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of31January2002
laying down detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures
withACP/OCTorEC/OCTcumulationoforigin
(OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 55)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No192/2002
of31January2002
layingdowndetailedrulesforissuingimportlicencesforsugarand
sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation
oforigin
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001
on the association of the overseas countries and territories with theEuropean Community (
1), and in particular Article 6(4) of Annex III
thereto,
Whereas:
(1)Pursuant to Decision 2001/822/EC, ACP/OCT or EC/OCT
cumulation of origin is allowed for the quantities laid down in
that Decision for the products falling within CN Chapter 17 and
CN codes 1806 1030 and 1806 10 90.
(2)A system of licences should be introduced for the products inquestion and the rules for issuing them laid down so as to permitthe requisite controls on imports of the quantities provided for inthe abovementioned Decision.
(3)Save where this Regulation provides otherwise, CommissionRegulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying downcommon detailed rules for the application of the system ofimport and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for
agricultural products (
2), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2299/2001 (3), should apply.
(4)Witha view to ensuring orderly management, preventing specu-
lation and providing for effective controls, detailed rules should
be laid down for submitting licence applications and the docu-ments that the interested parties must produce.
(5)The specific features of the licence application form forimporting the products in question should be laid down. In orderto ensure that such imports are administered strictly, it should belaid down in particular that rights deriving from licences are nottransferable and that the release for free circulation of quantities
of products exceeding those covered by licences issued is
prohibited.
(6)A timetable should be laid down for the submission of applica-tions, the issue of licences by the competent authorities of theMember States and for the fixing of a single reducing coefficientwhere the maximum annual quantity is exceeded. Provisionshould be made for operators to be able, in such cases, to with-draw their licence applications and for their securities to be
released immediately. Lastly, special time limits should be set
for the submission of licence applications and the issuing of thelicences at the beginning of 2002.
(7)Since the import arrangements established by Council Decision97/803/EC of 24 November 1997 amending, at mid-term, Deci-sion 91/482/EEC on the association of the overseas countries andterritories withth e European Economic Community (
4) have
been replaced by the arrangements established by Decision
2001/822/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 of 17
December 1997 on rules for issuing import licences for certainproducts covered by CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 17042002R0192 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50.
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and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products (1) should be
repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Importation of products falling within CN Chapter 17 and CN
codes 1806 1030 and 1806 10 90 withACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumula-tion of origin shall be subject to production of an import licence issuedin accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, save where thisRegulation provides otherwise.
2. Import licences issued under this Regulation shall bear the serial
number 09.4652.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation the concept of ‘originating
products’ and the relevant administrative methods shall be those setout in Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC.
Article 3
1. Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent
authorities of the Member States.
2. Import licence applications shall relate to a quantity of not less
than 25 tonnes and not more than the maximum quantity authorisedby Article 6(4) of Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC.
3. Import licence applications shall be accompanied by the
following documents:
(a) the export licence issued by the OCT authorities in accordance with
the model form set out in the Annex, issued by the bodies respon-sible for issuing EUR 1 certificates;
(b) proof that the applicant is a natural or legal person who has been
engaged in trade in sugar for at least six months;
(c) a written declaration by the applicant to the effect that he has not
submitted more than one application during the application submis-sion period. Where an applicant submits more than one import
licence application, all applications from the same person shall be
inadmissible;
(d) proof that the party concerned has lodged a security of EUR 12 per
100 kilograms.
Article 4
Import licence applications and import licences shall show:
(a) in section 7, the OCT of provenance, the word ‘yes’ being marked
witha cross;
(b) in section 8, the OCT of origin, the word ‘yes’ being marked with
a cross. Import licences shall be valid only for products originatingin the OCT shown in that section;
(c) in section 20 of the licence, one of the following:
— Exención de derechos de importación (Decisión 2001/822/CE,
artículo 35) número de orden …
— Osvobozeno od dovozního cla (Rozhodnutí 2001/822/ES, čl.
35), sériové číslo …
— Fritages for importafgifter (artikel 35 i afgørelse 2001/822/EF),
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— Frei von Einfuhrabgaben (Beschluss 2001/822/EG, Artikel 35),
Ordnungsnummer …
— Impordimaksust vabastatud (otsus 2001/822/EÜ, artikkel 35),
järjekorranumber
—∆ασµολογική απαλλαγή (απόφαση 2001 /822/ΕΚ, άρθρο
35), αύξων αριθµός …
— Free from import duty (Decision 2001/822/EC, Article 35),
serial No …
— Exemption du droit d'importation (Décision 2001/822/CE,
article 35), numéro d'ordre …
— Esenzione dal dazio all'importazione (decisione 2001/822/CE,
articolo 35), numero d'ordine …
— Atbr īvots no importa nodok ļa( L ēmuma 2001/822/EK 35.
pants), s ērijas numurs …
— Atleista nuo importo muito (Nutarimo 2001/822/EB 35
straipsnis), serijos numeris …
— Mentes a behozatali vám alól (2001/822/EK határozat, 35.
cikk), sorozatszám …
—E żenzjoni minn dazju fuq l-importazzjoni (De ċiżjoni 2001/822/
KE, Artikolu 35), numru tas-serje …
— Vrij van invoerrechten (Besluit 2001/822/EG, artikel 35), volg-
nummer …
— Wolne od przywozowychopłat celnych(decyzja 2001/822/WE
art. 35), numer seryjny …
— Isenção de direitos de importação (Decisão 2001/822/CE, artigo
35.o), número de ordem …
— Oslobodený od dovozného cla (Rozhodnutie 2001/822/ES, čl.
35), sériové číslo …
— brez uvozne carine (Uredba 2001/822/EC, člen 35), serijska
številka …
— Vapaa tuontitulleista (päätöksen 2001/822/EY 35 artikla),
järjestysnumero …
— Importtullfri (beslut 2001/822/EG, artikel 35), löpnummer ….
Article 5
1. Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000,
the quantity released into free circulation may not exceed that indicatedin sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ shall be
entered to that effect in section 19 of the licence.
2. Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000,
rights deriving from import licences shall not be transferable.
Article 6
1. Licence applications shall be submitted to the competent authori-
ties of the Member States in the first five working days of January,April, July and October of eachyear.
However, for the year 2002, instead of the first five working days of
January applications shall be submitted in the first ten working daysof February.
The licences shall be issued within 13 working days of the closing date
for submitting licence applications.
2. Within two working days of the closing date for submitting
licence applications, the Member States shall notify the Commissionof:
(a) the quantities of products, broken down by eight-digit CN code and
by OCT of origin, covered by import licence applications lodgedand the relevant dates;
(b) the quantities of products, broken down by eight-digit CN code and
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licences, corresponding to the difference between the quantities
attributed on the back of licences and those for which the latterwere issued.
If no import licence applications have been lodged in a Member State
during the periods referred to in paragraph 1, that Member State shallso inform the Commission on the day referred to in the first subpara-graph of this paragraph.
3. Where licence applications exhaust or exceed the annual
maximum quantity referred to in the second subparagraph of Article6(4) of Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC, within ten working days
of the closing date for submitting licence applications the Commission
shall suspend the submission of further applications for the current yearand fix, where appropriate, the single reducing coefficient to be appliedto eachof th e applications submitted.
The single reducing coefficient shall be in proportion to the difference
between the maximum quantity still available and the quantity covered
by the licence applications in question.
If a single reducing coefficient is applied, licence applications may be
withdrawn within twelve working days of the closing date for submit-ting licence applications. The security shall be released immediately.
4. Where the quantity for which the import licence is issued is less
than that applied for, the amount of the security referred to in Article3(3)(d) shall be reduced proportionately.
Article 7
Import licences shall be valid from their actual date of issue until 31
December of the year of issue.
Article 8
Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 is hereby repealed.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
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