Commission Regulation (EC) No 1498/2007 of 18 December 2007 laying down specific rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCTs or EC/OCTs cumulation of origin
Date: 2007-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, cocoa, import (EU), import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/2007

of 18 December 2007

laying down specific rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with
ACP/OCTs or EC/OCTs cumulation of origin

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

specific characteristics of the trade covered by Regulation
(EC) No 192/2002.
In the interests of clarity and
rationality, Regulation (EC) No 192/2002 should be
repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27
November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries
and territories with the European Community (Overseas Asso-
ciation Decision) (1), and in particular the fifth subparagraph of
Article 6(4) of Annex III thereto,

(5)

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
for agricultural products (4)
advance-fixing certificates
to the specific measures
should also apply,
provided for in this Regulation.

subject

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision 2001/822/EC allows ACP/OCTs or EC/OCTs
cumulation of origin for the quantities laid down in
that Decision with regard to products falling within CN
Chapter 17 and CN codes 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90.

Specific rules for issuing import licences have been estab-
lished for these products under Commission Regulation
(EC) No 192/2002 of 31 January 2002 laying down
detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and
sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCTs or EC/OCTs
cumulation of origin (2) so as to permit the requisite
controls on imports of the quantities provided for in
Decision 2001/822/EC.

for

licences

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31
August 2006 laying down common rules for the admi-
nistration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (3) applies to
import
tariff quota periods
the import
commencing from 1 January 2007. Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006 lays down,
in particular, detailed rules for
applications for import licences, the status of applicants
and the issue of licences. It limits the validity of licences
to the final day of the tariff quota period. The provisions
of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply, without
prejudice to the additional rules laid down by this Regu-
lation.

(4)

The rules laid down in the above Regulation should
therefore
apply to Regulation (EC) No 192/2002.
However, certain rules should be adapted to reflect the

(1) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/249/EC (OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 33).

(2) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 55. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2031/2006 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 43).

(6) With a view to ensuring orderly management, preventing
speculation and providing for effective controls, detailed
rules should be laid down for submitting licence appli-
cations and the documents that the interested parties
must produce. To this end, the rules laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply.

(7)

(8)

The specific features of the licence application form for
importing the products in question should be laid down
and, in order to ensure that such imports are managed
strictly, it should be laid down that the rights deriving
from licences are not transferable.

Rules should also be laid down regarding time limits for
the submission of licence applications and the issue of
the Member
licences by the competent authorities of
States,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1301/2006
shall apply to the import at zero-rate customs duty of products
falling within CN Chapter 17 and CN codes 1806 10 30 and
1806 10 90 with OCTs origin subject to cumulation with sugar
of ACP and/or EC origin, unless otherwise provided for in this
Regulation.

Import licences issued under this Regulation shall bear the

2.
serial number 09.4652.

(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(4) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

lation (EC) No 1423/2007 (OJ L 317, 5.12.2007, p. 36).

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Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation the concept of ‘originating
products’ and the relevant administrative methods shall be those
set out in Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC.

Article 6

1.
By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006, licence applications shall be submitted in the
first seven days of January, April, July and October of each year.

Article 3

Import licence applications shall relate to a quantity of not

1.
less than 25 tonnes.

Import licence applications shall be accompanied by the

2.
following documents:

An applicant may submit only one licence application per
month of submission of
in a
given month, applicants submit more than one application, all
their applications in that month shall be rejected and the se-
curities lodged when the applications were submitted shall be
taken over by the Member State concerned.

licence applications. Where,

(a)

licence issued by the OCTs authorities

in
the export
accordance with the model
in Annex I,
issued by the bodies responsible for issuing EUR 1 certi-
ficates;

form set out

(b) proof that the applicant has lodged a security of EUR 12

per 100 kilograms.

The licence application and import licence shall show:

Article 4

(a)

in section 7, the OCTs of provenance, the word ‘yes’ being
marked with a cross;

(b) in section 8,

the OCTs of origin,

the word ‘yes’ being

marked with a cross;

2.
Licence applications shall be notified no later than the
twelfth day of the month of submission of licence applications
and shall be broken down by eight-digit CN code and by OCTs
of origin.

Import licences shall be issued by the Member States from
3.
the twenty-fifth and no later than the thirtieth day of the month
of submission of licence applications.

Article 7

Import licences shall become valid on their actual day of issue,
within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000.

(c)

in section 20 of the licence, one of the entries listed in
Annex II.

Regulation (EC) No 192/2002 is hereby repealed.

Article 8

Article 5

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 notwithstanding,
the rights deriving from import licences shall not be trans-
ferable.

Article 9

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

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Model export licence referred to in Article 3(2)(a)

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Entries referred to in Article 4(c):

ANNEX II

— in Bulgarian:

Освободено от вносно мито (Решение 2001/822/ЕО, член 35) пореден номер на квотата
09.4652,

— in Spanish:

— in Czech:

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

— in Greek:

— in English:

— in French:

— in Italian:

Exención de derechos de importación (Decision 2001/822/CE, articulo 35) numero de orden
09.4652,

Osvobozeno od dovozního cla (Rozhodnutí 2001/822/ES, čl. 35), sériové čislo 09.4652,

Fritages for importafgifter (artikel 35 i afgorelse 2001/822/EF), løbenummer 09.4652,

Frei von Einfuhrabgaben (Beschluss 2001/822/EG, Artikel 35), Ordnungsnummer 09.4652,

Impordimaksust vabastatud (otsus 2001/822/EÜ, artikkel 35), järjekorranumber 09.4652,

Δασμολογική απαλλαγή (απόφαση 2001/822/ΕΚ, άρθρο 35), αύξων αριθμός 09.4652,

Free from import duty (Decision 2001/822/EC, Article 35), serial No 09.4652,

Exemption du droit d’importation (Décision 2001/822/CE, article 35), numéro d’ordre
09.4652,

Esenzione dal dazio all’importazione (decisione 2001/822/CE, articolo 35), numero d’ordine
09.4652,

— in Latvian:

Atbrīvots no importa nodokļa (Lēmuma 2001/822/EK 35. pants), sērijas numurs 09.4652,

— in Lithuanian:

— in Hungarian:

— in Maltese:

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

— in Portuguese:

— in Romanian:

Atleista nuo importo muito (Nutarimo 2001/822/EB 35 straipsnis), serijos numeris 09.4652,

Mentes a behozatali vám alól (2001/822/EK hatarozat, 35. cikk), sorozatszám 09.4652,

Eżenzjoni minn dazju fuq l-importazzjoni
tas-serje 09.4652,

(Deċiżjoni 2001/822/KE, Artikolu 35), numru

Vrij van invoerrechten (Besluit 2001/822/EG, artikel 35), volgnummer 09.4652,

Wolne od przywozowych opłat celnych (decyzja 2001/822/WE art. 35), numer seryjny
09.4652,

Isenção de direitos de importação (Decisão 2001/822/CE, artigo 35.o), número de ordem
09.4652,

Scutit de drepturi de import (Decizia 2001/822/CE, articolul 35), nr. de ordine 09.4652,

— in Slovak:

Oslobodený od dovozného cla (Rozhodnutie 2001/822/ES, čl. 35), sériové čislo 09.4652,

— in Slovenian:

brez uvozne carine (člen 35 Sklepa 2001/822/ES), zaporedna številka 09.4652,

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Vapaa tuontitulleista (päätöksen 2001/822/EY 35 artikla), järjestysnumero 09.4652,

Importtullfri (beslut 2001/822/EG, artikel 35), löpnummer 09.4652.