Article 2 Import licence

United Kingdom

For the purposes of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013, products subject to the presentation of an import licence shall be exempt from import duties on production of that licence.

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Import licences shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen set out in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 ^f1 .

Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 ^f2 and Articles 2 and 3, Article 4(1), Article 5 and 7 and 13 to 16 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply mutatis mutandis , without prejudice to this Regulation.

The negative tolerance provided for in Article 5(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 and Article 8(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply mutatis mutandis .

Box 20 of import licence applications and import licences themselves shall contain one of the entries listed in Part A of Annex I and one of the entries listed in Part B of Annex I.

Box 12 of import licences shall show the last day of validity.

The competent authorities shall issue import licences at the request of the parties concerned, subject to the limits of the forecast supply balances.

Import duties shall be levied on quantities which exceed those stated on the import licence. The positive tolerance of 5 % provided for in Article 5(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 and Article 8(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply, provided that the import duties relating thereto are paid.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/920 of 28 June 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 180/2014 as regards certain provisions on checks, notifications and annual reporting and on amendments to the POSEI programmes.

Footnotes

f1: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences ( OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 44 ).
f2: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules for applying the system of import and export licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules on the release and forfeit of securities lodged for such licences, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and (EC) No 507/2008 ( OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 1 ).