CELEX: 21973D1231(05)
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 7/73 of the EEC-NORWAY Joint Committee of 12 December 1973 amending Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, and Decision No 3/73 of the Joint Committee laying down methods of administrative cooperation in the customs field

No L 365 / 144                    Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 12.73
                                   DECISION No 7/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                                                  of 12 December 1973
                 amending Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products'
                 and methods of administrative cooperation, and Decision No 3/73 of the Joint Committee
                         laying down methods of administrative cooperation in the customs field
  THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                              Community or into Norway, benefit from the
                                                                    Agreement upon submission of an EUR.l
                                                                    movement certificate, a specimen of which is
  Having regard to the Agreement between the                        given in Annex V to this Protocol, issued by the
  European Economic Community and the Kingdom of                    Customs authorities of Norway or of the Member
  Norway, signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973 ;                       States of the Community.
  Having regard to Protocol No 3 concerning the                     2. Where Article 2, and where appropriate,
  definition of the concept of 'originating products' and            Article 3 are applied, the certificates shall be
  methods of administrative cooperation and in                      issued by the Customs authorities of each of the
  particular Article 28 thereof;                                    countries concerned where the goods have either
                                                                    been held before their re-exportation in the same
                                                                    state or undergone the working or processing
  Whereas the specimen A.N.I movement certificate                   referred to in Article 2, upon presentation of the
  given in Annex V to Protocol No 3 should be                       movement certificates issued previously.
  replaced by certificate EUR.l in order to enable the
  latter certificate to be used under the Agreements               3 . Without prejudice to Article 5 (3 ), where, at
  referred to in Article 2 of Protocol No 3 ;                       the request of the person declaring the goods at
                                                                    customs a dismantled or non-assembled article
  Whereas the procedure for issuing the movement                    falling within Chapter 84 or 85 of the Brussels
' certificate in respect of a complete article imported in         Nomenclature is imported by instalments on the
  separate instalments should be laid down ;                        conditions laid down by the competent
                                                                    authorities, it shall be considered to be a single
                                                                    article and a movement certificate may be
  Whereas experience has shown the need to simplify                 submitted for the whole article upon importation
  procedures for issuing movement certificates relating             of the first instalment.
  either to goods which have remained in the territory
  of the countries concerned but have not been placed               4.    The Customs authorities of Norway and of
  in a customs bonded warehouse and which are to be                 the Member States of the Community shall be
  re-exported in the same state, or to originating                  authorized to issue the movement certificates
  products within the meaning of Article 2 and, where               specified in the agreements referred to in Article 2
  appropriate, Article 3 of Protocol No 3 ;                         under    the    conditions  laid   down   in   those
                                                                    agreements provided that the goods covered by
                                                                    the certificates are in the territory of Norway or
  Whereas certain other provisions of Protocol No 3                 of the Community. A specimen of the certificate
  and of the Decision No 3 /73 of the Joint Committee               to be used is given in Annex V to this Protocol .'
  laying down methods of administrative cooperation
  in the customs field should be amended to take
  account of this Decision,
                                                                                        Article 2
  HAS DECIDED :
                                                                Article 9 of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the
                                                               following :
                           Article 1
                                                                    ' A movement certificate shall be issued only on
  Article 8 of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the                     application having been made in writing by the
  following :                                                       exporter. Such application shall be made on the
                                                                    form of which a specimen is given in Annex V to
      '1.    Originating products within the meaning of             this Protocol, which shall be completed in
      this    Protocol shall, on import into the                    accordance with this Protocol.'
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                          Article 3                                                         Article 7
1.      Article 10 (2) of Protocol No 3 is deleted .              Explanatory Note 7, Article 8 of Annex I to Protocol
                                                                  No 3 is deleted .
2.      Article 10 (3 ) of Protocol No 3 which becomes
Article 10 (2 ) is replaced by the following :
     '2 . Applications for movement certificates and                                      ' Article 8
     the certificates referred to in Article 8 (2), upon
     presentation of which new certificates are issued,
     must be preserved for at least two years by the              The second sentence of Explanatory Note 8, Article
                                                                  10 of Annex I to Protocol No 3 is deleted .
     Customs authorities of the exporting country .'
                          Article 4
                                                                                            Article 9
 Article 11 (3 ) of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the              Article 1 of Decision No 3 /73 is deleted .
following :
     '3 .    Movement certificates shall be preserved by
     the Customs authorities of the importing State in
     accordance with the rules in force in that State .'                                   Article 10
                                                                  The second subparagraph of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Decision
                                                                  No 3 /73 is deleted .
                           Article 5
The first and second paragraphs of Article 12 of
Protocol No 3 are replaced by the following :
                                                                                           Article 11
     ' Movement certificates shall be made out on the
     form of which a specimen is given in Annex V to              The initials A.N.I in Articles 4 and 5 of Decision No
     this Protocol . This form shall be printed in one or         3 / 73 and the initials A.W.I in Article 6 and in Article
     more of the languages in which this Agreement is             8 (2) of that Decision are replaced by EUR.l .
     drawn up . Certificates shall be made out in one of
     these languages and in accordance with the
     provisions of the domestic law of the exporting
     State ; if they are handwritten, they shall be
     completed in ink in printscript.                                                      Article 12
     Each certificate shall measure 210 X 297 mm, a               Article 8 ( 1 ) of Decision No 3 /73 is deleted.
     tolerance of up to 5 mm less and 8 mm more
     being permissible as regards length. The paper
     used must be white-sized writing paper not
     containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less
     than 25 g/m2. It shall have a printed green                                            Article 13
     guilloche pattern background making any
     falsification by mechanical or chemical means                1 . -The specimen movement certificate in Annex V
     apparent to the eye.'                                        to Protocol No 3 is replaced by that in the Annex to
                                                                  this Decision .
                          Article 6
                                                                  2.     Annex VI to Protocol No 3 is deleted.
Article 20 of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the
following :                                                       3.     Movement certificates made out on the forms
                                                                  previously in force, whether of the A.N.I or of the
     'The Explanatory Notes, Lists A, B and C and the             A.W.I type, may continue to be used until stocks are
     specimen movement certificate shall form an                 used up, under the conditions laid down by this
     integral part of this Protocol .'                            Decision .
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             Done at Brussels, 12 December 1973 .
                                                                       For the Joint Committee
                                                                            The Chairman
                                                                        R. de KERGORLAY
                              The Secretaries
                   S. ENDRESEN           J. von GRUMME
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       ANNEX
                                                            MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
                1 . Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                  EUR.1                  No A 000.000
                                                                                           See notes overleaf before completing this form
                                                                             2. Certificate used in preferential trade between
                3 . Consignee (Name, full address, country)
                    ( Optional)
                                                                                                                 and
                                                                                  (insert appropriate countries, groups of countries or territories)
                                                                                4. Country, group of                 5. Country, group of
                                                                                   countries or territory               countries or territory
                                                                                   of exportation                       of destination
                6. Transport details (Optional)                              7. Remarks
(x) If goods        Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages (x) ;                            Gross              10. Invoices
    are not
    packed, in­     Description of goods                                                                           weight (kg)             (Optional)
    dicate                                                                                                         or other mea­
    number of                                                                                                      sure (litres ,
    articles or
    state ' in                                                                                                     m3, etc .)
    bulk' as
    appropri­
    ate .
                 11 . CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT                                                      12. DECLARATION BY THE EXPORTER
                 Declaration certified                                                         I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
(2) Complete     Export document (2)                                      Stamp                described above meet the conditions re­
    only where                                                                                 quired for the issue of the attached certificate.
    the regu­    Form                                 No
    lations of
    the expor­   Customs office
    ting coun­
    ty or ter­
                 Issuing country or territory                                                  Place and date :
    ritory re­
    quire.
                 Date
                                       (Signature)                                                                    (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---    13 . REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION, to                             14. RESULT OF VERIFICATION,
                                                                 Verification carried out shows that this certificate (x)
                                                                Ì     [ was issued by the Customs Office indicated and that
                                                                ·!—'-      the information contained therein is accurate.
                                                                i f does not meet the requirements as to authenticity
                                                                i—L        and accuracy (see remarks appended).
   Verification of the authenticity and accuracy of this certi­
   ficate is requested.
                             (Place and date)                                                  (Place and date)
                                                      Stamp                                                            Stamp
                     (Signature)                                                       (Signature)
                                                                 (*) Insert X in the appropriate box.
                                                            NOTES
1 . Certificates must not contain erasures or words written over one another. Any alterations must be made by deleting the
    incorrect particulars and adding any necessary corrections. Any such alteration must be initialled by the person who
    completed the certificate and endorsed by the Customs authorities of the issuing country or territory.
2. No spaces must be left between the items entered on the certificate and each item must be preceded by an item number. A
    horizontal line must be drawn immediately below the last item. Any unused space must be struck through in such a manner
     as to make any later additions impossible.
3. Goods must be described in accordance with commercial practice and with sufficient detail to enable them to be identified.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    APPLICATION FOR A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
                1 » Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                EUR . 1                No A 000.000
                                                                                         See notes overleaf before completing this form
                                                                           2. Application for a certificate to be used in preferential
                                                                              trade between
                3 . Consignee (Name, full address, country)
                    ( Optional)
                                                                                                               and
                                                                                (insert appropriate countries, groups of countries or territories)
                                                                              4. Country, group of                 5 . Country, group of
                                                                                 countries or territory                countries or territory
                                                                                 of exportation                        of destination
                6. Transport details (Optional)                            7. Remarks
f1) If goods    8. Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages (1) ;                       9. Gross               10. Invoices
    are not
    packed, in­     Description of goods                                                                        weight (kg)              ( Optional)
    dicate                                                                                                      or other mea­
    number of                                                                                                   sure (litres ,
    articles or
    state 'in
                                                                                                                m3 , etc.)
    bulk' as
    appropri­
    ate .
                                                                                           12 . DECLARATION BY THE EXPORTER
                                                                                           I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
                                                                                           described above meet the conditions re­
                                                                                           quired for the issue of the attached certificate.
                                                                                           Place and date :
                                                                                                                   (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---                                                     DECLARATION BY THE EXPORTER
 I, the undersigned, exporter of the goods described overleaf,
 DECLARE that the goods meet the conditions required for the issue of the attached certificate :
 SPECIFY as follows the circumstances which have enabled these goods to meet the above conditions :
 SUBMIT the following supporting documents (*) :
 UNDERTAKE to submit, at the request of the appropriate authorities, any supporting evidence which these authorities may
                require for the purpose of issuing the attached certificate, and undertake, if required, to agree to any inspection
                of my accounts and to any check on the processes of manufacture of the above goods, carried out by the said
                authorities :
 REQUEST the issue of the attached certificate for these goods.
                                                                                                          (Place and date)
                                                                                                             (Signature)
(l) For example : import documents , movement certificates, invoices, manufacturer's declarations, etc., referring to the products used in manufacture or to
    the goods re-exported in the same state.