IMA1 certificate for dairy products
Article 53
1. IMA 1 certificates shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex XIV. However box 3, relating to the buyer, and box 6, relating to the country of destination, shall not be completed. Each IMA 1 certificate shall bear a serial number assigned by the issuing body. A separate IMA 1 certificate must be drawn up for each type of product referred to in Annex IX. 2. The certificate shall cover the total quantity of products intended to leave the territory of the issuing country. 3. IMA 1 certificates shall be valid from the date of their issue until the end of the eighth month following their issue. They shall not remain valid beyond 31 December of the year in which they were issued. 4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, IMA 1 certificates valid from 1 January may be issued as of 1 November of the previous year. However, the related import licence applications may be lodged only from the first day of the tariff quota period. 5. The circumstances under which IMA 1 certificates may be cancelled, amended, replaced or corrected are set out in Annex XIV. 6. A duly authenticated copy of the IMA 1 certificate shall be presented, along with the corresponding import licence and the products to which they relate, to the customs authorities of the importing Member State at the time the declaration of release for free circulation in the Union is lodged. The IMA 1 certificate must be presented while it is valid, except in cases of force majeure .