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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 322/2004of 23 February 2004amending 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. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1); Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78) with effect from that Regulation's date of application (1 July 2004)., and in particular Articles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 1291/2000OJ 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). 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 originOJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 6. 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(EC) No 670/2003.(2)The current version of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 contains references to regulations repealed and replaced by other ones.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 alcoholOJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 19. 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 1Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 is hereby amended as follows:1.Article 1 is replaced by the following:
"Article 1Subject 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/EECOJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. (oils and fats),Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68OJ L 55, 2.3.1968, p. 1. (live plants and cut flowers),Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. (seeds),Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (pigmeat),Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. (eggs),Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. (poultrymeat),Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. (ovalbumin and lactalbumin),Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (cereals),Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1. (bananas),Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. (rice),Article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. (fruit and vegetables),Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. (processed fruit and vegetable products),Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. (beef and veal),Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. (milk and milk products),Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. (wine),Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1. (agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty),Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. (sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup),Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3. (sheepmeat and goatmeat),Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 3. (alcohol),"
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OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.OJ L 55, 2.3.1968, p. 1.OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1.OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104.OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.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 2This 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 CommissionFranz FischlerMember of the CommissionANNEXANNEX 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)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.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.For the purposes of this subheading, "milk products" means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 and subheadings 170210 and 21069051OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20.OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.Import licence:Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund:Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/95):Export licence with or without advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/95):Import licence:Export licence with our without advance fixing of the refund:Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001):Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999):Import licence:Export licence with advance fixing of the refund:Import licence without refund (Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95):Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95):Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95):Export licence with advance fixing of the refund and ex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95):Export licence with advance fixing of the refund andex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95):Import licence (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79):Import licence:Export licence with advance fixing of the refund:Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001):Export licence with advance fixing of the refund (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95):Import licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003):
Product (Combined Nomenclature codes)Net quantity
ACEREALS AND RICE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003)
070990605000 kg
07129019
0714With the exception of subheading 07142010
10011000
10019091
10019099
10020000
100300
10040000
10051090
10059000
10070090
100610With the exception of subheading 100610101000 kg
100620
100630
10064000
1008
110100
1102
1103
1104
110620
1107
1108With the exception of subheading 11082000
11090000
17023051
17023059
17023091
17023099
17024090
17029050
17029075
17029079
21069055
2302With the exception of subheading 230250
230310
23033000
23067000
23080040
ex2309Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, malto-dextrine, malto-dextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 and milk products, with the exception of preparations or foodstuffs containing not less than 50 % weight of milk products
070990605000 kg
07129019
0714With the exception of subheading 07142010
100110
10019091
10019099
10020000
100300
100400
10051090
10059000
10070090
100610With the exception of subheading 10061010500 kg
100620
100630
10064000
1008
110100
1102
1103
1104
110620
1107
1108With the exception of subheading 11082000
11090000
17023051
17023059
17023091
17023099
17024090
17029050
17029075
17029079
21069055
2302With the exception of subheading 230250
230310
23033000
23067000
23080040
ex2309Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, malto-dextrine, malto-dextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 and milk products, with the exception of preparations or foodstuffs containing not less than 50 % weight of milk products
BOILS AND FATS
07099039100 kg
07112090
1509
151000
15220031
15220039
23069019
1509100 kg
151000
CSUGAR (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95)
121291202000 kg
12129180
12129920
170111
170112
17019100
170199
170220
17023010
17024010
170260
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029080
17029099
17031000
17039000
21069030
21069059
121291202000 kg
12129180
12129920
170111
170112
17019100
170199
170220
17023010
17024010
170260
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029080
17029099
1703
21069030
21069059
DMILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
0401150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
040510
04052090
040590
0406
17021100
17021900
21069051
23091015Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is applicable, directly or pursuant to 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
0401150 kg
0402
04031011 to 04031039
04039011 to 04039069
0404
040510
04052090
040590
0406
23091015Preparations of a kind used in animal feed; preparations and foodstuffs containing products to which Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is applicable, directly or pursuant to 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
EBEEF AND VEAL (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95)
01029005 to 01029079One animal
0201200 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
160250
16029061
16029069
010210One animal
01029005 to 01029079
0201200 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
160250
16029061
16029069
010210Nine animals
01029005 to 01029079
02012000 kg
0202
02061095
02062991
021020
02109951
02109990
160250
16029061
16029069
FSHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
0204100 kg
02109921
02109929
16029072
16029074
16029076
16029078
01041030Five animals
01041080
01042090
GPIGMEAT
0203250 kg
1601
1602
0210150 kg
HPOULTRYMEAT
0105111190004000 chicks
010511199000
010511919000
010511999000
0105120090002000 chicks
010519209000
0207250 kg
IEGGS
0407001190002000 eggs
0407001990004000 eggs
040700309000400 kg
040811809100100 kg
040891809100
040819819100250 kg
040819899100
040899809100
JSEEDS
10051011 to 10051019100 kg
10070010
KWINE (Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001)
2009613000 kg
200969
22041030 hl
220421
220429
220430
20096110 hl
200969
22042110 hl
220429
220430
LFRUIT AND VEGETABLES
070200300 kg
0802
0805
08061010
0808
0809
MPRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
080620300 kg
0812
2002
200600
2008
2009
NALCOHOL
22071000100 hl
22072000
22089091100 hl
22089099