Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/2007 of 4 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products

5.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 317/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1423/2007
of 4 December 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof, and the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of markets in agricultural products,
Whereas:
(1) Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (2) provides for the possibility of issuing electronic import and export licences and certificates.
(2) Experience has shown that in order to increase the efficiency of import and export operations, the provisions of Article 25 could be improved with the intention of making it clear that licences and certificates can be kept and managed in electronic form by the competent authority of the Member State instead of issuing them to the importer or exporter and that where data concerning exports have been introduced and transmitted electronically to the issuing authority, the entries on the electronic export licence or certificate and its endorsement can also be done electronically.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant Management Committees,