Article 13 Validity of IP certificate

IP certificates shall be valid until the end of the third month following that in which they are applied for.

For the purpose of determining their period of validity, certificates shall be considered to have been issued on the day on which the application for them was lodged, that day being included in the calculation of such period of validity. However, certificates may not be used until their actual issue.

On presentation, during its period of validity, of copy No 1 of the IP certificate or of the extract therefrom, the operator may, under the conditions set out by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93^f1 make a single application to the customs authority in a Member State for authorisation to use inward processing arrangements for a quantity of the basic product less than or equal to the quantity referred to in the certificate or the extract. The economic conditions referred to in Article 117(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 shall then be deemed to have been met.

However, a second application may subsequently be accepted under the terms of Article 14.

The customs authority shall state in part 2 of the first section of column 29 and in the first section of column 30 of copy No 1 the quantity actually applied for.

The customs authority shall sign the first Section of column 32 of the original of copy No 1 and stamp it to certify the date on which the application was lodged.

The customs authority shall then forward the duly completed original of copy No 1 to the issuing body specified in section 1 within 15 working days. If, however, Article 14(1) is applied, it shall send a copy of completed copy No 1 to the issuing body and keep the original.

If the certificate is electronic, the procedure may be carried out electronically.