Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/567 of 14 February 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 with regard to the use of digital proof of origin for products originating from Brazil and the management of tariff quotas

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Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 is amended as follows:

(1)

the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 15a

By way of derogation from Article 57(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, where Annexes II to XIII to this Regulation refer to this Article, a certificate of origin relating to products having their origin in a third country for which special non-preferential import arrangements are established shall be issued using the form set out in Annex XVII to this Regulation in compliance with the technical specifications laid down therein.’

;

(2)

Article 16 is amended as follows:

(a)

in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, point (c) is deleted;

(b)

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.   The unused quantities covered by import or export licences shall be notified to the Commission within 4 months or 210 calendar days respectively, following the expiry of the period of validity of the licences concerned.

For import licences, the quantities released for free circulation during the preceding import tariff quota period shall be notified, within 4 months following the end of the tariff quota period.

The unused quantities covered by import licences based on documents issued by third countries shall not be notified.’

;

(3)

Annex XII is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

(4)

the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex XVII.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

In Annex XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, in the tables referring to tariff quotas with order numbers 09.4211, 09.4214, 09.4217, 09.4251, 09.4252, 09.4253, 09.4410 and 09.4420, the row ‘Proof of origin for release into free circulation’ is replaced by the following:

‘ Proof of origin for release into free circulation

Yes. In accordance with Articles 57, 58 and 59 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and Article 15a of this Regulation.’

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX XVII

Template of a digital Certificate of origin for certain products subject to special non-preferential import arrangements referred to in Article 15a

Introductory notes:

1.

The period of validity of the certificates of origin relating to products having their origin in a third country for which special non-preferential import arrangements are established shall be 12 months from the date of issue by the issuing authorities.

2.

The Customs authorities shall compare the document presented by operators with the corresponding one available in the online database provided by the issuing authority of the relevant third country. The customs authorities in the Union shall accept as valid only the document available in the database of the third country.

3.

The documents shall be completed in typescript in one of the official languages of the Union. The entries in the document printed out and presented to the customs authorities must not be erased or overwritten.

4.

The documents shall bear a serial number by which it can be identified, as well as the following data:

(a)

in boxes 1 and 2, the data identifying the third country consignor and the Union based consignee, respectively;

(b)

in box 3, the data identifying the authority of the third country issuing the document and its symbol;

(c)

in box 4, the country of origin;

(d)

in box 5:

(i)

the serial number of the import licence issued by any Member State to which the document refers;

(ii)

all the additional particulars required for implementation of the Union legislation governing the special import arrangements;

(iii)

only if issued retrospectively, the following indication in one of the official languages of the Union:

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Expedido a posteriori,

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Udstedt efterfølgende,

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Nachträglich ausgestellt,

—

Εκδοθέν εκ των υστέρων,

—

Issued retrospectively,

—

Délivré a posteriori,

—

Rilasciato a posteriori,

—

Afgegeven a posteriori,

—

Emitido a posteriori,

—

Annettu jälkikäteen/utfärdat i efterhand,

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Utfärdat i efterhand,

—

Vystaveno dodatečně,

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Välja antud tagasiulatuvalt,

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Izsniegts retrospektīvi,

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Retrospektyvusis išdavimas,

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Kiadva visszamenőleges hatállyal,

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Maħruġ retrospettivament,

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Wystawione retrospektywnie,

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Vyhotovené dodatočne,

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Издаден впоследствие,

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Eliberat ulterior,

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Izdano naknadno;

(e)

in box 6, the serial number of the shipment on which the goods arrive in the Union customs territory, together with the item and marking numbers, the number and kind of packages, and the description of the goods;

(f)

in box 7, the quantity in kilograms of products to be released into free circulation, both net and gross mass;

(g)

in box 8, the authentic signature of the officer and the authentic seal of the issuing authority of the third country, equivalent at least to advanced electronic signatures established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 1 ) . Alternatively, the seal can be replaced by a QR code linking to the database where the original document in digital format is stored;

(h)

box 9 shall not be filled;

(i)

either at the bottom of the page, in box 5 or in box 8 the web address where the Customs authorities can find the original document in digital format shall be clearly indicated.

5.

Each document shall bear a serial number by which it can be identified and shall be stamped by the issuing authority and signed by the person or persons empowered to do so.

1

Consignor

Document number

2

Consignee

3

Issuing authority

4

Country of origin

5

Remarks

6

Item number – Markings and numbers – Number and kind of packages – DESCRIPTION OF GOODS

7

Gross and net mass (kg)

8

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE PRODUCTS ORIGINATE IN THE COUNTRY MENTIONED IN BOX 4 AND THAT THE INDICATIONS IN BOXES 5 AND 6 ARE CORRECT  ( *1 )

9

RESERVED FOR THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

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( 1 )   Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC ( OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/910/oj).

( *1 )   To verify the authenticity of this document you can scan the QR code or access the following link: