
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, 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 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 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(2) The current version of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 contains references to regulations repealed and replaced by other ones.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 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:
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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 (oils and fats),
— Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 (live plants and cut flowers),
— Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 (seeds),
— Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (pigmeat),
— Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 (eggs),
— Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 (poultrymeat),
— Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 (ovalbumin and lactalbumin),
— Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (cereals),
— Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 (bananas),
— Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 (rice),
— Article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (fruit and vegetables),
— Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (processed fruit and vegetable products),
— Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (beef and veal),
— Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (milk and milk products),
— Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (wine),
— Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 (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 (sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup),
— Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 (sheepmeat and goatmeat),
— Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 (alcohol),'
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
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)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, 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, 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 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
 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 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
 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):
 0105 11 11 9000  4 000 chicks
 0105 11 19 9000 
 0105 11 91 9000 
 0105 11 99 9000 
 0105 12 00 9000  2 000 chicks
 0105 19 20 9000 
 0207  250 kg
I EGGS
Export licence with advance fixing of the refund andex post export licence (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95):
 0407 00 11 9000  2 000 eggs
 0407 00 19 9000  4 000 eggs
 0407 00 30 9000  400 kg
 0408 11 80 9100  100 kg
 0408 91 80 9100 
 0408 19 81 9100  250 kg
 0408 19 89 9100 
 0408 99 80 9100 
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






