copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English or French. If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in printscript. These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used must be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m². Eachpart shall have a printed guilloche-pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye. If the documents have several copies only the top copy which is the original shall be printed with the guilloche-pattern background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original' and the other copies as 'copies'. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities in the Community as being valid for the purpose of export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by the Agreement. 2. Each document shall bear a standardized serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified. This number shall be composed of the following elements: - two letters identifying Bulgaria as follows: BU, - two letters identifying Member State of destination as follows: BL = BeneluxDK = DenmarkDE = Federal Republic of GermanyES = SpainFR = FranceGB = United KingdomGR = GreeceIE = IrelandIT = ItalyPT = Portugal, - a one-digit number identifying quota year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective Agreement year, e.g. 7 for 1987, - a two-digit number identifying the particular issuing office concerned in Bulgaria, - a five-digit number running consecutively form 00001 to 99999 allocated to the respective Member State of destination. Article 15The export licence and certificate of origin may be issued after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In such cases they shall bear either the endorsement 'delivré a posteriori' or the endorsement 'issued retrospectively'. Article 161. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an export licence or a certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent governmental authority which issued the document for a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such certificate or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata'. 2. The duplicate must bear the date of the original export licence or certificate of origin. TITLE VADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONArticle 17The Community and Bulgaria shall cooperate closely to implement the provisions of the Agreement. To this end, contacts and exchanges of views (including on technical matters) shall be facilitated by both parties. Article 18In order to ensure the proper application of the Agreement, the Community and Bulgaria shall assist each other in checking the authenticity and accuracy of export licences and certificates of origin issued or declaration made under this Protocol. Article 19Bulgaria shall send the Commission of the European Communities the names and addresses of the governmental authorities competent for the issue and verification of export licences and certificates of origin together with specimens of the stamps used by these authorities. Bulgaria shall also notify the Commission of any change in this information. Article 201. Subsequent verification of certificates of origin or export licences shall be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or licence or as to the accuracy of the information regarding the products in question. 2. In such cases the competent authorities in the Community shall return the certificate of origin or export licence or a copy therof to the competent governmental authority in Bulgaria giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or substance for an enquiry. If the invoice has been submitted, such invoice or a copy therof shall be attached to the certificate or licence or its copy. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificate or licence are inaccurate. 3. The provisions of paragraph 1 above shall be applicable to subsequent verifications of the declarations of origin referred to in Article 2 of this Protocol. 4. The results of the subsequent verifications carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Community within three months at the latest. The information communicated shall indicate whether the disputed certificate or licence or declaration applies to the goods actually exported and whether these goods are eligible for export in accordance with the arrangements established by the Agreement. The information shall also include, at therequest of the Community, copies of all documentation necessary to determine the facts fully and in particular the true origin of the goods. Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products in question to the provisions of Article 2 (1) of this Protocol. 5. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of origin, copies of the certificates as well as any export documents referring to
Avis juridique important|21987A1009(01)Acordo entre a Comunidade Económica Europeia e a República Popular da Bulgária sobre o comércio internacional de têxteis Jornal Oficial nº L 287 de 09/10/1987 p. 0002 PROTOCOL C The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 7 of the Agreement shall be determined as follows: (a) For products in categories falling within Group I the growth rate of 3 % shall be fixed for the relevant products of category 3; (b)For products in categories falling within Groups II or III, the growth rate shall be fixed by agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 14 of the Agreement. Such growth rate may in no case be lower than the highest rate applied to corresponding products under bilateral agreements concluded under the Geneva Arrangement between the Community and other third countries having a level of trade equal to or comparable with that of Bulgaria. PROTOCOL D The Community and Bulgaria agree that if the Multifibre Arrangement is extended for a period going beyond 31 December 1990 then the present Agreement will be automatically prolonged for a further period of one year up to 31 December 1991 in accordance with the economic and technical terms of the existing Agreement, with the adaptations strictly necessary for the application of the Agreement for the fifth year. JOINT DECLARATION The People's Republic of Bulgaria and the European Economic Community agree that carryover from the quantitative limits for the year 1986 of amounts not used during the year 1986 is authorized up to 7 % of the corresponding quantitative limits for 1987. Anticipation of a portion of quantitative limits for the year 1987 is authorized up to 5 % for any quantitative limit for the year 1986. Head of Delegation of thePeople's Republic of BulgariaHead of Delegation of theEuropean Economic CommunitySPA:L333UMBE11.95FF: 3UEN; SETUP: 01; Hoehe: 254 mm; 34 Zeilen; 1800 Zeichen; Bediener: HELM Pr.: C; Kunde: provided they are effected in accordance with the regulations on economic outward processing traffic in force in the Community. Article 41. Advance use of a portion of the quantitative limit established for the following year shall be authorized for each category of products up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the current year. Amounts delivered in advance shall be deducted from the quantitative limits established for the following year. 2. Carryover to the corresponding quantitative limit for the following year of amounts not used during any given yearshall be authorized up to 7 % of the quantitative limit for the current year. 3. In the case of Group I, transfers shall be allowed only in the following cases: - amounts may be transferred between categories 2 and 3 up to 4 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made, - amounts may be transferred between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 up to 4 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made. Amounts may be transferred to any category in Group II or III from any category in Group I, II or III, up to 5 % of the quantitative limit for the category to which the transfer is made. 4. The table of equivalence applicable to the transfers referred to above is given in Annex I. 5. The increase in any given category of products resulting from the cumulative application of the provisions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 during a single year must not exceed the following limits: - 13 % for categories of products in Group I, - 13,5 % for categories of products in Groups II and III. 6. Prior notification must be given by the Bulgarian authorities to the Community of any recourse to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above. Article 51. Should the Community consider that a textile product covered by this Agreement is being imported into the Community from Bulgaria at a price abnormally lower than the normal competitive level and is for this reason causing or threatening to cause serious injury to Community producers of like or directly competing products, it may request consultations with Bulgaria, and in that event the following specific provisions shall be applicable. 2. Consultations shall be held at the request of the Community in order to ascertain whether the situation described in paragraph 1 exists. If agreement is reached as to the existence of such a situation, Bulgaria shall take the necessary steps to remedy it. 3. If the consultations referred to above fail to produce agreement within 30 days of the Community's request forsuch consultations, and should consignments of the product in question continue to be sent at prices which are lower than the range of prices charged under normal conditions of competition, and for this reason cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the Community producers referred toin paragraph 1, the Community, while continuing consultations with a view to reaching a mutually acceptable solution, may refuse to import the said consignments. Such action may be continued only for as long as is strictly necessary to prevent or remedy the situation. 4. In critical circumstances, where imports of specific textile products at prices below the range of prices charged under normal conditions of competition could cause injury which it would be difficult to repair, the Community may temporarily refuse to import the said products pending agreement on a solution in the course of consultations. Such consultations shall be opened without delay, and in any case within five days of the request by the Community, with a view to reaching a mutually acceptable solution. The two Parties shall do their utmost to reach a mutually acceptable solution within five days of the opening of such consultations. 5. For the purposes of applying the provisions of this Article, in order to determine whether the price of a textile product is 'below the range of prices charged under normal conditions of competition', it may be compared with: - the prices of like products at a comparable marketing stage on the market of the importing country, and- the prices generally charged for such products sold under normal market conditions by other exporting countries on the market of the importing country, and- the lowest prices charged for such products sold under normal market conditions by any other exporting country in the three months preceding the request for consultations, and not having led to the adoption of any measure by the Community. 6. Bulgaria may request consultations at any time with a view to examining such difficulties as may arise from the application of the provisions of this Article. SECTION IIAdministration of the AgreementArticle 61. Exports of textile products covered by this Agreement which are subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to a double-checking system, the details of which are specified in Protocol A. 2. The competent authorities in the Member States are required to issue import authorizations or documents automatically within five working days of the submission of a request by an importer in accordance with Protocol A. The said import authorizations or documents shall be valid for six months. Article 71. Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. Article 18This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Bulgarian languages, each of those texts being equally authentic. SPA:L333UMBE01.95FF: 3UEN; SETUP: 01; Hoehe: 2664 mm; 503 Zeilen; 25173 Zeichen; Bediener: HELM Pr.: C; Kunde: ................................ ANNEX I LIST OF PRODUCTS 1. When the constitutive material of the products of categories 1 to 114 is not specifically mentioned these products are to be taken to be made exclusively of wool or of fine animal hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres. 2. Garments which are not recognizable as being garments for men or boys or as garments for women or girls are classified with the latter. 3. Where the expression 'babies' garments' is used, this is meant also to cover girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86. >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>9. 10. 87Official Journal of the European Communities>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>9. 10. 87Official Journal of the European Communities>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>9. 10. 87Official Journal of the European Communities>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>9. 10. 87Official Journal of the European Communities>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA> ANNEX II For practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>9. 10. 87Official Journal of the European Communities>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA> PROTOCOL A TITLE ICLASSIFICATIONArticle 11. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Bulgaria of any changes in the tariff and statistical nomenclatures before the date of their entry into effect in the Community. 2. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Bulgaria of any decisions relating to the classification of products subject to the Agreement within one month of their adoption at the latest. Such communication shall include: (a) a description of the products concerned; (b) the relevant category and the related tariff and statistical references; (c) the reasons which have led to the decision. 3. Where a decision on classification results in a change of classification practice or a change of category of any product subject to the Agreement, the competent authorities of the Community shall provide 30 days' notice, from the date of the Community's communication, before the decision is put into effect. Products shipped before the date of entry into effect of the decision shall remain subject to the earlier classification practice, provided that the goods in question are presented for importation into the Community within 60 days of that date. 4. Where a Community decision on classification resulting in a change of classification practice or a change of categorization of any product subject to the Agreement affects a category subject to restraint, the two parties agree to enter into consultation in accordance with the procedures described in Article 14 of the Agreement with a view to honouring the obligation under the second subparagraph of Article 10 (2) of the Agreement. TITLE IIORIGINArticle 21. Products originating in Bulgaria for export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Bulgarian origin conforming to the model annexed to this Protocol. 2. The certificate of origin shall be issued by the competent governmental authorities of Bulgaria if theproducts in question can be considered products originating in that country within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community. 3. However, the products in Group III may be imported into the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement on production of a declaration by the exporter on the invoice or other commercial document relating to the products to the effect that the products in question originate in Bulgaria within the meaning of the relevant rules in force in the Community. Article 3The certificate of origin shall be issued only on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorized representative. The competent governmental authorities of Bulgaria shall ensure that the certificate of origin is properly completed and for this purpose they shall call for any necessary documentary evidence or carry out any check which they consider appropriate. Article 4Where different criteria for determining origin are laid down for products falling within the same category, certificates or declarations