Additional securities applicable to tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries
Article 45
1. In the circumstances referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 44(2) licence applicants shall lodge an additional security equal to the amount corresponding, for the products in question, to the Most Favoured Nation duty under the Common Customs Tariff applicable on the day on which the application for the import licence is submitted. However, such an additional security shall not be required where the authority of the exporting country has provided a copy of the certificate of authenticity by means of the information system referred to in Article 72(8). 2. Member States shall release the additional security once they receive the original of the certificate of authenticity and are satisfied that its content corresponds to the information received from the Commission. 3. The amount of the additional security which has not been released shall be forfeited and retained as customs duties.