Article 4

The Agreement shall be applied to goods exported, from either one of the ESA States to the Republic of Croatia or from the Republic of Croatia to one of the ESA States, which comply with the provisions of Protocol 1 to the Agreement and which on 1 July 2013 were either en route or in temporary storage, in a customs warehouse or in a free zone in one of the ESA States or in the Republic of Croatia.

In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, preferential treatment shall be granted subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing country, within four months of the date of entry into force of this Decision, of a proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities of the exporting country.