THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey and in particular to Article 4 of the Additional Protocol,

Having regard to Decision No 5/72 of the Association Council on methods of administrative cooperation for the implementation of Articles 2 and 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement (1),

Whereas, the issue of duplicate ATR 1 and ATR 3 forms should be allowed in certain cases;

Whereas there is no need to produce a movement certificate ATR 1 or ATR 3 in respect of dutiable objects accompanying travellers or forming part of their luggage, provided they are not objects intended for commercial purposes and their overall value does not exceed a certain ceiling;

Whereas this ceiling was last amended by Decision No 1/83; whereas a new amount should be set so as to adapt it to the current international monetary situation and to bring it into line with the amount specified in the Mediterranean Agreements;

Whereas the provisions of Article 9 and Article 10 (a) of Decision No 5/72 should be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 9 of Decision No 5/72:

'In the event of the theft, loss or destruction of a certificate ATR 1 and ATR 3, the exporter may apply to the appropriate governmental authority which issued it for a duplicate to be made on the basis of the export documents in their possession. The duplicate ATR 1 or ATR 3 form issued in this way must be endorsed in box 12, with one of the following words: "Duplicata" or "Duplicate" together with the date of issue and serial number of the original certificate.

In Article 10 (a) of Decision No 5/72 the amount 'ECU 325` shall be replaced by 'ECU 600`.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.

Done at Brussels,
8 November 1993.

For the Association Council
The President
W. CLAES