CELEX: 31975R2048
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2048/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for sugar

11.8.75                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 213 /31
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2048/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 25 July 1975
               on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export
                                                         licences for sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Sugar,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3330/74 (*) of 19 December 1974 on the common                                                          Article 1
organization of the market in sugar, and in particular
Articles 12 (2), 16 (5 ) and 19 (4) thereof;                          This Regulation lays down special detailed rules for
                                                                      the application of the system of import and export
Whereas special detailed rules for the application of                 licences established by Article 12 of Regulation (EEC)
the system of import and export licences established                   No 3330/74.
for sugar were laid down by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2637/70 (2) of 23 December 1970 on                                                           Article 2
special detailed rules for the application of the system
of import and export licences and advance fixing
certificates for agricultural products, as last amended                1 . If the refund or special levy on exportation is
by Regulation (EEC) No 1807/75 (3);                                   fixed in pursuance of an invitation to tender held
                                                                      within the Community, the application for an export
                                                                      licence shall be lodged with the competent authority
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 also lays                         of the Member State in which the notice of award of
down special detailed rules for the application of the                 contract was issued.
system of import and export licences and advance
fixing certificates established for other products ;                   2. Section 12 of the licence application and of the
whereas that Regulation has been amended many
                                                                      licence shall contain one of the following endorse­
times ; whereas experience has shown that its                          ments :
composite nature can make it difficult to administer ;
whereas, therefore, in the interests of clarity and                    ( a) 'Tendering Regulation (EEC) No . . . ( OJ No . . .
sound administration, the legislation applicable to                                  of         )'
each sector should be consolidated and published in                         ' Time limit for submission of tenders expires . . .'
 the form of a separate Regulation ;
                                                                       (b) 'Règlement d'adjudication (CEE) n° . . . (JO n0
                                                                                          du . . . .)'
Whereas this Regulation should comprise those pro­
visions peculiar to sugar which are required for the                         'délai de présentation des offres expirant le . . . .'
 application of the system of licences in this sector;                 ( c) 'Forordning om licitation (EØF) nr. ... (EFT nr.
                                                                             . . . . af . . .)'
Whereas such provisions either supplement or                                'firsten for indgivelse af tilbud udløber den . . .'
derogate from the provisions of Commission Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 193/75 (4) of 17 January 1975 laying                  (d) 'Ausschreibung - Verordnung (EWG) Nr
 down common detailed rules for the application of                           (ABl. Nr. . . . vom ....)'
 the system of import and export licences and advance                        'Ablauf der Angebotsfrist am . . . .'
 fixing certificates for agricultural products ;                       (e) 'Regolamento di gara (CEE) n             (GU n
                                                                             del . . . .)'
                                                                             'il termine di presentazione delle offerte scade
                                                                             il . . . .'
  (!) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12. 1974, p . 1 .
 H    OJ No L 283 , 29. 12. 1970, p . 15 .
                                                                       (f) 'Verordening m.b.t. inschrijving (EEG) nr
 (3 ) OJ No L 184, 15 . 7. 1975 , p . 33 .                                  PB nr              van ....)'
 (*)  OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 10 .                                   'Indieningstermijn aanbiedingen eindigt op . . . .'
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3 . The export licence shall be issued for the quantity         2. For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (c) of Regu­
entered on the relevant notice of award of contract.            lation (EEC) No 3062/74, section 18 of the export
Section 18 shall indicate the rate of the refund or             licence shall contain one of the following endorse­
export levy, as stated in that notice of award,                 ments :                                                    '
expressed in the currency of the Member State issuing
the licence. To this end, it shall contain one of the           'For export without levy or refund (Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 3062/74)'
following endorsements :
                                                                'à exporter sans prélèvement ni restitution ( règle­
'Rate of refund applicable . .                                   ment ( CEE) n° 3062/74)'
'taux de la restitution applicable . . .'                        'udføres uden afgift og uden restitution (forordning
                                                                (EØF) nr. 3062/74)'
'den restitutionssats, der skal anvendes
                                                                'ohne Abschöpfung oder Erstattung auszuführen
'Gültiger Erstattungssatz . .                                    (Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 3062/74)'
'tasso di restituzione applicabile . . .'                       'da esportare senza prelievo né restituzione ( regola­
'toe te passen restitutievoet . .                               mento (CEE) n. 3062/74)'
                                                                'uit te voeren zonder heffing en restitutie (Verorde­
or, alternatively :                                             ning (EEG) nr. 3062/74)'
'Rate of export levy applicable . . .'
'taux du prélèvement à l'exportation applicable . . .'
                                                                                          Article 4
'størrelsen af den afgift, der skal opkræves ved ud­
førsel . . .'
                                                                For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation
'gültiger Satz der Ausfuhrabschöpfung . . .'                     ( EEC) No 314/75, section 20 of the import licence
'tasso del prelievo all'esportazione applicabile . . .'         shall specify the rate of the import subsidy, expressed
                                                                in the currency of the Member State issuing the
'toe te passen heffingsvoet bij uitvoer . . .'                  licence. To this end, it shall contain one of the
                                                                following endorsements :
4. The provisions of Article 19 of Regulation (EEC)
No 193/75 may not be invoked when this Article is               'Import subsidy applicable . . . per 100 kg (Regu­
applied.                                                        lation (EEC) No 314/75 )'
                                                                 'Subvention à l'importation applicable . . . par 100 kg
                                                                 (règlement ( CEE) n° 314/75)'
                         Article 3                               'Tilskud til indførsel ... pr. 100 kg (forordning
                                                                 (EØF) nr. 314/75 )'
 1 . For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (a) of Regu­           'Einfuhrsubvention ...     je    100 kg   (Verordnung
lation (EEC) No 3062/74, section 20 of the import                ( EWG) Nr. 314/75 )'
 licence shall specify the rate of the import subsidy,           'Sovvenzione all'importazione applicabile . . . 100 kg
 expressed in the currency of the Member State issuing            (regolamento (CEE) n. 314/75 )
the licence. To this end, it shall contain one of the
following endorsements :                                         'Invoersubsidie . . . per 100 kg (Verordening (EEG )
                                                                 nr. 314/75 )'
 'Import subsidy applicable: . . . per 100 kg, to be
 adjusted as appropriate'
 'subvention à l'importation applicable : ... par
 100 kg, à adapter le cas échéant'                                                       Article 5
 'tilskud til indførsel ... pr. 100 kg, tilpasses i givet
fald'                                                            1 . For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­
                                                                 lation (EEC) No 558/75, section 20 of the import
 'Einfuhrsubvention : . . .je 100 kg, gegebenenfalls an­         licence shall contain one of the following endorse­
 zupassen'                                                       ments :
 'sovvenzione all'importazione applicabile : . . . per           'Import subsidy applicable: . . . per 100 kg, to be
 100 kg, da adattare se necessario'                              adjusted as appropriate (Regulation (EEC) No 558/
 'invoersubsidie : . . . per 100 kg, eventueel aan te           75 )
passen'                                                          — licence valid in (Member State of issue)'
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'subvention à l'importation applicable : . . . par              Einfuhrsubvention: . . ./100 kg, gegebenenfalls an­
100 kg, à adapter le cas échéant, règlement (CEE)               zupassen, Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 557/75 '
n° 558/75                                                       — Lizenz giiltig in (Mitgliedstaat)'
— certificat valable en (Etat membre de délivrance)'
                                                                'sovvenzione all'importazione applicabile : . . ./100 kg,
'tilskud til indførsel ... pr. 100 kg, tilpasses i givet        da adattare se necessario, regolamento (CEE) n. 557/
fald, forordning (EØF) nr. 558/75                               75 '
— licens gyldig i (medlemsstat)'                                — titolo valido in (Stato membro)'
'Einfuhrsubvention : ... je 100 kg, gegebenenfalls              'invoersubsidie: . . . per 100 kg, eventueel aan te
anzupassen, Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 558/75                         passen, Verordening (EEG) nr. 557/75'
— Lizenz giiltig in (Mitgliedstaat)'                            — certificaat geldig in (Lid-Staat)'
sovvenzione all'importazione applicabile: . . ./100 kg
da adattare se necessario, regolamento (CEE) n. 558/           2. For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­
75                                                             lation (EEC) No 557/75, section 18 of the export
                                                                licence shall contain one of the following endorse­
— titolo valido in (Stato membro)'                              ments :
'invoersubsidie : . . . per 100 kg, eventueel aan te            'For export without levy or refund (Regulation
passen, Verordening (EEG) nr. 558/75
                                                                (EEC) No 557/75 )'
— certificaat geldig in (Lid-Staat)'
                                                                'à exporter sans prélèvement ni restitution (règle­
2. For the purposes of Article 11 ( 1 ) (c) of Regu­           ment (CEE) n° 557/75 )'
lation (EEC) No 558/75, section 18 of the export                'udføres uden afgift og uden restitution (forordning
licence shall contain one of the following endorse­             (EØF) nr. 557/75 )'
ments :
                                                               'ohne Abschöpfung oder Erstattung auszuführen
'For export without levy or refund (Regulation                  (Verordnung (EWG ) Nr. 557/75 )'
(EEC) No 558/75 )'
                                                                'da esportare senza prelievo né restituzione (regola­
'à exporter sans prélèvement ni restitution (règle­            mento (CEE) n. 557/75)'
ment ( CEE) n° 558/75 )'
                                                               'uit te voeren zonder heffing en restitutie (Verorde­
'udføres uden afgift og uden restitution (forordning           ning (EEG) nr. 557/75 )'
(EØF) nr. 558/75 )'
'ohne Abschöpfung oder Erstattung auszuführen
(Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 558/75 )'                                                        Article 7
'da esportare senza prelievo né restituzione (regola­
mento (CEE) n. 558/75 )'                                       For the purposes of Article 9 ( a) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 630/75, section 18 of the export licence shall
'uit te voeren zonder heffing en restitutie (Veror­            contain one of the following endorsements :
dening (EEG) nr. 558/75 )'
                                                               'For export without levy or refund (Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 630/75 )'
                         Article 6
                                                               'à exporter sans prélèvement ni restitution (règle­
1 . For the purposes of Article 11.(1 ) (a) of Regu­           ment (CEE) n° 630/75 )'
lation (EEC) No 557/75, section 20 of the import
licence shall contain one of the following endorse­            'udføres uden afgift og uden restitution (forordning
ments :
                                                               ( EØF) nr. 630/75 )'
'Import subsidy applicable : . . . per 100 kg, to be           ' ohne Abschöpfung oder Erstattung auszuführen
adjusted as appropriate (Regulation (EEC) No 557/               (Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 630/75 )'
75)                                                            'da esportare senza prelievo né restituzione (regola­
— licence valid in (Member State of issue)'                    mento ( CEE) n. 630/75 )'
'subvention à l'importation applicable:          . . . par     'uit. te voeren zonder heffing en restitutie (Verorde­
100 kg, à adapter le cas échéant, règlement (CEE)              ning (EEG) nr. 630/75 )' .
n° 557/75 '
— certificat valable en (Etat membre de délivrance)'
                                                                                       Article 8
'tilskud til indførsel : ... pr. 100 kg, tilpasses i givet
fald, Forordning (EØF) nr. 557/75 '                            1 . In the case of exportation under Article 26 (1 ) of
— licens gyldig i (medlemsstat)'                               Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 of undenatured white
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or raw sugar produced in excess of the maximum                   of issue within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­
quota, section 12 of the application and of the licence          lation (EEC) No 193/75 .
shall contain one of the following endorsements :
'For export under Article 26 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)           2. An import licence for products specified in Article
No 3330/74'
                                                                 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be
                                                                 valid from its day of issue within the meaning of
'à exporter en vertu de Particle 26 paragraphe 1 du              Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 until
règlement (CEE) n° 3330/74'                                      the end of the third month following that of issue.
'til eksport i medfør af artikel 26 stk. 1 i forordning          3 . Unless it has been decided otherwise under the
(EØF) nr. 3330/74'
                                                                 terms of the invitation to tender, an export licence
'gemäß Artikel 26 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EWG)                  for products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Nr. 3330/74 auszuführen'                                         (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be valid from its day of issue
                                                                 within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
'da esportare in virtù dell'articolo 26, paragrafo 1 del         (EEC) No 193 /75 until the end of the third month
regolamento ( CEE) nr. 3330/74'                                  following that of issue.
' uit te voeren krachtens artikel 26 lid 1 van Verorde­
ning (EEG) nr. 3330/74'                                          However, in the case of the products specified in
                                                                 Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74,
Section 18 of the licence shall contain one of the               if on the day when the application is lodged no
following endorsements :                                         refund applies, the export licence for such products,
                                                                 with the exception of the sugar referred to in Article
 'For export without levy or refund'                             8 ( 1 ), shall be valid for 14 days from its actual day
                                                                 of issue.
'à exporter sans restitution, ni prélèvement'
                                                                 The preceding subparagraph shall not apply to
 'udfores uden restitution eller afgift'                         exports of white sugar falling within subheading
                                                                 17.01 B I of the Common Customs Tariff effected
' ohne Erstattung und ohne Abschöpfung auszu­
führen'                                                          under export licences issued for a quantity not
                                                                 exceeding 200 kilogrammes.
'da esportare senza restituzione ne prelievo'
 'zonder restitutie of heffing uit te voeren'                                              Article 1 1
                                                                 In respect of preferential sugar to be imported into
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to sugar on which                 the Community in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
pursuant to Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                   No 824/75 the application for an import licence
No 3330/74 the export levy provided for in Article 17            and the licence itself shall contain :
 of that Regulation is charged .
                                                                 — in section 12 one of the following endorsements:
                                                                      'PREFERENTIAL SUGAR               (Regulation     (EEC)
                         Article 9                                    No 824/75 )'
                                                                      'SUCRE PREFERENTIEL               (Reglement      (CEE)
An export licence may be issued for the sugar                         n° 824/75 )'
 referred to in Article 8 ( 1 ) only after the sugar                  'PRÆFERENCESUKKER (Forordning (EØF) nr.
manufacturer in question has provided the competent                   824/75 )'
 body with proof that the quantity for which the
 licence is requested or an equivalent quantity has                   'PRAFERENZZUCKER               (Verordnung     (EWG)
 actually been produced in excess of the maximum                      Nr. 824/75 )'
 quota for the undertaking concerned, account being
 taken of any quantities carried forward to the sugar                 'ZUCCHERO PREFERENZIALE (Regolamento
 year in question.                                                     ( CEE) n. 824/75 )'
                                                                      'PREFERENTIELE SUIKER (Verordening (EEG)
                                                                      nr. 824/75 )'                                           v
                         Article 10
                                                                 — in section 14, the name of the State, country or
                                                                      territory of origin of the product.
 1 . An import licence for products specified in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (b) and (d) of Regulation (EEC)              The issue of an import licence shall make it
 No 3330/74 shall be valid for 60 days from its day               obligatory to import in accordance with Regulation
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(EEC) No 824/75 from the State, country or territory             (b) for import licences in respect of products falling
in respect of which it was issued.                                   within Tariff heading No 17.01 or 17.03 where
                                                                     the levy is fixed in advance, the amount as shown
                                                                     in paragraph 1 ( a) plus the difference, if this is a
                           Article 12                                positive amount, between :
By way of derogation from the third indent of                        — the levy as fixed in advance, increased where
Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193 /75 , no                        appropriate by the premium referred to in
licence shall be required for the purposes of oper­                       Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/
ations relating to a quantity not exceeding 100 kilo­                     74, and
grammes .
                                                                     — the levy applicable on the last day of validity
                                                                          of the import licence, increased where
                           Article 13                                     appropriate by the said premium.
 1 . The security for licences for the products                      Provided that in the case of products falling
                                                                     within Tariff heading No 17.03 this amount shall
specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/
74 shall be, per 100 kg net, as follows :                            in any event be at least 0-12 unit of account per
                                                                      100 kg net.
 (a) for import or export licences without advance
      fixing :
                                                                 (c) for export licences in respect of products falling
      — 0.20 unit of account for products falling                    within Tariff heading No 17.01 or 17.03 where
          within Tariff heading No 17.01 ,                           the levy is fixed in advance or where the levy is
      — 0.02 unit of account for products falling                    fixed in pursuance of an invitation to tender held
          within Tariff heading No 12-04 or 17.03 ,                  within the Community, the amount as shown in
                                                                     paragraph 1 (a) plus the difference between :
      — 0-20 unit of account for products falling
          within Tariff heading No 17-02 or 17.05 ;                  — for raw sugar, the spot price quoted on the
                                                                          London Exchange on the day of issue of the
(b) for import licences where the levy is fixed in                        licence within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of
      advance :                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 and the spot
                                                                          price quoted on the London Exchange on its
      — 2-50 units of account for products falling                        last day of validity, if the latter price is lower
          within Tariff heading No 17-01 ,                                than the former,
      — 0.60 unit of account for products falling                     — for white sugar, the spot price quoted on the
          within Tariff heading No 17.03 , where the                      Paris Bourse on the day of issue of the licence
          levy is greater than zero,                                      within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­
      — 0-12 unit of account for products falling                         lation (EEC) No 193 /75 and the spot price
          within Tariff heading No 17-03 , where the                      quoted on the Paris Bourse on its last day of
           levy is equal to zero;                                         validity, if the latter price is lower than the
                                                                          former,
  (c) for export licences where the refund is fixed in                — for molasses, the refund applicable on the day
      advance or where the levy is fixed in pursuance                     of issue of the licence within the meaning of
       of an invitation to tender held within the Com­
                                                                          Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193 /75
      munity :                                                            and the refund applicable on its last day of
      — 3.00 units of account for products falling                        validity, if the latter refund is higher than the
                                                                          former.
           within Tariff heading No 17-01 ,
      — 0.60 unit of account for products falling'
           within Tariff heading No 17.03 ,                           However, in the case of export licences for raw
                                                                      and white sugar issued in pursuance of an invi­
      — 0-20 unit of account for products falling                     tation to tender, the references in the first and
           within Tariff heading No 17.02 or 17.05.                   second indents to the spot prices quoted on the
                                                                      day of issue shall be treated as references to the
 2. Where Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                          spot prices quoted on the closing date for the
 No 193 /75 is applied, the amount to be taken into                   submission of tenders .
 account when calculating the amount of the security
 to be forfeit shall be :                                             When on the days referred to in the first and
                                                                      second indents one of the spot prices is not
 (a) for import or export licences without advance                    quoted, that price shall be replaced by the
      fixing, the amount as shown in paragraph 1 (a);                  corresponding last quoted spot price.
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(d) In the case of export licences in respect of the          subparagraph of Article 10 (3 ) shall be 3 units of
    products of heading Nos 17.02 and 17.05 specified         account per 100 kilogrammes net.
    in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74
    where the refund is fixed in advance, the amount                                  Article 15
    shown in the third indent of paragraph 1 (c).
                                                              1 . Article 1 , in so far as it concerns sugar, and
                                                              Articles 30 to 33a of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70
                      Article 14                              are hereby repealed.
1 . Without prejudice to the application of Article 22        2. All references in Community instruments to one
of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, export licences for           of the abovementioned Articles of Regulation (EEC)
sugars falling within Tariff heading No 17.01, other          No 2637/70 shall be treated as references to the
than those to which the provisions of Article 8 ( 1 )         corresponding Article of this Regulation.
apply, shall be issued on the third working day
following the day on which the application therefor                                   Article 16
is lodged.
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
2. By way of derogation from Article 13 ( 1 ) (a), the        day following its publication in the Official Journal
security for export licences as referred to in                of the European Communities. It shall apply with
paragraph 1 issued in accordance with the second              effect from 1 September 1975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission