Article 15U.K.Delegated powers
1.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 42, concerning:
(a)the conditions and eligibility requirements that an operator is required to fulfil in order to submit an application within the tariff quota set out in an international agreement, as referred to in Article 14(1);
(b)the rules on the transfer of rights between operators and, where necessary, the limitations on that transfer within the management of the tariff quota, set out in an international agreement, as referred to in Article 14(1);
(c)the provisions making the participation in the tariff quota set out in an international agreement, as referred to in Article 14(1), subject to the presentation of an import licence and to the lodging of a security;
(d)the specific characteristics, the requirements or the restrictions applicable to the tariff quota set out in the international agreement, as referred to in Article 14(1).
2.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 42, requiring the competent authorities of Member States, on request and after carrying out appropriate checks, to issue a document certifying that a product fulfils the conditions for benefitting from special treatment on importation into a third country.