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Document 32004R0322

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

OJ L 58, 26.2.2004, p. 3–13 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

This document has been published in a special edition(s) (CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 15/05/2008; Implicitly repealed by 32008R0376

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/322/oj

26.2.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 58/3


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The current version of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 contains references to regulations repealed and replaced by other ones.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

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),’

(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."

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

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


(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.


ANNEX

ANNEX III

Maximum quantities (1) 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 (2))

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 products (3), 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 products (3), 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 1255/1999 (4) is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 (5), with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (6) 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 1255/1999 (4) is applicable, directly or pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 (5), with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (6) 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):

 

010511119000

 

4 000 chicks

 

010511199000

 

 

010511919000

 

 

010511999000

 

 

010512009000

 

2 000 chicks

 

010519209000

 

 

0207

 

250 kg

I

EGGS

Export licence with advance fixing of the refund andex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95):

 

040700119000

 

2 000 eggs

 

040700199000

 

4 000 eggs

 

040700309000

 

400 kg

 

040811809100

 

100 kg

 

040891809100

 

 

040819819100

 

250 kg

 

040819899100

 

 

040899809100

 

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)  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.

(2)  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.

(3)  For the purposes of this subheading, ‘milk products’ means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 1702 10 and 2106 90 51

(4)  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.

(5)  OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20.

(6)  OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.


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