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Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3602/73 of the Council of 27 December 1973 on the application of Decision No 10/73 of the EEC/Iceland 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 / 151
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3602/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 27 December 1973
             on the application of Decision No 10/73 of the EEC/Iceland 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 (*) between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland
was signed on 22 July 1972, and entered into force           For the purpose of implementing the Agreement
on 1 April 1973 ;                                            between the European Economic Community and the
                                                             Republic of Iceland, 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
O OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 2.
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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 pro­
              ducts' 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 Iceland, 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 Republic of                   Customs authorities of Iceland or of the Member
Iceland, 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
                                                                  state or undergone the working or processing
Whereas the specimen A.IS.l 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
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
                                                                  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
Whereas experience has shown the need to simplify                 article and a movement certificate may be
procedures for issuing movement certificates relating             submitted for the whole article upon importation
                                                                  of the first instalment.
either to goods which have remained in the territory
of the countries concerned but have not been placed
in a customs bonded warehouse and which are to be                 4.    The Customs authorities of Iceland and of
re-exported in the same state, or to originating                  the Member States of the Community shall be
products within the meaning of Article 2 and, where               authorized to issue the movement certificates
appropriate, Article 3 of Protocol No 3 ;                         specified in the agreements referred to in Article 2
                                                                  under    the    conditions   laid   down     in    those
Whereas certain other provisions of Protocol No 3                 agreements provided that the goods covered by
and of the Decision No 3/73 of the Joint Committee                the certificates are in the territory of Iceland or of
laying down methods of administrative cooperation                 the Community. A specimen of the certificate to
in the customs field should be amended to take                    be used is given in Annex V to this Protocol.'
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 P/otocol, 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 :
                                                                                            Article 8
      '2. Applications for movement certificates and
      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 :                                                                                             I
     '3 . Movement certificates shall be preserved by
      the Customs authorities of the importing State in                                    Article 10
     accordance with the rules in force in that State.'
                                                                  The second subparagraph of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Decision
                          Article 5                               No 3 /73 is deleted .
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
                                                                  The initials A.IS.l in Articles 4 and 5 of Decision No
     form of which a specimen is given in Annex V to              3 /73 and the initials A.W.I in Article 6 and in Article
     this Protocol. This form shall be printed in one or
     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.
                                                                  Article 8 ( 1 ) of Decision No 3 /73 is deleted.
     Each certificate shall measure 210 X 297 mm, a
     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
                                                                  to Protocol No 3 is replaced by that in the Annex to
     apparent to the eye.'                                        this Decision .
                          Article 6                               2.    Annex VI to Protocol No 3 is deleted .
Article 20 of Protocol No 3 is replaced by the                    3.    Movement certificates made out on the forms
following :
                                                                  previously in force, whether of the A.IS.l 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
                  O. EGILSSON          M. C. SAÜT
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX
                                                             MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
                 1. Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                  EU R. 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
    dicate
                 8. Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages (*) ;                            Gross              10 . Invoices
    number of        Description of goods                                                                          weight (kg)              ( Optional)
    articles or                                                                                                    or other mea­
    state ' in                                                                                                     sure (litres,
    bulk' as
    appropri­                                                                                                      m3, etc.)
    ate.
                  11 . CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT                                                     12. DECLARATION BY THE EXPORTER
(!) Complete
    only where
                  Declaration certified                                                        I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
    the regu­     Export document (2)                                     Stamp                described above         meet the conditions           re­
    lations of
    the expor­
                                                                                               quired for the issue of the attached certificate.
                  Form                                 No
    ting coun­
    try or ter­   Customs office
    ritory re­
    quire.        Issuing country or territory                                                 Place and date
                  Date
                                       (Signature)                                                                    (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---     13 . REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION, to                               14. RESULT OF VERIFICATION,
                                                                   Verification carried out shows that this certificate 0)
                                                                  j!      i1 was    issued by the Customs Office indicated and that
                                                                               the information contained therein is accurate.
                                                                 1        i    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)
                                                                     i1) 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 ooo.ooo
                                                                                             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
                  8 . Item number ; marks and numbers ; Number and kind of packages ( J ) :                         Gross               10 . Invoices
('*) I : goods        Description of goods                                                                          weight (kg)              ( Optional)
     are nor
                                                                                                                    or other mea­
     packed , in­                                                                                                   sure (litres ,
     n umber of
                                                                                                                    m3 , etc.)
     articles or
     stare 'in
     bulk ' as
     appropri­
                                                                                                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)
(*) 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.