# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001 of 19 July 2001 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the placement of certain quantities of certain basic products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community under the inward processing arrangements without prior examination of the economic conditions, Article 9: Specifications for the use and design of the forms

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) and Article 11(1), applications for certificates, certificates and extracts therefrom shall be drawn up on forms conforming to the specimens set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 under the heading ‘Import certificate AGRIM’, subject to the following changes:
(a) either the title ‘Import certificate AGRIM’ should be removed or crossed out, or ‘IP certificate’ should be stamped over it. This may be achieved by mechanical or electronic means;
(b) sections 7 and 8 are deleted;
(c) the title of section 11 is deleted;
(d) section 19 of the model for the certificate is deleted;
(e) the entry ‘IP certificate for the manufacture of goods not covered by Annex I and referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000’ shall be made, either manually or by mechanical or electronic means, in section 20 of the model for applying for a certificate and in section 24 of the model for the certificate.
Such forms must be completed following the instructions given therein.
2. Certificate forms shall be made up in sets containing copy No 1, copy No 2 and the application, together with any extra copies of the certificate, in that order.
However, Member States may require applicants to complete an application form only, instead of the sets provided for in the preceding subparagraph.
Where the quantity for which the certificate is issued is less than the quantity initially applied for, the quantity applied for must be entered only on the application form.
Forms for extracts of certificates shall be made up in sets containing copy No 1 and copy No 2, in that order.
3. Forms, including extension pages, shall be printed on white paper free of mechanical pulp, dressed for writing and weighing at least 40 grams per square metre. Their size shall be 210 × 297 mm, the permitted length ranging from 5 mm below the latter figure to 8 mm above; the type space between lines shall be 4,24 mm (one sixth of an inch); the layout of forms shall be followed precisely. Both sides of copy No 1 and the side of the extension pages on which the attributions must appear shall in addition have a printed guilloche pattern background so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means. The guilloche background shall be green.
4. Member States shall be responsible for having the forms printed. The forms may also be printed by printers appointed by the Member State in which they are established. In the latter case, reference to the approval by the Member State must appear on each form. Each form shall bear an indication of the printer's name and address or a mark enabling the printer to be identified and, except for the application form and extension pages, an individual serial number. The number shall be preceded by the following letters according to the Member State issuing the document: ‘BE’ for Belgium, ‘BG’ for Bulgaria, ‘CZ’ for the Czech Republic, ‘DK’ for Denmark, ‘DE’ for Germany, ‘EE’ for Estonia, ‘IE’ for Ireland, ‘GR’ for Greece, ‘ES’ for Spain, ‘FR’ for France, ‘HR’ for Croatia, ‘IT’ for Italy, ‘CY’ for Cyprus, ‘LV’ for Latvia, ‘LT’ for Lithuania, ‘LU’ for Luxembourg, ‘HU’ for Hungary, ‘MT’ for Malta, ‘NL’ for the Netherlands, ‘AT’ for Austria, ‘PL’ for Poland, ‘PT’ for Portugal, ‘RO’ for Romania, ‘SI’ for Slovenia, ‘SK’ for Slovakia, ‘FI’ for Finland, ‘SE’ for Sweden, ‘UK’ for the United Kingdom.
At the time of their issue, certificates and extracts may bear an issue number allocated by the issuing body.
5. Applications, certificates and extracts shall be completed in typescript or by computerised means: They shall be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Community, as specified by the competent authorities of the issuing Member State. However, Member States may allow applications only to be handwritten in ink and in block capitals.
6. The stamps of issuing bodies and attributing authorities shall be applied by means of a metal stamp, preferably made of steel. However, an embossing press combined with letters or figures obtained by means of perforation may be substituted for the issuing body's stamp.
7. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may, where necessary, require certificates and extracts therefrom to be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of that Member State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/1488/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1488/article-9
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