COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 4133/87
of 9 December 1987
determining the conditions for the  admission of vodka of combined nomenclature subheadings 2208 90 31 and 2208 90 59, imported into  the Community, to the tariff conditions provided for in the agreement between the European Economic  Community and the Republic of Finland on mutual trade in wines and spirituous beverages
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical  nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff (2), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3529/87 (3), established the Common Customs Tariff on the basis  of the nomenclature of the Convention of 15 December 1950 concerning the nomenclature to be used  for the classification of goods in customs tariffs;
Whereas, on the basis of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be  taken for the uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (4), as last  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (5), Commission Regulation (EEC) No
4133/86 (6), determined  the conditions for the admission of
vodka of Common Customs Tariff subheadings 22.09 C
IV a) and  22.09 C V a), imported into the Community, to the tariff conditions provided for in the agreement  between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on mutual trade in wines and  spirituous beverages;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 has repealed and replaced, on the one hand, Regulation (EEC) N°  950/68 in adopting the new tariff and statistical nomenclature (combined nomenclature) based on the  International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and, on the  other hand, Regulation (EEC) N° 97/69; whereas it is consequently appropriate, for reasons of  clarity, to replace Regulation (EEC) N° 4133/86 by a new regulation taking over the new  nomenclature as well as the new legal base;
Whereas the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland  concerning the
mutual trade in wines and spirituous beverages (7) envisages a special tariff  on import into the Community of vodka of combined nomenclature subheadings 2208 90 31 and 2209 90  53 when the vodka originates in Finland and is accompanied by an approved certificate of  authenticity;
Whereas it is appropriate to specify the form which the certificate must take and the conditions  for its use; whereas it is appropriate to lay down certain rules governing the appointment of  issuing bodies so as to enable the Community to ensure that the conditions of issue of certificates  are observed;
Whereas the certificate of authenticity should be drawn up in an official Community language and,  where appropriate, an official language of the exporting country;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the  Nomenclature Committee,
The admission of vodka of combined nomenclature subheadings 2208 90 31  and 2208 90 53, on importation into the Community, to the tariff conditions provided for in the  agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on mutual trade in  wines and spirits shall be subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity meeting the  requirements specified in this Regulation.
1.  The certificate shall be prepared on a form corresponding to the specimen in Annex  I. The form shall
be printed and drawn up in one of the official languages
of the European Economic  Community. It shall measure
210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall be white writing paper, sized and  weighing not less than 40 grammes per square metre. The form shall have a yellow border of a width  of approximately 3 mm.
2.  The form shall be completed either in typescript or in manuscript. In the latter case, it must  be completed in ink and in block letters.
3.  Each certificate shall bear an individual serial number given by the issuing body.
4.  The customs authority of the Member State in which the products are presented may require a  translation of the certificate.
The certificate shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing Member  State within six months of its date of issue, together with the goods to which it refers.
1.  A certificate shall be valid only if it is duly authenticated by the issuing body  appearing in Annex II.
2.  A duly authenticated certificate is one which shows the place and date of issue and bears the  stamp of the issuing body and the signature of the person or persons authorized to sign it.
3.  Finland shall send to the Commission specimens of the Stamps used by their issuing body. The  Commission shall forward this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.
1.  An issuing body may only appear in Annex II if:
(a)  it is recognized as such by the Finnish authorities;
(b)  it undertakes to verify the particulars shown in certificates;
(c)  it undertakes to provide the Commission and Member States on request with all appropriate  information to enable an assessment to be made of the particulars shown in the certificates.
2.  Annex II shall be revised when the condition specified in paragraph I (a) is no longer  satisfied or when an issuing body does not fulfil all of the obligations which it has undertaken.
Invoices produced in support of import declarations shall bear the serial number of the  corresponding certificate.
Regulation (EEC) N° 4133/86 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
However, until 31 December 1988, the af abovementioned vodka shall be admitted under the  subheadings listed in Article 1 on presentation of a certificate of the kind used until 31 December  1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.