
Article 1 
Goods in respect of which export refunds have been abolished by EU-Romania Association Council Decision No 3/2005 shall be imported free of customs duties, free of customs duties within quotas, or at reduced rates of customs duties into Romania if the goods concerned are accompanied by a duly completed copy of the export declaration with the following entry in Box 44:
'Export Refund: 0 EUR/EU-Romania Association Council Decision No 3/2005'.
Article 2 

1. Refund certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 in respect of exports of the goods for which export refunds have been abolished by EU-Romania Association Council Decision No 3/2005 may, at request of the interested party, be reduced under the conditions provided for in paragraph 2.
2. To be eligible for reduction of the amount of the refund certificate, the certificates referred to in paragraph 1 must have been applied for before the date of entry into force of EU-Romania Association Council Decision No 3/2005 and their validity period must expire after 30 November 2005.
3. The certificate shall be reduced by the amount for which the interested party is unable to claim export refunds following the entry into force of EU-Romania Association Council Decision No 3/2005, as demonstrated to the satisfaction of the national competent authority.In making their appraisal the competent authorities shall, in cases of doubt, have regard in particular to the commercial documents referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89.
4. The relevant security shall be released in proportion to the reduction concerned.
Article 3 

1. To be eligible for consideration under Article 2, the national competent authority must receive the requests by 7 January 2006, at the latest.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission not later than 14 January 2006 of the amounts for which reductions have been accepted in accordance with Article 2(3) of this Regulation. The notified amounts shall be taken into account for the determination of the amount for which refund certificates for use from 1 February 2006 shall be issued, pursuant to point (c) of Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President