G/LIC/N/2/EU/22  
 
11 May 2023  
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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 10 May 2023 , 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) No. 2023/254 of 
6 February 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 
No. 2020/761 as regards certain technical rules on the management 
of tariff rate quotas  
3 Date of Publication  7 February 2023  
4 Date of entry into force  14 February 2023  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Official Journal of the European Union L 35/4 of 7 February 2023, p. 
4–10 https://eur -lex.eur opa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R0254&qid=1679330474516  
6 Have you attached a copy of 
the regulation (PDF) to the 
Secretariat  [ ] Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
[X] No.  
7 Type of notification  [ ] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer question 
8 to 14)  
 
[X] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been 
previously notified in document s: G/LIC/N/2/EU/13,  
G/LIC/N/2/EU/15, G/LIC/N/2/EU/16, G/LIC/N/2/EU/17 and 
G/LIC/N/2/EU/18, G/LIC/N/2/EU/19, G/LIC/N/2/EU/20, 
G/LIC/N/2/EU/21; ( please answer question 15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing   
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic: [ ]  
 
Non-Automatic: [ ]  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those which are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
 G/LIC/N/2/EU/22  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
(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;  
(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   
 Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address: [ ]  
Website: [ ]  
Telephone: [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address: [ ]  
Website: [ ]  
Telephone: [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
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 o f 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 WTO official languages)  
 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2020/761 lays down 
the rules for the management of import and export tariff quotas for 
agricultural products managed by a system of import and export 
licences and provides for spec ific rules.  
 
Article 6(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2020/761 
provided, that if an applicant submits more applications for a tariff 
quota than the maximum number set out in Article 6(3) of that 
Implementing Regulation, all his applications are inadmissible,  and 
the securities lodged forfeited. To avoid excessive punishment the 
possibility to forfeit the security is eliminated.  G/LIC/N/2/EU/22  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
  According to Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 
No. 2020/761, operators applying for licences for tariff rate quotas 
referred to in Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 
No. 2020/760 are bound to lodge the relevant securities before the 
end of the application period. For licences not related to tariff 
quotas, instead, operators are to lodge the security on the day of 
application for a licence. This situation could create difficulties in the 
management of licences. To avoid any risks of mismanagement and 
abuse, national licence issuing authorities  are given the possibility to 
set the deadline for lodging the securities for tariff quota licences.  
 
Due to an excessive demand for volumes under the tariff quotas 
with order numbers 09.4268 and 09.4269, the rules on the 
registration in the Licence Operat or Registration and Identification 
electronic system (LORI) and on the reference quantity now also 
apply to those tariff quotas. Moreover, the rules on proof of trade 
now apply only if the reference quantity requirement is suspended in 
accordance with Arti cle 9(9) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 
No. 2020/760.  
 
Due to difficulties with the full use of tariff quotas with order 
numbers 09.4225, 09.4226 and 09.4227, the requirement of a proof 
of trade in case of those quotas is lifted.  
 
For clarity reasons the templates for IMA 1 certificates set out in 
Annex XIV.5 to Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2020/761, Parts 
A.1 and A.2, now indicate – in box 16 – the number of the tariff rate 
quota to which the certificate refers. Moreover, to avoid any 
confusion with box 4, box 3 of the template of IMA 1 certificate for 
tariff quotas with order numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 set out in 
Annex XIV.5, Part A.2, to that Implementing Regulation contains the 
name of the buyer instead of the  number and the date of invoice.  
 
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