Commission Regulation (EC) No 322/2004Show full title

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 cereals(1), 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 1291/2000(2) 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 origin(3) 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(2) The current version of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 contains references to regulations repealed and replaced by other ones.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 alcohol(4) 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:

Article 1 U.K.

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

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/EEC(5) (oils and fats),

• Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68(6) (live plants and cut flowers),

• Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71(7) (seeds),

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

• Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75(9) (eggs),

• Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75(10) (poultrymeat),

• Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75(11) (ovalbumin and lactalbumin),

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

• Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93(12) (bananas),

• Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95(13) (rice),

• Article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96(14) (fruit and vegetables),

• Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96(15) (processed fruit and vegetable products),

• Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999(16) (beef and veal),

• Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999(17) (milk and milk products),

• Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999(18) (wine),

• Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000(19) (agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty),

• Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001(20) (sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup),

• Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001(21) (sheepmeat and goatmeat),

• Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003(22) (alcohol),’

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

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.

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

Article 2 U.K.

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.

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 U.K.

“ANNEX III

Maximum quantities^a 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 licence^b)

a 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.
b 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.
c For the purposes of this subheading, ‘milk products’ means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 1702 10 and 2106 90 51
d OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
e OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20.
f OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.”
Product (Combined Nomenclature codes)			Net quantity
A	CEREALS AND RICE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003)
Import licence:
	0709 90 60		5 000 kg
	0712 90 19
	0714	With 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 10	With the exception of subheading 1006 10 10	1 000 kg
	1006 20
	1006 30
	1006 40 00
	1008
	1101 00
	1102
	1103
	1104
	1106 20
	1107
	1108	With 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
	2302	With the exception of subheading 2302 50
	2303 10
	2303 30 00
	2306 70 00
	2308 00 40
	ex 2309	Containing 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 productsc, 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 60		5 000 kg
	0712 90 19
	0714	With 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 10	With the exception of subheading 1006 10 10	500 kg
	1006 20
	1006 30
	1006 40 00
	1008
	1101 00
	1102
	1103
	1104
	1106 20
	1107
	1108	With 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
	2302	With the exception of subheading 2302 50
	2303 10
	2303 30 00
	2306 70 00
	2308 00 40
	ex 2309	Containing 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 productsc, with the exception of preparations or foodstuffs containing not less than 50 % weight of milk products
B	OILS AND FATS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/95):
	0709 90 39		100 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):
	1509		100 kg
	1510 00
C	SUGAR (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95)
Import licence:
	1212 91 20		2 000 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 20		2 000 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
D	MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001):
	0401		150 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 15	Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999d is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75e, with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92f 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):
	0401		150 kg
	0402
	04031011 to 04031039
	04039011 to 04039069
	0404
	0405 10
	0405 20 90
	0405 90
	0406
	2309 10 15	Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999d is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75e, with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92f applies
	2309 10 19
	2309 10 70
	2309 90 35
	2309 90 39
	2309 90 70
E	BEEF AND VEAL (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95)
Import licence:
	01029005 to 01029079		One animal
	0201		200 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 10		One animal
	01029005 to 01029079
	0201		200 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 10		Nine animals
	01029005 to 01029079
	0201		2 000 kg
	0202
	0206 10 95
	0206 29 91
	0210 20
	0210 99 51
	0210 99 90
	1602 50
	1602 90 61
	1602 90 69
F	SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95):
	0204		100 kg
	0210 99 21
	0210 99 29
	1602 90 72
	1602 90 74
	1602 90 76
	1602 90 78
	0104 10 30		Five animals
	0104 10 80
	0104 20 90
G	PIGMEAT
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95):
	0203		250 kg
	1601
	1602
	0210		150 kg
H	POULTRYMEAT
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund and ex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95):
	0105 11 11 9000		4 000 chicks
	0105 11 19 9000
	0105 11 91 9000
	0105 11 99 9000
	0105 12 00 9000		2 000 chicks
	0105 19 20 9000
	0207		250 kg
I	EGGS
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund andex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95):
	0407 00 11 9000		2 000 eggs
	0407 00 19 9000		4 000 eggs
	0407 00 30 9000		400 kg
	0408 11 80 9100		100 kg
	0408 91 80 9100
	0408 19 81 9100		250 kg
	0408 19 89 9100
	0408 99 80 9100
J	SEEDS
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79):
	10051011 to 10051019		100 kg
	1007 00 10
K	WINE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001)
Import licence:
	2009 61		3 000 kg
	2009 69
	2204 10		30 hl
	2204 21
	2204 29
	2204 30
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund:
	2009 61		10 hl
	2009 69
	2204 21		10 hl
	2204 29
	2204 30
L	FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001):
	0702 00		300 kg
	0802
	0805
	0806 10 10
	0808
	0809
M	PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95):
	0806 20		300 kg
	0812
	2002
	2006 00
	2008
	2009
N	ALCOHOL
Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003):
	2207 10 00		100 hl
	2207 20 00
	2208 90 91		100 hl
	2208 90 99

(1)

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).

(2)

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).

(3)

OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 6.

(4)

OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 19.

(5)

OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.

(6)

OJ L 55, 2.3.1968, p. 1.

(7)

OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1.

(8)

OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.

(9)

OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.

(10)

OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.

(11)

OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104.

(12)

OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.

(13)

OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.

(14)

OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.

(15)

OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(16)

OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.

(17)

OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.

(18)

OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.

(19)

OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.

(20)

OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.

(21)

OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.

(22)

OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 3.