Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 of 28 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2003-08-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export (EU), export licence, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2003

of 28 August 2003

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 Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/
2000 (2), and in particular Articles 8(2), 13(12) and 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 (3) has
been substantially amended several times (4). In the inter-
ests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should
be codified.

Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that all exports
for which export refunds are requested shall be subject
to the presentation of an export licence with advance
fixing of the refund. Therefore specific implementing
rules should be laid down for the pigmeat sector which
should in particular include provisions for the submis-
sion of the applications and the information which must
appear on the applications and licences, in addition to
those contained in Commission Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common
detailed rules for the application of the system of import
and export licences and advance fixing licences for agri-
cultural products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 325/2003 (6).

In order to assure proper administration of the system,
the rate of the security for export licences under the said
system should be fixed. In view of the risk of speculation
inherent in the system in the pigmeat sector, export
licences should not be transferable and precise condi-
tions governing access by traders to the said system
should be laid down.

Article 13(11) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides
that compliance with the obligations arising from agree-
ments concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat-
eral trade negotiations regarding the export volume shall

(1) OJ L 282, 1.1.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(4) See Annex III.
(5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 21.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

be ensured on the basis of the export licences. Therefore
a detailed schedule for the lodging of applications and
for the issuing of licences should be laid down.

the decision regarding applications

In addition,
for
export licences should be communicated only after a
period of consideration. 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
applications which are pending. It is in the interest of
traders to allow the licence application to be withdrawn
after the acceptance coefficient has been fixed.

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. In this case,
the licences shall not be subject to any special measures
taken by the Commission.

In order to ensure an exact follow up of the quantities
to be exported, a derogation from the rules regarding
the tolerances laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000 should be laid down.

The Commission must dispose of precise information
concerning applications for licences and of the use of
licences issued,
in order to be able to manage this
system. In the interests of efficient administration, the
notifications from Member States to the Commission
should be made according to a uniform model.

(9)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 advance fixing of the refund.

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Article 2

(b) refuse the applications for which export licences have not

yet been awarded;

1.
Export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their
actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1291/2000.

for

Applications

licences and licences

2.
in
section 15, the description of the product and, in section 16,
the 12-digit product code of the agricultural product nomencla-
ture for export refunds.

shall bear,

3.
The categories of products referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000,
as well as the rate of the security for export licences, are set out
in Annex I.

Applications

4.
section 20, at least one of the following:

licences and licences

for

shall bear,

in

— Reglamento (CE) no […]

— Forordning (EF) nr. […]

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. […]

— Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. […]

— Regulation (EC) No […]

— Règlement (CE) no […]

— Regolamento (CE) n. […]

— Verordening (EG) nr. […]

— Regulamento (CE) n.o […]

— Asetus (EY) N:o […]

— Förordning (EG) nr […]

(c) 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(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75. In these cases, applications for export licences
lodged during the suspension period shall be inadmissible.

These measures may be adjusted according to the category of
products and the destination.

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.

Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where a single percentage
6.
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 Union.
During the 10 working days following its publication,
the
operator may:

(a) either withdraw his application, in which case the security

is released immediately; or

(b) request immediate issuing of the licence, in which case the
issue it without delay but no

competent authority shall
sooner than the normal issue date for the relevant week.

7.
By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commission
can set a day other than Wednesday for the issuing of export
licences when it is not possible to respect this day.

Article 3

Article 4

Applications for export licences may be lodged with the

1.
competent authorities from Monday to Friday of each week.

2.
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 authorities in the
Member States that they have been engaged in trade in the
pigmeat sector for at least 12 months. However, retail establish-
ments or restaurants selling their products to end consumers
may not lodge applications.

3.
Export licences are issued on the Wednesday following
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 quantities
and/or expenditure which exceed the normal trade patterns, or
where there is a risk that they will be exceeded, taking account
of the limits referred to in Article 13(11) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75 and/or the corresponding expenditure during the
period in question, the Commission may:

On application by the operator, licence applications for
1.
up to 25 tonnes of products shall not be subject to any special
measures as referred to in Article 3(4) and the licences applied
for shall be issued immediately.

In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of validity
of the licences shall be limited to five working days from their
actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Section 20 of licence applica-
tions and of licences shall show at least one of the following:

— Certificado válido durante cinco días hábiles y no utilizable
para la aplicación del artículo 5 del Reglamento (CEE) no
565/80 del Consejo (1)

— Licens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage, og som ikke kan
benyttes til at anvende artikel 5 i Rådets forordning (EØF)
nr. 565/80 (1)

— Fünf Werktage gültige und für die Anwendung von Artikel
5 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 565/80 des Rates (1) nicht
verwendbare Lizenz

(a) set a single percentage by which the quantities applied for

are accepted;

(1) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.

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— Πιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιµες ηµέρες και δεν
χρησιµοποιείται για την εφαρµογή του άρθρου 5 του κανο-
νισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 565/80 (1)

— Licence valid for five working days and not useable for
application of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
565/80 (1)

— Certificat valable cinq jours ouvrables et non utilisable pour
l'application de l'article 5 du règlement (CEE) no 565/80 du
Conseil (1)

— Titolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi e non utilizzabile ai
fini dell'applicazione dell'articolo 5 del regolamento (CEE)
n. 565/80 (1)

— Certificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vijf werkdagen en
niet te gebruiken voor de toepassing van artikel 5 van
Verordening (EEG) nr. 565/80 van de Raad (1)

— Certificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias úteis,
não utilizável para a aplicação do artigo 5.o do Regula-
mento (CEE) n.o 565/80 do Conselho (1)

— Todistus on voimassa viisi arkipäivää eikä sitä voi käyttää
sovellettaessa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 565/80 (1) 5 artiklaa

— Licensen är giltig fem arbetsdagar men gäller inte vid
tillämpning av artikel 5 i rådets förordning (EEG) nr 565/
80 (1)

The Commission may, where necessary, suspend the

2.
application of this Article.

Article 5

Export licences shall not be transferable.

— Restitutie geldig voor … ton (hoeveelheid waarvoor het

certificaat wordt afgegeven)

— Restituição válida para … toneladas (quantidade relativa-

mente à qual é emitido o certificado)

— Tuki on voimassa […] tonnille (määrä,

jolle todistus on

myönnetty)

— Ger rätt till exportbidrag för […] ton (den kvantitet för

vilken licensen utfärdats)

Article 7

Each Friday from 13.00 hours, Member States shall send
the

1.
the Commission the following by fax in respect of
preceding period:

(a) the applications for export licences as referred to in Article
1 lodged from Monday to Wednesday of the same week,
stating whether they fall within the scope of Article 4 or
not;

(b) the quantities covered by export licences issued on the
preceding Wednesday, not including those issued immedi-
ately under Article 4;

(c) the quantities covered by export licence applications with-
drawn pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding week.

The notification of the applications referred to in point

2.
(a) of paragraph 1 shall specify:

(a) the quantity in product weight for each category referred to

in Article 2(3);

(b) the breakdown by destination of the quantity for each cate-
gory in the case where the rate of refund varies according
to the destination;

Article 6

(c) the rate of refund applicable;

1.
The quantity exported within the tolerance referred to in
Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not give
entitlement to payment of the refund.

In section 22 of the licence, at least one of the following

2.
shall be indicated:

— Restitución válida por […] toneladas (cantidad por la que se

expida el certificado)

— Restitutionen omfatter

[…]

t

(den mængde,

licensen

vedrører)

— Erstattung gültig für … Tonnen (Menge,

für welche die

Lizenz ausgestellt wurde)

— Επιστροφή ισχύουσα για […] τόνους (ποσότητα για την οποία

έχει εκδοθεί το πιστοποιητικό)

— Refund valid for … tonnes (quantity for which the licence

is issued)

— Restitution valable pour … tonnes (quantité pour laquelle le

certificat est délivré)

— Restituzione valida per […] t (quantitativo per il quale il

titolo è rilasciato)

(1) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.

(d) the total amount of refund fixed in advance in euro 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

Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 is repealed.

The references made to the said repealed Regulation shall be
construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in
accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.

Article 9

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 August 2003.

For the Commission

The President

Romano PRODI

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Product code of the agricultural product
nomenclature for export refunds (1)

ANNEX I

Category

Rate of the security
(EUR/100 kg)
Net weight

0203 11 10 9000

0203 21 10 9000

0203 12 11 9100

0203 12 19 9100

0203 19 11 9100

0203 19 13 9100

0203 19 55 9110

0203 22 11 9100

0203 22 19 9100

0203 29 11 9100

0203 29 13 9100

0203 29 55 9110

0203 19 15 9100

0203 19 55 9310

0203 29 15 9100

0210 11 31 9110

0210 11 31 9910

0210 12 19 9100

0210 19 81 9100

0210 19 81 9300

1601 00 91 9120

1601 00 99 9110

1602 41 10 9110

1602 42 10 9110

1602 41 10 9130

1602 42 10 9130

1602 49 19 9130

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 Section 6 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).

5

5

4

15

5

20

15

5

5

10

10

5

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

Repealed Regulations and successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95

(OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2739/95

(OJ L 285, 29.11.1995, p. 11)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/96

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/97

Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/98

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/98

(OJ L 149, 22.6.1996, p. 17)

(OJ L 339, 10.12.1997, p. 9)

(OJ L 70, 10.3.1998, p. 6)

(OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 58)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/1999

(OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 18)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2000

(OJ L 154, 27.6.2000, p. 14)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/2000

(OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 32)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 505/2002

(OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 9)

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ANNEX IV

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 1370/95

This Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3(1), (2) and (3)

Article 3(4), first indent

Article 3(4), second indent

Article 3(4), third indent

Article 3(5)

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3(1), (2) and (3)

Article 3(4)(a)

Article 3(4)(b)

Article 3(4)(c)

Article 3(5)

Article 3(6), first sentence and second sentence, introduc-
tory words

Article 3(6), first sentence and second sentence, introduc-
tory words

Article 3(6), first indent

Article 3(6), second indent

Article 3(7)

Article 4, first and second subparagraphs

Article 4, third subparagraph

Article 5

Article 6, first subparagraph

Article 6, second subparagraph

Article 7(1)

Article 7(2), first indent

Article 7(2), second indent

Article 7(2), third indent

Article 7(2), fourth indent

Article 7(3)

Article 7(4)

Article 8

—

Article 9

Article 10

Annex I

Annex II

—

—

Article 3(6)(a)

Article 3(6)(b)

Article 3(7)

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2)

Article 5

Article 6(1)

Article 6(2)

Article 7(1)

Article 7(2)(a)

Article 7(2)(b)

Article 7(2)(c)

Article 7(2)(d)

Article 7(3)

Article 7(4)

—

Article 8

—

Article 9

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV