# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/402 of 14 March 2020 making the exportation of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation, Division: Explanatory notes to the export authorisation form

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

The completion of all the boxes is mandatory except when stated otherwise.
Boxes 7 to 11 are repeated 4 times to allow requesting an authorisation for 4 different products.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
Box 1
Exporter
Full name and address of the exporter for whom the authorisation is issued + EORI number if applicable.
Box 2
Authorisation number
The authorisation number is completed by the authority issuing the export authorisation and has the following format: XXyyyy999999, where XX is the 2-letter geonomenclature code of the issuing Member State, yyyy is the 4-digit year of issuance of the authorisation, 999999 is a 6-digit number unique within XXyyyy and attributed by the issuing authority.
Box 3
Expiry date
The issuing authority can define an expiry date for the authorisation. This expiry date cannot be later than 6 weeks after the entry into force of this regulation.
If no expiry date is defined by the issuing authority, the authorisation expires at the latest 6 weeks after the entry into force of this regulation.
Box 4
Issuing authority
Full name and address of the Member State authority that issued the export authorisation.
Box 5
Destination country
2-letter geonomenclature code of the country of destination of the goods for which the authorisation is issued.
Box 6
Final recipient
Full name and address of the final recipient of the goods, if known at the time of issuance + EORI number if applicable. If the final recipient is not known at the time of issuance, the field is left empty.
Box 7
Commodity code
The numerical code from the Harmonised System or the Combined Nomenclature under which the goods to export are classified when the authorisation is issued.
Box 8
Quantity
The quantity of goods measured in the unit declared in box 9.
Box 9
Unit
The measurement unit in which the quantity declared in box 8 is expressed. The units to use are "P/ST" for goods counted by number of pieces (e.g. masks), and "PA" for goods counted by pairs (e.g. gloves).
Box 10
Description of the goods
Plain language description precise enough to allow identification the goods.
Box 11
Location
The geonomenclature code of the Member State where the goods are located. If the goods are located in the Member State of the issuing authority, this box must be left empty.
Box 12
Signature, stamp, place and date,
The signature and stamp of the issuing authority. The place and the date of issuance of the authorisation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/402/annex/II/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-402/annex-II/division-1
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