Specific rules applicable to import tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries and to tariff quota 09.4002
Article 43
1. This article shall apply to tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries and to tariff quota under order number 09.4002. 2. Upon release for free circulation of quantities imported under the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1, the importer shall present to the customs authority an import licence and a certificate of authenticity or a copy thereof. 3. Certificates of authenticity shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex XIV. 4. Certificates of authenticity shall be completed in one of the official languages of the Union or of the exporting country. 5. Certificates of authenticity shall bear an individual serial number allocated by the issuing authorities. 6. Certificates of authenticity shall be valid only if they are duly completed and endorsed by the issuing authority in the third country of origin referred to in the Annex for the import tariff quota concerned. 7. Certificates of authenticity shall be considered to have been duly endorsed if they state the date and place of issue and if they bear a printed seal or the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign them. 8. Quantities provided on an import licence shall be broken down by CN code. 9. Import licences issued for tariff quota 09.4002 shall be valid for three months from their respective dates of issue. 10. Applications for tariff quota 09.4002 may cover, for the same quota order number, one or several of the products covered by the CN codes or groups of CN codes listed in Part A of Annex XV for this tariff quota. Where applications cover several CN codes, the respective quantity applied for per CN code or group of CN codes shall be specified. All the CN codes shall be indicated in Section 16 of licence applications and of licences and their description shall be indicated in Section 15 of licence applications and of licences.