1.No refund shall be granted on products which are not of sound and fair marketable quality on the date on which the export declaration is accepted.
Products shall be deemed to meet the requirement laid down in the first subparagraph if they can be marketed on the Community’s territory in normal conditions under the description appearing in the refund application and if, where such products are intended for human consumption, their use for that purpose is not excluded or substantially impaired by reason of their characteristics or condition.
The conformity of the products with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph shall be examined in accordance with the standards or practices in force in the Community.
However, the refund shall also be granted where, in the country of destination, the exported products are subject to specific obligatory conditions, in particular health and hygiene conditions, which do not correspond to the standards or practices in force within the Community. It shall be the responsibility of the exporter, at the request of the competent authority, to prove that the products comply with such obligatory conditions in force in the country of destination.
In addition, specific provisions may be adopted for certain products.
2.Where the product was of sound and fair marketable quality on leaving the Community, it shall be entitled to that part of the refund calculated in accordance with Article 25(2), except where Article 27 applies. Nevertheless, it shall lose this entitlement if there is evidence that:
it is no longer of sound and fair marketable quality because of a latent defect which appears later,
it could not be sold to the end consumer because its final consumption date was too close to the date of exportation.
If there is evidence that the product is no longer of sound and fair marketable quality before completion of the customs formalities for importation in a third country, it shall not be entitled to the differentiated part of the refund.
3.No refund shall be granted on products which exceed the maximum levels of radioactivity permitted under Community legislation. The levels applicable to products, irrespective of their origin, shall be those set out in Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2008(1).