Article 7 IMA 1 certificates

By way of derogation from Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, the duty rate provided for in Annex III(A) to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 shall be applied to New Zealand butter imported under the present Regulation only on presentation of the declaration of release for free circulation accompanied by an IMA 1 certificate, proving the eligibility requirements and the origin of the butter covered by that declaration.

The IMA 1 certificate shall not be valid beyond 31 December 2006.

The undertaking referred to in Article 33(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 to issue the IMA 1 certificate for the total quantity covered before the product it covers leaves the territory of the issuing country shall not apply.