G/LIC/N/2/EU/14  
 
3 February 2021  
(21-0887) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 The following notification dated  29 January 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of  the European Union . 
 
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  European Union  
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/386 of 
11 March 2019 laying down rules with regard to the apportionment 
of tariff rate quotas for certain agricultural products included in the 
WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United 
Kingdom from the Union and with regard to import licences  issued 
and import rights allocated under those tariff rate quotas  
3 Date of Publication  12 March 2019 
4 Date of entry into force  
 This Regulation entered into force on 13  March 2019. It is in 
application since 1 January 2021.  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Official Journal of the European Union, L70, 12.3.2019, p.4  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1596719848924&uri=CELEX:32019R0386   
6 Have you attached a copy 
of the regulation (PDF) to 
the Secretaria t [ ] Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
[x] No. 
7 Type of notification  [ ] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure; (please answer question 
8 to 14)  
 
[x] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been 
previously notified in document: G/LIC/N/2/EU/9; ( please answer 
question 15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing   
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic: [ ]  
 
Non-Automatic: [x]  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life or health;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
 
1 "Members which institute licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication [...]" (Art. 5.1) . G/LIC/N/2/EU/14  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
11 Administrative body(ies) 
for submission of 
applications    
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure   
 
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages    
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Durati on of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the official WTO 
languages)  
 
 This Regulation amends the validity in the European Union of the 
certain licenses for managing tariff rate quotas to take into account 
the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and 
the end of the transition period.  
 
Rights and obligations deriving from import licenses issued and 
import rights allocated by the licensing issuing authorities of the 
United Kingdom and licences issued and import rights allocated by 
the licencing authorities o f Member States and transferred to 
operators established in the United Kingdom under the tariff rate 
quotas referred to in Annexes I and II to Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/386 shall expire in the European Union as of 
the date of the entry i nto force of this regulation.  
 
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