
Article 1 

1. In the case of exports of products falling within CN codes 0401 to 0405 carried out under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for which the exporter is unable to provide the proof referred to in Article 16(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, products shall, by derogation from that Article, be deemed to have been imported into a third country on presentation of the following three documents:
(a) a copy of the transport document;
(b) a declaration that the product has been unloaded, drawn up by an official authority of the third country in question, by the official authorities of a Member State established in the country of destination, or by an international supervisory agency approved in conformity with Articles 16a to 16f of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, certifying that the product has left the place of unloading or at least that, to the knowledge of the authority or agency issuing the declaration, the product has not subsequently been reloaded for re-exportation;
(c) a bank document issued by approved intermediaries established in the Community, certifying that payment for the export in question has been credited to the account of the exporter opened with them, or the proof of payment.
2. For the purposes of applying Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 Member States shall take into account the provisions laid down in paragraph 1.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to export declarations accepted from 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 March 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission