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Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 TITLE III — RELIEF FROM EXPORT DUTIES

Article 114–Article 121 · 8 articles

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CHAPTER I — Consignments of negligible value

Article 114

Consignments dispatched to their consignee by letter or parcel post and containing goods of a total value not exceeding 10 EUR may be exported free of export duties.

CHAPTER II — Domesticated animals exported at the time of transfer of agricultural activities from the Community to a third country

Article 115

1.   Domesticated animals forming the livestock of an agricultural undertaking which has ceased to operate in the customs territory of the Community and transfers its activities to a third country may be exported free of export duties. 2.   The relief referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to domesticated animals in numbers appropriate to the nature and size of the agricultural undertaking.

CHAPTER III — Products obtained by agricultural producers farming on properties located in the Community

Article 116

1.   Agricultural or stock-farming products obtained in the customs territory of the Community on properties adjacent to a third country, operated, in the capacity of owner or lessee, by persons having their principal undertaking in a third country adjoining the customs territory of the Community, may be exported free of export duties. 2.   To benefit from the provisions of paragraph 1, products obtained from domesticated animals must be derived from animals originating in the third country in question or satisfying the requirements for free circulation there.

Article 117

The relief referred to in Article 116(1) shall be limited to products which have not undergone any treatment other than that which normally follows their harvest or production.

Article 118

Relief shall be granted only for products brought into the third country in question by the agricultural producer or on his behalf.

CHAPTER IV — Seeds exported by agricultural producers for use on properties located in third countries

Article 119

Seeds for use on properties located in a third country adjacent to the customs territory of the Community and operated, in the capacity of owner or lessee, by persons having their principal undertaking in the said customs territory in the immediate proximity of the third country in question may be exported free of export duties.

Article 120

The relief referred to in Article 119 shall be limited to the quantities of seeds required for the purpose of operating the property. It shall be granted only for seeds exported directly from the customs territory of the Community by the agricultural producer or on his behalf.

CHAPTER V — Fodder and feedingstuffs accompanying animals during their exportation

Article 121

Fodder and feedingstuffs of any description put on board the means of transport used to convey animals from the customs territory of the Community to a third country for the purpose of distribution to the said animals during the journey may be exported free of export duties.

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