F1Article 4a

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Where Article 4 does not apply and where no refund is granted on the products, the declarant shall incur a debt within the meaning of Article 211 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/9231 if the products leave the customs territory of the Community after the 60-day time limit laid down in Article 32 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 or Article 30 (1) (b) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 at the rate in force pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 4 (1) above, but on the basis of the nature, characteristics and quantity of the exported products given in the export declaration as initially accepted.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the final subparagraph of Article 251 (2) (a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/9332 shall not apply.

2

The customs debt referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be incurred at the place where the export declaration is accepted.

From the day on which an export levy applies to products as referred to in paragraph 1, the customs office of exit from the Community's customs territory shall inform the customs office where the export formalities were carried out of the date the products in question actually left the Community's customs territory by returning the control copy T5 or a photocopy of the control copy T5 or by sending a notification specially drawn up for the purpose.

F2The document sent to the customs office where the export formalities were carried out is completed by the customs office of exit to include one of the entries listed in Annex I.

3

If the customs office where the export formalities were carried out is not responsible for the charging of export levies it will inform the responsible national authority.