G/LIC/N/2/EU/20  
 
30 November  2022 
(22-8911) Page: 1/3 
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 23 November  2022, 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. 2022/663 of 
21 April 2022 amending  Implementing  Regulation  (EU) 
No. 2020/761  as regards the volume of the tariff rate quota for 
high-quality beef from Paraguay  
3 Date of Publication  22 April 2022  
4 Date of entry into force  29 April 2022  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Official  Journal  of the European  Union  L121 of 22 April  2022 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal - 
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?u ri=CELEX:32022R0663&from=EN  
6 Have you attached a copy 
of the regulation (PDF) to 
the Secretariat   Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
 No. 
7 Type of notification   (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer 
question  8 to 14)  
 
 (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously 
notified in document: G/LIC/N/2/EU/9;  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 ; (please answ er 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 no tified for the first time to the Committee.  
 G/LIC/N/2/EU/20  
 
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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;  
 Duration 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)  Following  the withdrawal  of the United  Kingdom  of Great  Britain  and 
Northern Ireland (the "United Kingdom") from the Union, the Union 
and the United Kingdom notified the other Members of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) that their current market access levels 
will be maintained by apportioning the Union's tariff rate quotas 
between the Union and the United Kingdom. The methodology for 
that apportionment, as well as the EU -27 volumes, are laid down  in 
Regulation  (EU) No. 2019/2 16 of the European  Parliament  and of the 
Council.  
 
However,  the Union's  tariff rate quotas  that are not part of the WTO 
schedule of the Union should not have been apportioned.  G/LIC/N/2/EU/20  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
  Nevertheless, the import tariff quota of 1,000 tonnes, opened based 
on Council Regulation (EC) No. 1149/2002 and expressed in product 
weight,  of high -quality  fresh,  chilled or  frozen  beef, which  is not part 
of the WTO schedule of the Union, was incorrectly apportioned by 
Regulation (EU) No. 2019/216. Its volume was mistakenly  reduced 
with application as of 1 January 2021.  
 
This Implementing Regulation therefore restores the original 
quantity  of the tariff quota  for high-quality  beef from Paraguay  with 
order  number  09.4455  in Implementing  Regulation  (EU) 
No. 2020/761.  
 
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