Article 13–Article 15 · 3 articles
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1. General open licences may be issued to museums or other institutions to cover the temporary export of any of the goods that belong to their permanent collection that are liable to be temporarily exported from the Union on a regular basis for exhibition in a third country.
2. A licence may only be issued if the competent authorities are convinced that the institution offers all the guarantees considered necessary for the goods to be returned in good condition to the Union. The licence may be used to cover any combination of goods in the permanent collection at any one occasion of temporary export. It may be used to cover a series of different combinations of goods either consecutively or concurrently.
3. A licence may not be valid for a period that exceeds five years.
The licence shall be presented in support of the export declaration.
The competent authorities of the Member State in which the licence is presented may ask for it to be translated into the language, or one of the official languages, of that Member State. In that case, the translation costs shall be met by the licence holder.
1. The customs office authorised to accept the export declaration shall ensure that the licence is presented together with a list of the goods being exported and which are also described in the export declaration. The list shall be on the headed paper of the institution and each page shall be signed by one of the persons from the institution and named on the licence. Each page shall also be stamped with the stamp of the institution as placed on the licence. A reference to the licence must be made in box 44 of the export declaration.
2. The licence shall be attached to copy 3 of the single administrative document and must accompany the consignment to the customs office at the point of exit from the customs territory of the Union. Where copy 3 of the single administrative document is made available to the exporter or his representative the licence shall also be made available to him for use on a subsequent occasion.
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