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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
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 505/2002 of 21 March 2002 L 79 9 22.3.2002
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), aslas t
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,
WhereasRegulation (EEC) No 2759/75 providesthat from 1 July 1995
all exports for which export refunds are requested shall be subject tothe presentation 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 systemof import and export licencesand advance fixing licencesfor agricul-
tural products(
3), aslas t 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 thesystem in the pigmeat sector, export licences should not be transferableand precise conditions governing access by traders to the said systemshould be laid down;
WhereasArticle 13 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 providesthat
compliance with the obligationsaris ing from agreementsconcluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiationsregarding
the export volume shall be ensured on the basis of the export licences;whereastherefore a detailed s chedule for the lodging of applicationsand for 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 thequantitiesapplied for aswell asthe expenditure involved and, if appro-
priate, to take specific measures applicable in particular to the
applicationswhich are pending; whereasit isin the interes t of tradersto allow the licence application to be withdrawn after the acceptancecoefficient hasbeen 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 Commis-
sion might possibly have taken for the period in question;
Whereasin order to ens ure an exact follow up of the quantitiesto be
exported, a derogation from the rulesregarding the toleranceslaiddown in Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 should be laid down;1995R1370 — EN — 22.03.2002 — 006.001 — 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;
Whereasto avoid any interruption of exportsat the time of entry into
force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the Uruguay Round, author-ization should be given for export licences to be applied for and issued
before the date of the entry into force of thisAgreement, out for us e
after that date;
Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84
of 18 June 1984 laying down detailed rulesfor implementing thesystem of advance fixing certificates for refunds in the pigmeatsector(
1), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 1022/95(2), are
replaced by the provisions of this Regulation; whereas Regulation
(EEC) No 1700/84 should therefore be repealed as from the date ofentry into force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the UruguayRound;
Whereasthe meas uresprovided for in thisRegulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Asfrom 1 July 1995, all exportsof productsin the pigmeat s ector 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 licencess hall be valid for 90 daysfrom 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, aswell asthe rate ofthe security for export licences, are set out in Annex I.
4. Applicationsfor licencesand licencess hall bear, in s ection 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 — 22.03.2002 — 006.001 — 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. Applicationsfor export licencesmay be lodged with the compe-
tent authoritiesfrom Monday to Friday of each week.
2. Applicants for export licences must be natural or legal persons
who, at the time applicationsare s ubmitted, be able to prove to the
satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States thatthey have been engaged in trade in the pigmeat sector for at least 12months. However, retail establishments or restaurants selling theirproducts to end consumers may not lodge applications.
3. Export licences are issued on the ►
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the period referred to in paragraph 1, provided that none of the parti-cular measures referred to in paragraph 4 have since been taken by theCommission.
4. Where applicationsfor export licencesconcern quantitiesand/or
expenditure which exceed the normal trade patterns, or where there isa risk 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 corre-
sponding expenditure during the period in question, the Commissionmay:
— 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, applica-tions for export licences lodged during the suspension period shallbe inadmissible.
These measures may be adjusted according to the category of products
and the destination.
5. Where quantitiesapplied for are rejected or reduced, the s ecurity
shall be released immediately for all quantities for which an application
was not satisfied.
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where a single percentage of accep-
tance less than 80 % is set, the licence shall be issued at the latest by
the 11th working day following publication of that percentage in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities . During the 10 working
daysfollowing itspublication, 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 itis not possible to respect this day.
Article 4
On application by the operator, licence applicationsfor up to 25 tonnes
of products shall not be subject to any special measures as referred toin Article 3(4) and the licences applied for shall be issued immediately.
In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of validity of the
licencess hall be limited to five working daysfrom their actual day ofissue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No1995R1370 — EN — 22.03.2002 — 006.001 — 4
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3719/88 and Section 20 of licence applicationsand of licencess hall
show at least one of the following:
— Certificado válido durante cinco díashábilesy 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 τουκανονισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 565 /80,
— Licence valid for five working daysand not us eable for application
of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80,
— Certificat valable cinq joursouvrableset non utilis able pour l'appli-
cation 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 diasúteis , não
utilizável para a aplicação do artigo 5
odo Regulamento (CEE) no
565/80,
— Todistus on voimassa viisi arkipäivää eikä sitä voi käyttää sovellet-
taessa 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 paymentof the refund.
In section 22 of the licence, at least one of the following shall be indi-
cated:
— 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 certi-
ficat 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 applicationsfor export licencesasreferred to in Article 1
lodged from Monday to Wednesday of the same week, statingwhether they fall 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 quantitiescovered by export licence applicationswithdrawn
pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding week.
2. The notification of the applicationsreferred 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 destina-tion,
— 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 exportlicences the unused quantity of export licences.
4. All notificationsreferred to in paragraphs1 and 3, including ‘nil’
notifications, shall be made in accordance with the model set out in
Annex II.
Article 8
Applicationsfor export licencesto be us ed for exportsasfrom 1 July
1995 may be lodged asfrom 19 June 1995.
Article 9
Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84 isrepealed.It shall remain applicable, however, for advance fixing certificates
issued before 1 July 1995 pursuant to that Regulation.
Article 10
ThisRegulation s hall 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
asfrom 19 June 1995.
The provisions of Articles 4 and 9, however, shall apply from 1 July
1995.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1995R1370 — EN — 22.03.2002 — 006.001 — 6
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ANNEX I
Product code of the agri-
cultural product
nomenclature for export
refunds(1)CategoryRate of the security
(EUR/100 kg)
Net weight
0203 11 10 9000
150203 21 10 9000
0203 12 11 9100
250203 12 19 9100
0203 19 11 9100
0203 19 13 9100
0203 19 55 91100203 22 11 9100
0203 22 19 9100
0203 29 11 9100
0203 29 13 9100
0203 29 55 9110
0203 19 15 9100
34 0203 19 55 9310
0203 29 15 9100
0210 11 31 9110
41 50210 11 31 9910
0210 12 19 9100 5 5
0210 19 81 9100 6 20
0210 19 81 9300 7 151601 00 91 9120 8 51601 00 99 9110 9 5
1602 41 10 9110 10 10
1602 42 10 9110 11 101602 41 10 9130 12 51602 42 10 9130
1602 49 19 9130
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 Section 6 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).1995R1370 — EN — 22.03.2002 — 006.001 — 7
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ANNEX II
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