2. A long-term supplier’s declaration may be issued with retroactive effect. In such cases, its validity may not exceed the period of one year from the date on which it came into effect.
3. The supplier shall inform the buyer immediately when the long-term supplier’s declaration is no longer valid in relation to the goods supplied.
Article 48
1. The supplier's declaration shall be given in the form prescribed in Annex V or, for long-term suppliers' declarations, in that prescribed in Annex VI.
2. The supplier’s declaration shall bear the original signature of the supplier in manuscript and may be made out on a pre-printed form. However, where the invoice and supplier’s declaration are drawn up by computer, the supplier’s declaration need not be signed in manuscript provided that the supplier gives the client a written undertaking accepting complete responsibility for every supplier's declaration which identifies him as if it had been signed in manuscript by him.
Article 49
1. For the implementation of Article 44(b) the customs authorities of the Member States of the Community and of Turkey shall assist each other in checking the accuracy of the information given in suppliers' declarations.
2. To verify the accuracy or authenticity of a supplier’s declaration, the customs authorities of the State, where the proof of the originating status is issued or made out, may call upon on the exporter to obtain from the supplier an information certificate INF 4. Information certificate INF 4 shall be made out on forms which conform to the specimen set out in Annex V of Council Regulation (EC) No 1207/2001(7), when it is issued in the Community and to the specimen set out
mutatis mutandis
in the Turkish Customs Law on the basis of that Annex, when it is issued in Turkey. The form shall be completed in one of the official languages of the Community or in the Turkish language. The customs authorities of the State, which must provide the information or which requires it, may request a translation of the information set out in the documents presented to them into the official language or languages of that State.
3. The information certificate INF 4 shall be issued by the customs authorities of the State in which the supplier is established. The said authorities shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the supplier's accounts or any other check that they consider necessary.
4. The customs authorities of the State in which the supplier is established shall issue the information certificate INF 4 within three months of receipt of the application submitted to them by the suppliers, indicating whether or not the declaration given by the supplier was correct.
5. The completed certificate shall be given to the supplier to forward to the exporter for transmission to the customs authority of the State where the proof of the originating status is issued or made out.
Article 50
1. A supplier who makes out a supplier’s declaration shall keep all the documentary evidence proving the correctness of the declaration for at least three years.
2. A customs authority to which an application for the issue of an information certificate INF 4 has been made shall keep the application form for at least three years.
Article 51
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