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25.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an application for an import licence must be received by the Secretary of State—
(a)in the case of any application made before the commencement of the quota period, within the period of seven days beginning with the first day of the month which precedes the commencement of the quota period for the quota concerned and no later than 17.00 hours on the last working day within that period;
(b)in the case of any application made after the commencement of the quota period within the period of seven days beginning with the first day of each month throughout the remaining quota period and no later than 17.00 hours on the last working day within that period.
(2) Any application for an import licence made before the commencement of a quota period beginning on 1st January must be received within the period of seven days beginning with 17th November of the preceding year and no later than 17.00 hours on the last working day within that period.
[F1(3) An application for an import licence in respect of—
(a)a specified quota, or
(b)a quota for which a certificate of authenticity or an Inward Monitoring Arrangement certificate is required to be submitted under regulation 23(6) or, as the case may be (7),
may be received at any time.]
(4) An applicant may not make more than one application per month in respect of the same quota, except that—
(a)an applicant may make two applications for the same quota during the month of November, if one of those applications is required to be submitted within the period beginning 17th November for the purposes of paragraph (2); and
[F2(b)an applicant may make more than one such application per month if the application is for—
(i)a specified quota, or
(ii)a quota for which a certificate of authenticity or an Inward Monitoring Arrangement certificate is required to be submitted under regulation 23.]
(5) If an applicant makes more than one application in respect of a quota covering different—
(a)commodity codes, as specified in column 2 of the Quota Table or column 3 of the Preferential Quota Table, as the case may be, and corresponding with the entry for the quota concerned;
(b)countries of origin; or
(c)quota duty rates,
those applications will be treated as a single application for the purposes of paragraph (4) if they are made at the same time and in respect of the same quota.
(6) An application for an import licence must—
(a)be made in the name of the person who is to be the holder of the licence;
(b)identify the quota number for the goods concerned; and
(c)include a valid Economic Operators' Identification Number (“EORI number”) assigned by HMRC on the registration of the applicant under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code M1, read with Articles 5 and 6 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code M2.
(7) An application for an import licence may be withdrawn by the applicant at any time before 17.00 hours on the last working day of the period during which that application was received by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) or (2).
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 25(3) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Australia) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/195), reg. 3(3)(a)
F2Reg. 25(4)(b) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (Australia) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/195), reg. 3(3)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations
M1EUR 952/2013, as amended by S.I. 2019/714. There are other amendments but none is relevant.
M2EUR 2015/2446, as amended by S.I. 2019/714 and S.I. 2019/715.
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