial stamp
which hasbeen approved bytheCusdoms authorities ofthe
exporting State andwhich corresponds tothespecimen given
intheannex ;this impression may bepreprinted ontheforms .
Inthecases referred inparagraph (l)(a),box7"Observations "
oftheEUR.l movement certificate must mention oneofthefollowing
phrases :"Procedure simplifi£e ","Vereinfachtes Verfahren ",
"Simplified procedure ", ,:Vereenvoudigde procedure ","Procedurea
seaplifice.ta ","iTorenklede procedure ","Forenklad proccdur ".
TheCustoms authorities oftheexporting State mayprescribe
theuse ofcertificates EUR.l bearing adistinctive sign bywhich
they c:,nbeidentified .
Article 5
Theauthorisation given bytheCustoms authorities must include :
(a)theconditions under which theapplications formovement
certificates aremade ,
(b)theconditions under which these applications aswell asthe
certificates having been used asthebasis for the issue of
other certificates under theconditions ofArticle 8para­
graphs (2)and (k)ofProtocol No3arekept foratleast
two years ,
(c)additionally ,inthecase referred toinArticle **,paragraph (1)(b),
theCustoms authority competent tocarry outtheretrospective
control referred toinArticle 19ofthe Joint Committee
Decision No3/73of2February 1973 »
.Theapproved exporter mayberequired toinform theCustoms
authorities ,according tothemethods which they lay down ,about
goods which hewill despatch ,inorder toallow thecompetent
Sustoias office tomake anyverification they think isnecessary
before thedeparture ofthegoods .

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Article €
When ,inthecontext ofthesimplified procedure laid down
bythisdecision ,Article 20oftheJoint Committee Decision Ho3/73
isapplied ,theexpressions laiddowninthatArticle arevalidated
bytheaddition ,asappropriate ,either oftheimpression ofthe
stamp usedbythecompetent Customs office ,orthatofthespecial
stamp referred toinArticle 4,paragraph (l)(b),which maybe
preprinted ontheform . ;
Article 7
(1)Inthecases cited inArticle *f,paragraph (1),box11ofthe
aovement certificate EtJR.l iecompleted asnecessary bythe
approved exporter .
(2)Theapproved exporter indicates inbox13ofthemovement certificate
EUS.l thenameandaddress ofthaCustoms authority competent to
verify thecertificate .
Article *8
TheCustoms authorities intheexporting State maycarry out
anycontrol ontheapproved exporter that theyfeel tobenecessary .
The .approved exporter must allow this tobedone .
Article 9
t.
TheCustoms authorities intheexporting State mayexclude from
thefacilities laiddowninArticle 1certain categories ofgoods .

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Article 10
Theprovisions ofthis Decison donotprejudice theapplication
oftheprovisions ofthecontracting parties ontheuse ofcustoms
formalities and customs documents .
Article 11
Theprovisions ofthis Decision apply mutatis mutandis when the
types ofmovement certificates referred toinArticle 13,paragraph 3
ofDecision No3/73oftheJoint Committee of12December 1973 are
used .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman

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