Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (c. 510)

CHAPTER III U.K. EXPORTS

SECTION II U.K. Refund Certificates

Article 30 U.K. Security in respect of refund certificates

1. Refund certificates shall be issued subject to the lodging of a security guaranteeing that the economic operator will submit an application for export refunds to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned in respect of exports of non-Annex I goods carried out within the period of validity of the refund certificate.

2. The security shall be forfeited in whole or in part if the export refund was not applied for or was applied for only partially in respect of exports carried out within the period of validity of the refund certificate.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, the security shall not be forfeited:

(a) if it was due to force majeure that the goods were not exported, or were only partially exported, or that an export refund was not applied for or was applied for only partially;

(b) if the amounts of export refund which were not applied for are within the level of tolerance.