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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/95
of 16 June 1995
laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
(OJ No L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 9)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2739/95 of 28 November 1995 L 285 11 29. 11. 1995
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/96 of 21 June 1996 L 149 17 22. 6. 1996Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/97 of 9 December 1997 L 339 9 10. 12. 1997Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/98 of 9 March 1998 L 70 6 10. 3. 1998
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ICOMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/95
of 16 June 1995
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 T reaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
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 ar-
rangements required in the agricultural sector in order to
implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations, and in particularArticle 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that from
1 July 1995 all exports for which export refunds are re-
quested shall be subject to the presentation of an export
licence with advance fixing of the refund; whereas there-
fore specific implementing rules should be laid down for
the pigmeat sector which should in particular include
provisions for the submission of the applications and the
information which must appear on the applications and li-
cences, in addition to those contained in Commission Re-
gulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the sys-
tem of import and export licences and advance fixing li-
cences for agricultural products (
3), as last amended by Re-
gulation (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 the pigmeat sector,
export licences should not be transferable and precise
conditions governing access by traders to the said system
should be laid down;
(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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IIWhereas Article 13 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
provides that compliance with the obligations arising from
agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
lateral 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 applica-
tions and 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 the quantities applied for as
well as the expenditure involved and, if appropriate, to
take specific measures applicable in particular to the ap-
plications which are pending; whereas it is in the interest
of traders to allow the licence application to be withdrawn
after the acceptance coefficient 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 if the 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 re-
garding the tolerances laid down in Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 should be laid down;
Whereas the Commission must dispose of precise informa-
tion 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 and issued before the date of the
entry into force of this Agreement, out for use after that
date;
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IIIWhereas 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 Re-
gulation (EC) No 1022/95 (2), are replaced by the provi-
sions of this Regulation; whereas Regulation (EEC) No
1700/84 should therefore be repealed as from the date of
entry into force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the
Uruguay Round;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management Com-
mittee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) OJ No L 161, 19. 6. 1984, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 103, 6. 5. 1995, p. 22.
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1Article 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 presentation of an export licence with ad-
vance fixing of the refund.
Article 2
1. Export licences shall be valid from the date of issue,
within the meaning of Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3719/88, until the end of the second month following
that date.
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 the security for export li-
cences, are set out in Annex I.
4. Applications for licences and licences shall bear, in
section 20, at least one of the following:
—R e g l a m e n t o ( C E ) no1370/95,
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1370/95,
— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1370/95,
—Κανονισμός (ΕΚ)αριθ. 1370/95,
— Regulation (EC) No 1370/95,
—R è g l e m e n t ( C E ) no1370/95,
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1370/95,
— Verordening (EG) nr. 1370/95,
— Regulamento (CE) nº 1370/95,
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1370/95,
— Förordning (EG) nr 1370/95.
Article 3
1. Applications for export licences may be lodged with
the competent authorities from Monday to Friday of each
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22. 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 author-
ities in the Member States that they have been engaged in
trade in the pigmeat sector for at least 12 months. How-
ever, retail establishments or restaurants selling their prod-
ucts to end consumers may not lodge applications.
3. Export licences are issued on the W ednesday follow-
ing the period referred to in paragraph 1, provided that
none of the particular measures referred to in paragraph 4
have since been taken by the Commission.
4. Where applications for export licences concern quan-
tities and/or expenditure which exceed the normal trade
patterns, or where there is a risk that they will be ex-
ceeded, taking account of the limits referred to in Article
13 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 and/or the c orre-
sponding expenditure during the period in question, theCommission 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 ex-
port licences lodged during the suspension period shall
be inadmissible.
These measures may be adjusted according to the category
of product.
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 percen-
tage of acceptance less than 80 % is set, the licence shall
be issued at the latest by the 11th working day following
publication of that percentage in the Official Journal of the
European Communities . During the 10 working days fol-
lowing its publication, the operator may:
— either withdraw his application, in which case the se-
curity is released immediately,1370/95
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3— or request immediate issuing of the licence, in which
case the competent authority shall issue it without
delay but no sooner than the normal issue date for the
relevant week.
7. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commis-
sion can set a day other than Wednesday for the issuing of
export licences when it is not possible to respect this day.
Article 4
1. Upon written request of the operator, at the time of
lodging the application, the competent authority shall im-
mediately issue the licence applied for by indicating in sec-
tion 22 at least one of the following:
— Certificado de exportación expedido sin perjuicio de
medidas especiales de conformidad con el apartado 4
del artículo 3 del Reglamento (CE) no1370/95; la re-
stitución se concederá como mínimo quince días labor-
ables después de la fecha de su espedición
— Eksportlicens udstedt med forbehold af særforanstal-
tninger i henhold til artikel 3, stk. 4, i forordning (EF)
nr. 1370/95; restitution ydes tidligst 15 dage efter
udstedelsesdagen
— Ausfuhrlizenz, erteilt unter Vorbehalt der besonderen
Maßnahmen gemäß Artikel 3 Absatz 4 der Verordnung
(EG) Nr. 1370/95; Erstattung frühestens fünfzehn Ar-
beitstage nach dem T ag der Erteilung zu gewähren
—Πιστοποιητικό εξαγωγής που εκδίδεται με την
επιÔύλαξη των ειδικών μέτρων σύμ Ôωνα με το άρθρο
3παράγρα Ôος4του κανονισμού (ΕΚ)αριθ. 1370/95·
ηε π ι σ τ ρ ο Ôή πρέπει να χορηγηθεί το ενωρίτερο
δεκαπέντε εργάσιμες ημέρες μετά την ημερομηνία
έκδοσής του
— Export licence issued subject to any particular
measures taken under Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1370/95; refund to be granted at the earliest fifteen
working days after the date of issuing
— Certificat d’exportation délivré sous réserve de mesures
particulières en vertu de l’article 3 paragraphe 4 du
règlement (CE) no1370/95; restitution à octroyer au
plus tôt quinze jours ouvrables après la date de sa dé-
livrance
— Titolo d’esportazione rilasciato sotto riserva d’adozione
di misure specifiche a norma dell’articolo 3, paragrafo
4, del regolamento (CE) n. 1370/95; restituzione da
concedere non prima che siano trascorsi quindici giorni
lavorativi dalla data di rilascio del titolo1122/96
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4— Uitvoercertificaat afgegeven onder voorbehoud van bij-
zondere maatregelen als bedoeld in artikel 3, lid 4, van
Verordening (EG) nr. 1370/95; de restitutie wordt niet
vroeger dan 15 werkdagen na de datum van afgifte van
het certificaat toegekend
— Certificado de exportação emitido sem prejuízo de
medidas especiais em conformidade com o nº 4 do
artigo 3º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1370/95; restituição
a conceder nunca antes de quinze dias úteis após a
data da sua emissão
— Vientitodistus annettu, jollei asetuksen (EY) N:o
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teistä muuta johdu; tuki annetaan aikaisintaan viiden-
toista työpäivan kuluttua antamispäivästä
— Exportlicens utfärdad med förbehåll för särskilda
åtgärder enligt artikel 3.4 i förordning (EG) nr
1370/95. Exportbidrag skall beviljas tidigast femton ar-betsdagar efter dagen för utfärdandet.
2. Where the Commission has not taken special
measures under the terms of Article 3 (4) for the week in
question, the licence is validated without other formalities
from the Wednesday following the week in question.
3. Where the Commission has taken special measures
under the terms of Article 3 (4) for the week in question,
the competent authority requires within five working days
as from the date of their publication, the operator to re-
turn the licence in order to amend it on the basis of these
measures.
T o this end, it shall cancel the indication referred to in
paragraph 1 and shall indicate in section 22 at least one of
the following:
(a) if a single percentage of acceptance has been set:
— Certificado de exportación con fijación anticipada
de la restitución por una cantidad de [ . . . ] tone-
ladas de los productos que se indican en las casil-
las 17 y 18
— Eksportlicens med forudfastsættelse af eksportres-
titution for en mængde på [ . . . ] tons af de i
rubrik 17 og 18 anførte produkter
— Ausfuhrlizenz mit Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung
f ü re i n eM e n g ev o n...T o n n e nd e ri nF e l d1 7
und 18 genannten Erzeugnisse
—Πιστοποιητικό εξαγωγής που περιλαμβάνει τον
προκαθορισμό της επιστρο Ôής για μία ποσότητα
[...] τόνων προϊόντων που εμ Ôαίνονται στα
τετραγωνίδια 17και181122/96
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5— Export licence with advance fixing of the refund
for a quantity of . . . tonnes of the products shown
in sections 17 and 18
— Certificat d’exportation comportant fixation à l’a-
v a n c ed el ar e s t i t u t i o np o u ru n eq u a n t i t éd e[
. . . ] tonnes de produits figurant aux cases 17
et 18
— Titolo d’esportazione recante fissazione anticipata
d e l l ar e s t i t u z i o n ep e ru nq u a n t i t a t i v od i[...]td i
prodotti indicati nelle caselle 17 e 18
— Uitvoercertificaat met vaststelling vooraf van de re-
stitutie voor . . . ton produkt vermeld in de vakken
17 en 18
— Certificado de exportação com prefixação da resti-
tuição para uma quantidade de [ . . . ] toneladas
de produtos constantes das casas 17 e 18
— Vientitodistus, johon sisältyy tuen ennakkovahvistus
[...]t o n n i l l ek o h d a s s a1 7j a1 8m a i n i t t u j at u o t -
teita
— Exportlicens med förutfastställelse av exportbidrag
för en kvantitet av [ . . . ] ton av de produkter som
nämns i fält 17 och 18;
(b) if the applications for licences have been rejected:
— Certificado de exportación sin derecho a restitu-
ción,
— Eksportlicens, der ikke giver ret til eksportrestitu-
tion,
— Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Anspruch auf Erstattung,
—Πιστοποιητικό εξαγωγής χωρίς δικαίωμα για
οποιαδήποτε επιστρο Ôή,
— Export licence without entitlement to any refund,
— Certificat d’exportation ne donnant droit à aucune
restitution,
— Titolo d’esportazione che non da diritto ad alcuna
restituzione,
— Uitvoercertificaat dat geen recht op een restitutie
geeft,
— Certificado de exportação que não dá direito a
qualquer restituição,
— Vientitodistus ei oikeuta tukeen,
— Exportlicens som inte ger rätt till exportbidrag.1122/96
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64. The provisions laid down in Article 3 (6) do not
apply to licences issued under the terms of the provisions
of this Article.
5. The refund for licences issued pursuant to the provi-
sions of this Article may be granted at the earliest fifteen
working days after the date of their issuing.
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
l aq u es ee x p i d ae lc e r t i f i c a d o ) ,
— Restitutionen omfatter [ . . . ] t (den mængde, licensen
vedrører),
— Erstattung gültig für . . . T onnen (Menge, für welche
die Lizenz ausgestellt wurde),
—Επιστρο Ôή 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 la-
quelle 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),
— R e s t i t u i ç ã ov á l i d ap a r a...t o n e l a d a s( q u a n t i d a d er e -
lativamente à qual é emitido o certificado),
— T u k io nv o i m a s s a[...]t o n n i l l e( m ä ä r ä ,j o l l et o d i s t u s
on myönnetty),
— Ger rätt till exportbidrag för [ . . . ] ton (den kvantitet
för vilken licensen utfärdats).1122/96
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7Article 7
1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission,
each Friday from 1 p.m., by fax and for the preceding
period:
(a) the applications for export licences with advance fixing
of refunds referred to in Article 1 which were lodged
from Monday to Friday of the same week;
(b) the quantities for which export licences have been is-
sued on the preceding Wednesday;
(c) the quantities for which applications for export licences
have been withdrawn pursuant to Article 3 (6) during
the preceding week.
2. The notification of the applications referred to inpoint (a) of paragraph 1 shall specify:
— the quantity in product weight for each category re-
ferred 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 licences the 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 in Annex 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 cer-
tificates issued before 1 July 1995 pursuant to that Regula-
tion.1370/95
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8Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean 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 1995.1370/95
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9ANNEX I
Product code
of the agricultural
product nomenclature
for export
refunds (1)CategoryRate of the security
(ECU/100 kg)
Net weight
0203 11 10 9000
1 3
0203 21 10 90001 3
0203 12 11 9100
0203 12 19 9100
0203 19 11 9100
0203 19 13 9100
2 3
0203 22 11 91002 3
0203 22 19 9100
0203 29 11 9100
0203 29 13 9100
0203 19 15 9100
3 2
0203 29 15 91003 2
0210 11 31 9110
4 20
0210 11 31 99104 20
0210 12 19 9100 5 5
0210 19 81 9100 6 23
0210 19 81 9300 7 18
1601 00 91 9000 8 8
1601 00 99 9110 9 4
1602 41 10 9210 10 15
1602 42 10 9210 11 11
1602 49 19 9120 12 5
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1), section
6.540/98
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10ANNEX II
Application of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES — DG VI/D/3 — Pigmeat sector
Application for export licences — Pigmeat
Sender:
Date:
Period:
Member State:
Person to contact:
Te l e p h o n e :
Fax:Addressee: DG VI/D/3 — fax: (32 2) 296 62 79 or 296 12 27
— Part A — Weekly notification ( to complete separately for each category )
Category QuantityRate of
refund
(ECU/100 kg)To tal
amount
of prefixed
refunds
T otal per category
Category T otal quantities applied for by categories
—P a r t B—W e e k l y n o t i f i c a t i o n
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11—P a r t C—W e e k l y n o t i f i c a t i o n
Category T otal quantities withdrawn by category during the previous week
— Part D — Monthly notification
Category Unused quantities1370 /95