Article 4
United Kingdom
F1In accordance with Article 82 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 f1 , the barley imported under this tariff quota shall be subject to customs supervision, to ensure that:
it is malted within six months from the date of release for free circulation; and
the resulting malt must be used in the manufacture of beer aged in vats containing beechwood within no more than 150 days following the date on which the barley is processed into malt.
Processing of the imported barley into malt shall be deemed to have taken place when the malting barley has undergone steeping.
Importers shall lodge a security with the competent customs authorities to ensure that the requirement referred to in paragraph 1 above is complied with and that unpaid duties are collected where that requirement is not met. The security shall be EUR 85 per tonne. If the malting barley consignments are accompanied by a certificate of conformity issued by the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), the security is reduced to EUR 10 per tonne.
The securities provided for in paragraph 2 shall be released immediately where proof is presented to the customs authorities concerned that:
the quality of the barley, established on the basis of the certificate of conformity or the analysis certificate, meets the criteria laid down in Article 3(1),
the processing obligation referred to in paragraph 1 has been complied with within the timeframe specified.