CELEX: 21974D0813(14)
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 9/74 of the EEC-FINLAND Joint Committee establishing a simplified procedure for the issue of EUR.1 movement certificates

13.8.74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 224/ 33
                                 DECISION No 9/74 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                   establishing a simplified procedure for the issue of EUR.1 movement certificates
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                            Customs authorities, all guarantees necessary to
                                                                verify the originating status of the products .
                                                                2.     The    Customs    authorities   shall   refuse such
Having regard to the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of                 authorization to exporters who do not offer all the
 Finland, signed in Brussels on 5 October 1973 ;                guarantees which they consider necessary .
                                                                3.     The Customs authorities may withdraw the
Having regard to Protocol No 3 concerning the                   authorization at any time. They must do so where the
definition of the concept of "originating products' and         approved exporter no longer satisfies the conditions
methods of administrative cooperation, and in                   or no longer offers the guarantees referred to in the
particular Articles 16 and 28 thereof;                          preceding paragraphs .
Whereas the formalities relating to the issue of EUR.1
movement certificates may be considerably eased in                                       Article 4
the cases of exporters making frequent shipments ;
whereas the conditions and detailed rules for easing            1.     The authorization shall stipulate, at the choice
the formalities must be laid down,                              of the Customs authorities, that box No 11 , ' Customs
                                                                Endorsement', of the EUR.1 movement certificate
                                                                must
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                ( a) either be endorsed beforehand with the stamp of
                                                                     the competent Customs office of the exporting
                                                                      State and the handwritten or non-handwritten
                         Article 1                                    signature of an official of that office, or
                                                                ( b) be endorsed by the approved exporter with a
By way of derogation from Article 8 ( 1 ), (2 ) and (5 ),             special stamp which has been approved by the
and Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol No 3 , a simplified                 Customs authorities of the exporting State and
procedure for the issue of EUR.1 movement                             corresponds to the specimen given in the Annex;
certificates is hereby established in accordance with                 this stamp may be preprinted on the forms.
the following provisions .
                                                                2 . In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (a), one
                                                                of the following phrases shall be entered in box
                         Article 2                              No 7, 'Remarks', of the EUR.1 movement certificate :
                                                                'Simplified procedure',          'Forenklet procedure',
The Customs authorities in the exporting State may              ' Vereinfachtes Verfahren', Procedure simplifée',
authorize any exporter, hereinafter referred to as              'Procedura semplificata', 'Vereenvoudigde procedure',
' approved exporter', who satisfies the conditions set          'Förenklad procedur', 'Yksinkertaistettu menettely'.
out in Article 3 and who intends to carry out
transactions for which EUR.1 movement certificates              3 . Where the simplified procedure applies, the
may be issued not to submit to the Customs office in            Customs authorities of the exporting State may
the exporting State at the time of export either the            prescribe the use of EUR.1 movement certificates
goods or the application for an EUR.1 movement                  bearing a distinctive sign by which they may be
certificate relating to those goods, for the purpose of         identified.
obtaining an EUR.1 movement certificate under the
conditions laid down in Article 8 of Protocol No 3 .
                                                                                         Article 5
                         Article 3
                                                                1.     In the authorization the Customs authorities
                                                                shall specify in particular :
1.    The authorization referred to in Article 2 shall
be granted only to exporters making frequent                    ( a) the conditions under which the applications for
shipments and who offer, to the satisfaction of the                  EUR.1 movement certificates are made,
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(b) the conditions under which these applications              2.    The approved exporter shall if necessary
     and the EUR.l movement certificates used as the           indicate in box No 13 , 'Request for Verification', of
     basis for the issue of other EUR.l movement               the   EUR.l     movement    certificate  the  name     and
     certificates under the conditions laid down in            address of the Customs authority competent to verify
     Article 8 (2 ) of Protocol No 3 are kept for at           the certificate .
     least two years,
(c) in the cases referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) (b), the
                                                                                       Article 8
     Customs authority competent to carry out the
     subsequent verification referred to in Article 18
     of Decision No 4/74 of the Joint Committee.               The Customs authorities in the exporting State may
                                                               carry out any check on the approved exporter which
                                                               they consider necessary. The approved exporter must
2.     The approved exporter may be required to                allow this to be done.
inform the Customs authorities, in accordance with
the rules which they lay down, of goods to be
dispatched by him, so that the competent Customs
office may make any verification it thinks necessary                                   Article 9
before the departure of the goods .
                                                               The Customs authorities in the exporting State may
                                                               declare certain categories of goods ineligible for the
                        Article 6                              special treatment provided for in Article 1 .
Where, under the simplified procedure, Article 19 of
Decision No 4/74 of the Joint Committee is applied,                                    Article 10
the expressions laid down in that Article shall be
authenticated, as appropriate, either by the stamp             This Decision shall not prejudice application of the
used by the competent Customs office of the ex­                rules of the Community, the Member States and
porting State, or by the special stamp referred to in          Finland on customs        formalities   and the use of
Article 4 ( 1 ) (b), which may be preprinted on the            customs documents .
form .
                        Article 7                                                      Article 1 1
1.     In the cases referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ), box        This Decision shall apply mutatis mutandis where
No 11 , 'Customs Endorsement', of the EUR.l move­              movement certificates of the types referred to in
ment certificate shall be completed if necessary by            Article 9 (3 ) of Decision No 3 /73 of the Joint
the approved exporter.                                         Committee are used .
               Done at Brussels, 8 July 1974.
                                                                                 For the Joint Committee
                                                                                      The Chairman
                                                                                   R. de KERGORLAY
                         The Secretaries
                 S. SUNDBACK          J. von GRUMME
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                                                  ANNEX
            (*) Initials or coat of arms of the exporting State.
            (2) Such information as is necessary for the identification of the approved exporter.