G/LIC/N/2/EU/13  
 
21 September 2020  
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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 17 September 2020 , 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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 of 17 December 
2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the 
administration of import and export tariff quotas subject to licences 
and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging of securities in 
the administration of tariff quotas . 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 of 
17 December 2019 laying down rules for the application of 
Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/ 2013 and (EU) No 
510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
the management system of tariff quotas with licences . 
3 Date of Publication  
 12 June 2020  
4 Date of entry into force  
 These Regulations entered into force on 19/06/2020. The Regulations 
will be applied to the tariff quota periods starting from  1 January 2021 
onwards.  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Official Journal of the European Union L185 of 12 June 2020  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2020:185:FULL&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;  ( please answer question 15 
and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing   
 
 
 
 
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) . 
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.  
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   Category  Notification details  
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;  
(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 of 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.);  G/LIC/N/2/EU/13  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)  
 Specific rules on agricultural tariff rate quotas managed by licenses 
were laid down in more than 30 Commission Regulations.  
These 2 new Regulations unify and simplify these rules in a single 
delegated and implementing act.  Common horizontal rules will be 
applied on the majority of tariff quotas on agricultural products (meat 
(beef, swine, poultry) and processed meat (swine, poultry), milk and 
milk products, butter, cheese, eggs and egg albumin, cereals (wheat, 
barley, maize , sorghum), rice, sugar, garlic,  olive oil, preserved 
mushrooms ). Specific provisions are kept when required by 
international agreements or by certain specificities of the 
product/quota.  
In particular, the Regulations lay down rules that:  
- Set a series of conditions and eligibility requirements that an 
operator has to fulfil to submit an application for a tariff quota (e.g. 
for all tariff quotas an operator should be established and 
registered for VAT purposes in the EU; for certain tariff q uotas the 
operator shall provide a “proof of trade”…)  
- Set horizontal administrative rules concerning the application for 
licences and issuing of licences (timeframe, information to be 
included in the licence application and in the licence, inadmissibility  
of an application, notifications to the operators…)  
- Set horizontal rules for the maximum quantities that can be applied 
for  
- Set horizontal rules on the transferability of the licences  
- Set horizontal rules on the validity of licences  
- Update the references  to certain customs documents to be 
provided when importing, to make them in line with the recent 
developments in the customs legislation (e.g. certain forms needed 
to prove the origin of the products)  
- Set up an electronic management system for the managem ent of 
Certificate of Authenticity and Inward Monitoring Certificate IMA1, 
which will be made available to the concerned Third countries.  
 
 
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