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Article 12 Direct transport

United Kingdom

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1.

The preferential treatment provided for in this Regulation shall apply only to products that satisfy the requirements of this Annex and are transported directly between the territory of the ACP States, of the Union, of the OCT or of South Africa for the purposes of Article 6 without entering any other territory. However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Originating products may be transported by pipeline across territory other than that of an ACP State or of the Union.

2.

Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:

(a)

a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting country through the country of transit; or

(b)

a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:

  1. (i)

    giving an exact description of the products;

  2. (ii)

    stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships, or the other means of transport used; and

  3. (iii)

    certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country;

or

(c)

failing those, any substantiating documents.