{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1977-415/annex/appendix-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1977-415/annex/appendix-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1977/415",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 3 June 1977 accepting on behalf of the Community several Annexes to the International Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures (77/415/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1977-415",
  "path": "annex/appendix/III",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "RULES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN",
  "text": "The rules for the establishment of certificates of origin (and where applicable, of applications for such certificates) are left to the discretion of national authorities, due account being taken of the notes set out above. However, it may be necessary to ensure compliance with inter alia the following provisions:\n(1) The forms may be completed by any process, provided that the entries are indelible and legible.\n(2) Neither erasures nor superimpositions should be allowed on the certificates (or applications). Any alterations should be made by striking out the erroneous material and making any additions required. Such alterations should be approved by the person who made them and certificated by the appropriate authority or body.\n(3) Any unused spaces should be crossed out to prevent any subsequent addition.\n(4) If warranted by export trade requirements, one or more copies may be drawn up in addition to the original.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1977/415/annex/appendix/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:05.296166+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}