Commission Regulation (EC) No 12/97Show full title

“ANNEX 18 Invoice declaration

The invoice declaration, the text of which is given below, must be made out in accordance with the footnotes. However, the footnotes do not have to be reproduced.

French version

L'exportateur des produits couverts par le présent document (authorisation douanière n^o ...(1) déclare que, sauf indication claire du contraire, ces produits ont l'origine préférentielle ...(2) au sens des règles d'origine du Système des préférences tarifaires généralisées de la Communauté européenne.

English version

The exporter of the products covered by this document (customs authorization No ...(1) declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of ... preferential origin(2) according to rules of origin of the Generalized System of Preferences of the European Community.

...

(place and date)(3)

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(Signature of the exporter; in addition the name of the person signing the declaration has to be indicated in clear script)(4)

(1)

When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 90a, the authorization number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

(2)

Origin of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates, in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 96, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol “CM”.

(3)

These indications may be omitted if the information is contained on the document itself.

(4)

See Article 90 (5). In cases where the exporter is not required to sign, the exemption of signature also implies the exemption of the name of the signatory.’