Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, cereal product, cereals, export, export licence, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 409/2001

of 28 February 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 13(11) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (4),
and in particular Articles 9(2) and 13(15) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 (5) establishes
certain concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural products and provides for
an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Poland. The abolition of
refunds for common wheat, flour and bran exported to
Poland is one of the concessions.

The Polish authorities have undertaken to ensure that
only the consignments of Community products falling
within CN codes 1001 90, 1101, 1102 and ex 2302 on
which no refund has been granted are allowed for
import into Poland. To that end, an Article should be
inserted in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (6),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000 (7),
providing for the obligation to present a certified copy
of
including specific information
guaranteeing that no export refund has been granted on
the products referred to. To establish a link between the
products imported and those indicated on the export
licence, operators are required, on import into Poland, to
present a certified copy of the export declaration bearing
specific information referring to the export licence.

the export

licence,

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7.
(6) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(7) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 23.

The following Article 7a is added to Regulation (EC) No 1162/
95:

‘Article 7a

The following provisions shall apply to exports to
1.
Poland of products falling within CN codes 1101 90, 1101,
1102 and ex 2302, with the exception of products falling
within CN code 2302 50, referred to in Article 1(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

2.
Exports as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject
to the presentation to the competent authorities of Poland
of a certified copy of the export licence issued in accord-
ance with Article 7(3a) and with this Article, and a duly
endorsed copy of the export declaration for each consign-
ment. The goods shall not have been exported previously
to another third country.

3.

Licences shall contain:

(a) in box 7, the word “Poland”;

(b) in box 15, a description of the goods in accordance

with the Combined Nomenclature;

(c) in box 16, the eight-figure Combined Nomenclature
code and the quantity in tonnes for each product
referred to in box 15;

(d) in boxes 17 and 18, the total quantity of the products

referred to in box 16;

(e) in box 20, one of the following:

— Exportación a Polonia. Artículo 7 bis del Regla-

mento (CE) no 1162/95

— Udførsel til Polen. Artikel 7a i forordning (EF) nr.

1162/95

— Ausfuhr nach Polen. Artikel 7a der Verordnung

(EG) Nr. 1162/95

— Εξαγωγή στην Πολωνία. Άρθρο 7α του κανονισµού

(ΕΚ) αριθ. 1162/95

— Export to Poland. Article 7a of Regulation (EC) No

1162/95

— Exportation en Pologne. Article 7 bis du règlement

(CE) no 1162/95

— Esportazione in Polonia. Articolo 7 bis del regola-

mento (CE) n. 1162/95

— Uitvoer naar Polen. Artikel 7 bis van Verordening

(EG) nr. 1162/95

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— Exportação para a Polónia. Artigo 7.oA do Regula-

mento (CE) n.o 1162/95

— Vienti Puolaan. Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1162/95 7 a

artikla

— Export till Polen. Artikel 7a i förordning (EG) nr

1162/95;

(f) in box 22, in addition to the words provided for in

Article 7(3a), one of the following:

— Sin restitución por exportación
— Uden eksportrestitution
— Ohne Ausfuhrerstattung
— Χωρίς επιστροφή κατά την εξαγωγή
— No export refund
— Sans restitution à l'exportation
— Senza restituzione all'esportazione
— Zonder uitvoerrestitutie
— Sem restituição à exportação

— Ilman vientitukea
— Utan exportbidrag;

(g) Licences shall be valid only for the products and quant-

ities thus specified.

Licences issued under this Article shall carry with
4.
them an obligation to export to the destination indicated in
box 7.

At the request of the party concerned, a certified copy

5.
of the endorsed licence shall be issued.

6.
On the first Monday of each month the competent
authorities of the Member States shall notify the Commis-
sion of the quantities for which licences have been issued
broken down by combined nomenclature code.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission