Article 3 1 The certificate and its copy shall be issued by the authority designated for this purpose by the exporting Member State.
2 The issuing authority shall retain a copy of the certificate. The original and the other copy shall be presented at the Community customs office at which the export declaration is lodged.
3 The customs office mentioned in paragraph 2 shall complete the appropriate section on the original and return it to the exporter or to his representative. It shall retain the copy.