Commission Regulation (EC) No 1345/2005 of 16 August 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences for olive oil
Date: 2005-08-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, olive oil, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1345/2005

of 16 August 2005

laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences for olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Olive Oil and Table Olives,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29
April 2004 on the common organisation of the market in olive
oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No
827/68 (1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

1.
This Regulation lays down special detailed rules for the
application of the system of import licences provided for in
Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 865/2004.

Article 1

Whereas:

Imports of products

2.
falling within CN codes 1509,
1510 00, 0709 90 39, 0711 20 90, 2306 90 19, 1522 00 31
and 1522 00 39 shall be subject to the presentation of an
import licence.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 lays down
special arrangements for the issue of import licences for
olive oil. Certain special detailed rules of application
should be laid down for the issue of those licences.

licences and extracts therefrom shall be
Licence applications,
drawn up on forms complying with the specimens set out in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

Article 2

This Regulation complements Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down
common detailed rules
the
for
licences and advance
import and export
system of
fixing certificates for agricultural products (2).

the application of

1.
In order to be eligible for the special scheme provided for
in the regulations on the implementation of the agreements
third
the Community
concluded
countries,
licences
shall
the third country concerned in
boxes 7 and 8.

licence applications and import

include the name of

between

import

certain

and

For the sake of clarity and transparency, Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1476/95 of 28 June 1995 laying
down special detailed rules for the application of the
licences for olive oil (3) should be
system of
repealed as from 1 November 2005.

import

The import licence shall make it obligatory to import,
2.
from the third country indicated,
the product meeting the
criteria laid down in the regulations referred to in paragraph
1 for which the licence was issued.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/95 of 30 October
1995 laying down special detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of export licences for olive oil (4)
provides for a compulsory system for the issue of export
licences. Under Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No
865/2004,
licences becomes an
optional measure depending on market developments.
Consequently, Regulation (EC) No 2543/95 should also
be repealed as from 1 November 2005.

the issue of export

Article 3

Import licences shall be valid for 60 days from the date of
1.
actual issue, in accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000.

The security for import

2.
100 kilograms net weight.

licences shall be EUR 10 per

(1) OJ L 206, 9.6.2004, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1741/2004 (OJ L 311, 8.10.2004, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1081/2001 (OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 17).

(4) OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 33. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 406/2004 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2004, p. 10).

Article 4

1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the quan-
tities for which import licences have been issued, giving details
of the quantities and, in the cases referred to in Article 2(1), the
origins of the imports, by the following deadlines:

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(a) no later than the fifth of each month for the period from
the 16th to the last day of the previous month, and no later
than the 20th of each month for the period from the first
to the 15th of
the
products referred to in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No
865/2004;

the current month in the case of

for but not yet issued or approved and the quantities for which
licences have been issued during the current fortnight.

All the notifications referred to in paragraph 1, including
shall be made in accordance with the
to the
in the Annex and shall be sent

2.
‘nil’ notifications,
specimen set out
Commission by electronic mail.

(b) during the first month following the end of each marketing
year in the case of the products listed in Article 1(b) and (c)
of Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 for which an import
licence was issued.

Regulations
repealed.

Article 5

(EC) Nos 1476/95 and 2543/95 are hereby

If a Member State considers that importation of the quantities
covered by applications for licences lodged in that Member
immediately
State threatens to disturb the market,
notify the Commission, giving details of
the quantities in
accordance with paragraph 1 and making a distinction
between the quantities for which licences have been applied

it shall

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

It shall apply from 1 November 2005.

Article 6

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

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1345/2005

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES — DG AGRI.C.2
OLIVE OIL

Consignor:

Date:

Period:

Member State:

Contact:

Telephone:

E-mail:
Consignor: DG AGRI.C.2 — agri-hort-prix-ho@cec.eu.int

Fortnightly notifications:

Category

Quantity

CN code (8 digits)

Packaging (bulk or small
packages, 4 digits)

Total per category

Category

Quantity

CN code (8 digits)

Packaging (bulk or small
packages, 4 digits)

Total per category