Article 7 General provisions
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The Member States shall designate the body or bodies responsible for issuing export licences and shall inform the Commission thereof.
Box 16 of licence applications and licences shall show the code of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds given in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.
However, more than one code may appear at the same time in a licence application and a licence provided the codes are those of products in the same category and the refund rate applicable is the same.
‘Product category’, within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, means the following classes of products:
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tomatoes covered by CN code 0702 00 00,
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shelled almonds covered by CN codes 0802 12 10 and 0802 12 90,
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hazelnuts (Corylus ssp.) covered by CN codes 0802 21 00 and 0802 22 00,
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walnuts in shell covered by CN code 0802 31 00,
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F1oranges covered by CN code 0805 10 20 ,
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clementines covered by CN code 0805 20 10,
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monreales and satsumas covered by CN code 0805 20 30,
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mandarins and wilkings covered by CN code 0805 20 50,
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tangerines covered by CN code 0805 20 70,
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other similar citrus hybrids covered by CN code 0805 20 90,
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lemons ( Citrus limon , Citrus limonum ) covered by CN code 0805 50 10 ,
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limes ( Citrus aurantifolia ) covered by CN code 0805 50 90 ,
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table grapes covered by CN code 0806 10 10,
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apples covered by CN codes 0808 10 10 and 0808 10 80 ,
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peaches, including nectarines, covered by CN codes 0809 30 10 and 0809 30 90.
Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 3(3), Article 4(3), Article 5(5) and Article 6(5) shall:
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be broken down by product category within the meaning of the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 and, where necessary, by destination or group of destinations,
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contain, where applicable, the words: ‘GATT food aid’ where they relate to a refund granted on food aid as provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations,
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indicate ‘zero’ where no quantities have been applied for, have been withdrawn or have not been used,
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be sent to the Commission by electronic mail on the forms supplied by the Commission to the Member States for that purpose.
Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 5(5) and Article 6(5) shall be made no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Mondays and Thursdays each week for applications received by the Member States between the day of the previous notification and the day preceding the current one, and for information on quantities withdrawn and not used received by the Member States during that period. If the Monday or Thursday is a Commission holiday, the Commission may temporarily change the notification days.
Where the day fixed for notification as referred to in point (b) is a national holiday, the Member State concerned shall make the notification no later than 15.00 (Brussels time) on the working day preceding that national holiday.
In addition to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, the refund shall be paid subject to the presentation of:
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an inspection certificate as provided for in Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001f1 in the case of products for which a common marketing standard has been set,
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a document issued by the inspection authorities in the Member States certifying that the products met the national requirements at the time of inspection in the case of products for which a common marketing standard has not been set, but where national requirements regarding the quality of fruit and vegetables exported to third countries apply.