CELEX: 31975R1496
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1496/75 of the Council of 11 June 1975 on the implementation of the provisions adopted under the association between the European Economic Community and Greece in respect of the movement of goods consequent on the extension of the association to the new Member States

13 . 6. 75                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 153/ 1
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                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No . 1496/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 11 June 1975
               on the implementation of the provisions adopted under the association between
               the European Economic Community and Greece in respect of the movement of
                goods consequent on the extension of the association to the new Member States
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     pean Economic Community and Greece on the move­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    ment of goods in the manufacture of which are used
                                                                 third country products which are not in free circula­
                                                                tion either in the Community or Greece, as last
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          amended by Regulation (EEC) No 291 1 /74 (2), must
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113              be amended as regards the levy to be collected in
 thereof ;                                                       trade between the new Member States and Greece,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas an Additional Protocol to extend the associa­
 tion between the European Economic Community as
 originally constituted and Greece to the new Member                                    Article 1
 States was signed on 28 April 1975 ; whereas an
 interim Agreement relating to the advance implemen­
 tation of certain provisions on trade of the Additional        Decision     No   2/75  of the Association       Council,
 Protocol was concluded on the same date ;                      annexed to this Regulation , shall apply as regards
                                                                methods of administrative cooperation for the imple­
                                                                mentation of Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement esta­
 whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of the said interim            blishing an association between the European
Agreement, the Council of Association adopted, by               Economic Community and Greece .
 Decision No 2/75, methods of administrative coopera­
 tion for the implementation of Articles 7 and 8 of the
Association Agreement for the whole range of intra­                                     Article 2
association trade ; whereas the Council of Association
 adopted at the same time, by Decision No 3/75,
special provisions for a period ending 30 June 1977             Regulation (EEC) No 610/72 is amended as follows :
in respect of the percentage of the duties of the
Common Customs Tariff to be used to determine the               (a) The second subparagraph of Article 2 is replaced
rate of tjie levy referred to in Article 8 of the Associa­           by the following :
tion Agreement for trade between the new Member
States and Greece ;                                                  'As regards goods manufactured from products
                                                                     within the province of the European Coal and
                                                                     Steel Community the percentage shall apply to the
 Whereas measures must be taken for the implementa­                  customs duties of the unified tariff in force in the
tion of the Decisions referred to above and, to this                 Community as originally constituted in respect of
end, Council Regulation ( EEC) No 610/72 (') of 23                   products within the province of the European
March 1972 on the application of provisions adopted                  Coal and Steel Community used in the manufac­
within the association established between the Euro­                 ture of those goods'.
(>) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3. 1972, p. 7.                            (2) OJ No L 313, 25. 11 . 1974, p. 52.
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(b) The following Article is inserted :                             for goods covered by the arrangements in
    'Article 5b                                                     Article 14 of the Association Agreement ;
    In derogation from the provisions Of Article 5 and          (b) 21-6 % as from 1 July 1975,
    5a, the percentage of duties to be used in respect
    of goods obtained or produced in the new Member                 for goods covered by the arrangements in
    States shall be as follows :                                    Article 15 of the said Agreement.'
    (a) — 60 % for the period from 1 July to 31
            December 1975,                                                          Article 3
          — 80 % for the period from 1 January 1976
            to 30 June 1977',                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 11 June 1975.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                        G. FITZGERALD
        /
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                                                        ANNEX
                        DECISION No 2/ 75 OF THE COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATION
              on the methods of administrative cooperation for the implementation of Arti­
              cles 7 and 8 of the Agreement establishing an association between the European
                                       Economic Community and Greece
THE COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATION ,                                 tion relating to the progressive abolition between the
                                                             Community and Greece of customs duties, quantita­
Having regard to the Agreement establishing an associ­       tive restrictions and all measures having equivalent
ation between the European Economic Community                effect, shall benefit from these provisions in the
and Greece, and in particular Article 9 thereof ;           Member States or in Greece upon submission of docu­
Having regard to the interim Agreement between the           mentary evidence issued at the exporter's request by
                                                             the customs authorities of Greece or of a Member
European Economic Community and Greece
                                                             State .
consequent on the accession of new Member States to
the Community, and in particular Article 12 thereof ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas an Agreement concluded pursuant to Article
9 of the Association Agreement between the Govern­           1.      When the goods are transported directly from a
ments of Member States of the Community as origi­           Member State to Greece or from Greece to a Member
nally constituted and the Greek Government, signed           State, the documentary evidence referred to in Article
on 26 September 1962 in Brussels, laid down the              1 shall be movement certificate A.G.I.
methods of administrative cooperation for the imple­
mentation of Articles 7 and 8 of the Association             In other cases, the documentary evidence shall be
Agreement ;                                                  movement certificate A.G.3 .
Whereas Article 4 of the Additional Protocol signed          2. For the application of paragraph 1 , the following
on 28 April 1975, provides for an , amendment to             shall be considered as transported directly from a
Article 9 of the Association Agreement, so that the          Member State to Greece or from Greece to a Member
methods of administrative cooperation for the imple­         State :
mentation of Articles 7 and 8 of the said Agreement
may be determined by the Council of Association ;           (a) goods that are transported without passing through
whereas, pending the entry into force of the said                territory other than that of the Community or of
Protocol, and in anticipation of the amendment to be             Greece ;
made, Article 12 of the interim Agreement henceforth        (b) goods transported through territory other than that
delegates this task to the Council of Association ;              of the Community or of Greece , or transhipped in
                                                                 such territory provided that they cross such terri­
Whereas, pursuant to the interim Agreement and the               tory, or are transhipped, under cover of a single
Additional Protocol , the new Member States and
                                                                 transport document made out in the Community
Greece shall apply until 31 December 1977 customs                or in Greece .
duties and charges having equivalent effect different
from those applicable under the Association Agree­
ment in respect of trade between the Community as                                    Article 3
originally constituted and Greece ; whereas it is accord­
                                                            When movement certificate A.G.I or A.G.3 relates to
ingly appropriate to adopt methods of administrative
cooperation ensuring the proper implementation of           goods obtained in the Community under the condi­
the provisions governing the whole range of intra­          tions set out in Article 8 of the Association Agree­
association trade ,                                         ment, it must bear a statement to that effect.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                                              TITLE II
                        TITLE I
                                                            Special      provisions    on   movement      certificate
                        General                                                        A.G.I
                        Article 1                                                    Article 4
Goods satisfying the required conditions for the imple­      1.      Movement certificate A.G.I shall be endorsed by
mentation of the provisions adopted under the associa­      the customs authorities of the exporting State when
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 goods to which it relates are exported. It shall be           ties of the importing State. It shall only be valid for
  made available to the exporter as soon as actual expor­      the quantities of goods entering the importing State
 tation has been effected or ensured .                         during that period.
  In exceptional circumstances movement certificate
 A.G.I may also be endorsed after exportation of the
 goods to which it relates, if it was not produced at the                               TITLE IV
 time of exportation because of errors or involuntary
 omission or special circumstances. In this case, the
 certificate shall bear a special reference to the condi­      Provisions common to movement certificates
 tions in which it was endorsed .
                                                                                    A.G.I and A.G.3
 2. Movement certificate A.G.I may be endorsed
 only where it can serve as the documentary evidence
                                                                                        Article 8
 required for the purpose of implementing the prefer­
 ential treatment provided for under the association .
                                                               Movement certificates shall be made out on the appro­
                                                               priate form, specimens of which are appended to this
                                                               Decision , in one of the languages in which the Associ­
                         Article 5
                                                               ation Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with
                                                               the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting
 Movement certificate A.G.I must be submitted, within          State. When certificates are made out in Greek, they
 three months of the date of endorsement by the                shall also be completed in one of the official
 customs authorities of the exporting State, to the            languages of the Community. They shall be typed or
 customs office of the importing State where the goods         handwritten ; in the latter case they must be in capital
 are entered .                                                 letters in ink .
                                                              The customs authorities of the exporting State may
                                                               require a duplicate copy of movement certificates to
                         TITLE III                             be submitted to the customs export office at the same
                                                               time as the original .
                                                               Each certificate shall measure 210       x 297 mm . The
 Special    provisions    on    movement       certificate    paper used must be white-sized writing paper not
                           A.G.3
                                                              containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less
                                                              than 64 g/m 2 . It shall have a printed green guilloche
                                                              pattern background making any falsification by
                         Article 6                            mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye.
Movement certificate A.G.3 shall be issued by the             The Member States and Greece may reserve the right
customs authorities of the exporting State when the           to print the certificates themselves or may have them
goods to which it relates are exported . It shall be          printed by approved printers . In the latter case, each
made available to the exporter as soon as actual expor­       certificate must include a reference to such approval .
tation has been effected or ensured . Under no circum­        Each certificate must bear the name and address of
stances may movement certificate A.G.3 be issued              the printer or a mark by which the printer can be
after the goods have been exported .                          identified . It shall also bear a serial number by which
                                                              it can be identified .
Movement certificate A.G.3 must be made out so as to
allow identification of the goods to which it relates
                                                                                        Article 9
when they are imported . The customs authorities of
the exporting State shall also take any measures they
consider necessary to facilitate such identification and      Movement certificates shall be submitted to customs
shall refer to these on the certificate itself.               authorities in the importing State in accordance with
                                                              the procedures laid down by that State . These authori­
                                                              ties may require a translation of a certificate. They
                                                              may also require the import declaration to be accom­
                         Article 7
                                                              panied by a statement from the importer to the effect
                                                              that the goods meet the conditions required for the
Movement certificate A.G.3 must be submitted within           implementation of the provisions adopted under the
six months of the date of issue to the customs authori­       association .
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                          TITLE V                                                    Article 14
                                                               1.   Until 31 December 1977, the customs authori­
                Miscellaneous provisions                      ties of the exporting State shall ensure that A.G.I and
                                                              A.G.3 movement certificates issued by them indicate
                         Article 10                           that the goods covered by the said certificates have
                                                              acquired the status of products fulfilling the condi­
The following shall benefit from the provisions under         tions of Article 7 or 8 of the Association Agreement
the association relating to the progressive abolition,        either in the Community as originally constituted or
between the Community and Greece, of customs                  in a new Member State .
duties, quantitative restrictions and all measures
having equivalent effect, without requiring the produc­       2.    During the period referred to in paragraph 1 , a
tion of a movement certificate A.G.I or A.G.3 :               movement certificate A.G.I or A.G.3 relating to goods
                                                              obtained in Greece under the conditions set out in
(a) dutiable objects accompanying travellers or
                                                              Article 8 of the Association Agreement shall bear a
      forming part of their luggage, provided they are
                                                              statement to that effect, together with an indication of
      not objects intended for commercial purposes and
      their total value does not exceed 200 units of          the percentage taken into consideration for the deter­
                                                              mination of the rate of the levy.
      account, once they have been declared as meeting
      the conditions required for the application of                                 Article 15
      these provisions and where there is no doubt as to
      the accuracy of such declaration ;                      Goods fulfilling the conditions of Article 7 of the
(b) postal consignments (including postal packages)           Association Agreement which have been exported
                                                              from a new Member State or from Greece after the
transported directly from the exporting State to the
importing State provided there is no indication on the        Additional Protocol has been signed and which, on
packing or on the accompanying documents that the             the date of entry into force of the interim Agreement
goods contained therein do not comply with the                are either in transit, or held in Greece or a Member
conditions set out in Article 7 or 8 of the Association       State in a customs warehouse, in temporary storage or
Agreement. This indication shall consist of a yellow          in a free zone, may benefit from the provisions of the
label, complying with that provided for under the             interim Agreement subject to production, within four
Community transit authorities of the exporting State .        months of that date, to the customs authorities of the
                                                              importing State of a movement certificate A.G.I
                         Article 11                           endorsed retrospectively by the customs authorities of
                                                              the exporting State, together with documentary
In order to ensure the proper implementation of this          evidence of through transit.
Decision , the Member States and Greece shall assist
each other, through their respective customs adminis­                                Article 16
trations, in checking the authenticity and accuracy of         1.   This Decision shall apply as from 1 July 1975.
the certificates .
                                                              2.    For the purposes of implementing this Decision,
                                                              movement certificates issued in accordance with the
                      . Article 12
                                                              Agreement of 26 September 1962 before the date
Greece and the Community shall each take the steps            referred to in paragraph 1 but submitted to the
necessary to implement this Decision .                        customs authorities of the importing State after this
                                                              date shall be considered as issued in accordance with
                         Article 13                           the provisions of this Decision .
1 . The specimens of movement certificates A.G.I
and A.G.3 shall form an integral part of this Decision .      Done at Brussels, 11 June 1975.
2.      A.G.I    and    A.G.3    movement      certificates                       For the Council of Association
complying with the, former specimens annexed to the                                         The President
Agreement of 26 September 1962 may continue to be
used until existing stocks are exhausted .                                                 St. STATHATOS
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                                                       Appendix to the Annex
                                                              MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
               1 . Exporter     (Name, full address, country)                            A. G.I no                     A oooooo
                                                                                            See notes overleaf before completing this form
                                                                                   2. Transport document (Optional)
                                                                                      No                                   date
               3 . Consignee    (Name, full address, country) (Optional)           4.                     ASSOCIATION
                                                                                                            between the
                                                                                          EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                                                                                                                 and
                                                                                                              GREECE
(') Insert the                                                                     5. Country of exportation I 6. Country of destination (1)
     Member
    State or
     Greece
(') Insert
     where
               7. Transport details      (Optional)                                8. Remarks (f)
     appro­
     priate
    ' compen­
    satory
    levy EEC­
    Greece '
9. Item        10. Marks and numbers ; number and kind of packages (for goods in bulk, indicate the name                                11 . Gross
      num­          of the ship or the number of the railway wagon or road vehicle) ; description of goods                                   weight
      ber                                                                                                                                    (kg) or
                                                                                                                                             other
                                                                                                                                             measure
                                                                                                                                             (hi, m»,
                                                                                                                                             etc.)
               12. CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT                                                               13 . DECLARATION BY THE
                                                                                                          EXPORTER
               Declaration certified
                                                                               Stamp
(') Complete   Export document (3) :
     only                                                                                            I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
     where     Form                             No                                                  described      above   meet     the   conditions
     the
     exporting Customs office :                                                                     required for the issue of this certificate.
     country
      requires Issuing country :
                                                                                                    Place and date
               Date
                                 (Signature)                                                                            (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---         14. REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION, to                                    15 . RESULT OF VERIFICATION
                                                                            Verification carried out shows that this certificate (*)
                                                                            1     "I     was issued by the customs office indicated and that
                                                                            1        I the information contained therein is accurate.
                                                                            | ~f does not meet the requirements as to authenticity
                                                                            I 1 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 .
                       I. GOODS FOR WHICH A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A.G.I MAY BE ENDORSED
  1 . A movement certificate A.G.I may be endorsed only for goods                       Note : The statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece' must
       which , in the exporting State, fall within one of the following                 appear on all movement certificates A .G .I for goods obtained
       categories :                                                                     or produced in the Community from products coming from a
       (a) goods produced in the exporting State, including those obtained              third country on which the applicable customs duties and
           or produced wholly or partly from products on which the                      charges having equivalent effect nave not been levied either
           applicable customs duties or charges having equivalent effect                in the Community or in Greece .
           have been levied and which have not benefited from a total or
                                                                                    (d) goods originally imported from a State party to the Agreement
           partial drawback of such duties or charges ;                                 and which on exportation fall within one of the categories (a),
       (b) goods in free circulation in the exporting State (goods coming               (b ) or ( c) above ;
           from a third country , in respect of which import formalities                Note : In the case of goods originally imported into the export­
           have been complied with and any customs duties or charges                   ing State under the cover of a movement certificate bearing the
           having equivalent effect have been levied , and which have not               statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece ', the movement certifi­
           benefited from a total or partial drawback of such duties or                 cates or certificate A.G.x issued in lieu of the latter must also
           charges);                                                                    bear the statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece '.
       (c) goods obtained or produced within the exporting State, and in
           the manufacture of which have been used products on which           2 . Certain products must also comply with the additional conditions
           the applicable duties or charges having equivalent effect have           laid down in respect thereof.
           not been levied or which have benefited from a total or partial     3 . Movement certificates A.G.I may not be endorsed for goods
           drawback of such duties or charges , subject to the collection ,         originally imported from a third country under a preferential
           where appropriate, of the compensatory levy prescribed for               customs system because of their country of origin or place of
           them ;                                                                   consignment .
                                         II. SCOPE OF THE USE OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 1
  The movement certificate A.G.I may be used only if the goods to                   provided that carriage through such territories or transhipment is
 which it relates are transported direct from the exporting State to                covered by a single transport document made out in the
 the importing State .                                                              Community or in Greece .
 The following shall be considered as transported direct from the                   Note: Before requesting endorsement of movement certificate
 exporting State to the importing State :                                           A.G.I by the customs authorities of the exporting State, the
 (a) goods transported without passing through territories other than               exporter must satisfy himself that the goods will in fact be trans­
       those of the Community or Greece ;                                           ported direct to the importing State . Goods not transported direct
 (b) goods transported through territories other than those of the                  are eligible for preferential treatment only if a movement certifi­
       Community or Greece or with transhipment in such territories                 cate A.G.3 is produced .
                                      III. RULES FOR COMPLETING MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 1
 1 . The movement certificate A.G.I must be completed in one of the           3 . Each      item   listed  in  the  movement    certificate A.G.I must be
      languages in which the Agreement is drawn up and shall comply                preceded by a serial number. A horizontal line must be drawn
      with the internal laws of the exporting State . When the certificate         immediately after the last entry . Unused space must be struck
      is completed in Greek, it shall also be completed in one of the              through so as to make any later addition impossible.
      official languages of the Community .                                   4 . Goods must be described in accordance with commercial usage and
2. The movement certificate A.G.I must be typed or handwritten ;                   in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified.
      if the latter it must be completed in ink in block letters . It must
      not contain any erasure or superimposed correction . Any alteration     5 . The exporter or the carrier may complete the certificate by a
      must be made by deleting the incorrect particulars and adding any            reference to the transport document. It is also recommended that
      necessary corrections . Any such alteration must be initialled by the        the exporter or the carrier should show on the transport document
      person who completed the certificate and be endorsed by the                  covering the dispatch of the goods the serial number of the
      customs authorities .                                                        movement certificate A.G.I.
                                             IV. EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 1
When properly used movement certificate A.G.I enables the goods               be eligible for this preferential treatment in the Member States of the
described therein to benefit in the importing State from the pro­             EEC .
gressive elimination of customs duties , quantitative restrictions and        The customs authorities of the importing State may , if they consider
all other measures having equivalent effect . However , when the              it to be necessary , require any other documentary evidence and in
movement certificate is endorsed in the Community with the statement          particular transport documents under cover of which the goods were
' compensatory levy EEC-Greece ' the goods described therein shall not        dispatched .
                                V. TIME LIMIT FOR SUBMISSION OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 1
The movement certificate A.G.I must be produced at the customs                a period of three months from the date of endorsement.
office of the importing State where the goods are presented , within
 ---pagebreak---                                                                MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE
                 1 . Exporter    (Name, full address, country)
                                                                                     A.G. 3 no                        A oooooo
                                                                                         See notes overleaf before completing this form
                                                                              2. Transport document
                                                                                 No                                      date
                 3 . Consignee (Name, full address, country) (Optional)       4.                      ASSOCIATION
                                                                                                         between the
                                                                                     EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                                                                                                              and
                                                                                                          GREECE            -
                                                                              5. Country of exportation          6. Country or destination
                                                                                                                      at the time of export
 (') Insert      7. Transport details       (Optional)                        8. Remarks (M
      where
      approp­
      riate
      ' compen­
      satory
     levy EEC­
      Greece '
 9 . Item        10. Marks and numbers ; number and kind of packages (for goods in bulk,        11 . Tariff       12 . Gross         13 . Net
        num­          indicate the name of the ship or the number of the railway wagon or            number             weight            weight
        ber           road vehicle) ; description of goods                                                              (kg)              (kg) or
                                                                                                                                          other
                                                                                                                                          measure
                                                                                                                                          hi, ms,
                                                                                                                                          etc.)
(*) See note     14. CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT
    overleaf
                     Result of customs examination and indication of means of identification (z )
                Declaration certified                                   Stamp
                                                                                              15 . DECLARATION BY THE
                                                                                                    EXPORTER
(*) Complete    Export document (3) :
    only
    where       Form                              No                                          I, the undersigned, declare that the goods
    the                                                                                       described     above      meet    the  conditions
    exporting   Customs office :
    country                                                                                   required for the issue of this certificate.
    requires    Issuing country :                                                             Place of loading :
                                                                                              Place and date
                Date
                                  ( Signature)                                                                    ( Signature)
 ---pagebreak---         16. REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION,to                                        17. RESULT OF VERIFICATION
                                                                               Verification carried out shows that this certificate (J)
                                                                              FT-! was issued by the customs office indicated and that
                                                                              L_ '             the information contained therein is accurate.
                                                                              | ~j does not meet the requirements as to authenticity
                                                                              1 1 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 .
                             I. GOODS FOR WHICH A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 3 MAY BE ISSUED
  1 . A movement certificate A.G.3 may be endorsed only for goods                            or produced in the Community from products coming from a
       which , in the exporting State , fall within one of the following                     third country on which ' the applicable customs duties and
       categories :                                                                          charges having equivalent effect have .not been levied either
       ( a ) goods produced in the exporting State , including those obtained                in the Community or in Greece .
             or produced wholly or partly from products on which the                   (d) goods originally imported from a State party to the Agreement
             applicable customs duties or charges having equivalent effect                   and which on exportation fall within one of the categories (a),
             have been levied and which have not benefited from a total or                   (b ) or ( c) above ;
            partial drawback of such duties or charges ;                                     Note: In the case of goods originally imported into the export­
       ( b ) goods in free circulation in the exporting State (goods coming                  ing State under the cover of a movement certificate bearing the
             from a third country , in respect of which import formalities                   statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece ', the movement certifi­
             have been complied with and any customs duties or charges                        cates or certificate A.G.3 issued in lieu of the latter must also
             having equivalent effect have been levied , and which have not                  bear the statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece '.
             benefited from a total or partial drawback of such duties or
             charges);                                                           2 . Certain products must also comply with the additional conditions
       (c) goods obtained or produced within the exporting State , and in             laid down in respect thereof .
             the manufacture of which have been used products on which           3 . Movement certificates A.G.3 may not be issued for goods :
             the applicable duties or charges having equivalent effect have
             not been levied or which have benefited from a total or partial           ( a ) which , in accordance with the provisions applicable therein
             drawback of such duties or charges , subject to the collection ,                must be transported direct from the exporting State to the
             where appropriate, of the compensatory levy prescribed for                      importing State ;
             them ;                                                                    (b) which were originally imported from a third country under a
             Note: The statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece ' must                      preferential customs system because of their country of origin
             appear on all movement certificates A.G.3 for goods obtained                    or place of consignment .
                                           II . SCOPE OF THE USE OF MO VEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 3
 A movement certificate A.G.3 may be used in all cases where a                   ( b ) goods transported through territories other than those of the
 movement certificate A.G.I ctnnot be used owing to the fact that the                  Community or Greece or with transhipment in such territories
 goods are not transported direct from the exporting State to the                      provided that carriage through such territories or transhipment is
 importing State :                                                                     covered by a single transport document made out in the
                                                                                       Community or in Greece .
 The following shall be considered as transported direct from the
 exporting State to the importing State :                                              In particular , the movement certificate A.G.3 may be used for
                                                                                       goods exported f:om a State party to the Agreement to a
 (a) goods transported without passing through territories other than                  country not party to the Agreement , from which they are liable
       those of the Community or Greece ;                                              to be re-exported subsequently to a State party to the Agreement.
                                       III. RULES FOR COMPLETING MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 3
 1 . The movement certificate A.G.3 must be completed in one of the             4 . Each item listed in the movement certificate A.G.I must be pre­
      languages in which the Agreement is drawn up and shall comply                   ceded by a serial number . A horizontal line must be drawn
      with the internal laws of the exporting State . When the certificate            immediately after the last entry . Unused space must be struck
      is completed in Greek , it shall also be completed in one of the                through so as to make any later addition impossible .
      official languages of the Community .                                     5 . Goods must be described in accordance with commercial usage
2 . The movement certificate A.G.3 must be typed or handwritten ;                     and in great detail so as to ensure that they can be identified
      if the latter it must be completed in ink in block letters . It must            easily . The description of the goods must include the number of
      not contain any erasure or superimposed correction . Any alteration             the tariff heading applicable to each item .
      must be made by deleting the incorrect particulars and adding any
      necessary corrections . Any such alteration must be initialled by the           The exporter must include with the movement certificate A.G.3 all
      person who completed the certificate and be endorsed by the                     documents such as plans , drawings , photographs or commercial
      customs authorities .                                                           prospectuses, etc ., which may help identification . If they consider
3 . The movement certificate A.G.3 must be completed in full . In                     it necessary the customs authorities of the exporting country shall
                                                                                      annex these documents to the movement certificate A.G.3 .
      particular, the place of loading, the date of dispatch and the
      country of destination at the time of export must be stated .
                                                IV . EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 3
A movement certificate A.G.3 enables the goods described therein to             shall not be eligible for this preferential treatment in the Member
benefit from the progressive elimination of customs duties , quantitative       States of the EEC . The customs authorities of the importing State
restrictions and all other measures having equivalent effect , where            may require submission of any supporting evidence if they consider
there is no doubt that the goods actually imported are those                    there is doubt as to the identity of the goods and may exclude the
described in         that movement certificate       A.G.3 However when   the   goods from the progressive elimination of customs duties , quantitative
movement certificate A.G.3 is endorsed in the Community with the                restrictions and all measures having equivalent effect if satisfactory
statement ' compensatory levy EEC-Greece ', goods described therein             evidence cannot be produced .
                                  V. TIME LIMIT FOR SUBMISSION OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A. G. 3
The movement certificate A.G.3 must be submitted to the customs                 from the date of issue . It shall be valid only for the quantities of
authorities of the importing State within a period of six months                goods - presented in that State during those six months .
Footnote 2, front page : In this space the customs authorities of the place of exportation should give the result of their examination with any
details which may facilitate identification of the goods . They must also indicate any special identification measures such as sealing, stamping, etc.,
which they have taken . Where supporting items of the type referred to in Note III (5) (photographs , plans , samples of woven fabric, etc.), are
attached , the customs office must stamp them in such a way that a part of the official stamp is imprinted on the actual certificate A.G.3 .
Spaces not used must be struck through in order to prevent later additions .