Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 3

1. Import licence applications shall be admissible if:

(a) they are accompanied by the original of a certificate drawn up by the competent authorities of the country concerned certifying the origin of the goods in accordance with the specimen in Annex I. However, such a certificate shall not be necessary for imports of products originating in China and referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 1;

(b) they are accompanied by proof, in the form of a copy of the bill of lading, that the goods have been loaded in the third country of origin and are transported to the Community by the vessel mentioned in the application, and, where the third country does not have direct access to the sea, an international transport document certifying transport of the goods from the country of origin to the port of shipment is also provided;

(c) in the case of products originating in Indonesia and China, they are accompanied by the relevant export licences as referred to in Chapter II issued respectively by the authorities of those countries, duly completed in accordance with the models in Annexes II and III. The originals of such export licences shall be kept by the authority issuing them. However, where the import licence applications cover only part of the quantity indicated on the export licence, the issuing authority shall indicate on the original the quantity in respect of which the original was used and, after stamping it, shall return the original to the party concerned. Only the quantity indicated in Section 7 of export licences in the case of Indonesian exports and in Section 9 of export licences in the case of Chinese exports shall be taken into consideration for the purposes of issuing the import licences;

(d) they relate to a quantity which does not exceed the quantity indicated in the documents referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).

2. Applications for import licences submitted for the purposes of the release for free circulation of products of a kind used for human consumption covered by CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11 may not relate to a quantity in excess of 150 tonnes per interested party acting on his own account.