Explanatory note

These Regulations replace the Agricultural Levies (Export Control) Regulations 1983 (“the 1983 Regulations”), which are revoked. They are made in implementation of the obligation to protect funds of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund contained in article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 729/70 (OJ No. L94, 28.4.70, p.13; OJ/SE 1970(I) p.218) on the financing of the common agricultural policy.

The Regulations require the agricultural products and processed goods mentioned in regulation 1(3) to be entered before exportation or shipment as stores in the manner provided by section 53 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (regulation 2(1)), and prohibit export without such entry (regulation 2(4)). They provide that where agricultural levy may become payable on the exportation of such agricultural products and processed goods security must be given and export is forbidden unless it has been given (regulation 3).

There are no changes of substance from the 1983 Regulations. The reason for replacing the 1983 Regulations by these Regulations is that the method used in the 1983 Regulations to describe the commodities subject to those Regulations did not accord with the International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, which has been adopted by the EEC.

Penalties for contravention of a requirement as to exportation or shipment as stores under a provision of an Act of Parliament are prescribed by Part V of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.