CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Cases where a licence is required
Article 2
1
An import licence shall be presented for the following products:
a
products listed in Part I of the Annex, when they are declared for release for free circulation under all conditions, other than tariff rate quotas, save as otherwise provided in that Part I;
b
products declared for release for free circulation under tariff rate quotas administered by the simultaneous examination method or the traditional/newcomer method as referred to in Article 184(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 respectively, or a combination thereof or by another appropriate method;
c
products for which Part I of the Annex refers to this provision when declared for release for free circulation under tariff rate quotas administered by the method of the ‘first come, first served’ principle referred to in Article 184(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
d
products referred to in Part I of the Annex when declared for release for free circulation under a preferential arrangement to be administered by licences;
e
products that are covered by an outward processing procedure using an export licence and that return into release for free circulation as a product listed in Section A or B of Part I of the Annex;
f
products declared for release for free circulation under Article 185 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in case an import duty reduction applies.
2
An export licence shall be presented for the following products:
a
products listed in Part II of the Annex;
b
Union products for which an export licence needs to be presented for admission under a quota that is administered by the Union or by a third country and has been opened in that country for those products;
c
the following Union products referred to in Part II of the Annex to be exported:
1. products that are under the customs procedure of inward processing;
2. products that are basic products as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and that are under the customs procedure of outward processing;
3. products that are subject to the recovery or remission of the amount of import or export duty as set out in Chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of which a final decision has not yet been taken.
Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1).
Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).