Article 56

1. Verification of suppliers’ declaration may be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country or territory have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of the document or the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning the true origin of the materials in question. 2. The customs authorities to which a supplier’s declaration is submitted may request the customs authorities of the country or territory where the declaration was made to issue an information certificate, a specimen of which appears in Appendix IX. Alternatively, the customs authorities to which a supplier’s declaration is submitted may request the exporter to produce an information certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country or territory where the declaration was made. A copy of the information certificate shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years. 3. The requesting customs authorities shall be informed of the results of the verification as soon as possible. The results must be such as to indicate positively whether the declaration concerning the status of the materials is correct. 4. For the purpose of verification, suppliers shall keep for not less than three years a copy of the document containing the declaration together with all necessary evidence showing the true status of the materials. 5. The customs authorities in the country or territory where the supplier’s declaration is established shall have the right to call for any evidence or to carry out any check which they consider appropriate in order to verify the correctness of any supplier’s declaration. 6. Any movement certificate EUR.1 issued or made out on the basis of an incorrect supplier’s declaration shall be considered null and void.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.