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REGULATION (EEC) No 3135 /73 OF THE COUNCIL of 9 November 1973

on the implementation of the economic and control rules of the International Cocoa Agreement, 1972

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES , 1 . Importation into the Community of products fall­ ing under headings 18.01 , 18.03 , 18.04 and 18.05 of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to the pean Economic Community, and in particular Article presentation of the certificate provided for this pur­ 113 thereof ; pose by the rules provided for in Article 1 at the customs office where, the import formalities are com­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ pleted. sion ; 2. Importation into the Community in the sense of paragraph 1 means the abovementioned products Whereas by virtue of the Council Decision of 26 June which are 1973 the Community provisionally applied the Inter­ national Cocoa Agreement, 1972, as from the coming ( a) entered for free circulation ; into operation of this Agreement provisionally con­ ( b ) entered for inward processing. cluded 1 July 1973 ;

Article 3 Whereas the International Cocoa Council on 10 Aug­ ust 1973 adopted economic rules and rules by which 1 . Exportation from the Community of products the control system under the Agreement is to be falling under headings 18.01 , 18.03 , 18.04 and 18.05 applied ; of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to the presentation of the certificate provided for this Whereas in accordance with Article 12 ( 4 ) of the purpose by the rules referred to in Article 1 at the Agreement appropriate measures have to be taken to customs office where the export formalities are com­ implement these rules, pleted.

2. Exportation from the Community in the sense of paragraph 1 means the abovementioned products HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : which are exported from the customs territory of the Community either in the same state as at importation Article 1 or in the form of other products falling under the tariff headings referred to in the said paragraph. The economic and control rules of the International Cocoa Agreement, 1972, adopted by the International Article 4 Cocoa Council on 10 August 1973 , and annexed to this Regulation shall apply, subject to the provisions This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth of the following Articles in implementation of the day following its publication in the Official Journal said Agreement. of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1973 . For the Council

The President Per HiEKKERUP

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ANNEX

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA AGREEMENT, 1972

LIST OF CONTENTS

Page Rule 1 : Daily Price 22 Rule 2 : Evidence by Exporting Members producing less than 10 000 tons of cocoa .... 22 Rule 3 : Records of Contracts 22 Rule 4 : Reporting of Exports and Imports 22 Rule 5 : Exports from a Producing Member to another Member 23 Rule 6 : Exceptions to Rules 5,7, 8 , 9 and 10 23 Rule 7 : Fine or Flavour Cocoa 23 Rule 8 : Exports from a Producing Member to a non-Member 24 Rule 9 : Imports by Members from non-Members 24 Rule 10 : Exports of Cocoa previously imported by Members 24 Rule 11 : Change of Declared Destination 25 Rule 12 : Splitting of Consignments 25 Rule 13 : Cocoa Export Stamps 26 Rule 14 : Stamps for Splitting of Consignments 26 Rule 15 : Forms of Certificates and their issue 27 Rule 16 : Buffer Stock Accounts 27 Rule 17 : Appointment of Certifying Agencies 27 Rule 18 : Entry into Force 27 Rule 19 : Implementation 27 Rule 20 : Transitional Provisions 27 Rule 21 : Amendments 28

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ECONOMIC AND CONTROL RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA AGREEMENT, 1972

Rule 1 (b) For the purposes of Article 32 ( 1 ) (b), each ex­ porting Member shall report to the Executive Director before £5 October of each quota year Daily Price particulars of the quantity of cocoa of the previous quota year which it expects to export ( a ) When quotations in one of the two cocoa markets within its quota or export entitlement for that referred to in Article 28 (2 ) are not available on year . a particular market day or days, the prices to be used for the purposes of that Article in respect of the relevant market shall be the arithmetic ( c) Contracts for purchases from non-Members shall average of the quotations for the day preceding be deemed to be bona fide contracts for the pur­ and the day following that or those on which the poses of Article 54 (4) only if they have been quotations were not available on that market . registered with the Certifying Agency or with the import licensing authority of the Member import­ ing the cocoa within one month of the establish ( b ) When the six months forward rate of exchange ment of the contracts and in any case before referred to in Article 28 ( 2) is not available on a application is made for the Certificate of Import particular market day or days, the exchange rate, from a non-Member. to be used for converting London prices to US cents per pound (lb) shall be the arithmetic average of the six months forward rate of ex­ (d) For the purposes of Article 35 (2) and (9 ) and change for the day preceding and the day follow­ Article 54 (4) referred to in this rule, the body ing that or those on which that rate was not which registers the contracts in accordance with available . paragraphs (a) and (c) of this rule shall send, be­ fore the end of each month , in a sealed envelope, to the Executive Director a list of first-hand con­ tracts recorded by it in the preceding month. This list shall include the following information : date, Rule 2 serial numbers, tonnages, expected times of ship­ ment, origin and, if known, destinations . Evidence by exporting Members producing less than 10 000 tons of cocoa (e ) The envelopes shall be opened for verification by the Executive Director only when evidence is re­ The evidence required by the Council for the pur­ quired for the purposes of the Articles referred to in this rule. The Executive Director shall in- " poses of Article 31 (4) shall be provided by the Member concerned before the session of the Council form the Member or Members concerned at the at which quotas are determined. The evidence shall time the envelopes are opened, indicating the cir­ consist of an estimate of the expected production # cumstances in which the evidence is required. and domestic consumption together with statistics of actual production, domestic consumption and exports (f ) If he considers it necessary, the Executive Director of the last three years for which figures are available. may arrange with the Members concerned for the inspection at any time of the registers of sales and purchase contracts maintained by the certifying Agencies of Members. Rule 3

Records of Contracts

Rule 4 ( a) For the purposes of Article 35 (2) and (9 ) each exporting Member shall register its sales contracts Reporting of Exports and Imports with its Certifying Agency within two weeks of the establishment of such contracts and in any case before application is made for the Certificate ( a) Members shall supply to the Executive Director of Origin and the Certificate of Buffer Stock statistics of their exports and imports for each Contribution . month by countries of origin or destination, as

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appropriate, to reach the Executive Director with­ export takes place. The original of the certificate in 60 days of the end of that month . The data shall then be given to the exporter or his agent shall include any information required under rules and shall accompany the shipping documents to which may be made governing the operation of the importer. the buffer stock and the shipment of cocoa for humanitarian or other non-commercial purposes. (e) The blue copy of the Certificate of Origin as described in Rule 15 (b) shall be sent to the Executive Director by the issuing certifying (b ) Members shall supply to the Executive Director agency as soon as possible and in any case statistics of their exports and imports for each within one month of the date of issue. quota year by countries of origin or destination, as appropriate, to reach the Executive Director by the last day of February. The data shall in­ (f) The Member importing the cocoa shall collect clude any information required under rules which and forward the original of the valid Certificate may be made governing the operation of the of Origin to the Executive Director after com­ buffer stock and the shipment of cocoa for pletion of Part B thereof, as soon as possible after humanitarian or other non-commercial purposes. the importation and in any case within one month of the importation . ( c) The International Cocoa Council may seek the cooperation of any non-Member for the supply (g) In the case of a Certificate of Origin covering the of data as provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b ). shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans, the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 (2) shall be indicated under 'observations' in the body of the certificate.

Rule 5

Exports from a producing Rule 6 Member to another Member

Exceptions to Rules 5, 7, 8 , 9 and 10

(a) Subject to the exceptions described in Rules 6 and 7, every export of cocoa from any Member in the The following exports and imports are exempted territory of which that cocoa is grown shall be from the provisions of Rules 5 , 7, 8 , 9 and 10 : covered by a valid Certificate of Origin and a valid Certificate of Buffer Stock Contribution . (i) Samples and parcels of cocoa up to a maximum net weight of 25 kilogrammes per sample of co­ coa beans, cocoa butter, cocoa cake or powder (b) The Certificate of Origin shall be in Form ICC-1 and cocoa paste or nibs. prescribed in Annex I and shall only be issued in accordance with the provisions of this rule by (ii ) Small quantities of cocoa products for direct a certifying agency in the producing Member. The Certificate of Buffer Stock Contribution re­ consumption as stores on ships, aeroplanes and ferred to in Article 38 shall be in the form of other international commercial carriers . Cocoa Export Stamps issued in accordance with Rule 13 .

Rule 7 (c) The stamps shall be affixed to the Certificate of Origin only upon the provision to the certifying Fine or Flavour Cocoa agency of satisfactory evidence of sale or reg­ istration of sale or such other evidence of intention to ship as may be appropriate and they ( a) Pursuant to Article 33 ( 1 ), the provisions of Rule shall be cancelled by the certifying agency so 5 shall not apply, except as specified in this rule, that they cannot be used again. to fine or flavour cocoa grown in the territory of any exporting Member listed in paragraph ( 1 ) ( d ) The original of the Certificate of Origin, with of Annex C of the Agreement. Stamps affixed, shall be signed, stamped and dated by the customs authority of the Member con­ (i ) Such cocoa shall be covered by a Certificate cerned when that authority is satisfied that the of Origin validated by the affixation of

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appropriate Cocoa Export Stamps which Rule 9 shall be cancelled by the certifying agency so that they cannot be used again . Imports by Members from non-Members

(ii) These stamps shall be in the form prescribed in paragraphs (g), (h) and (i ) of Rule 13 and ( a ) Every import by Member from non-Members in shall be overprinted with ' CI '. accordance with Article 54 shall be covered by a valid Certificate of Import from a non-Member ( iii) CI Cocoa Export Stamps shall be made and a valid Certificate of Buffer Stock Contri­ bution . available free of charge and shall not be subject to the quantitative limitations set out in paragraph '(d) of Rule 13 . ( b) The Certificate of Import from a non-Member shall be issued by a certifying agency of the ( iv) At least 15 working days before the com­ Member importing the cocoa in accordance with mencement of each quota year, the Executive the provisions of this rule. The provisions of Director shall deposit these stamps with the Rules 5 and 13 shall apply mutatis mutandis to agent appointed under paragraph (a) of Rule imports by Members from non-Members. 13 . The stamps shall be made available by the Executive Director to the Certifying ( c) For the purposes of Articles 38 and 54 all imports Agency of each such Member subject to the of cocoa by a Member from a non-Member shall provisions of paragraph (f) of Rule 13 . be deemed as originating from that non-Member unless the cocoa is accompanied by a valid orig­ (v) The provisions of paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and inal certificate obtained from the Executive Direc­ ( g), of Rule 5 shall apply to Certificates of tor in accordance with Rule 11 or 12 and the Origin for fine or flavour cocoa . Executive Director is provided with any other information he may specify. ( b ) In respect of exporting Members listed in para­ graph (2 ) of Annex C of the Agreement, the (d) If the Executive Director has any reason to provisions of paragraph (a) of this rule shall believe that this rule is militating against the ef­ apply, save that the Certificate of Origin shall be fective operation of Articles 38 and 54, he shall validated by Cocoa Export Stamps over-printed immediately request the Executive Committee to with ' C2'. C2 Cocoa Export Stamps shall be review, and, if need be, amend the Rule. issued only against payment of the proportionate buffer stock contribution or an irrevocable (e) The Certificate of Import from a non-Member guarantee that payment will be made within three shall be in Form ICC-4 prescribed in Annex IV . months from the date of supply of the stamps. Quantitative (limitations as set out in paragraph (d) of Rule 13 shall apply only to those countries whose exports of other than fine or flavour cocoa are 10 000 tons or more per annum . Rule 10

Exports of cocoa previously imported by Members Rule 8 ( a) Every export of cocoa previously imported by a Member shall be covered by a Certificate of Ex­ Exports from a producing Member to a non-Member port.

(b ) Certificates of Export shall be issued only by the The procedures set out in Rule 5 shall apply in re­ certifying agency or customs authority of the spect of exports from producing Members to non­ Member from which the cocoa is being exported. Members except that the original of the valid Certi­ ficate of Origin shall not (accompany the shipping ( c) The Certificate of Export shall be in Form ICC-2 documents to the importer but shall be surrendered prescribed in Annex II and shall be issued in ac­ by the exporter to the customs authority of the ex­ cordance with this rule . porting Member which shall send it to the Executive Director within one month of the date of its issue . The blue copy, as described in Rule 15 ( b ), of the ( d ) The original of the Certificate of Export shall, at Certificate of Origin shall accompany the shipping the time of export of the cocoa covered thereby, documents to the importer. be validated by the customs authority of the Mem­

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ber concerned by means of a customs stamp when Rule 12 it is satisfied that export takes place. Splitting of Consignments (e) The blue copy of each Certificate of Export as described in Rule 15 (b ) shall be sent to the Executive Director by the issuing authority within ( a) A certifying agency may on request issue certifi­ one month of the date of issue of the certificate. cates for Splitting of Consignments to permit the splitting of a consignment of cocoa covered by a single validated original certificate. (f) If the destination is a Member, the original of the Certificate of Export shall be handed to the exporter or his agent to accompany the shipping (b ) Certificates for Splitting of Consignments shall be documents. The Member importing the cocoa issued by the certifying agency only upon the shall collect and forward the original of the Certi­ surrender of the valid original certificate and pre­ ficate of Export to the Executive Director, after sentation of satisfactory evidence of the location completion of Part B thereof, as soon as possible of the consignment. In the case of cocoa afloat after the importation and in any case within one and destined for a non-Member or within the month of the importation . territory of a non-Member, the Certificate for Splitting of Consignments shall be issued by the ( g) If the destination is a non-Member, the original Executive Director upon production of the blue of the certificate shall be sent by the appropriate copy, as described in Rule 15 ( b ), referred to in customs authority or the certifying agency of the Rules 8 and 10 and upon presentation of satis­ Member concerned to the Executive Director factory evidence of the location of the consign­ ment . within one month of issue. The blue copy of the Certificate of Export as described in Rule 15 (b ) shall accompany the shipping documents to the importer. ( c) The original of each Certificate for Splitting of Consignments shall be validated by the affixation thereto of stamps for Splitting of Consignments which shall be cancelled by the certifying agency so that they cannot be used again.

Rule 1 1

(d) The original of the validated Certificate for Splitt­ Change of declared destination ing of Consignments shall be given to the re-con­ signer requesting it or his agent to accompany the shipping documents to the new consignee. The Member importing the cocoa shall collect Any change in the country of destination entered in and forward the original of the validated Certi­ a valid original certificate shall be subject to certifi­ ficate for Splitting of Consignments to the Exe­ cation by the appropriate certifying agency upon cutive Director, after completion of Part B there­ presentation of satisfactory evidence of the location of, as soon as possible after the importation and of the cocoa concerned. When the new destination is in any case within one month of the importation . a non-Member country instead of a Member, the valid original certificate accompanying the shipment shall be surrendered to the appropriate certifying agency, which shall cancel it and send it to the (e) The blue copy of each Certificate for Splitting Executive Director. A new certificate shall be issued of Consignments as well as the relevant valid by the appropriate certifying agency on presentation original certificate shall be sent to the Executive of satisfactory evidence of the location of the cocoa Director by the certifying agency within one concerned and in accordance with the provisions of month of the date of issue . If the destination is a Rule 8 or of Rule 10, paragraph (g). In the case of non-Member, the validated original certificate shall also be sent to the Executive Director within change of destination from a non-Member to a Member, the certification shall be by the Executive the same time limit, and the blue copy of the Director upon presentation of satisfactory evidence certificate shall accompany the shipping docu­ of the location of the cocoa concerned, including ments to the new consignee . the presentation of the blue copy, as described in Rule 15 (b), of the valid original certificate referred to in Rules 5, 7, 8 , 10 and 12. This copy shall be (f) The Certificate for Splitting of Consignments shall exchanged for the original held by the Executive be in Form ICC-3 prescribed in Annex III and Director . shall be issued in accordance with this rule .

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(g) In addition to the procedure outlined in para­ irrevocable guarantee that payment will be made graphs (a) to (f) the respective institutions in each within three months from the date of the supply Member country may take other practical of the stamps. measures in order to implement the objectives of this rule. Such measures must be approved by the ( f) Each Member shall be responsible for the proper Executive Committee . custody and use of the Cocoa Export Stamps supplied to its certifying agency. After the end of the quota year, and not later than 15 January, each Member shall render a final report to the Executive Director (including the surrender of un­ Rule 13 used stamps ) in a form prescribed by the latter.

(g) Cocoa Export Stamps will be issued in denomi­ Cocoa Export Stamps nations of 50, 500, 5 000, 10 000, 50 000, 100 000 and 500 000 kilograms of cocoa beans. Additional denominations may be determined by the Execu­ tive Director. Each denomination will be of a ( a) The Executive Director shall appoint in each different colour. Member country a bank or financial institution independent of the certifying agency and the Co­ ( h ) The Cocoa Export Stamps to be affixed to the coa Authority, after consultation with the Mem­ Certificate of Origin shall correspond to the net ber concerned to act as an agent of the inter­ weight of the cocoa beans or their equivalent national Cocoa Organization in respect of Cocoa covered by the certificate, subject to a margin of Export Stamps . The Executive Director may on tolerance not exceeding 49 kilogrammes or such the proposal of a Member, appoint any other other margin as may subsequently be determined suitable body which furnishing him with all the by the Executive Director. necessary guarantees . (i ) Cocoa Export Stamps shall bear an individual ex­ ( b ) At least 15 working days before the commence­ porting Member code as well as the quota year ment of each quota year, the Executive Director code . Cocoa Export Stamps shall not be trans­ shall deposit with the agent appointed under ferable between Members . Cocoa Export Stamps paragraph ( a), Cocoa Export Stamps sufficient for the purpose of imports from non-Members to cover the export entitlement of the Member shall bear a single code number. concerned for that quota year plus an additional reserve, to be determined by the Executive Direc­ ( j ) Cocoa Export Stamps shall only be valid for ex­ tor, to cover exchanges of denomination, replace­ ports made during the quota year specified in the ment of damaged stamps, etc. quota year code printed thereon . For the purpose of this Rule and having regard to Article 32 ( 1 ) ( b ), an export shall be deemed to have taken ( c) The agent shall be responsible for the secure place during the quota year for which the export custody of the stamps and their issue to the stamps are valid, provided that the date stamp of certifying agency for use in accordance with these the Customs Authority of the exporting Member rules and with the instructions of the Executive concerned on the relevant Certificate of Origin Director . is not later than 7 January.

(k) Cocoa Export Stamps shall be supplied to certi­ ( d) The agent will supply to the certifying agency of fying agencies in Member countries for the pur­ the exporting Member on the instruction of the poses of imports from non-Members under Article Executive Director and in accordance with para­ 54 in accordance, mutatis mutandis, with the graph ( e ), before the commencement of each provisions of this rule. quota year Cocoa Export Stamps equivalent to not more than 85 per cent of that exporting Mem­ ( 1 ) Nothing in this rule shall derogate from the ber's annual export quota or export entitlement. provisions governing fine or flavour cocoa in Additional stamps will be supplied at least 15 Ruilc 7 . working days before the third and fourth quarters of the quota year on request and in accordance with effective export entitlement. Rule 14

(e) The agent will supply Cocoa Export Stamps to Stamps for Splitting of Consignments the Certifying Agency in accordance with the provisions of this rule only against payment of ( a) Stamps for Splitting of Consignments shall be the appropriate Buffer Stock Contribution or an supplied by the Executive Director, on request to

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the certifying agency of each Member for use Rule 17 strictly according to Rule 12 . Appointment of Certifying agencies ( b ) Each Member shall be responsible for the proper custody and use of the Stamps for Splitting of (a) Certifying agencies shall be acceptable to the Consignments supplied to its certifying agency. International Cocoa Organization . These agencies After the end of the quota year, and not later shall be appointed in each Member country by than 15 January, each Member shall render a the Member concerned in consultation with the final report to the Executive Director ( including Executive Director. the surrender of unused stamps) in a form pre­ scribed by the latter. (b) The International Cocoa Organization shall not be responsible for any charges that certifying (c) Stamps for Splitting of Consignments will be the agencies may make for their services. same as Cocoa Export Stamps except that the former will be over-printed with the letters ' SC'.

Rule 18

Rule IS Entry into Force

Forms of certificates and their issue The International Cocoa Council shall determine the date or dates of the entry into force of these rules . ( a) The forms of certificates employed under the pro­ visions of these Rules shall be 210 mm wide and 297 mm long. Minor deviations to a size not Rule 19 smaller than 200 mm wide and 280 mm long may be permitted if they are necessitated by Implementation special reasons in the issuing Member country .

(b ) All certificates shall be in printed form as pre­ The Executive Director shall have the responsibility scribed in Annexes I to V and issued in an origi­ of taking such action as he considers necessary to en­ nal and at least one copy. The certifying agency sure the effective implementation of the controls pro­ may issue as many additional copies as may be vided for in the agreement and in these Rules . found necessary. The original shall be clearly marked ORIGINAL and the copies clearly marked COPY. The first copy only shall be blue. Rule 20

( c) Each certificate may be printed in two languages Transitional Provisions of which one must be English.

( d ) Guidance for the issuing and proper completion ( a) All cocoa from crop years prior to the crop year of the certificates stipulated in these rules shall 1973 /74 that was either in shipment or in bonded be provided by the Executive Director. store or in free port on 30 September 1973 other than in an exporting Member country shall be exempt from the quota and buffer stock con­ tribution provisions of the agreement as well as Rule 16 from these Rules . Any holder of a parcel of such cocoa in a Member country wishing to take ad­ Buffer Stock Accounts vantage of the exemption provided for in this paragraph shall obtain a Certificate' of Exemption from the certifying agency in respect of each The Buffer Stock Manager shall open Buffer Stock parcel of cocoa involved on the presentation of Accounts in the name of the International Cocoa evidence which the certifying agency considers Organization in Member countries and at banks satisfactory . Copies of Certificates of Exemption issued shall be transmitted to the Executive Direc­ approved by the Executive Committee. He shall pay into these accounts all contributions and other re­ tor before the end of December 1973 . ceipts to the Buffer Stock. He shall arrange for with­ drawals by cheque signed by any two of three per­ ( b ) For cocoa of the crop year prior to the 1973 / 74 sons designated by the Executive Director and in­ crop year awaiting export in an exporting Mem­ cluding the Buffer Stock Manager. ber, such exporting Member shall make declar­

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ations to the certifying agency in a form pre­ non-Member the original of the certificate shall scribed by the Executive Director. To the extent be forwarded directly to the Executive Director that the certifying agency is satisfied with such and only the blue copy shall accompany the declarations, it shall issue a Certificate of shipping documents to the importer. Exemption in respect of each parcel of cocoa involved. Copies of Certificates of Exemption issued shall be transmitted to the Executive Di­ (d ) The Certificate of Exemption shall be in Form ICC-5 prescribed in Annex V. rector before the date of export and in any event before the end of December 1973 .

Rule 21 ( c) In the case of exports to Members the original of the Certificate of Exemption shall be given to the Amendments exporter or his agent and shall accompany the shipping documents to the importer. The Mem­ ber importing the cocoa shall collect and forward Any amendments to these Rules shall require a the original of the Certificate of Exemption to special vote by the Council or by the Executive Com­ the Executive Director as soon as possible after mittee on its behalf, and shall come into effect on the the importation and in any case within one month date decided by the Council, or by the Executive of the importation. In the case of exports to a Committee, as appropriate.

ANNEX /

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN - CERTIFICAT D'ORIGINE FORM FORMULE ICC -!

( Form approved by the International Cocoa Organization ) ( Formule approuvée par l'Organisation internationale du cacao) PART A, FOR USE BY ISSUING AUTHORITY PARTIE A, A REMPLIR PAR L'ORGANISME DELIVRANT LE CERTIFICAT

1 . Country code Port code Serial Number Code du pays Code du port N° d'ordre Reference No - N° de référence, O

2 . Producing country - Pays producteur

3. Country of destination (*) - Pays destinataire (*)

4. Name of ship or other carrier 5 . Port of embarkation 6 . Date of shipment Navire ou autre moyen de transport Port d'expédition Date de l'expédition

7 . Intermediate ports - Ports de transit

8 . Port or point of destination (*) - Port ou lieu de destination (*)

9 . Description ( Mark X in appropriate box - Insérer X a l'emplacement approprié) - (specify - a préciser) Cocoa beans Butter Cake or powder Paste or nibs Other □ Fèves de cacao □ Beurre U Pâte débeurrée ou poudre □ Pâte ou amandes décortiquées □ Autre 10 . Shipping marks or other identification - Marques d'expédition ou Weight of shipment - Poids de I envoi autres signes d'identification 11 . Unit of weight 12 . Gross - Brut 13 . Net Unité de poids □ kg □ Ib 14 . Observations

15 . It is hereby certified that the cocoa described above was grown in the above-mentioned producing country - II est certifié par la présente que le cacao décrit ci-dessus a été cultivé par le pays producteur précité .

1 6 . Customs stamp of issuing country - Cachet de la 1 7 . Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification douane du pays de délivrance

Date of stamp Authorized Customs signature Date of issue Authorized signature of Certifying Officer Date du cachet Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé Date de délivrance Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé

PART B, FOR USE WHEN DOCUMENT IS COLLECTED - A REMPLIR LORS DE LA REMISE DU DOCUMENT 1 8 . NOTATION BY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY 19 . NOTATION BY CERTIFYING AGENCY OTHER THAN RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR LA DOUANE CUSTOMS - RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR UN ORGANISME DE CERTIFICATION AUTRE QUE LA DOUANE Certificate collected and cocoa imported - Certificate collected for the purpose of splitting - Certificat recueilli et cacao importé Certificat recueilli aux fins de fractionnement At - À Date At - À Date

Customs stamp - Cachet de la douane Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Stamp of certifying agency - Cachet de l' organisme de certification

Authorized signature - Signature autorisée O Where destination is not known insert 'Member' or 'non-member' - Lorsque la destination n'est pas connue, inscrire la mention « Membre» ou « non-membre». (**) In the case of a shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans, the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 ( 2 ) shall be indicated here - Dans le cas d'une expedition de cacao sous une forme autre que de fèves, on indiquera ici le poids net en equivalent fèves obtenu par application des coefficients de conversion indiqués & l'article 32 paragraphe 2 .

FORM ■/% /"% 4 FORMULE ILrlr- I

Note : This certificate is valid only when it has been properly completed and valid Cocoa Export Stamps corresponding to the net weight of shipment shown on the obverse have been affixed and duly cancelled .

Affix Cocoa Export Stamps here

Note : Le présent certificat n'est valide que s'il a été correctement rempli et qu'y sont apposés et dûment oblitérés des timbres valides d'exportation de cacao correspondant au poids net du lot expédié comme indiqué au recto .

Apposer ici les timbres d'exportation de cacao

ANNEX II

CERTIFICATE OF EXPORT - CERTIFICAT D'EXPORTATION formule ICC-2

( Form approved by the International Cocoa Organization ) ( Formule approuvée par I'Organisation internationale du cacao ) PART A, FOR USE BY ISSUING AUTHORITY PARTIE A, A REMPLIR PAR L'ORGANISME DELIVRANT LE CERTIFICAT 1 . Country code / Port code / Serial Number — Code du pays / Code du port / N° d'ordre Reference No - N0 de référence, XL j j 2 . Exporting country - Pays exportateur

3 . Country of destination (*) - Pays destinataire (*)

4 . Name of ship or other carrier 5 . Port of embarkation 6 . Date of shipment Navire ou autre moyen de transport Port d'expédition Date de l' expédition

7 . Intermediate ports - Ports de transit

8 . Port or point of destination (*) - Port ou lieu de destination (*)

9 . Description ( Mark X in appropriate box - Insérer X à l'emplacement approprié) - (specify - à préciser) Cocoa beans Butter Cake or powder Paste or nibs Other □ Fèves de cacao □ Beurre □ Pâte débeurrée ou poudre □ Pâte ou amandes décortiquées □ Autre 10 . Shipping marks or other identification - Marques d' expédition ou Weight of shipment - Poids de l' envoi autres signes d' identification 11 . Unit of weight 12 . Gross - Brut 13 . Net Unité de poids □ kg □ Ib 14 . Observations (**)

15 . It is hereby certified that this certificate is issued in compliance with the Rules of the International Cocoa Organization and the cocoa described above is being exported under Customs control from the above-mentioned country - II est certifié par la présente que ce certificat a été délivré conformément à la réglementation de l' Organisation inter­ nationale du cacao et que le cacao décrit ci-dessus est en cours d'exportation du pays précité sous contrôle douanier.

1 6 . Customs stamp of issuing country - Cachet de la 1 7 . Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification douane du pays de délivrance

Date of stamp Authorized Customs signature Date of issue Authorized signature of Certifying Officer Date du cachet Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé Date de délivrance Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé

PART B, FOR USE WHEN DOCUMENT IS COLLECTED - A REMPLIR LORS DE LA REMISE DU DOCUMENT 1 8 . NOTATION BY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY 19 . NOTATION BY CERTIFYING AGENCY OTHER THAN RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR LA DOUANE CUSTOMS - RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR UN ORGANISME DE CERTIFICATION AUTRE QUE LA DOUANE Certificate collected and cocoa imported - Certificate collected for the purpose of splitting - Certificat recueilli et cacao importé Certificat recueilli aux fins de fractionnement At - À Date At - À Date

Customs stamp - Cachet de la douane Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Stamp of certifying agency - Cachet de l' organisme de certification

Authorized signature - Signature autorisée (*) Where destination is not known insert ' Member' or ' non-member' - Lorsque la destination n'est pas connue , inscrire la mention « Membre» ou «non-membre». (**) In the case of a shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans, the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 ( 2 ) shall be indicated here - Dans le cas d'une expédition de cacao sous une forme autre que de fèves, on indiquera ici le poids net en équivalent fèves obtenu par application des coefficients de conversion indiqués à l'article 32 paragraphe 2 .

ANNEX III

FORM o CERTIFICATE FOR SPLITTING OF CONSIGNMENTS FORMULE ICC-3 CERTIFICAT DE FRACTIONNEMENT DE LOTS

( Form approved by the International Cocoa Organization) ( Formule approuvée par l'Organisation internationale du cacao)

PART A, FOR USE BY ISSUING AUTHORITY PARTIE A, A REMPLIR PAR L'ORGANISME DELIVRANT LE CERTIFICAT 1 . Country code / Port code / Serial Number Code du pays / Code du port / N" d' ordre Reference No - N0 de référence, S / / 2 . Issuing country - Pays de délivrance Country of origin/export - Pays d' origine/ d' exportation

3 . Country of destination (*) - Pays destinataire O

4 . Name of ship or other carrier 5 . Portofembarkation 6 . Date of shipment Navire ou autre moyen de transport Port d' expédition Date de l' expédition

7 . Intermediate ports - Ports de transit

8 . Port or point of destination (*) - Port ou lieu de destination (*)

9 . Description ( Mark X in appropriate box - Insérer X à l' emplacement approprié) - ( specify - à préciser) Cocoa beans Butter Cake or powder Paste or nibs Other □ Fèves de cacao □ Beurre □ Pâte débeurrée ou poudre □ Pâte ou amandes décortiquées □ Autre 10 . Shipping marks or other identification - Marques d' expédition ou Weight of shipment - Poids de l' envoi autres signes d' identification 11 . Unit of weight 12 . Gross - Brut 13. Net Unité de poids □ kg □ Ib 14 . Observations (**)

1 5 . It is hereby certified that this certificate is issued as a partial replacement of the original Certificate . Il est certifié par la présente que ce certificat a été délivré en remplacement partiel du certificat original . number covering a shipment of kg/lb of cocoa . numéro portant sur un lot de kg/ lb de cacao . 16 . 1 7 . Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Date of issue Authorized signature of Certifying Officer Date de délivrance Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé

PART B, FOR USE WHEN DOCUMENT IS COLLECTED - A REMPLIR LORS DE LA REMISE DU DOCUMENT 1 8 . NOTATION BY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY 19 . NOTATION BY CERTIFYING AGENCY OTHER THAN RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR LA DOUANE CUSTOMS - RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR UN ORGANISME DECERTIFICATION AUTRE QU E LA DOUANE Certificate collected and cocoa imported - Certificate collected for the purpose of splitting - Certificat recueilli et cacao importé Certificat recueilli aux fins de fractionnement At - À Date At - À Date

Customs stamp - Cachet de la douane Stamp of certifying agency - Cachet de l' organisme de certification

Authorized signature - Signature autorisée H Where destination is not known insert ' Member' or ' non-member' - Lorsque la destination n'est pas connue, inscrire la mention « Membre » ou « non-membre ». (**) In the case of a shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans , the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 ( 2 ) shall be indicated here - Dans le cas d'une expedition de cacao sous une forme autre que de fèves, on indiquera ici le poids net en equivalent fèves obtenu par application des coefficients de conversion indiqués a l'article 32 paragraphe 2 .

FORM i /t /N o FORMULE IUU~0

Note : This certificate is valid only when it has been properly completed and valid Cocoa Export Stamps corresponding to the net weight of shipment shown on the obverse have been affixed and duly cancelled .

Affix Cocoa Export Stamps here

Note : Le présent certificat n'est valide que s'il a été correctement rempli et qu'y sont apposés et dûment oblitérés des timbres valides d'exportation de cacao correspondant au poids net du lot expédié comme indiqué au recto .

Apposer ici les timbres d'exportation de cacao

ANNEX IV

CERTIFICATE OF IMPORT FROM A NON-MEMBER (*) FFORM FORMULE ICC-4 CERTIFICAT D'IMPORTATION EN PROVENANCE D'UN NON-MEMBRE (*)

( Form approved by the International Cocoa Organization ) ( Formule approuvée par l'Organisation internationale du cacao)

PART A, FOR USE BY ISSUING AUTHORITY PARTIE A, A REMPLIR PAR L'ORGANISME DÉLIVRANT LE CERTIFICAT 1 . Country code / Port code / Serial Number Reference No - N0 de référence. j Code du pays / Code du port / N° d'ordre

2 . Importing country - Pays importateur

3 Imported from - Importé en provenance de

4 . Name of ship or other carrier 5 . Port of embarkation 6 . Date of shipment Navire ou autre moyen de transport Port d'expédition Date de l' expédition

7 . Intermediate ports - Ports de transit

8 . Port or point of destination (*) - Port ou lieu de destination O

9 . Description ( Mark X in appropriate box - Insérer X à l'emplacement approprié) - (specify - à préciser) Cocoa beans Butter Cake or powder Paste or nibs Other □ Fèves de cacao □ Beurre □ Pâte débeurrée ou poudre □ Pâte ou amandes décortiquées □ Autre 10. Shipping marks or other identification - Marques d'expédition ou Weight of shipment - Poids de l' envoi autres signes d' identification 11 . Unit of weight 12 . Gross - Brut 13. Net Unité de poids □ kg □ Ib 14 . Observations (**)

1 5 . It is hereby certified that the cocoa described above is being imported from the above-mentioned country - II est certifié par la présente que le cacao décrit ci-dessus est importé en provenance du pays précité.

16 . 1 7 . Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Date of issue Authorized signature of Certifying Officer Date de délivrance Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé

PART B, FOR USE WHEN DOCUMENT IS COLLECTED - A REMPLIR LORS DE LA REMISE DU DOCUMENT 1 8 . NOTATION BY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY 19 . NOTATION BY CERTIFYING AGENCY OTHER THAN RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR LA DOUANE CUSTOMS - RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR UN ORGANISME DE CERTIFICATION AUTRE QUE LA DOUANE Certificate collected and cocoa imported - Certificate collected for the purpose of splitting - Certificat recueilli et cacao importé Certificat recueilli aux fins de fractionnement At - À Date At - À Date

Customs stamp - Cachet de la douane Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Stamp of certifying agency - Cachet de l' organisme de certification

Authorized signature - Signature autorisée (*) To be used in accordance with Rule 9 only when a valid original certificate is not available - A n'utiliser conformement a la règle 9 qu'en l'absence d'un certificat original valide . (**) In the case of a shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans, the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 ( 2 ) shall be indicated here - Dans le cas d'une expedition de cacao sous une forme autre que de fèves, on indiquera ici le poids net en equivalent fèves obtenu par application des coefficients de conversion indiqués a l'article 32 paragraphe 2 .

FORMULE ICC-4

Note : This certificate is valid only when it has been properly completed and valid Cocoa Export Stamps corresponding to the net weight of shipment shown on the obverse have been affixed and duly cancelled .

Affix Cocoa Export Stamps here

Note : Le présent certificat n'est valide que s'il a été correctement rempli et qu'y sont apposés et dûment oblitérés des timbres valides d'exportatibn de cacao correspondant au poids net du lot expédié comme indiqué au recto .

Apposer ici les timbres d'exportation de cacao

ANNEX V

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION - CERTIFICAT D'EXEMPTION formule IOCS

( Form approved by the International Cocoa Organization ) ( Formule approuvée par l'Organisation internationale du cacao) PART A, FOR USE BY ISSUING AUTHORITY PARTIE A, A REMPLIR PAR L'ORGANISME DELIVRANT LE CERTIFICAT

Country code Port code Serial Number Code du pays Code du port N° d'ordre Reference No - N° de référence 2 . It is hereby certified that the Cocoa described in this certificate and any attached warehouse warrant or similar evidence is exempted according to Rule 20 of the Economic and Control Rules of the Agreement, from quota and buffer stock contribution provisions laid down in that Agreement and its Rules - Il est certifié par la présente que le cacao décrit dans ce certificat et dans tout bulletin d'entrepôt ou document analogue joint au certificat est, conformément à la règle 20 du règlement économique et des règles de contrôle de l'accord, exempté de l'application des dispositions de l'accord et de ses règles relatives aux contingents et à la contribution au stock régulateur.

3 . Description ( Mark X in appropriate box - Insérer X à l'emplacement approprié) - (specify - à préciser) Cocoa beans Butter Cake or powder Paste or nibs Other □ Fèves de cacao u Beurre □ Pâte débeurrée ou poudre □ Pâte ou amandes décortiquées □ Autre

4. Shipping marks or other identification - Marques d'expédition ou Weight of shipment - Poids de l'envoi autres signes d'identification 5 . Unit of weight 6 . Gross - Brut 7 . Net Unité de poids □ kg □ Ib

8 . Observations (* 9 . Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification

Date of issue Authorized signature of Certifying Officer Date de délivrance Signature du fonctionnaire autorisé

PART B, FOR USE WHEN DOCUMENT IS COLLECTED - A REMPLIR LORS DE LA REMISE DU DOCUMENT

1 0 . NOTATION BY CUSTOMS AUTHORITY 11 . NOTATION BY CERTIFYING AGENCY OTHER THAN RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR LA DOUANE CUSTOMS - RENSEIGNEMENTS À CONSIGNER PAR UN ORGANISME DE CERTIFICATION AUTRE QUE LA DOUANE Certificate collected and cocoa imported Certificate collected for the purpose of splitting - Certificat recueilli et cacao importé Certificat recueilli aux fins de fractionnement AT - À Date AT - À Date Name of certifying agency - Organisme de certification Customs stamp - Cachet de la douane

Stamp of certifying agency - Cachet de l' organisme de certification

Authorized signature - Signature autorisée

(*) In the case of a shipment of cocoa in a form other than beans, the net weight in beans equivalent obtained in accordance with the conversion factors in Article 32 ( 2 ) shall be indicated here - Dans le cas d'une expedition de cacao sous une forme autre que des fèves, on indiquera ici le poids net en equivalent fèves obtenu par application des coefficients de conversion indiqués a l'article 32 paragraphe 2 ,

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ANNEX VI

Alpha code of exporting Members

Member Alpha code Australia (Papua New Guinea) AU Brazil BR Cameroon CM Cuba CU Ecuador EC Ghana GH Guatemala GT Ivory Coast CI Jamaica JA Nigeria NG Portugal (Sao Tome and Principe) PT Togo TG Trinidad and Tobago TT Venezuela VE

ANNEX VII

Alpha code of importing Members

Member Alpha code

Algeria DZ Austria AT Belgium BE Bulgaria BG Canada CA Chile CL Colombia CO Denmark DK Federal Republic of Germany DE Finland FI France FR Honduras HN Hungary HU Ireland EI Italy IT Japan JP Luxembourg LU Netherlands NL Norway NO Romania RO Spain ES Sweden SE Switzerland CH United Kingdom GB USSR SU Yugoslavia YU