# Council Decision (EU) 2019/2208 of 9 December 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol No. 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, Article 29: Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents


1. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three (3) years the documents referred to in Article 18(3).
2. The exporter making out an origin declaration shall keep a copy of this origin declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 21(3) for at least three (3) years.
3. The supplier making out a supplier’s declaration shall keep for at least three (3) years copies of the declaration and of the invoice, delivery notes or other commercial documents to which this declaration is annexed as well as the documents referred to in Article 27(9).
4. The customs authorities of the exporting country issuing a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three (3) years the application form referred to in Article 18(2).
5. The customs authorities of the importing country shall keep for at least three (3) years the movement certificates EUR.1 and the origin declarations submitted to them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/2208/attachment/2/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2208/attachment-2/article-29
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