Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550 of 17 September 2015 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import and refining of sugar products of CN code 1701 under preferential agreements, for the marketing years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550
• Articles: 11

Article 1 Scope

1.   This Regulation lays down, for the marketing years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017, rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the import and refining of sugar products of CN code 1701 referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, originating in one of the countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation, in relation to:

(a)

import licence applications;

(b)

the issuing and the validity of import licences;

(c)

notifications by Member States to the Commission concerning the import licenses, including the amount of product of CN code 1701 imported and refined.

2.   A third country listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 or in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 shall be eligible to be added on its own request to the list in Annex I to this Regulation.

3.   Imports from third countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation, bearing the reference number as shown in that Annex, are to be duty-free and quota-free.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1538 shall apply.

Article 3 Applicability of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008

1.   Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1538.

2.   Article 48(4) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 shall not apply where the quantity of sugar imported under the present Regulation is greater by not more than 5 % of the quantity indicated in the import licence. The additional quantity shall be considered to have been imported under that licence.

Article 4 Import licence applications

1.   Import licence applications shall be submitted each week, from Monday to Friday, starting on the second Monday of September prior to the marketing year for which they are applied.

2.   Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply mutatis mutandis . However, the submission of proof provided for in that Article may not be required for operators approved in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006.

3.   Import licence applications and import licences shall contain the following entries:

(a)

in box 8: the country of origin: one of the countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation. The word ‘yes’ being marked with a cross;

(b)

in box 16, one or more eight-digit CN codes listed either as ‘sugar intended for refining’ or as ‘sugar not intended for refining’ as provided for in Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1538;

(c)

in boxes 17 and 18: the quantity of sugar in ‘tel. quel weight’;

(d)

in box 20:

(i)

‘sugar intended for refining’ or ‘sugar not intended for refining’,

(ii)

at least one of the entries listed in part A of Annex II,

(iii)

the marketing year to which they are related;

(e)

in box 24:

(i)

at least one of the entries listed in part B of Annex II,

(ii)

if applicable the text listed in part C of Annex II.

4.   Import licence applications shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant has lodged a security of EUR 20 per tonne of the quantity of sugar indicated in box 17 of the licence.

5.   Import licence applications concerning imports from third countries listed in Annex I shall bear the reference number as shown in that Annex.

Article 5 Issue of import licences

1.   On Thursday or Friday at the latest of each week, Member States shall issue licences for the applications submitted the preceding week and notified as provided for in Article 7(1). Import licences shall not be issued for quantities that had not been notified.

2.   Licences shall be valid as from their date of issue or 1 October of the marketing year for which they are issued whatever is the latest.

3.   Licences shall be valid to the end of the third month following their start validity date without exceeding 30 September of the marketing year for which they are issued.

Article 6 Extension of validity of import licences

For import licences with a validity ending on 30 September of a marketing year and at the request of the import licence holder, the competent body of the Member State of issue shall extend the period of validity of the import licence to 31 October if the titular holder submits proof, such as the bill of lading, acceptable to that competent body of the Member State of issue, that the sugar was loaded at the latest by 15 September of that marketing year. Member States shall notify this to the Commission not later than the first working day of the week following the extension of the validity.

Article 7 Notifications to the Commission

1.   Member States shall notify the Commission, between Friday 1 p.m. (Brussels time) and the following Monday 6 p.m. (Brussels time), of the quantities of sugar, including nil returns, for which import licence applications have been submitted in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation and Article 4(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1538.

2.   Member States shall notify the Commission, between Friday 1 p.m. (Brussels time) and the following Monday 6 p.m. (Brussels time), the quantities of sugar, including nil returns, for which import licences have been issued as from the preceding Thursday in accordance with Article 5.

3.   Member States shall notify the Commission, between Friday 1 p.m. (Brussels time) and the following Monday 6 p.m. (Brussels time), of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

4.   The quantities notified in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be broken down by country of origin, the marketing year concerned and whether or not they involve sugar intended for refining. The reference number shall also be indicated. They shall be expressed in kilograms ‘tel. quel weight’.

5.   Member States shall notify the Commission before 1 March and for the previous marketing year of the quantities of sugar which have actually been refined, broken down by reference number and country of origin and expressed in kilograms ‘tel. quel’ weight.

6.   The notifications referred to in this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009  ( 10 ) .

7.   Member States shall forward details of the quantities of products released for free circulation in accordance with Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93  ( 11 ) .

Article 8 Full-time refiners' regime

1.   Only full-time refiners may apply for import licences for sugar intended for refining with a start validity date during the first three months of each marketing year. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 5(3) such licences shall be valid to the end of the marketing year for which they are issued.

2.   If, before 1 January of each marketing year, applications for import licences for sugar for refining for that marketing year are equal or superior to the quantity referred to in Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission shall inform the Member States that the limit of the exclusive import capacity for that marketing year has been reached at Union level. From the date of that notification, also non-full-time refiners can apply for the marketing year concerned.

Article 9 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Country code

Third country

Reference number

BB

Barbados

01.0001

BD

Bangladesh

BF

Burkina Faso

BJ

Benin

BZ

Belize

CD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

CI

Côte d'Ivoire

DO

Dominican Republic

ET

Ethiopia

FJ

Fiji

GY

Guyana

JM

Jamaica

KE

Kenya

KH

Cambodia

LA

Laos

MG

Madagascar

MM

Myanmar/Burma

MU

Mauritius

MW

Malawi

MZ

Mozambique

NP

Nepal

SD

Sudan

SL

Sierra Leone

SN

Senegal

SZ

Swaziland

TG

Togo

TT

Trinidad and Tobago

TZ

Tanzania

UG

Uganda

ZM

Zambia

ZW

Zimbabwe

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

A.    Entries referred to in Article 4(3)(d)(ii)

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in Bulgarian:

Прилагане на Регламент (ЕC) 2015/1550, ВОО/СИП. Референтен номер [вписва се референтен номер в съответствие с приложение I]

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in Spanish:

Aplicación del Reglamento (UE) 2015/1550, TMA/AAE. Número de referencia [el número de referencia se incluirá conforme a lo dispuesto en el anexo I]

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in Czech:

Použití nařízení (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Referenční číslo (vloží se referenční číslo v souladu s přílohou I)

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in Danish:

Anvendelse af forordning (EU) 2015/1550 EBA/EPA. Referencenummer [referencenummer skal indsættes i overensstemmelse med bilag I]

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in German:

Anwendung der Verordnung (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Referenznummer [Referenznummer gemäß Anhang I einfügen]

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in Estonian:

Kohaldatakse määrust (EL) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Viitenumber [lisatakse vastavalt I lisale]

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in Greek:

Εφαρμογή του κανονισμού (ΕΕ) 2015/1550, EBA/ΕΡΑ. Αύξων αριθμός (να συμπληρώνεται ο αύξων αριθμός σύμφωνα με το παράρτημα Ι)

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in English:

Application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Reference number (reference number to be inserted in accordance with Annex I)

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in French:

Application du règlement (UE) 2015/1550, EBA/APE. Numéro de référence (numéro de référence à insérer conformément à l'annexe I)

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in Croatian:

Primjena Uredbe (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Referentni broj (umetnuti referentni broj u skladu s Prilogom I)

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in Italian:

Applicazione del regolamento (UE) 2015/1550, EBA/APE. Numero di riferimento (inserire in base all'allegato I)

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in Latvian:

Regulas (ES) 2015/1550 piemērošana, EBA/EPA. Atsauces numurs [jāieraksta atsauces numurs saskaņā ar I pielikumu]

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in Lithuanian:

Taikomas reglamentas (ES) 2015/1550, EBA/EPS. Eilės Nr. (eilės numeris įrašytinas pagal I priedą)

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in Hungarian:

Az (EU) 2015/1550 rendelet alkalmazása, EBA/GPM. Hivatkozási szám [hivatkozási szám az I. melléklet szerint]

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in Maltese:

Applikazzjoni tar-Regolament (UE) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Numru ta' referenza [in-numru ta' referenza għandu jiddaħħal skont l-Anness I]

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in Dutch:

Toepassing van Verordening (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPO. Referentienummer [zie bijlage I]

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in Polish:

Zastosowanie rozporządzenia (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Numer referencyjny [numer referencyjny należy wstawić zgodnie z załącznikiem I]

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in Portuguese:

Aplicação do Regulamento (UE) 2015/1550, TMA/APE. Número de referência [número de referência a inserir em conformidade com o anexo I]

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in Romanian:

Aplicarea Regulamentului (UE) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Număr de referință [a se introduce numărul de referință în conformitate cu anexa I]

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in Slovak:

Uplatňovanie nariadenia (EÚ) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Referenčné číslo (referenčné číslo sa vloží podľa prílohy I)

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in Slovenian:

Uporaba Uredbe (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Zaporedna številka [vstaviti zaporedno številko v skladu s Prilogo I].

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in Finnish:

Asetuksen (EU) 2015/1550 soveltaminen, kaikki paitsi aseet/talouskumppanuussopimus. Viitenumero [viitenumero lisätään liitteen I mukaisesti]

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in Swedish:

Tillämpning av förordning (EU) 2015/1550, EBA/EPA. Referensnummer [referensnumret ska anges i enlighet med bilaga I]

B.    Entries referred to in Article 4(3)(e)(i)

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in Bulgarian:

Мито „0“ — Регламент (ЕC) 2015/1550

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in Spanish:

Derecho de aduana «0» — Reglamento (UE) 2015/1550,

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in Czech:

Clo „0“ – nařízení (EU) 2015/1550

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in Danish:

Toldsats »0« — Forordning (EU) 2015/1550

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in German:

Zollsatz „0“ — Verordnung (EU) 2015/1550

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in Estonian:

Tollimaks „0” – määrus (EL) 2015/1550

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in Greek:

Τελωνειακός δασμός «0» — Κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2015/1550 της ΕΕ

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in English:

Customs duty ‘0’ — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550

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in French:

Droit de douane «0» — règlement (UE) 2015/1550

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in Croatian:

Carina „0” – Uredba (EU) 2015/1550

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in Italian:

Dazio doganale nullo — Regolamento (UE) 2015/1550

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in Latvian:

Muitas nodoklis ar “0” likmi – Regula (ES) 2015/1550

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in Lithuanian:

Muito mokestis „0“ – Reglamentas (ES) 2015/1550

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in Hungarian:

„0” vámtétel – (EU) 2015/1550 rendelet

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in Maltese:

Id-dazju tad-dwana “0” — Ir-Regolament (UE) 2015/1550

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in Dutch:

Douanerecht „0” — Verordening (EU) 2015/1550

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in Polish:

Stawka celna „0” – rozporządzenie (UE) 2015/1550

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in Portuguese:

Direito aduaneiro nulo — Regulamento (UE) 2015/1550

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in Romanian:

Taxă vamală „0” – Regulamentul (UE) 2015/1550

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in Slovak:

Clo „0“ – nariadenie (EÚ) 2015/1550

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in Slovenian:

Carina „0“ – Uredba (EU) 2015/1550

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in Finnish:

Tulli ”0” – Asetus (EU) 2015/1550

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in Swedish:

Tullsats ”0” – Förordning (EU) 2015/1550

C.    Entries referred to in Article 4(3)(e)(ii)

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in Bulgarian:

Настоящата лицензия е издадена въз основа на електронно или факс копие на лицензията за износ, представенo в съответствие с член 4, параграф 1 от Делегиран регламент (ЕС) 2015/1550, или на заверено копие на сертификат за произход.

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in Spanish:

La presente licencia se expide sobre la base de una copia electrónica o un facsímil de la licencia de exportación presentada de conformidad con el artículo 4, apartado 1, del Reglamento (UE) 2015/1550, o sobre la base de una copia compulsada del certificado de origen.

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in Czech:

Tato licence byla vydána na základě elektronické či faxové kopie vývozní licence předložené podle čl. 4 odst. 1 nařízení (EU) 2015/1550, nebo na základě ověřené kopie osvědčení o původu.

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in Danish:

Denne licens er udstedt på grundlag af en elektronisk kopi eller en telefax-kopi af den eksportlicens, der er indgivet i henhold til artikel 4, stk. 1, i forordning (EU) 2015/1550, eller på grundlag af en bekræftet kopi af oprindelsescertifikatet

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in German:

Diese Lizenz wurde auf der Grundlage einer elektronischen oder einer Fax-Kopie der Ausfuhrlizenz, die gemäß Artikel 4 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EU) 2015/1550 vorgelegt wurde, oder auf der Grundlage einer beglaubigten Kopie der Ursprungsbescheinigung erteilt.

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in Estonian:

Luba on väljastatud määruse (EL) 2015/1550 artikli 4 lõike 1 kohaselt elektrooniliselt või faksi teel saadetud ekspordiloa koopia või päritolusertifikaadi kinnitatud ärakirja alusel.

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in Greek:

Η παρούσα άδεια εκδόθηκε βάσει ηλεκτρονικού αντιγράφου ή τηλεομοιοτυπίας της άδειας εξαγωγής που υποβλήθηκε σύμφωνα με το άρθρο 4 παράγραφος 1 του κανονισμού (ΕΕ) 2015/1550, ή βάσει επικυρωμένου αντιγράφου του πιστοποιητικού καταγωγής.

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in English:

This licence was issued on the basis of an electronic or facsimile copy of the export licence submitted in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550, or on the basis of a certified copy of certificate of origin.

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in French:

Cette licence a été délivrée sur la base d'une copie électronique ou d'une télécopie de la licence d'exportation transmise conformément à l'article 4, paragraphe 1, du règlement (UE) 2015/1550, ou sur la base d'une copie certifiée conforme du certificat d'origine.

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in Croatian:

Ova se dozvola izdaje na temelju elektroničke preslike ili faksimila izvozne dozvole podnesene u skladu s člankom 4. stavkom 1. Uredbe (EU) 2015/1550 ili na temelju ovjerene preslike potvrde o podrijetlu

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in Italian:

Il presente titolo è stato rilasciato sulla base di una copia elettronica o telecopia del titolo di esportazione presentato in conformità dell'articolo 4, paragrafo 1, del regolamento (UE) 2015/1550, o sulla base di una copia autenticata del certificato di origine.

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in Latvian:

Šī licence izsniegta, pamatojoties uz elektroniski vai pa faksu atsūtītu eksporta licences kopiju, kas iesniegta saskaņā ar Regulas (ES) 2015/1550 4. panta 1. punktu, vai pamatojoties uz izcelsmes sertifikāta apliecinātu kopiju.

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in Lithuanian:

Ši licencija išduota remiantis eksporto licencija, pateikta elektroniniu būdu arba faksu pagal Deleguotojo reglamento (ES) 2015/1550 4 straipsnio 1 dalį, arba patvirtinta kilmės sertifikato kopija.

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in Hungarian:

Ez az engedély az (EU) 2015/1550 rendelet (4) bekezdése 1. cikkének megfelelően benyújtott kiviteli engedély elektronikus vagy fénymásolt változata, vagy a származási bizonyítvány hiteles másolata alapján került kiállításra.

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in Maltese:

Din il-liċenzja nħarġet abbażi ta' kopja elettronika jew tal-faks tal-liċenzja tal-esportazzjoni ppreżentata skont l-Artikolu 4(1) tar-Regolament (UE) 2015/1550, jew abbażi ta' kopja ċċertifikata taċ-ċertifikat tal-oriġini.

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in Dutch:

Dit certificaat is afgegeven op basis van een elektronisch of per fax verstuurd afschrift van het overeenkomstig artikel 4, lid 1, van Verordening (EU) 2015/1550 overgelegde uitvoercertificaat of op basis van een gewaarmerkte kopie van het certificaat van oorsprong.

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in Polish:

Niniejsze pozwolenie zostało wydane na podstawie elektronicznej lub faksowej kopii pozwolenia na wywóz złożonego zgodnie z art. 4 ust. 1 rozporządzenia (UE) 2015/1550 lub na podstawie uwierzytelnionego odpisu świadectwa pochodzenia.

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in Portuguese:

O presente certificado foi emitido com base em cópia eletrónica ou telecópia do certificado de exportação apresentado nos termos do artigo 4. o , n. o 1, do Regulamento (UE) 2015/1550, ou com base numa cópia autenticada do certificado de origem.

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in Romanian:

Această licență a fost eliberată pe baza unei copii electronice sau a unui facsimil al licenței de export depuse în conformitate cu articolul 4 alineatul 1 din Regulamentul (UE) 2015/1550 sau pe baza unei copii certificate a certificatului de origine.

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in Slovak:

Táto licencia bola vydaná na základe elektronickej kópie alebo telefaxovej kópie vývoznej licencie predloženej v súlade s článkom 4 ods. 1 delegovaného nariadenia (EÚ) 2015/1550, alebo na základe overenej kópie osvedčenia pôvodu.

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in Slovenian:

To dovoljenje je bilo izdano na podlagi elektronske ali papirne kopije izvoznega dovoljenja, predloženega v skladu s členom 4(1) Delegirane uredbe (EU) 2015/1550, ali na podlagi overjene kopije potrdila o poreklu.

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in Finnish:

Tämä todistus on myönnetty asetuksen (EU) 2015/1550 4 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaisesti toimitetun vientitodistuksen sähköisen kopion tai faksikopion perusteella tai alkuperätodistuksen oikeaksi todistetun jäljennöksen perusteella.

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in Swedish:

Denna licens utfärdades på grundval av en elektronisk kopia eller telefaxkopia av den exportlicens som inlämnades i enlighet med artikel 4.1 punkt 1 i förordning (EU) 2015/1550, eller på grundval av en bestyrkt kopia av ursprungsintyget.