Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1315/93 of 28 May 1993 laying down detailed implementing rules for potato starch falling within CN code 1108 13 00 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 reducing, for 1993, the levies on certain agricultural products originating in the developing countries

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 1315/93
• Articles: 6

Article 1

Potato starch falling within CN code 1108 13 00 and originating in developing countries shall qualify for the arrangements set out in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.

Article 2

To be admissible, the licence application must be accompanied by the original of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) certificate of origin Form A issued by the competent authorities of the country in question.

Article 3

1. Applications for import licences relating to the fixed quantity under Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 may be lodged with the competent authorities of any Member State on the first working day of the week before 1 p.m. Brussels time.

They must be for a quantity not exceeding 10 tonnes.

2. Member States shall transmit import licence applications to the Commission by telex or by telefax by 6 p.m. Brussels time on the day on which they are lodged.

The notification shall be made separately from that of other applications for cereal import licences.

3. The following Friday the Commission shall decide to what extent licence applications are to be accepted and shall notify the Member States by telex.

4. On receiving such notification from the Commission, the Member States may issue import licences. Notwithstanding Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the validity of the licence shall commence on the day of its issue.

The validity of import licences may not, however, extend beyond 31 December of the year of issue.

5. Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the quantity released for free circulation may not exceed the amount shown in boxes 17 and 18 of the import licence. To this end, the figure '0' shall be entered in box 19 of the licence.

Article 4

If the product is to be imported at the reduced levy rate under Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90, the import licence application and the licence must show:

(a) in box 20, one of the following entries:

Producto SPG, Reglamento (CEE) no 1315/93,

GPO-produkt, forordning (EOEF) nr. 1315/93,

APS-Erzeugnis, Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1315/93,

Proion SGP, kanonismos (EOK) arith. 1315/93,

GPS-Product, Regulation (EEC) No 1315/93,

Produit SPG, règlement (CEE) no 1315/93,

Prodotto SPG, regolamento (CEE) n. 1315/93,

APS-produkt, Verordening (EEG) nr. 1315/93,

Produto SPG, Regulamento (CEE) no 1315/93;

(b) in box 8, the country of origin of the product.

The licence requires importation from that country.

The licence shall also carry, in box 24, one of the following entries:

Exacción reguladora reducida un 50 %,

Nedsaettelse af importafgiften med 50 %,

Ermaessigung der Abschoepfung um 50 %,

Eisfora meiomeni kata 50 %,

50 % levy reduction,

Prélèvement réduit de 50 %,

Prelievo ridotto del 50 %,

Met 50 % verlaagde heffing,

Direito nivelador reduzido de 50 %.

Article 5

Notwithstanding Article 12 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89, the amount of the security for import licences under this Regulation shall be ECU 25 per tonne.

Article 6

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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