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Council Regulation (EC) No 2222/2004 SECTION 2 — Double-checking system

Article 18–Article 24 · 7 articles

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Article 18

1.   The competent Ukrainian authorities shall issue an export licence in respect of all consignments of steel products subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Annex V up to the level of the said limits. 2.   The original of the export licence shall be presented by the importer for the purposes of the issue of the import authorisation referred to in Article 21.

Article 19

1.   The export licence for quantitative limits shall conform to the specimen set out in Annex II and shall certify, inter alia , that the quantity of goods in question has been set off against the quantitative limit established for the product group concerned. 2.   Each export licence shall cover only one of the product groups listed in Annex I.

Article 20

Exports shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which the products covered by the export licence have been shipped within the meaning of Article 2(4).

Article 21

1.   To the extent that the Commission has confirmed, pursuant to Article 4, that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question, the competent authorities of the Member States shall issue an import authorisation within a maximum of five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence. This presentation must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the licence were shipped. Import authorisations shall be issued by the competent authorities of any Member State, irrespective of the Member State indicated on the export licence, to the extent that the Commission, pursuant to Article 4, has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question. 2.   The import authorisations shall be valid for four months from the date of their issue. Upon duly motivated request by an importer, the competent authorities of a Member State may extend the duration of validity for a further period not exceeding four months. 3.   Import authorisations shall be drawn up in the form set out in Annex III and shall be valid throughout the customs territory of the Community. 4.   The declaration or request made by the importer in order to obtain the import authorisation shall contain: (a) the full name and address of the exporter; (b) the full name and address of the importer; (c) the exact description of the goods and the CN code(s); (d) the country of origin of the goods; (e) the country of consignment; (f) the appropriate product group and the quantity for the products in question; (g) the net weight by CN heading; (h) the cif value of the products at Community frontier by CN heading; (i) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality; (j) where appropriate, dates of payment and delivery and a copy of the bill of lading and of the purchase contract; (k) date and number of the export licence; (l) any internal code used for administrative purposes; (m) date and signature of importer. 5.   Importers shall not be obliged to import the total quantity covered by an import authorisation in a single consignment.

Article 22

The validity of import authorisations issued by the authorities of the Member States shall be subject to the validity of export licences and the quantities indicated in the export licences issued by the competent Ukrainian authorities on the basis of which the import authorisations have been issued.

Article 23

Import authorisations or equivalent documents shall be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States in conformity with Article 2(2) and without discrimination to any importer in the Community wherever the place of his establishment may be in the Community, without prejudice to compliance with other conditions required under current rules.

Article 24

1.   If the Commission finds that the total quantities covered by export licences issued by Ukraine for a particular product group in any agreement year exceed the quantitative limit established for that product group, the competent licence authorities in the Member States shall be informed immediately in order that they may suspend the further issue of import authorisations. In this event, consultations shall be initiated forthwith by the Commission. 2.   The competent authorities of a Member State shall refuse to issue import authorisations for products originating in Ukraine which are not covered by export licenses issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

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