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Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3599/73 of the Council of 27 December 1973 on the application of Decision No 10/73 of the EEC/Sweden Joint Committee 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 #Decision No 10/73 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

31 . 12 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                      No L 365 / 127
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3599/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 27 December 1973
              on the application of Decision No 10/73 of the EEC/Sweden Joint Committee 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 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         methods of administrative cooperation in the customs
                                                                   field on 12 December 1973 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                    Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the
 Article 113 thereof;                                              Community as from 1 January 1974,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                         Article 1
 Whereas an Agreement ( x ) between the European
 Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden
 was signed on 22 July 1972, and entered into force                For the purpose of implementing the Agreement
 on 1 January 1973 ;                                               between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                   Kingdom of Sweden, Decision No 10/73 of the Joint
                                                                   Committee of 12 December 1973 shall apply in the
 Whereas pursuant to Article 28 of Protocol No 3                   Community.
 concerning the definition of the concept of
 'originating products' and methods of administrative
 cooperation, which is an integral part of the                                           Article 2
 Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted Decision
 No 10/73 amending the said Protocol and Decision                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 No 3 /73 of the Joint Committee laying down                       1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 27 December 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                    Ove GULDBERG
(x) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 97.
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                                DECISION No 10/73 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 Sweden, 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 Sweden or of the Member
Sweden, signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972 ;                       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
Whereas the specimen A.S.I movement certificate                    state or undergone the working or processing
given in Annex V to Protocol No 3 should be                        referred to in Article 2, upon presentation of the
replaced by certificate EUR.l in order to enable the               movement certificates issued previously.
latter certificate to be used under the Agreements
referred to in Article 2 of Protocol No 3 ;                        3.    Without prejudice to Article 5 (3 ), where, at
                                                                   the request of the person declaring the goods at
Whereas the procedure for issuing the movement                     customs a dismantled or non-assembled article
certificate in respect of a complete article imported in           falling within Chapter 84 or 85 of the Brussels
separate instalments should be laid down ;                         Nomenclature is imported by instalments on the
                                                                   conditions laid down by the competent
Whereas experience has shown the need to simplify                  authorities, it shall be considered to be a single
procedures for issuing movement certificates relating              article and a movement certificate may be
either to goods which have remained in the territory               submitted for the whole article upon importation
                                                                   of the first instalment.
of the countries concerned but have not been placed
in a customs bonded warehouse and which are to be
re-exported in the same state, or to originating                   4.    The Customs authorities of Sweden and of
products within the meaning of Article 2 and, where                the Member States of the Community shall be
appropriate, Article 3 of Protocol No 3 ;                          authorized to issue the movement certificates
                                                                   specified in the agreements referred to in Article 2
                                                                   under    the    conditions    laid  down    in   those
Whereas certain other provisions of Protocol No 3
and of the Decision No 3 /73 of the Joint Committee                agreements provided that the goods covered by
laying down methods of administrative cooperation                  the certificates are in the territory of Sweden or of
in the customs field should be amended to take                  ' the Community. A specimen of the certificate to
account of this Decision,                                          be used is given in Annex V to this Protocol.'
HAS DECIDED :                                                                           Article 2
                                                               Article 9 of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the
                        Article 1
                                                               following:
                                                                   '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,          The second sentence of Explanatory Note 8 , Article
     must be preserved for at least two years by the             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.S.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
                                                                                          Article 12
      completed in ink in printscript.
      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 permissable as regards length . The paper
      used must be white-sized writing paper not
      containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less                                    Article 13
      than 25 g/m2 . It shall have a printed green
      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.S.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
             J. af SILLEN       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
(') If goods
    are not
    packed , in­
                     Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages (1) ;                          9 . Gross              10 . Invoices
    dicate            Description of goods                                                                            weight (kg)             ( Optional)
    number of                                                                                                         or other mea­
    articles or
    stare ' in
                                                                                                                      sure (litres ,
    bulk ' as                                                                                                         m3, etc.)
    appropri­
    ate .
                  11 . CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT                                                        12 . DECLARATION BY THE EXPORTER
 (-) Complete     Declaration certified                                                           I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
     only where   Export document (2)                                      Stamp                  described above          meet the conditions re­
     the regu­                                                                                    quired for the issue of the attached certificate.
     lations of   Form                                  No
     the expor­
     ting coun­   Customs office
     try or ter­
     ritory re­   Issuing country or territory                                                    Place and date :
     quire.
                  Date
                                         (Signature)                                                                      (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---    13 . REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION, to                             14. RESULT OF VERIFICATION,
                                                                Verification carried out shows that this certificate (x)
                                                                j
                                                                i—'-
                                                                     T thewas information
                                                                               issued by thecontained
                                                                                                  Customs therein
                                                                                                            Office indicated and that
                                                                                                                    is accurate.
                                                                j [ does not meet the requirements as to authenticity
                                                                J—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)
                                                                (x) 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 he 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
                 8 . Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages ( l) :                         9 . Gross              10 . Invoices
                     Description of goods                                                                             weight ( kg)            ( Optional )
(') If goods                                                                                                          or other mea­
    are nor
    packed , in­                                                                                                      sure ( litres ,
    dicate                                                                                                            m3 , etc.)
    number of
    articles or
    stare 'in
    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 ti.e 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)
(*) 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.