CELEX: 21973D1217(02)
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 4/73 of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee on Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

No L 347/6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             17. 12. 73
                                 DECISION No 4/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                on Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products'
                                      and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,                                          not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not
                                                               less than 64 g/m2. Form EUR.2 may be detached into
                                                               two parts .
Having regard to the Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Norway signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973 ;                     The Member States of the Community and Norway
                                                               may reserve the right to print the forms themselves
                                                               or may have them printed by printers they have ap­
Having regard to Protocol No 3 concerning the defi­            proved. In addition, each part must bear the
nition of 'originating products' and methods of ad­            distinctive sign attributed to the approved printer
ministrative cooperation (hereafter referred to as             and a serial number .
'Protocol No 3 '), and in particular Article 28 there­
of;
Whereas it is necessary to adopt certain measures                                     Article 3
to adapt the provisions of Protocol No 3 to the
requirements proper to specific goods or to certain
modes of transport,                                            A form EUR.2 shall be completed for each postal
                                                               consignment. After completing and signing the two
                                                               parts of the form, the exporter shall, in the case of
                                                               consignments by parcel post attach the two parts to
HAS DECIDED :
                                                               the despatch note. In the case of consignments by
                                                               letter post, the exporter shall attach Part 1 firmly to
                                                               the consignment and insert Part 2 inside it.
                         Article 1
                                                               These provisions do not exempt exporters from com­
' Originating products' within the meaning of Pro­             plying with any other formalities required by customs
tocol No 3 which are postal consignments (including            or postal regulations.
parcels) shall, provided that the consignments contain
only originating products and the value does not ex­
ceed one thousand units of account per consignment,
benefit from the provisions of the Agreement on im­
port into the Community or Norway on presentation                                     Article 4
of form EUR.2 (see specimen in the Annex to this
Decision).
                                                               1 . The Community and Norway shall admit as orig­
                                                               inating products benefiting from the provisions of the
                                                               Agreement, without requiring the completion of a
                         Article 2                             form EUR.2, goods sent as small packages to private
                                                               persons provided such goods are not imported by
                                                               way of trade and have been declared as fulfilling the
Form EUR.2 shall be completed by the exporter. It              conditions required for the application of these pro­
shall be made out in one of the languages in which             visions and provided there is no doubt as to the accu­
the Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with               racy of such declaration .
the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting
State. If it is handwritten it must be completed in ink
and in block letters . Form EUR.2 shall be composed            2. Importations not by way of trade shall be impor­
of two parts, each part being 210 X 148 mm. The                tations which are occasional and consist solely of
paper used shall be white paper dressed for writing            goods for the personal use of the addressee or his
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family, it being evident from the nature and quantity        Customs administrations, for the purpose of checking
of the goods that they have no commercial purpose.           the authenticity and accuracy of exporters' declar­
Furthermore, the total value of these goods must not         ations made on forms EUR . 2 .
exceed 60 units of account.
                                                                                     Article 6
                       Article 5
                                                             Penalties shall be imposed on any person who com­
In order to ensure proper application of this Decision,      pletes a form or has a form completed which con­
the Member States of the Community and Norway                tains inaccurate information for the purpose of en­
 shall assist each other, through their respective            abling goods to benefit from preferential treatment.
              Done at Brussels, 26 July 1973 .
                                                                    For the Joint Committee
                                                                         The Chairman
                                                                            B. BRUN
                            The Secretaries
              N. J. J0RGENSEN           J. von GRUMME
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                       REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION                                                             RESULT OF VERIFICATION
   The undersigned Customs officer requests that the declaration by                  Verification carried out by the undersigned Customs officer
    the exporter on the front of this form be verified (*)                           shows that :
                                                                                    I     I     the statements and particulars given in this form are
                                                                                    I     1     accurate (');
                                                                                    I     j this form does not meet the requirements as to authen­
                                                                                    1     1 ticity and accuracy (see remarks appended) (')
                            ( Place and date of signature )                                                   ( Place and date of signature )
  •      Official   :                                                                       Official   ·
  :       stamp     :                                                                       stamp      \
                                                                                                       :                (Signature of Customs officer)
                                                                                    C ) Place an x where applicable
(*) Verification of the form is made on a sampling basis or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubt as to the true origin
      of the goods in question or of constituents thereof .
      The Customs authorities of the importing country must send the form to the authorities of the exporting country responsible for verification , specifying the
      reasons of substance or form which justify an inquiry . Wherever possible they must attach to the form the invoice submitted to them or a copy thereof,
      and give any information v. hich it has been possible to obtain and which suggests that the particulars given in the form are inaccurate.
      If the Customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the provisions of the Agreement while awaiting the results of the verification , they
     shall offer to release the goods to the importer subject to such safeguards as may be considered necessary .
 ---pagebreak--- Footnotes for both Forms
(') Indicate the Contracting Parties to the transaction in respect of which the form has been completed.
(2 ) Refer to any verification already carried out by the appropriate authorities.
Instructions for the completion of form EUR.2
A. A form EUR.2 may be made out only for goods which in the exporting country meet the conditions specified by the provi­
     sions governing the trade referred to in space 2 .
     Those provisions must be studied carefully before the form is completed .
B. The exporter must give the reference 'EUR.2' followed by the serial number of the form either on green label CI or on
     customs declaration C2/CP3 .
C. After completing and signing the two parts of the form , the exporter must,
     — in the case of a consignment by parcel post, attach the two parts to the despatch note,
     — in the case of a consignment by letter post, attach Part 1 firmly to the consignment and insert Part 2 inside it.