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Commission Regulation (EC) No 322/2004 of 23 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products

EU Regulation No 322/2004 · Adopted 23 February 2004 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 322/2004

of 23 February 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cerealsf1, and in particular Articles 9(2), 12(4) and 13(11) thereof, and the corresponding articles of the other regulations on the common organisation of markets in agricultural products,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000f2 establishes its scope by listing the regulations providing for certificates or licences to which it will apply. Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 of 8 April 2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural originf3 provides for import and export licences for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin. It should therefore be clarified that Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 also applies to the licences introduced by Regulation (EC) No 670/2003.

(2)

The current version of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 contains references to regulations repealed and replaced by other ones. For the sake of clarity, Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should therefore be updated.

(3)

The de minimis amounts laid down in Article 15(3) and the fourth subparagraph of Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 for lodging and confiscating the licence security have been set at EUR 60. In view of the administrative costs involved in lodging or confiscating a security, these amounts should be increased.

(4)

Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 stipulates that where the re-importation of products under the returned-goods system is followed by the export of equivalent products falling within the same subheading of the combined nomenclature, the security on the licence or certificate used to export the products is released at the request of the parties concerned if certain conditions are met. One of these conditions is the requirement of the operator to export the equivalent products from a customs office in the Member State of re-importation and designated by that Member State. That creates additional costs for operators where the equivalent products to be exported are in a Member State other than the Member State of re-importation. This requirement should therefore be abolished.

(5)

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, which fixes the maximum quantities of agricultural products for which no import or export licence or advance-fixing certificate need be submitted pursuant to the fourth indent of Article 5(1) of that Regulation, should be updated.

(6)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 of 30 December 2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcoholf4 of agricultural origin requires an import licence to be presented from 27 January 2004 for the import of ethyl alcohol products of agricultural origin. Provision must therefore be made to fix from that date the maximum quantities of the products concerned for which no licence is required in accordance with the fourth indent of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all Management Committees concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1); Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78) with effect from that Regulation's date of application (1 July 2004).

f2

OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 325/2003 (OJ L 47, 20.2.2003, p. 21).

f3

OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 6.

f4

OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Article 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 1

    Subject to certain exceptions laid down in Community rules specific to certain products, this Regulation lays down common rules for implementing the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates (hereinafter referred to as “licences” and “certificates”) established by or provided for in:

    • Article 2 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EECf1 (oils and fats),

    • Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68f2 (live plants and cut flowers),

    • Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71f3 (seeds),

    • Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75f4 (pigmeat),

    • Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75f5 (eggs),

    • Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75f6 (poultrymeat),

    • Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75f7 (ovalbumin and lactalbumin),

    • Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (cereals),

    • Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93f8 (bananas),

    • Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95f9 (rice),

    • Article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96f10 (fruit and vegetables),

    • Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96f11 (processed fruit and vegetable products),

    • Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999f12 (beef and veal),

    • Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999f13 (milk and milk products),

    • Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999f14 (wine),

    • Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000f15 (agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty),

    • Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001f16 (sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup),

    • Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001f17 (sheepmeat and goatmeat),

    • Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003f18 (alcohol),’

  2. 2..

    In Article 15(3), ‘EUR 60’ is replaced by ‘EUR 100’.

  3. 3..

    In Article 35(2), second subparagraph, the term ‘EUR 60’ is replaced by ‘EUR 100’.

  4. 4..

    The second indent in Article 45(2)(a) is deleted.

  5. 5..

    The following subparagraph is added to the second indent of Article 45(2)(b): ‘The exporter must provide to the satisfaction of the customs office of export all necessary information on the product's characteristics and destination.’

  6. 6..

    Annex III is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1(3) shall apply to licences or certificates whose term of validity has not expired on the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 1(4) and (5) shall apply to exports of equivalent products the customs formalities for which have been accepted from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

As regards point N of Annex III (Alcohol), Article 1(6) shall apply from 27 January 2004.

Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2004.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

ANNEX III

Maximum quantitiesf1 of products for which import or export licences or advance-fixing certificates need not be presented pursuant to the fourth indent of Article 5(1) (provided import or export does not take place under preferential arrangements subject to a licencef2)

The maximum quantities of agricultural products that can be imported or exported without a licence or certificate correspond to an eight-digit subheading of the Combined Nomenclature and, if export refunds are involved, to a 12-digit subheading of the nomenclature for agricultural product refunds.

In the case of an import, for example, the quantities indicated in this document do not cover imports under quantitative quotas or preferential arrangements, for which licences are always required for all quantities. The quantities indicated here refer to imports under normal arrangements, i.e. with payment of full duties and with no limits on quantities.

For the purposes of this subheading, ‘milk products’ means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 1702 10 and 2106 90 51

OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.

OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20.

OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
Product (Combined Nomenclature codes)Net quantity
ACEREALS AND RICE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003)
Import licence:
0709 90 605 000 kg
0712 90 19
0714With the exception of subheading 0714 20 10
1001 10 00
1001 90 91
1001 90 99
1002 00 00
1003 00
1004 00 00
1005 10 90
1005 90 00
1007 00 90
1006 10With the exception of subheading 1006 10 101 000 kg
1006 20
1006 30
1006 40 00
1008
1101 00
1102
1103
1104
1106 20
1107
1108With the exception of subheading 1108 20 00
1109 00 00
1702 30 51
1702 30 59
1702 30 91
1702 30 99
1702 40 90
1702 90 50
1702 90 75
1702 90 79
2106 90 55
2302With the exception of subheading 2302 50
2303 10
2303 30 00
2306 70 00
2308 00 40
ex 2309Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, malto-dextrine, malto-dextrine syrup falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 and milk productsf3, with the exception of preparations or foodstuffs containing not less than 50 % weight of milk products
Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund:
0709 90 605 000 kg
0712 90 19
0714With the exception of subheading 0714 20 10
1001 10
1001 90 91
1001 90 99
1002 00 00
1003 00
1004 00
1005 10 90
1005 90 00
1007 00 90
1006 10With the exception of subheading 1006 10 10500 kg
1006 20
1006 30
1006 40 00
1008
1101 00
1102
1103
1104
1106 20
1107
1108With the exception of subheading 1108 20 00
1109 00 00
1702 30 51
1702 30 59
1702 30 91
1702 30 99
1702 40 90
1702 90 50
1702 90 75
1702 90 79
2106 90 55
2302With the exception of subheading 2302 50
2303 10
2303 30 00
2306 70 00
2308 00 40
ex 2309Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, malto-dextrine, malto-dextrine syrup falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 and milk products, with the exception of preparations or foodstuffs containing not less than 50 % weight of milk products
BOILS AND FATS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/95):
0709 90 39100 kg
0711 20 90
1509
1510 00
1522 00 31
1522 00 39
2306 90 19
Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/95):
1509100 kg
1510 00
CSUGAR (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95)
Import licence:
1212 91 202 000 kg
1212 91 80
1212 99 20
1701 11
1701 12
1701 91 00
1701 99
1702 20
1702 30 10
1702 40 10
1702 60
1702 90 30
1702 90 60
1702 90 71
1702 90 80
1702 90 99
1703 10 00
1703 90 00
2106 90 30
2106 90 59
Export licence with our without advance fixing of the refund:
1212 91 202 000 kg
1212 91 80
1212 99 20
1701 11
1701 12
1701 91 00
1701 99
1702 20
1702 30 10
1702 40 10
1702 60
1702 90 30
1702 90 60
1702 90 71
1702 90 80
1702 90 99
1703
2106 90 30
2106 90 59
DMILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001):
0401150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
0405 10
0405 20 90
0405 90
0406
1702 11 00
1702 19 00
2106 90 51
2309 10 15Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999f4 is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75f5, with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92f6 applies
2309 10 19
2309 10 39
2309 10 59
2309 10 70
2309 90 35
2309 90 39
2309 90 49
2309 90 59
2309 90 70
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999):
0401150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
0405 10
0405 20 90
0405 90
0406
2309 10 15Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75, with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 applies
2309 10 19
2309 10 70
2309 90 35
2309 90 39
2309 90 70
EBEEF AND VEAL (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95)
Import licence:
01029005 to 01029079One animal
0201200 kg
0202
0206 10 95
0206 29 91
0210 20
0210 99 51
0210 99 90
1602 50
1602 90 61
1602 90 69
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund:
0102 10One animal
01029005 to 01029079
0201200 kg
0202
0206 10 95
0206 29 91
0210 20
0210 99 51
0210 99 90
1602 50
1602 90 61
1602 90 69
Import licence without refund (Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95):
0102 10Nine animals
01029005 to 01029079
02012 000 kg
0202
0206 10 95
0206 29 91
0210 20
0210 99 51
0210 99 90
1602 50
1602 90 61
1602 90 69
FSHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95):
0204100 kg
0210 99 21
0210 99 29
1602 90 72
1602 90 74
1602 90 76
1602 90 78
0104 10 30Five animals
0104 10 80
0104 20 90
GPIGMEAT
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95):
0203250 kg
1601
1602
0210150 kg
HPOULTRYMEAT
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund and ex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95):
0105 11 11 90004 000 chicks
0105 11 19 9000
0105 11 91 9000
0105 11 99 9000
0105 12 00 90002 000 chicks
0105 19 20 9000
0207250 kg
IEGGS
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund andex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95):
0407 00 11 90002 000 eggs
0407 00 19 90004 000 eggs
0407 00 30 9000400 kg
0408 11 80 9100100 kg
0408 91 80 9100
0408 19 81 9100250 kg
0408 19 89 9100
0408 99 80 9100
JSEEDS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79):
10051011 to 10051019100 kg
1007 00 10
KWINE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001)
Import licence:
2009 613 000 kg
2009 69
2204 1030 hl
2204 21
2204 29
2204 30
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund:
2009 6110 hl
2009 69
2204 2110 hl
2204 29
2204 30
LFRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001):
0702 00300 kg
0802
0805
0806 10 10
0808
0809
MPRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95):
0806 20300 kg
0812
2002
2006 00
2008
2009
NALCOHOL
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003):
2207 10 00100 hl
2207 20 00
2208 90 91100 hl
2208 90 99