Article 20U.K.Tariff quotas under order numbers 09.0142, 09.0143 and 09.0146
1.For the purposes of this Regulation, for the tariff quotas under order numbers 09.0142 and 09.0143, ‘frozen thin skirt’ shall mean thin skirt which is frozen, with an internal temperature of – 12 °C or lower when it is released for free circulation in the Union.
2.Only whole thin skirt may be imported within the tariff quotas under order numbers 09.0142 and 09.0143.
3.Thin skirt imported within the tariff quota under order number 09.0143 can be released for free circulation only where accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Argentina as set out in Part F of Annex II.
4.A certificate of authenticity can be used for an import declaration only.
5.Certificates of authenticity shall be completed in one of the official languages of the Union or of Argentina, and shall bear an individual serial number allocated by the issuing authorities.
6.Certificates of authenticity shall be valid only if they are duly completed and endorsed by the issuing authority. Certificates of authenticity shall be considered to have been duly endorsed if they state the date and place of issue and if they bear a printed seal or the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign them.
7.The issuing authority referred to in paragraph 6 shall:
(a)be recognised as such by Argentina;
(b)undertake to check the particulars on certificates of authenticity;
(c)undertake to supply the Commission and the Member States, on request, with any information enabling the particulars on certificates of authenticity to be evaluated.
8.The name of the competent authority of Argentina for issuing certificates of authenticity shall be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
9.Certificates of authenticity shall be valid for 3 months from their dates of issue and in any case not beyond the last day of the tariff quota period.
10.The rules of origin applicable to the products imported within the tariff quota under order number 09.0146 shall be those provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products(1) concluded by Council and Commission Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom(2).
Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1).