EUR-Lex - 31968R1324 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE GRANT OF A REFUND ON THE EXPORT TO SWITZERLAND OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY 21 CM BY 30 CM . IT SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY A SERIAL NUMBER .

2 . THE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DRAWN UP IN AN ORIGINAL AND AT LEAST THREE COPIES , IN THE FORM OF THE SPECIMEN AS IN ANNEX II . THE COPIES SHALL BEAR THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER AS THE ORIGINAL .

THE ORIGINAL AND THE COPIES SHALL BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME , USING CARBON PAPER , EITHER TYPEWRITTEN OR BY HAND . IN THE LATTER CASE , THEY SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN BLOCK LETTERS .

ARTICLE 3

1 . THE CERTIFICATE AND THE COPIES SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY DESIGNATED BY EACH MEMBER STATE .

2 . THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL RETAIN A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE .

3 . WHEN THE PRODUCT LEAVES THE TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY , THE ORIGINAL WITH TWO COPIES SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE OF EXIT , WHICH SHALL STAMP THEM IN THE SECTION INDICATED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND RETURN THEM TO THE PARTY CONCERNED .

4 . ONE COPY STAMPED BY THE CUSTOMS OFFICE OF EXIT IS FOR RETURN BY THE SWISS AUTHORITIES TO THE ISSUING AUTHORITY .

ARTICLE 4

1 . THE CUSTOMS OFFICE OF EXIT SHALL STAMP A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF IT IS PRESENTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS BEGINNING ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ON WHICH IT WAS ISSUED .

2 . THE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE VALID ONLY FOR THE QUANTITY INDICATED THEREON . HOWEVER , ON EXIT FROM COMMUNITY TERRITORY , A QUANTITY DIFFERING BY NOT MORE THAN 5 % FROM THE QUANTITY INDICATED ON THE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS CORRESPONDING THERETO .

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1968 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 AUGUST 1968 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

E . SASSEN

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

ANNEXES : SEE O.J .