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ORGANIZATION   
G/LIC/N/2/EU/2 
11 April 2012 
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Committee on Import Licensing Original:   English 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification under Article 5.1-5.4 of the Agreement
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EUROPEAN UNION 
 
  The following notification, dated 4 April 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union.
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1. (a) Title / number / date of the law or re gulation establishing / changing the import 
licensing procedure: 
 1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1349/2011 of 
20 December 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and 
advance fixing certificates for agricultural products; 
 2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2011 of 
9 December 2011 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2014/2005 on licences under the 
arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in respect of bananas released into free circulation at the common customs tariff rate of  duty  
 (b) If the notified measure refers to a change in an already notified import 
licensing procedure, please indicate the do cument symbol of the notification to 
which change(s) has(ve) been introduced. (In this case please also indicate in 
Section 3, below, the nature of the changes (i.e. inclusion or exclusion of some 
goods and a list thereof; contact point fo r information and/or administrative 
body(ies) for submission of applications, etc.)):  
G/LIC/N/3/EEC/14 
2. Information concerning the institution / change of import licensing procedure: 
(a) List of products subject to the licensing procedure  (Exact name of the products 
and/or whenever possible HS code and indi cation of the exact HS Nomenclature 
(i.e. 1996;  2002 or 2007).  Abbreviations s hould be avoided.  In the case of a long 
list of products, please attach the list as an Annex in Microsoft Word or compatible 
software.  Please do not use PDF, or photocopies .) 
Fresh bananas, excluding plantains, CN 2012: 0803.90.10  
 
                                                      
 This is a continuation from the G/LIC/N/2/EEC symbol series. 
*Further information on the publication of notified changes can be found in document 
G/LIC/N/1/EU/2. G/LIC/N/2/EU/2 
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  (b) Contact point for information on eligibility  
European Commission, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, 
Unit C.1 
Address: 130, Rue de la Loi  B – 1049 Brussels  Belgium E-mail address: Agri-C1@ec.europa.eu 
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/ dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm 
 (c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  (If more than one please 
include the same information for each body.)  
N/A 
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published  
Date of publication:  21/12/2011; 10/12/2011 Source of publication: 
Official Journal of the European Union, L 338/26, 21.12.2011;  Official Journal of the European Union, L 328/41, 10.12.2011 
 (e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is  
[ ] automatic.   If so please indicate:  (f) the administrative purpose:  [ ] 
[ ] non-automatic.   If so please indicate:  (g) the measure being 
implemented through the import licensing procedure:  [ ] 
N/A 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated with some 
probability, and if not, reason why this information cannot be provided 
Not limited.  
3. Other relevant data or information:  (i.e. complete title and data concerning the 
legislation, inclusion or exclusion of certain  products from the import licensing regime and 
list thereof; changes related to the administra tive body(ies) for submission of applications, 
etc.) 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No  1349/2011 of 20 December 2011 amending 
Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products in connection with Commission Im plementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2011 of 
9 December 2011 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2014/2005 on licences under the 
arrangements for importing bananas into the Comm unity in respect of bananas released into 
free circulation at the common customs tariff ra te of duty abolish the licence requirement 
for imported bananas. 
 
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 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).