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DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION OFΤHE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ,
laying down tiemethods ofadministrative
cooperation incustoms matters pursuant
totheEEC-MALTA Association Agreement
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DHAFT
'MTAIIVON'ITITHr\r< RIATT»^+'
layingdornthomethodsofadministrative cooperation ->
incustomcmatters
pursuunttotheEEC••MALTAAnsocifttion Agreement
THEASSOCIATION COUNCIL,.. ...
HAVINGREGARDtotheAgreementestablishing nnAssociation between ,
the.EuropeanEconomicCommunityandMALTA,signedat'Vallettaor.
5December1970,andinparticularTitleIthereof,
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HAVINGREGARDtotheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
"originating "productsandonthemethodsofadministrative coopera­
tion,andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
WHEREAStheproperoperationofthoAgreementrequiresorganisation
ofcloseadministrative cooperation betweentheContractingParties
to.the..Agreementin'ordertoensurecorrectanduniform,.implementation .
cfit.*5cur.torrsprovisions,andmoreparticularly thor.eofthe ■^r&tocol •
onthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating "-productf-iandonthe
methodsofadministrative cooperation ,

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liUCOMliKW TIT:,WIHOFBAKECiWWICCOi'r.l'fKT'I'y A1IDfcM.TA
Vv"ti'lo,rithiritheirresppctiv«RpheruMofcompetence ,theroquiaite
Pinasuro-.?.fortheimplementation ofthefollowingprovisions :
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A.Tonucofmove-rricntcartificatesA.M.,1
I.Rolaoftheexporter
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1.Itshallboforthoexporterorhisrepresentative authorized
tosigntheexportdeclaration tp.request,orttheexporter •£.:
responsibility ,theendorsement ofamovementcertificate A.M.,,1.
ThisrequestshallbemadeoutonaformA.M.1whichmustbe
completedinaccordance withtheprovisions ,of.TitleIIofthe
Protocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating "
productsandonthemethods "ofadministrative cooperation ,here­
inafterreferredtoas"theProtocol",andwiththerulesset
outonthebackofthefirstshootoftheform.
2.Theexporterorhisrepresentative shallattachtohiorequest
anydocumentprovingthatthegoodstobeexported ,aresuchas
toqualifythemfortheendorsement ofamovement ,certificate
A.M.1.
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II.RoleofthoCustomaauthorities
1.Itshallbetheresponsibility oftheCustomsauthorities ofthe
exportingcountrytoensurethattheformA.M.1iedulycompleted.
Inparticular ,theyshall,checkwhetherthospacereserved ,for
thedescription ofthogoodshasbeencompletedin.suchmanner
astoexcludeallpossibility of.fraudulentadditions.Tothis
endthedescription ofthegoodsmustbeindicatedinwithout
leavinganyblanklines.Wherethespaceisnotcompletelyfilled,
ahorizontal linemustbedrawnbelowthelastlineofthedes­
cription,theemptyspacebeingcrossedthrough.

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2*Sinco themovement certificate A.M. 1constitutes tho dcnuuiiont.ury
evidence for thoapplication ofthepreferential tariff and (
quota system laid down inthoAgreement ,itshn.ll betherespon­
sibility oftheCustoms office oftheexporting 'country carefully
toverify thoorigin ofthogoods and tocheck thoother statement *;
ontho certificate .
III .Exports frota aMember State oftheEuropean Economic Community
, «
1.Themovement certificate A.M. 1,§hall beendorsed bytheCUPtome -
authorities ofaMember State oftheEuropean Economic Community
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ifthe goods being exported can beconsidered products originating
intheCommunity within themeaning oftheProtocol .
2.For thepurpose ofverifying v/hether thecondition stated in
paragraph 1has been met ,'the Customs authorities rhall have
theright tocall forany documentary evidence ortocarry out .
anycheck which they consider appropriate .
3»The Customs authorities oftheMember State shall refuse toendorse -
umovement certificate A.M. 1ifj,tappears from theexport
documents submitted that thegoods towhich thocertificate
relates are -notconsigned toMALTA .
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IV.Exports from MALTA "' '
1.Themovement certificate A.M. 1shall beendorsed bytheCustom .?
authorities ofMALTA ifthogoods being exported canbsconsidered
products originating dnMALTA within themeaning oftheProtocol .
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2.For thepurpose ofverifying whether thocondition stated in
r .*
paragraph 1hasbeen mot ,the -Customs authorities chall have the
right tocall foranydocumentary evidence ortocarry outany
check which they ,consider appropriate .r ,
if

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1.TileCuiiUan author !Ill of 1'A.T.'VAvim12r<«ftiftO toun';or*o ft i1'c
corM .Pier toA.M. 1i,1"itappears ifrorr Dieorpcrt Oonvrwits /..re­
mitted that thegoods towhich thecertificate relates are not
» ;
consigned totheCommunity#
V.Indication ofthe^type^of S^'.o^t^document ^used
InHurt part ofthemovement curbificate A.M. 1reserved forthe
Customs authorities ,areference must bomacle to'thedate and fcyp«s *
ortotheserial number ofthe expor tdocument +.ovhlcix the c>'-
r* +■>/■»*» •» r*»*T*T1TiAT r"^Y>"rf >T**r 0
VI.Customs office stamp
TheCustom® office stamp used tostamp thecertificates shall be
preferably steel . •
TheMember States andMALTA shall provide each other ,through tho
Commies ionoftheEuropean Communities ,with specimen impressions
ofthetypes ofstamp used intheCustoms offices . .
VII .TierO acoment ofmovement certificates A.M«,1bycert.i firnten of
theocurie tyj»o ,.
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1.Itshall always bepossible toreplace ,o,ne ormore movement
certificates A.M. 1byone ormore other •movement certificates
A.M. 1,provided thnt this isdone attheCustoms office where
the goods are held .
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2,Where thenewmovement certificate A.M. 1relates toproducts
which were originally imported 'from aMember State orMALTA or.d
r » /which arebeing re-exported -in'the same state ,thenew cerfcifucaU-r
issued inthere-exporting Member State orMALTA must indicate
the country inwhich theoriginal certificate was issued .

MSM
VI-TT.Petroarliveipc-ueof."movement __cer_txf,:,eat.en
1.Where,asarer.ultoferrororinvoluntaryomission,norequest
foramovementcertificates A.M.1wasmadeatthetiir.othe
goodsv/ereexported,acertificate maybeissuedaftertheactual
exportationoftheRoodstowhichitrelates#Inthiscase,the
exportermust:
-makearequestinwriting,givingdetailsofthetype,
quantity,methodofpackingandm&rkingcofthegoodsandalso
.... •<ftheplaceanddateofdispatch;
-certifythatnomovementcertificate A.M.1waninnuedatthe
timeofexportation ofthe-goodsinquestion,andstate:the
rearonntherefor ;.
••encloseaformA.M.1dulycompletedandsigned.
2.The?Customsauthorities mayissueamovementcertificate A.I-',,1
retroactively onlyafterverifyingthattheinformation supplied
intheexporter'srequestagreeswiththatinthecorresponding
file.
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Certificates A.M.1iaeued .retroactively 'must,beendorsedin
redinkwithoneofthefollowingphrases:
"NACHTSACIJCH AUSGE5TELLT","L-ELIVII2APOSTERIORI»,•'RILASCIATO
APOSTERIORI' »,"AFGEGEVEN APOSTERIORI","ISSUEDPETROACTIVKJ.'i !'
•1
TheCueloinsauthor!tieumayissueamovementcertificate A.M.1
retroactively onlyundertheconditionthatthegoodsinques­
tionv/creoonnignedtotheterritoryofoneoftheContracting
Partiesatthetimethegoodswereexported.
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IX.Isr;ueofduplicates • .
Intheeventofthetheft,lossordestruction of<a/movement
certificate A.M.1,theexporternayapplytotheCustomsauthority
whichissueditforaduplicatemadeoutonthebasisoftheexport
documentsintheirponsension.Theduplicateissuedinthinway
mustheendorsedin.redinkwithoneofthefollowingwords:
"DUFLIKAT","DUPLICATA","DUPLICATO","DUPLICAAT","DUPLICATE".
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Theduplicateon-whichthedateoftheoriginalA.M.1certifica.t.e
istobementionedtakeseffectonthe.saiddate.
D.Condition?governingthexiacofthemovementcertificate A.M.1
m
.I.fri£fcct__trHnr»part_of^poor!p
oftheOontractingPartiessha.Vlbeconsideredasgoodstransported
direct.
However,thefollowingshallnotboconsideredasinterrupting
directtransport s
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n)callsatportssituatedinterritoriesotherthanthoseofth<i
ContractingParties }
b)transshipments insuchports,wherethoseresultfromforce
majeureorwheretheyareconsequent uponconditionsatsea;
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c)passagethroughterritoriesotherthanthoseoftheContracting
Parties,ortranshipment insuchterritories ,wh-vrethepassage -
throughsuchterritories orthetranshipmentiscoveredby
asingletransportdocumentdrawnupinaMorheirStateor
MALTAo

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II,Aerochane co:fmovement _certi fj,catfc.s_ai ter__cxpir n:-.c
for tfceir eubrniofilon
Movement certificates A.M. 1submitted totheCustoms authorities
oftheimporting country after expiry ofthetime-limit fortheir
submission stipulated inArticle 9»oftheProtocol may beaccepted
for thepurpose ofapplying thepreferential system provided the
failure toobserve this time-limit results from force na.ieuro or 4
exceptional circumstances . ,
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Inaddition tosuch cases ,theCustoms authorities ofthe importing
country may accept such certificates provided the goods have been
submitted tothem before theexpiry ofthesaid time-limit .
III .Acceptance ofmovement ,certificates with statements not corresponds *k
tothe floods imported
Tho discovery ofslight discrepancies between the atat&ircuta made
inthe movement certificate A.M. 1and those made intho documents
submitted totheCustoms office for the purpose ofcarrying out
theformalities forimporting thegoods shall not ipso facto render
thecertificate null andvoid ,ifitisduly established that the
certificate does correspond tothegoods submitted .
C. Free genes
TheMember States andMALTA shall take allnecessary steps toensure
that goods traded within theAssociation under thecover o?amovement
certificate A.M. 1andwhich inthe ,course oftrans port use afree
zone situated .intheir territory arcnotreplaced byether goods an:?
that they donotundergo handling ,other than the norr.ial operations
designed tokeep them ingood condition .

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D.Po^tv.lcoppiflncumio(jnclmllng .parccln)
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1".FormA.M.'?.shallbsur.edsolelyforpostalconsignments (incluoiri ,-,
parcels)ofavalueofupto1.000unitsofaccountperconsign­
ment.
II.Itshallbeforthoexporterorhisrepresentative Tontheexportccr1;-*
responsibility ,tocompleteanclsignthotwopartsofformA.M.
.*1
Ifthagoodscontainedinthoconsignment havealreadybeenchecked
intheexportingcountryinthelightofthodefinitiongivenfor
thoconceptof"originating "products,theexportermayreferto
thit;checkir.ithespacereservedfor"Observations "informA.M.2
(part1). .
III.OnthogreenlabelModelC1ordeclaration C2orC?.M,orthe
Customsdeclaration CP3orCP3M»theexportershallenterthe
formnumber"A.M„2",followedbyitsserialnumber.Heshall
alrcomarktheformnumberandserialnumberontheinvoiceforthe
good.';containedirithoconsignment .
E.Smallpackapotsandjperso>in1lytppapo
Theproductionofamovementcertificate A.M.1andthecompletion
ofaformA.M.2.ohallbewaivedforgoodssentasemailpackages
toprivatepersonsandformingpartofpassenger'spersonalluggage,
providedsuchimportsfulfiltheconditionslaiddowninArticle ,
oftheProtocol. •"
F.Retroactivechocksoilmovemento<n*tificntcBA»M.1andformsA.M.2
I,Retroactive checksonmovementcertificates A.I'!.1andonforma
A,','.,2ohallbecarriedoutatrandom,'andalsowheneverthe

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Customsauthorities oftheimportingcountryhaveroanonabJcdoubt
tintotheauthenticity ofthedocumentortheaccuracyofthe
informationregardingth«trueoriginofthegoodsinquestion
erofcertainpartsthereof*
II.Forthepurposeofimplementing theprevisionsofParagraphI
above,theCustomsauthoritiesoftheimportingcountryshall'
returnthemovementcertificate A.M.1orpart1offormA,II.2„
totheCustoms;authorities oftheexportingcountry,/rivingthe
formalorsubstantive reasonsforfininquiry*Topart1of
fcr«A.M.2theyshallattachtheinvoiceifithasbeensub­
mitted,oracopythereof,andtheyshallforwardanyinformation
thathasbeenobtainedsuggestingthattheparticulars givenon
thesaidcertificate orthesaidformareinaccurate .
IftheCustomsauthorities oftheimportingcountrydecideto
suspendexecutionoftheprovisionsoftheAgreementrvhileawaiting
theresultr;ofthechock,theyshalloffertoreleasethegoods
totheimportersubjecttoanyconservatory measuresdeemedneees-
cary,
III.TheCustomsauthorities oftheimportingcountrysh;.,!!'.boinformed
oftheresultsofthecheekassoonaspossible.Thesereculte
mustbesuchnotomakeitpossibletodeterminewhetherthedis­
putedmovementcertificate A.M.1orformA.M.2appliestothe
goodsactuallyexported,andwhetherthesegoodscan,infact,
qualifyforapplication ofthepreferential system.
IV.WheresuchdisputescannotbosettledbetweentheCustomsauthorities
oftheimportingcountryandthoseoftheexportingcountryor
wherethoyraiseaquestionastotheinterpretation ,oftheProtor.ci,
theyshallbesubmittedtotheAssociation Council,,
V.For'thepurrsoneoftheretroactivecheckoncertificate *!,thvCiu.itoSiS
{.'.uthoritirr.:ox'theevpyrtinscountrymw«tk?*epallexport,documentr,
orcopi.ropovement «»•rtific'itos w-todiiiplacethereof,for !•
t)viutwoyearn,