Commission Regulation (EC) No 325/2003 of 20 February 2003 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
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008of 23 April 2008laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(Codified version), 32008R0376, April 26, 2008
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 325/2003 of 20 February 2003 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, 32003R0325R(01), October 7, 2003
Commission Regulation (EC) No 325/2003of 20 February 2003amending 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 cerealsOJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21., as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1., and in particular Article 9(2) and Article 13(11) thereof, and the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, Whereas: (1)Article 50(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural productsOJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11., as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/2002OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 12., provides that if the 60-day time limit by which the products must have left the Community's customs territory, referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, or the 30-day time limit by which the goods must have been placed in a victualling warehouse, referred to in Article 40(1) of that Regulation, is not complied with, then the refund is to be reduced by 15 %, followed by a further reduction for each day by which the time limit concerned is exceeded. (2)In addition, where these time limits are exceeded, the second subparagraph of Article 32(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1., as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19., provides for a penalty consisting in the forfeiture of part of the security on the export licence, followed by forfeiture of a further amount for each day by which the time limit concerned is exceeded. (3)The cumulation of penalties thus imposed on both the refund and the licence security when one and the same time limit is exceeded is a heavy burden on exporters and does not seem indispensable. The rules should therefore be simplified, and the penalty provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 involving the export-licence security should not be applied in such cases. (4)Article 35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 provides that if the licence is returned to the issuing body within the initial two thirds of its term of validity, the corresponding amount of security to be forfeited is reduced by 40 %, and if the licence is returned during the last third of its term of validity or during the month following the expiry date, the corresponding amount of the security to be forfeited is reduced by 25 %. The mechanism introduced by Article 35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 is intended to encourage exporters to return unused export licences with advance fixing of the refund to the issuing body rapidly so that export opportunities for agricultural products qualifying for refunds may be used to the full. (5)In cases where there is a substantial increase in the refund, application of the mechanism provided for in Article 35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 could lead to speculation by encouraging exporters not to use their licences and to return them to the issuing body if the difference between the new refund which can be received for the product concerned and the refund fixed in advance for the same product is greater than the amount of security to be forfeited. Appropriate steps should therefore be taken to prevent improper application of that provision. (6)Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, which sets the maximum quantities of agricultural products for which import or export licences or advance fixing certificates need not be presented under the fourth indent of Article 5(1) of that Regulation, should be updated. (7)Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should be amended accordingly. (8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the Management Committees concerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 is hereby amended as follows: 1.the following subparagraph is added to Article 32(1): "The security shall not be forfeited under the second subparagraph in the case of quantities for which the refund is reduced in accordance with Article 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 for failure to meet the deadlines referred to in Article 7(1) and Article 40(1) of that Regulation."; 2.the following subparagraphs are added to Article 35(3): "The first subparagraph shall apply unless it is temporarily suspended. Where the refund for one or more products is increased, the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC or the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of the markets, they may suspend application of the first subparagraph for licences applied for before the refund is increased and not returned to the issuing body until the day before the increase. Licences lodged under Article 25 shall be deemed to have been returned to the issuing body on the date on which the latter receives an application from the licence holder for the security to be released."; 3.Annex III shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply to licences applied for from its entry into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ANNEX "ANNEX III
Maximum quantities 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 ) Maximum quantities of products which may be imported or exported without licences, corresponding to an eight-figure combined-nomenclature (CN) subheading and, in the case of exports with refunds, a 12-figure subheading under the export refund nomenclature for agricultural products. 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. For the purposes of this subheading, "milk products" means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 170210 and 21069051. For the purposes of this subheading, "milk products" means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 170210 and 21069051. OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20. OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21."A. CEREALS AND RICE (Regulation (EC) No 1162/95) Import licence: Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund: B OILS AND FATS: Import licence (Regulation (EC) No 1476/95) Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund (Regulation (EC) No 2543/95) C. SUGAR (Regulation (EC) No 1464/95) Import licence: Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund: D. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS Import licence (Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001) Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Regulation (EC) No 174/1999) E. BEEF AND VEAL (Regulation (EC) No 1445/95) Import licence: Export licence with advance fixing of the refund: Export licence without refund (Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95) F. SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT Import licence (Regulation (EC) No 1439/95) G. PIGMEAT Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Regulation (EC) No 1370/95) H. POULTRYMEAT Export licence with advance fixing of the refund and ex-post export licence (Regulation (EC) No 1372/95) I. EGGS Export licence with advance fixing of the refund and ex-post export licence (Regulation (EC) No 1371/95) J. SEEDS Import licence (Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79) K. WINE (Regulation (EC) No 883/2001) Import licence Export licence with advance fixing of the refund: L. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001) M. PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Regulation (EC) No 1429/95)
Product (Combined Nomenclature code) Net quantity
07099060 5000 kg
07129019
0714 with the exception of subheading 07142010
100110
10019091
10019099
10020000
100300
100400
10051090
10059000
10070090
100610 with the exception of subheading 10061010 1000 kg
100620
100630
10064000
1008
11010011
11010015
11010090
1102
1103
1104
110620
1107
1108 with the exception of subheading 11082000
11090000
17023051
17023059
17023091
17023099
17024090
17029050
17029075
17029079
21069055
2302 with the exception of subheading 230250
230310
23033000
23067000
23080040
23081000
ex2309 Containing starch, glucose, maltodextrine, glucose syrup or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products except preparations and feedingstuffs containing 50 % or more by weight of milk products
07099060 5000 kg
07129019
0714 with the exception of subheading 07142010
100110
10019091
10019099
10020000
100300
100400
10051090
10059000
10070090
100610 with the exception of subheading 10061010 500 kg
100620
100630
10064000
1008
11010011
11010015
11010090
1102
1103
1104
110620
1107
1108 with the exception of subheading 11082000
11090000
17023051
17023059
17023091
17023099
17024090
17029050
17029075
17029079
21069055
2302 with the exception of subheading 230250
230310
23033000
23067000
23080040
23081000
ex2309 Containing starch, glucose, maltodextrine, glucose syrup or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products except preparations and feedingstuffs containing 50 % or more by weight of milk products
07099039 100 kg
07112090
1509
151000
15220031
15220039
23069019
1509 100 kg
151000
12129120 2000 kg
12129180
12129920
17011110
17011190
17011210
17011290
17019100
17019910
17019990
17022010
17022090
17023010
17024010
17026010
17026080
17026095
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029080
17029099
17031000
17039000
21069030
21069059
12129120 2000 kg
12129180
12129920
17011110
17011190
17011210
17011290
17019100
17019910
17019990
17022010
17022090
17023010
17024010
17026010
17026080
17026095
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029080
17029099
17031000
17039000
21069030
21069059
0401 150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
040510
04052090
040590
0406
17021100
17021900
21069051
23091015 Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 applies, directly or under Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 , with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 applies
23091019
23091039
23091059
23091070
23099035
23099039
23099049
23099059
23099070
0401 150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
040510
04052090
040590
0406
23091015 Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 applies, directly or under Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 , with the exception of preparations and foodstuffs to which Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 applies
23091019
23091070
23099035
23099039
23099070
01029005 to 01029079 One animal
0201 200 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
16025010
16025031
16025039
16025080
16029061
16029069
010210 One animal
01029005 to 01029079
0201 200 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
16025010
16025031
16025039
16025080
16029061
16029069
010210 Nine animals
01029005 to 01029079
0201 2000 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
16025010
16025031
16025039
16025080
16029061
16029069
0204 100 kg
02109921
02109929
16029072
16029074
16029076
16029078
01041030 Five animals
01041080
01042090
ex0203 250 kg
ex1601
ex1602
0210 150 kg
010511119000 4000 chicks
010511199000
010511919000
010511999000
010512009000 2000 chicks
010519209000
ex0207 250 kg
040700119000 2000 eggs
040700199000 4000 eggs
040700309000 400 kg
040811809100 100 kg
040891809100
040819819100 250 kg
040819899100
040899809100
10051011 to 10051019 100 kg
10070010
200961 3000 kg
200969
220410 30 hl
220421
220429
220430
200961 10 hl
200969
220421 10 hl
220429
220430
070200 300 kg
ex08020805
08061010
0808
0809
080620 300 kg
ex08122002
ex200600
ex2008
ex2009
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Maximum quantities of products which may be imported or exported without licences, corresponding to an eight-figure combined-nomenclature (CN) subheading and, in the case of exports with refunds, a 12-figure subheading under the export refund nomenclature for agricultural products.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.For the purposes of this subheading, "milk products" means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 170210 and 21069051.For the purposes of this subheading, "milk products" means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 170210 and 21069051.OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20.OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21."