Commission Regulation (EC) No 852/2003 of 16 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
Date: 2003-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, export, export licence, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 852/2003

of 16 May 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in
the beef and veal sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 29(2) thereof,

Whereas:

clarity,
it should be specified that Article 15(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import and export licences and
advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 325/2003 (4), does
not apply to those licences.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003 (6), should
therefore be amended accordingly.

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

(5)

(6)

Under Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999,
exports from the Community of products listed in
Article 1(1)(a) and (b) thereof may be subject to presen-
tation of an export licence.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The negotiations on the adoption of additional conces-
sions, held within the framework of the Europe Agree-
ments between the European Community and the asso-
ciated central and east European Countries, aim in parti-
cular to liberalise trade in products covered by the
common organisation of the market in beef and veal.

To benefit from these concessions, it has been agreed in
the context of the above negotiations that the beef and
veal products covered by some of these agreements and
exported from the Community to these countries must
be accompanied by a certified copy of the export licence
In this context, provision
endorsed ‘without refund’.
should be made for the Member States to issue to inter-
ested parties upon request, under simplified arrange-
ments, export licences for products covered by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999 for which no licence is
currently required and which are intended for export to
the associated countries of central and eastern Europe.

Since the purpose of the above licences is simply to
certify that the products exported have not received an
export refund, the issue of those licences is not subject
to the application of the fourth subparagraph of Article
29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, under which
the issue of export licences is subject to the lodging of a
security guaranteeing that
the products are exported
during the term of validity of the licence. For the sake of

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.

Article 1

The following Article 7a is added to Regulation (EC) No 1445/
95:

‘Article 7a

At the request of the interested party the Member
1.
States shall issue, without delay, export licences for beef
and veal products falling within CN codes 0206 10 91,
0206 10 99,
0206 29 99,
0210 99 59 and ex 1502 00 90 which are intended for
export to the associated countries of central and eastern
Europe.

0206 22 00,

0206 21 00,

2.
The period of validity of these licences shall be 60
days and they shall carry the words “without refund” in
box 20.

3.
Notwithstanding Article 8(3),
carry the 8-digit CN code in box 16.

these licences

shall

Articles 9 and 13 shall not apply to licences issued

4.
under this Article.

Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall

5.
not apply to licences as referred to in paragraph 1.’

(3) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 20, 24.1.2003, p. 3.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission