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Article 21 Conditions for making out an origin declaration

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1.

An origin declaration may be made out:

  1. (a)

    in the cases referred to in Article 17(1), by an exporter registered in accordance with the relevant provisions of EU law;

  2. (b)

    in the cases referred to in point (b) of Article 17(2):

    • within a period of three years from the entry into force of this Protocol, by an exporter within the meaning of Article 22;

    • after the expiry of that period,, by an exporter registered in accordance with the relevant provisions of Ivorian law;

  3. (c)

    by any exporter, for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 6 000.

2.

An origin declaration may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Côte d'Ivoire, in the European Union or in one of the other countries or territories referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Protocol and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.

3.

The exporter making out an origin declaration shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting country, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as compliance with the other requirements of this Protocol.

4.

An origin declaration shall be made out by the exporter by typing, stamping or printing on the invoice, the delivery note or another commercial document, the declaration, the text of which appears in Annex IV to this Protocol, using one of the linguistic versions set out in that Annex and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If the declaration is handwritten, it shall be written in ink in printed characters.

5.

Origin declarations shall bear the original signature of the exporter in manuscript. However, a registered exporter as defined in paragraph 1 of this Article, or an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 22 of this Protocol shall not be required to sign such declarations provided that he gives the customs authorities of the exporting country a written undertaking that he accepts full responsibility for any origin declaration which identifies him as if it had been signed in manuscript by him.

6.

An origin declaration may be made out by the exporter when the products to which it relates are exported, or after exportation on condition that it is presented in the importing country no longer than two (2) years after the importation of the products to which it relates.