All applications for imports licences under the quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the authorities of the exporting country listed in Annex II to this Regulation attesting that the goods originate in that country and that they correspond to the definition given, as the case may be, in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Croatia, Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Annex II to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Montenegro, Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina or Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Serbia.

Certificates of authenticity shall be made out in one original and two copies, to be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Union, in accordance with the relevant model in Annexes III to VII for the exporting countries concerned. They may also be printed and completed in the official language or one of the official languages of the exporting country.

The competent authorities of the Member State in which the import licence application is submitted may require a translation of the certificate to be provided.

The original and copies of the certificate of authenticity may be typed or handwritten. In the latter case, they shall be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m². The original shall be white, the first copy pink and the second copy yellow.

Each certificate shall have its own individual serial number followed by the name of the issuing country.

The copies shall bear the same serial number and the same name as the original.

Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed by an issuing authority listed in Annex II.

Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if they state the date and place of issue and if they bear the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign them.