Commission Regulation (EC) No 1033/98 of 18 May 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products
Date: 1998-05-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, export licence, import licence, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1033/98

of 18 May 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing
certificates for agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
market
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Articles
9(2) and 23 thereof, and to the corresponding provisions
of the other regulations on the common organisation of
the market in agricultural products,

Whereas Article 8(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1404/97 (4), provides that where the quantity imported or
exported exceeds the quantity shown on the licence or
certificate by not more than 5 %, it is to be considered to
have been imported or exported under that licence or
certificate;

Whereas, where an import licence covering an agricul-
tural product is also used to administer a tariff quota to
which preferential arrangements apply, such preferential
arrangements are to apply to importers by virtue of the
licence or certificate irrespective of whether the product is
to be accompanied by a document from a third country;

Whereas, with a view to avoiding any overrun in the
quota, the preferential arrangements must apply up to the
quantity for which the licence or certificate was issued;
whereas, with a view to facilitating imports, the tolerance
provided for in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 should be permitted, provided that it is specified
at the same time that the part of the quantity exceeding
that shown on the licence or certificate but within the
tolerance does not qualify under the preferential arrange-
ments and full duty is payable thereon on import;

Whereas, where imports of a product are not subject to
presentation of an import
licence and where such a
licence serves to administer a quota, the application of the
tolerance is not necessary; whereas in such cases the
quantity in excess of
that shown on the licence or
certificate should be regarded as having been imported
outside the licence and subject to full duty and cannot

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 5.

qualify under the preferential arrangements covering the
quota;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the relevant manage-
ment committees,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 is hereby
replaced by the following:

‘Article 45

to
1. Where imports of a product are subject
presentation of an import
licence and where that
licence also serves to determine eligibilty under prefer-
ential arrangements, the quantities imported within
the tolerance in excess of the quantity shown on the
import licence shall not qualify under the preferential
arrangements.

Save where the regulations in particular sectors require
special wording, Section 24 of licences and certificates
shall indicate one of the following:

— R(cid:130)gimen preferencial aplicable a la cantidad indi-

cada en las casillas 17 y 18

— Præferenceordning gældende for mængden anført i

rubrik 17 og 18
— Pr(cid:132)ferenzregelung,

anwendbar

auf die in den

Feldern 17 und 18 genannte Menge

— Pqotilgsiaj ˜o jahest ˜yr evaqlof ˜olemo cia
tgm pos ˜otgta pou amacq ˜avetai sta tetqacy-
m˜idia 17 jai 18

— Preferential

applicable
arrangements
quantity given in Sections 17 and 18

to

the

— R(cid:130)gime pr(cid:130)f(cid:130)rentiel applicable pour la quantit(cid:130)

indiqu(cid:130)e dans les cases 17 et 18

— Regime preferenziale applicabile per la quantit(cid:133)

indicata nelle caselle 17 e 18

— Preferenti(cid:137)le regeling van toepassing voor de in de

vakken 17 en 18 vermelde hoeveelheid

— Regime preferencial aplic ´avel em rela(cid:135)˜ao (cid:133) quanti-

dade indicada nas casas 17 e 18,

— Etuuskohtelu,

jota sovelletaan kohdissa 17 ja 18

esitettyihin m(cid:132)(cid:132)riin

— Preferensordning till(cid:132)mplig f(cid:148)r den kvantitet som

anges i f(cid:132)lt 17 och 18

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2. Where licences as referred to in paragraph 1 also
serve to administer a Community tariff quota, the term
of validity of licences may not extend beyond the date
on which the quota expires.

3. Where the product
in question cannot be
imported outside the quota or where import licences
for the product
to
special conditions,
shall not
the import
provide for any tolerance concerning quantities in
excess.

in question are issued subject

licences

The figure “0” (zero) shall be shown in Section 19 of
the licence.

4. Where imports of a product are not subject to
presentation of an import licence and where an import
licence serves to administer preferential arrangements

covering that product, the import licences shall not
provide for any tolerance concerning quantities in
excess.

The figure “0” (zero) shall be shown in Section 19 of
the licence.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply to licences and certificates applied for from
the date on which it enters into force.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 18 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission