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of16June1995
layingdowndetailedrulesforimplementingthesystemofexportlicences inthepigmeatsector
(OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2739/95 of 28 November 1995 L 285 11 29.11.1995
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/96 of 21 June 1996 L 149 17 22.6.1996
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/97 of 9 December 1997 L 339 9 10.12.1997
►M4Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/98 of 9 March 1998 L 70 6 10.3.1998
►M5Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/98 of 31 July 1998 L 215 58 1.8.1998
►M6Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/1999 of 11 November 1999 L 290 18 12.11.1999
►M7Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2000 of 26 June 2000 L 154 14 27.6.2000
►M8Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/2000 of 22 December 2000 L 336 32 30.12.2000
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1370/95
of16June1995
laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export
licences inthepigmeatsector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat(1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2), and in particular Articles 8
(2), 13 (12) and 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December
1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the
agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, and inparticular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that from 1 July 1995
all exports for which export refunds are requested shall be subject to thepresentation of an export licence with advance fixing of the refund;whereas therefore specific implementing rules should be laid down forthe pigmeat sector which should in particular include provisions for the
submission of the applications and the information which must appear
on the applications and licences, in addition to those contained inCommission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system ofimport and export licences and advance fixing licences for agricultural
products(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/95(4);
Whereas, in order to assure proper administration of the system, the rate
of the security for export licences under the said system should be fixed;
whereas in view of the risk of speculation inherent in the system in thepigmeat sector, export licences should not be transferable and preciseconditions governing access by traders to the said system should be laiddown;
Whereas Article 13 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that
compliance with the obligations arising from agreements concluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations regarding
the export volume shall be ensured on the basis of the export licences;whereas therefore a detailed schedule for the lodging of applications andfor the issuing of licences should be laid down;
Whereas, in addition, the decision regarding applications for export
licences should be communicated only after a period of consideration;whereas this period would allow the Commission to appreciate thequantities applied for as well as the expenditure involved and, if
appropriate, to take specific measures applicable in particular to the
applications which are pending; whereas it is in the interest of traders toallow the licence application to be withdrawn after the acceptancecoefficient has been fixed;
Whereas, in the case of applications concerning quantities equal to or
less than 25 tonnes, the export licence should be issued immediately ifthe trader requests it; whereas these licences, however, should benefit
from refunds only in accordance with the measures which the
Commission might possibly have taken for the period in question;
Whereas in order to ensure an exact follow up of the quantities to be
exported, a derogation from the rules regarding the tolerances laid downin Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 should be laid down;1995R1370 — EN — 30.12.2000 — 005.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 119, 30. 5. 1995, p. 4.
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Whereas the Commission must dispose of precise information
concerning applications for licences and of the use of licences issued,in order to be able to manage this system; whereas, in the interests of
efficient administration, the notifications from Member States to the
Commission should be made according to a uniform model;
Whereas to avoid any interruption of exports at the time of entry into
force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the Uruguay Round,authorization should be given for export licences to be applied for andissued before the date of the entry into force of this Agreement, out foruse after that date;
Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84
of 18 June 1984 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system
of advance fixing certificates for refunds in the pigmeat sector(
1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1022/95(2), are replaced by the
provisions of this Regulation; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84should therefore be repealed as from the date of entry into force of theAgreement on Agriculture of the Uruguay Round;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 1 July 1995, all exports of products in the pigmeat sector for
which an export refund is requested, shall be subject to the presentationof an export licence with advance fixing of the refund.
Article 2
1. Export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their actual day of
issue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.
2. Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in section 15, the
description of the product and, in section 16, the 11-digit product code
of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds.
3. The categories of products referred to in the second subparagraph
of Article 13a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, as well as the rate of thesecurity for export licences, are set out in Annex I.
4. Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in section 20, at
least one of the following:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o1370/95,
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1370/95,— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1370/95,
—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1370 /95,
— Regulation (EC) No 1370/95,— Règlement (CE) n
o1370/95,
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1370/95,
— Verordening (EG) nr. 1370/95,— Regulamento (CE) n
o1370/95,
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1370/95,
— Förordning (EG) nr 1370/95.1995R1370 — EN — 30.12.2000 — 005.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 161, 19. 6. 1984, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 103, 6. 5. 1995, p. 22.▼M6
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Article 3
1. Applications for export licences may be lodged with the competent
authorities from Monday to Friday of each week.
2. Applicants for export licences must be natural or legal persons
who, at the time applications are submitted, be able to prove to the
satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that theyhave been engaged in trade in the pigmeat sector for at least 12 months.However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products toend consumers may not lodge applications.
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the period referred to in paragraph 1, provided that none of the particularmeasures referred to in paragraph 4 have since been taken by theCommission.
4. Where applications for export licences concern quantities and/or
expenditure which exceed the normal trade patterns, or where there is arisk that they will be exceeded, taking account of the limits referred to in
Article 13 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 and/or the
corresponding expenditure during the period in question, the Commis-sion may:
— set a single percentage by which the quantities applied for are
accepted,
— refuse the applications for which export licences have not yet been
awarded,
— suspend the lodging of applications for export licences for a
maximum of five working days. A suspension for a longer period
may be decided in accordance with the procedure provided for in
Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75. In these cases,applications for export licences lodged during the suspension periodshall be inadmissible.
These measures may be adjusted according to the category of products
and the destination.
5. Where quantities applied for are rejected or reduced, the security
shall be released immediately for all quantities for which an application
was not satisfied.
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where a single percentage of
acceptance less than 80 % is set, the licence shall be issued at the
latest by the 11th working day following publication of that percentagein theOfficial Journal of the European Communities . During the 10
working days following its publication, the operator may:
— either withdraw his application, in which case the security is released
immediately,
— or request immediate issuing of the licence, in which case the
competent authority shall issue it without delay but no sooner thanthe normal issue date for the relevant week.
7. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commission can set a
day other than Wednesday for the issuing of export licences when it isnot possible to respect this day.
Article 4
On application by the operator, licence applications for up to 25 tonnes
of products shall not be subject to any special measures as referred to inArticle 3(4) and the licences applied for shall be issued immediately.
In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of validity of the
licences shall be limited to five working days from their actual day ofissue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/1995R1370 — EN — 30.12.2000 — 005.001 — 4
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88 and Section 20 of licence applications and of licences shall show at
least one of the following:
— Certificado válido durante cinco días hábiles y no utilizable para la
aplicación del artículo 5 del Reglamento (CEE) no565/80,
— Licens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage, og som ikke kan benyttes til
at anvende artikel 5 i forordning (EØF) nr. 565/80,
— Fünf Werktage gültige und für die Anwendung von Artikel 5 der
Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 565/80 nicht verwendbare Lizenz,
—Πιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιµες ηµέρες και δεν
χρησιµοποιείται για την εφαρµογή του άρθρου 5 του κανο-νισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 565 /80,
— Licence valid for five working days and not useable for application
of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80,
— Certificat valable cinq jours ouvrables et non utilisable pour
l'application de l'article 5 du règlement (CEE) n
o565/80,
— Titolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi e non utilizzabile ai fini
dell'applicazione dell'articolo 5 del regolamento (CEE) n. 565/80,
— Certificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vijf werkdagen en niet te
gebruiken voor de toepassing van artikel 5 van Verordening (EEG)
nr. 565/80,
— Certificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias úteis, não
utilizável para a aplicação do artigo 5odo Regulamento (CEE) no
565/80,
— Todistus on voimassa viisi arkipäivää eikä sitä voi käyttää
sovellettaessa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 565/80 5 artiklaa,
— Licensen är giltig fem arbetsdagar men gäller inte vid tillämpning av
artikel 5 i förordning (EEG) nr 565/80.
The Commission may, where necessary, suspend the application of this
Article.
Article 5
Export licences shall not be transferable.
Article 6
The quantity exported within the tolerance referred to in Article 8 (4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not give entitlement to payment of
the refund.
In section 22 of the licence, at least one of the following shall be
indicated:
— Restitución válida por […] toneladas (cantidad por la que se expida
el certificado),
— Restitutionen omfatter […] t (den mængde, licensen vedrører),
— Erstattung gültig für … Tonnen (Menge, für welche die Lizenz
ausgestellt wurde),
—Επιστροφή ισχύουσα για […]τόνους (ποσότητα για την οποία
έχει έκδοθεί το πιστοποιητικό) ,
— Refund valid for … tonnes (quantity for which the licence is issued),
— Restitution valable pour … tonnes (quantité pour laquelle le
certificat est délivré),
— Restituzione valida per […] t (quantitativo per il quale il titolo è
rilasciato),
— Restitutie geldig voor … ton (hoeveelheid waarvoor het certificaat
wordt afgegeven),
— Restituição válida para … toneladas (quantidade relativamente à
qual é emitido o certificado),
— Tuki on voimassa […] tonnille (määrä, jolle todistus on myönnetty),
— Ger rätt till exportbidrag för […] ton (den kvantitet för vilken
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Article 7
1. Each Friday from 13.00 hours, Member States shall send the
Commission the following by fax in respect of the preceding period:
(a) the applications for export licences as referred to in Article 1 lodged
from Monday to Wednesday of the same week, stating whether theyfall within the scope of Article 4 or not;
(b) the quantities covered by export licences issued on the preceding
Wednesday, not including those issued immediately under Article 4;
(c) the quantities covered by export licence applications withdrawn
pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding week.
2. The notification of the applications referred to in point (a) of
paragraph 1 shall specify:
— the quantity in product weight for each category referred to in Article
2 (3),
— the breakdown by destination of the quantity for each category in the
case where the rate of refund varies according to the destination,
— the rate of refund applicable,— the total amount of refund fixed in advance in ecu per category.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission on a
monthly basis following the expiry of the validity of the export licencesthe unused quantity of export licences.
4. All notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3, including ‘nil’
notifications, shall be made in accordance with the model set out inAnnex II.
Article 8
Applications for export licences to be used for exports as from 1 July
1995 may be lodged as from 19 June 1995.
Article 9
Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84 is repealed.It shall remain applicable, however, for advance fixing certificates
issued before 1 July 1995 pursuant to that Regulation.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply to export licences applied for pursuant to this Regulation
as from 19 June 1995.
The provisions of Articles 4 and 9, however, shall apply from 1 July
1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1995R1370 — EN — 30.12.2000 — 005.001 — 6
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ANNEXI
Product code of the agri-
cultural product
nomenclature for export
refunds (1)CategoryRate of the security
(EUR/100 kg)
Net weight
0203 11 10 900015
0203 21 10 9000
0203 12 11 9100
250203 12 19 9100
0203 19 11 9100
0203 19 13 9100
0203 19 55 9110
0203 22 11 9100
0203 22 19 9100
0203 29 11 9100
0203 29 13 9100
0203 29 55 9110
0203 19 15 9100
340203 19 55 9310
0203 29 15 9100
0210 11 31 911041 5
0210 11 31 9910
0210 12 19 9100 5 50210 19 81 9100 6 200210 19 81 9300 7 15
1601 00 91 9120 8 5
1601 00 99 9110 9 51602 41 10 9210 10 101602 42 10 9210 11 101602 49 19 9120 12 5
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 Section 6 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).1995R1370 — EN — 30.12.2000 — 005.001 — 7
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ANNEXII
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