# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2008 of 17 December 2008 on the monitoring by physical checks of exports of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts, Division 3.3: The quantity of products used in the production of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be assumed by the customs office of export to be correct if the description and the content indicated on the immediate packaging are consistent with the details given in the export declaration or the registered manufacturing formula.

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

If the manufacturing formula has not yet been checked by the competent authorities, the customs office of export shall have the auditor of the competent authorities verify the formula and the identity of the goods afterwards.
For the purposes of this method for verifying the composition of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, Member States shall introduce in advance a procedure whereby:
(i) the composition of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty can be checked through the accounts and specific documents relating to production;
(ii) it is verified, through the undertaking’s production documents, that the goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty produced are the same as those covered by the export declaration and the manufacturing formula and the goods to be exported; and
(iii) the auditor of the competent authority can verify ex-post that the goods exported tally with the export declaration concerned, the manufacturing formula and the goods produced.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1276/annex/I/division/3/division/3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1276/annex-I/division-3/division-3.3
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