Article 4
Certificates issued retroactively 1. Notwithstanding Article 2(5), a certificate may in exceptional circumstances be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates within a maximum of three months from the date of export. 2. For the purposes of implementing paragraph 1, the exporter shall indicate in his application the place and date of export of the products to which his application relates together with the reasons for his application. 3. Certificates issued retroactively must bear one of the following endorsements in Box 8: ESPEDIDO A POSTERIORI, /UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE, /NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT, /ΕΚΔΟΘΕΝ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΥΣΤΕΡΩΝ, /ISSUED RETROACTIVELY, /DÉLIVRÉ A POSTERIORI, /RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI, /ACHTERAF AFGEGEVEN, /EMITIDO A POSTERIORI, /ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN, /UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND, /EMES A POSTERIORI.