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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2003
of 28 August 2003
laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
(OJ L 217, 29.8.2003, p. 35)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 130/2004 of 26 January 2004 L 19 14 27.1.2004
►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1361/2004 of 28 July 2004 L 253 9 29.7.2004
►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/2006 of 20 November 2006 L 321 11 21.11.2006
Corrected by:
►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 320, 5.12.2003, p. 7 (1518/2003)
►C2 Corrigendum, OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 15 (1518/2003)
►C3 Corrigendum, OJ L 120, 7.5.2008, p. 25 (1518/2003)2003R1518 —EN—01.01.2007 —003.002 —1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2003
of 28 August 2003
laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export
licences in the pigmeat sector
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 organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 (2), and in particular
Articles 8(2), 13(12) and 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 of 16 June 1995 laying
down detailed rules for implementing the system of exportlicences in the pigmeat sector (
3) has been substantially
amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and
rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that all exports for whichexport refunds are requested shall be subject to the presentationof an export licence with advance fixing of the refund. Thereforespecific implementing rules should be laid down for the pigmeatsector which should in particular include provisions for thesubmission of the applications and the information which mustappear on the applications and licences, in addition to thosecontained in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli-cation of the system of import and export licences and advancefixing licences for agricultural products (
5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 325/2003 (6).
(3) In order to assure proper administration of the system, the rate ofthe security for export licences under the said system should befixed. In view of the risk of speculation inherent in the system inthe pigmeat sector, export licences should not be transferable andprecise conditions governing access by traders to the said systemshould be laid down.
(4) Article 13(11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides thatcompliance with the obligations arising from agreementsconcluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-tiations regarding the export volume shall be ensured on the basisof the export licences. Therefore a detailed schedule for the
lodging of applications and for the issuing of licences should
be laid down.
(5) In addition, the decision regarding applications for export licencesshould be communicated only after a period of consideration.
This period would allow the Commission to appreciate the quan-
tities applied for as well as the expenditure involved and, ifappropriate, to take specific measures applicable in particular tothe applications which are pending. It is in the interest of tradersto allow the licence application to be withdrawn after theacceptance coefficient has been fixed.▼
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(1) OJ L 282, 1.1.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(4) See Annex III.
(5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 21.
(6) In the case of applications concerning quantities equal to or less
than 25 tonnes, the export licence should be issued immediatelyif the trader requests it. In this case, the licences shall not besubject to any special measures taken by the Commission.
(7) In order to ensure an exact follow up of the quantities to beexported, a derogation from the rules regarding the toleranceslaid down in Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should be laiddown.
(8) The Commission must dispose of precise information concerningapplications for licences and of the use of licences issued, inorder to be able to manage this system. In the interests ofefficient administration, the notifications from Member States tothe Commission should be made according to a uniform model.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
All exports of products in the pigmeat sector for which an export refund
is requested, shall be subject to the presentation of an export licencewith 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 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No1291/2000.
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However, for products falling within CN code 0203, export licences
issued in February 2004 shall be valid only until the end of the
second month following that of their issue and those issued in March
2004 shall be valid only until the end of the month following that oftheir issue.
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2. Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in section 15, thedescription of the product and, in section 16, the 12-digit product codeof the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds.
3. The categories of products referred to in the second subparagraph
of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, as well as the rate ofthe security 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:
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—Reglamento (CE) no1518/2003,
—Forordning (EF) nr. 1518/2003,
—Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1518/2003,
—Κανονισμός (ΕΚ)αριθ. 1518/2003,
—Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003,
—Règlement (CE) no1518/2003,
—Regolamento (CE) n. 1518/2003,
—Verordening (EG) nr. 1518/2003,
—Regulamento (CE) n.o1518/2003,▼B2003R1518 —EN—01.01.2007 —003.002 —3
—Asetus (EY) N:o 1518/2003,
—Förordning (EG) nr 1518/2003.
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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 thesatisfaction 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.
3. Export licences are issued on the Wednesday following the period
referred to in paragraph 1, provided that none of the particular measuresreferred to in paragraph 4 have since been taken by the Commission.
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4. Where the issue of export licences would or might result in theavailable budgetary amounts being exceeded or in the maximum quan-tities which may be exported with a refund being exhausted during theperiod concerned, in view of the limits referred to in Article 13(11) ofRegulation (EEC) No 2759/75, or would not allow exports to continueduring the remainder of the period, the Commission may:
(a) set an acceptance percentage for the quantities applied for;(b) reject applications for which licences have not yet been granted;(c) suspend lodging of licence applications for a maximum period of
five working days, extendable by the procedure specified in Ar-ticle 24(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.
In the circumstances referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph,
licence applications made during the suspension period shall be invalid.
The measures provided for in the first subparagraph may be implemen-
ted or modulated by category of product and by destination.
4a. The measures provided for in paragraph 4 may also be adopted
where export licence applications relate to quantities which exceed ormight exceed the normal disposable quantities for one destination andissuing the licences requested would entail a risk of speculation, dis-tortion of competition between operators, or disturbance of the tradeconcerned or the Community market.
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5. Where quantities applied for are rejected or reduced, the security
shall be released immediately for all quantities for which an applicationwas 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 bythe 11th working day following publication of that percentage in theOfficial Journal of the European Union . During the 10 working days
following its publication, the operator may:
(a) either withdraw his application, in which case the security is relea-
sed immediately; or
(b) request immediate issuing of the licence, in which case the compe-
tent authority shall issue it without delay but no sooner than thenormal 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.▼
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Article 4
1. On application by the operator, licence applications for up to 25
tonnes of products shall not be subject to any special measures asreferred to in Article 3(4) and the licences applied for shall be issuedimmediately.
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In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of validity of thelicences shall be limited to five working days from their actual day ofissue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No1291/2000 and Section 20 of licence applications and of licences shallshow one of the entries listed in Annex Ia.
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Article 5
Export licences shall not be transferable.
Article 6
1. The quantity exported within the tolerance referred to in Article 8
(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not give entitlement topayment of the refund.
2. 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
εκδοθεί 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 licen-
sen utfärdats)
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:
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(a) the applications for export licences as referred to in Article 1
lodged from Monday to Friday of the same week, stating whetherthey fall within the scope of Article 4 or not;▼
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(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:
(a) the quantity in product weight for each category referred to in
Article 2(3);
(b) the breakdown by destination of the quantity for each category in
the case where the rate of refund varies according to the destination;
(c) the rate of refund applicable;(d) the total amount of refund fixed in advance in euro 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
Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 is repealed.
The references made to the said repealed Regulation shall be construed
as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with thecorrelation table in Annex IV.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.▼
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ANNEX I
Product code of the agricul-
tural product nomenclature
for export refunds (1)CategoryRate of the security
(EUR/100 kg)
Net weight
0203 11 10 9000
0203 21 10 900011 0
0203 12 11 9100
0203 12 19 9100
0203 19 11 91000203 19 13 91000203 19 55 9110
0203 22 11 9100
0203 22 19 91000203 29 11 91000203 29 13 9100
0203 29 55 911021 0
0203 19 15 9100
0203 19 55 93100203 29 15 910036
0210 11 31 9110
0210 11 31 991041 4
0210 12 19 9100 5 0
0210 19 81 9100 6 14
0210 19 81 9300 7 14
1601 00 91 9120 8 51601 00 99 9110 9 41602 41 10 9110 10 8
1602 42 10 9110 11 6
1602 41 10 9130
1602 42 10 91301602 49 19 913012 5
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 Section 6 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).▼M12003R1518 —EN—01.01.2007 —003.002 —7
ANNEX Ia
Entries referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1):
—In Spanish: Certificado válido durante cinco días hábiles
—In Czech: Licence platná p ět pracovních dní
—In Danish: Licens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage
—In German: Fünf Arbeitstage gültige Lizenz
—In Estonian: Litsents kehtib viis tööpäeva
—In Greek: Πιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιμες ημέρες
—In English: Licence valid for five working days
—In French: Certificat valable cinq jours ouvrables
—In Italian: Titolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi
—In Latvian: Licences der īguma termi ņšir piecas darba dienas
—In Lithuanian: Licencijos galioja penkias darbo dienas
—In Hungarian: Öt munkanapig érvényes tanúsítvány
—In Dutch: Certificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vijf werkdagen
—In Polish: Pozwolenie wa żne pi ęćdni roboczych
—In Portuguese: Certificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias úteis
—In Slovakian: Licencia platí pä ťpracovných dní
—In Slovenian: Dovoljenje velja 5 delovnih dni
—In Finnish: Todistus on voimassa viisi työpäivää
—In Swedish: Licensen är giltig fem arbetsdagar▼M32003R1518 —EN—01.01.2007 —003.002 —8
ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
Repealed Regulations and successive amendments
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2739/95 (OJ L 285, 29.11.1995, p. 11)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/96 (OJ L 149, 22.6.1996, p. 17)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/97 (OJ L 339, 10.12.1997, p. 9)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/98 (OJ L 70, 10.3.1998, p. 6)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/98 (OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 58)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/1999 (OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 18)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2000 (OJ L 154, 27.6.2000, p. 14)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/2000 (OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 32)Commission Regulation (EC) No 505/2002 (OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 9)▼B2003R1518 —EN—01.01.2007 —003.002 —10
ANNEX IV
CORRELATION TABLE
Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 This Regulation
Article 1 Article 1
Article 2 Article 2Article 3(1), (2) and (3) Article 3(1), (2) and (3)
Article 3(4), first indent Article 3(4)(a)
Article 3(4), second indent Article 3(4)(b)Article 3(4), third indent Article 3(4)(c)Article 3(5) Article 3(5)
Article 3(6), first sentence and second
sentence, introductory wordsArticle 3(6), first sentence and second
sentence, introductory words
Article 3(6), first indent Article 3(6)(a)Article 3(6), second indent Article 3(6)(b)Article 3(7) Article 3(7)
Article 4, first and second subparag-
raphsArticle 4(1)
Article 4, third subparagraph Article 4(2)
Article 5 Article 5Article 6, first subparagraph Article 6(1)
Article 6, second subparagraph Article 6(2)
Article 7(1) Article 7(1)Article 7(2), first indent Article 7(2)(a)
Article 7(2), second indent Article 7(2)(b)
Article 7(2), third indent Article 7(2)(c)Article 7(2), fourth indent Article 7(2)(d)Article 7(3) Article 7(3)
Article 7(4) Article 7(4)
Article 8 —
— Article 8
Article 9 —
Article 10 Article 9Annex I Annex IAnnex II Annex II
— Annex III
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