Article 1All exports of products in the poultrymeat sector for which an export refund is requested, with the exception of chicks falling within CN codes 010511, 010512 and 010519, shall be subject to the presentation of an export licence with advance fixing of the refund, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 2 to 8.

Article 21.Export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.2.Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in section 15, the description of the product and, in section 16, the 12-digit product code of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds.3.The categories of products referred to in the second paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, as well as the rate of the security for export licences, are set out in Annex I.4.Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in section 20, at least one of the following:Reglamento (CE) no 633/2004Forordning (EF) nr. 633/2004Verordnung (EG) Nr. 633/2004Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 633/2004Regulation (EC) No 633/2004Règlement (CE) no 633/2004Regolamento (CE) n. 633/2004Verordening (EG) nr. 633/2004Regulamento (CE) n.o 633/2004Asetus (EY) N:o 633/2004Förordning (EG) nr 633/2004.5.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, licences for category 6(a) referred to in Annex I shall be valid 15 days from the actual date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.6.In the case of licences for products of category 6(a) referred to in Annex I it is obligatory to export to the country of destination indicated in case 7 or to any country referred to in Annex IV.To this end, licence applications and licences shall contain at least one of the following:(a)text missingCategoría 6 a)Kategori 6 a)Kategorie 6aΚατηγορία 6α)Category 6(a)Catégorie 6 a)Categoria 6 a)Categorie 6 a)Categoria 6 a)Tuoteluokka 6a)Kategori 6 a)(b)in section 22:Exportación obligatoria a los países mencionados en el anexo IV del Reglamento (CE) no 633/2004Udførsel obligatorisk til lande, der er anført i bilag IV til forordning (EF) nr. 633/2004Ausfuhr nach den in Anhang IV der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 633/2004 genannten Länder ist verbindlichΥποχρεωτική εξαγωγή σε χώρες που αναφέρονται στο παράρτημα IV του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 633/2004Export obligatory to countries referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 633/2004Exportation obligatoire vers les pays visés à l'annexe IV du règlement (CE) no 633/2004Esportazione obbligatoria verso paesi elencati nell'allegato IV del regolamento (CE) n. 633/2004Verplichte uitvoer naar landen die zijn vermeld in bijlage IV bij Verordening (EG) nr. 633/2004Exportação obrigatória para países referidos no anexo IV do Regulamento (CE) n.o 633/2004Velvoittaa viemään asetuksen (EY) N:o 633/2004 liitteessä IV tarkoitettuihin maihinExport obligatorisk till länderna i bilaga IV till förordning (EG) nr 633/2004.7.In the case of licences for products of category 6(b) referred to in Annex I it is obligatory to export to the country of destination indicated in case 7 or to any other country not referred to in Annex IV.To this end, licence applications and licences shall contain at least one of the following:(a)text missingCategoría 6 b)Kategori 6 b)Kategorie 6bΚατηγορία 6β)Category 6(b)Catégorie 6 b)Categoria 6 b)Categorie 6 b)Categoria 6 b)Tuoteluokka 6b)Kategori 6 b)(b)in section 22:Exportación obligatoria a los países no mencionados en el anexo IV del Reglamento (CE) no 633/2004Udførsel obligatorisk til lande, der ikke er anført i bilag IV til forordning (EF) nr. 633/2004Ausfuhr nach einem der nicht in Anhang IV der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 633/2004 genannten Länder ist verbindlichΥποχρεωτική εξαγωγή σε χώρες που δεν αναφέρονται στο παράρτημα IV του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 633/2004Export obligatory to countries not referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 633/2004Exportation obligatoire vers les pays autres que ceux visés à l'annexe IV du règlement (CE) no 633/2004Esportazione obbligatoria verso paesi non elencati nell'allegato IV del regolamento (CE) n. 633/2004Verplichte uitvoer naar landen die niet zijn vermeld in bijlage IV bij Verordening (EG) nr. 633/2004Exportação obrigatória para países não referidos no anexo IV do Regulamento (CE) n.o 633/2004Velvoittaa viemään muihin kuin asetuksen (EY) N:o 633/2004 liitteessä IV tarkoitettuihin maihinExport obligatorisk till länder som inte anges i bilaga IV till förordning (EG) nr 633/2004.

Article 31.Applications for export licences may be lodged with the competent authorities from Monday to Friday of each week.2.Applicants for export licences shall be natural or legal persons who, at the time applications are submitted, are able to prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that they have been engaged in trade in the poultrymeat sector for at least 12 months. However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products to end consumers may not lodge applications.3.Export licences are issued on the Wednesday following the period referred to in paragraph 1, provided that none of the particular measures referred to in paragraph 4 have since been taken by the Commission.4.Where the issue of export licences would or might result in the available budgetary amounts being exceeded or in the maximum quantities which may be exported with a refund being exhausted during the period concerned, in view of the limits referred to in Article 8(11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, or would not allow exports to continue during the remainder of the period, the Commission may:(a)set a single acceptance percentage for the quantities applied for;(b)reject applications for which licences have not yet been granted;(c)suspend the lodging of licence applications for a maximum period of five working days, extendable by the procedure specified in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.Licence applications made during the suspension period shall be invalid.The measures provided for in the first subparagraph may be implemented or modulated by category of product and by destination.4a.The measures provided for in paragraph 4 may also be adopted where export licence applications relate to quantities which exceed or might exceed the normal disposable quantities for one destination and issuing the licences requested would entail a risk of speculation, distortion of competition between operators, or disturbance of the trade concerned or of the Community market.5.Where quantities applied for are rejected or reduced, the security shall be released immediately for all quantities for which an application was not satisfied.6.Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where a single percentage of acceptance less than 80 per cent is set, the licence shall be issued at the latest by the 11th working day following publication of that percentage in the Official Journal of the European Union. During the 10 working days following its publication, the operator may:either withdraw his application, in which case the security is released immediately,or request immediate issuing of the licence, in which case the competent authority shall issue it without delay but no sooner than the normal issue date for the relevant week.7.By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commission can set a day other than Wednesday for the issuing of export licences when it is not possible to respect this day.

Article 41.On application by the operator, licence applications for up to 25 tonnes of products shall not be subject to any special measures as referred to in Article 3(4) and the licences applied for shall be issued immediately.In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1) and (5), the term of validity of the licences shall be limited to five working days from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Section 20 of licence applications and of licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex Ia.2.The Commission may, where necessary, suspend the application of this Article.

Article 5Export licences shall not be transferable.

Article 61.The quantity exported within the tolerance referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not give entitlement to payment of the refund.2.In section 22 of the licence, at least one of the following shall be indicated:Restitución válida por […] toneladas (cantidad por la que se expida el certificado).Restitutionen omfatter […] t (den mængde, licensen vedrører).Erstattung gültig für […] Tonnen (Menge, für welche die Lizenz ausgestellt wurde).Επιστροφή ισχύουσα για […] τόνους (ποσότητα για την οποία έχει εκδοθεί το πιστοποιητικό).Refund valid for […] tonnes (quantity for which the licence is issued).Restitution valable pour […] tonnes (quantité pour laquelle le certificat est délivré).Restituzione valida per […] t (quantitativo per il quale il titolo è rilasciato).Restitutie geldig voor […] ton (hoeveelheid waarvoor het certificaat wordt afgegeven).Restituição válida para […] toneladas (quantidade relativamente à qual é emitido o certificado).Tuki on voimassa (…) tonnille (määrä, jolle todistus on myönnetty).Ger rätt till exportbidrag för […] ton (den kvantitet för vilken licensen utfärdats).

Article 71.By Friday each week, Member States shall notify the Commission of the following information:(a)the applications for export licences as referred to in Article 1 lodged from Monday to Friday of the same week, stating whether they fall within the scope of Article 4 or not;(b)the quantities covered by export licences issued on the preceding Wednesday, not including those issued immediately under Article 4;(c)the quantities covered by export licence applications withdrawn pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding week.2.The notification of the applications referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall specify:(a)the quantity in product weight for each category referred to in Article 2(3);(b)the breakdown by destination of the quantity for each category in the case where the rate of refund varies according to the destination;(c)the rate of refund applicable;(d)the total amount of refund prefixed in euro per category.3.Member States shall communicate to the Commission on a monthly basis following the expiry of validity of export licences the quantity of unused export licences.4.Applications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3, including "nil" notifications, shall be made in accordance with the model set out in Annex II.

Article 81.For chicks falling within CN codes 010511, 010512 and 010519, operators shall declare at the time when customs formalities for exports are fulfilled, that they intend to claim an export refund.2.Not later than two working days after exporting, operators shall lodge with the competent authority the application for an ex post export licence for the chicks exported. In section 20 of the licence application and of the licence, shall be indicated the term ex post together with the customs office where customs formalities have been fulfilled as well as the date of export within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.By derogation from Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 no security shall be required.3.Member States shall notify the Commission, by Friday each week of the number of ex post export licences applied for during the current week, including "nil" notifications. The notifications shall specify, where applicable, the details referred to in Article 7(2).4.Ex post export licences shall be issued each following Wednesday, provided that none of the particular measures referred to in Article 3(4) are taken by the Commission after the export concerned. Where such measures are taken they shall apply to the exports already carried out.This licence accords entitlement to payment of the refund applicable on the day of export within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.5.Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not apply to the ex post licences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4.The licences shall be presented directly by the interested party to the agency in charge of the payment of export refunds. This agency shall attribute and stamp the licence.

Article 8aThe notifications referred to in this Regulation, including "nil" notifications, shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3..

Article 9Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 is repealed.References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance to the correlation table in Annex VI.

Article 10This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX I

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), part 7.For destinations shown in Annex III.Destinations other than those shown in Annexes III and IV.Destinations shown in Annex IV.Destinations other than those shown in Annex IV.

Product code of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds	Category	Rate of the security(EUR/100 kg net weight)
0105 11 11 90 000105 11 19 90 000105 11 91 90 000105 11 99 90 00	1	—
0105 12 00 90 000105 19 20 90 00	2	—
0207 12 10 99 00	3	6
0207 12 90 99 90		6
0207 12 90 91 90		6
0207 25 10 90 000207 25 90 90 00	5	3
0207 14 20 99 000207 14 60 99 000207 14 70 91 900207 14 70 92 90	6(a)	2
0207 14 20 99 000207 14 60 99 000207 14 70 91 900207 14 70 92 90	6(b)	2
0207 27 10 99 90	7	3
0207 27 60 90 000207 27 70 90 00	8	3

ANNEX IaEntries referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1):—In SpanishCertificado válido durante cinco días hábiles—In CzechLicence platná pět pracovních dní—In DanishLicens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage—In GermanFünf Arbeitstage gültige Lizenz—In EstonianLitsents kehtib viis tööpäeva—In GreekΠιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιμες ημέρες—In EnglishLicence valid for five working days—In FrenchCertificat valable cinq jours ouvrables—In ItalianTitolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi—In LatvianLicences derīguma termiņš ir piecas darba dienas—In LithuanianLicencijos galioja penkias darbo dienas—In HungarianÖt munkanapig érvényes tanúsítvány—In DutchCertificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vijf werkdagen—In PolishPozwolenie ważne pięć dni roboczych—In PortugueseCertificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias úteis—In SlovakianLicencia platí päť pracovných dní—In SlovenianDovoljenje velja 5 delovnih dni—In FinnishTodistus on voimassa viisi työpäivää—In SwedishLicensen är giltig fem arbetsdagarANNEX IIANNEX IIIAngolaBahrainIranIraqJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesYemen, Republic ofANNEX IVArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanANNEX VRepealed Regulation with its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95	(OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2523/95	(OJ L 258, 28.10.1995, p. 40)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2841/95	(OJ L 296, 9.12.1995, p. 8)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/96	(OJ L 25, 1.2.1996, p. 27)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1158/96	(OJ L 153, 27.6.1996, p. 25)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/96	(OJ L 299, 23.11.1996, p. 16)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2370/96	(OJ L 323, 13.12.1996, p. 12)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1009/98	(OJ L 145, 15.5.1998, p. 8)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2581/98	(OJ L 322, 1.12.1998, p. 33)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2337/1999	(OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 21)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1383/2001	(OJ L 186, 7.7.2001, p. 26)

ANNEX VICORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 1372/95	This Regulation
Article 1	Article 1
Article 2(1) to (5)	Article 2(1) to (5)
Article 2(6) first indent	Article 2(6)(a)
Article 2(6) second indent	Article 2(6)(b)
Article 2(7) first indent	Article 2(7)(a)
Article 2(7) second indent	Article 2(7)(b)
Article 3(1)	Article 3(1)
Article 3(2) first subparagraph	Article 3(2)
Article 3(2) second subparagraph	—
Article 3(3)	Article 3(3)
Article 3(4) first indent	Article 3(4)(a)
Article 3(4) second indent	Article 3(4)(b)
Article 3(4) third indent	Article 3(4)(c)
Article 3(5) to (7)	Article 3(5) to (7)
Article 4 first and second subparagraphs	Article 4(1)
Article 4 third subparagraph	Article 4(2)
Article 5	Article 5
Article 6 first subparagraph	Article 6(1)
Article 6 second subparagraph	Article 6(2)
Article 7(1)	Article 7(1)
Article 7(2) first indent	Article 7(2)(a)
Article 7(2) second indent	Article 7(2)(b)
Article 7(2) third indent	Article 7(2)(c)
Article 7(2) fourth indent	Article 7(2)(d)
Article 7(3) and (4)	Article 7(3) and (4)
Article 8	—
Article 9	Article 8
Article 10	—
—	Article 9
Article 11	Article 10
Annexes I to IV	Annexes I to IV
—	Annex V
—	Annex VI

January 1, 2007	article 4.1	Amendment
January 1, 2007	article 2.5	Replacement
January 1, 2007	annex 1 BIS	Addition

Commission Regulation (EC) No 633/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector

Modified by

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/2006 of 20 November 2006 abolishing the prefinancing of export refunds in respect of agricultural products