Exemption certificate
Article 3
1. For the purposes of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013, products not subject to the presentation of an import licence shall be exempt from import duties on production of an exemption certificate. 2. Exemption certificates shall be drawn up on the basis of the specimen import licence set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. Article 7(5) and Articles 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 32 and 35 to 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply mutatis mutandis, without prejudice to this Regulation. 3. One of the entries listed in Part C of Annex I shall be printed or stamped in the upper left-hand box of the certificate. 4. Box 20 of exemption certificate applications and of exemption certificates themselves shall contain one of the entries listed in Part D of Annex I and one of the entries listed in Part B of Annex I. 5. Box 12 of exemption certificates shall show the last day of validity. 6. The competent authorities shall issue exemption certificates at the request of the parties concerned, subject to the limits of the forecast supply balances.