Tariff quotas for products originating in Canada
Article 66
1. The release into free circulation in the Union of pigmeat originating in Canada shall be conditional upon production of an origin declaration. The origin declaration shall be provided on an invoice or any other commercial document that describes the originating product in sufficient detail to enable its identification. The text of the origin declaration shall be as set out in Annex 2 to the Protocol on rules of origin and origin procedures to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part. 2. The conversion factors laid down in Part B of Annex XVI shall be used to convert product weight to carcass weight equivalent for the tariff quota under order number 09.4282. 3. Applications for import licences shall be submitted within the first 7 days of the second month preceding each of the sub-periods referred to in Annex X to this Regulation. 4. If quantities remain available after the first application period within a given sub-period, eligible applicants may submit new applications for import licences during the two following application periods, in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation. In such cases food business operators with establishments approved in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 may apply without submitting a proof of trade. 5. Import licences shall be issued as of the 23rd day until the end of the month in which the applications were submitted. 6. Import licences shall be valid for 5 months from the day of issue within the meaning of Article 7 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 or the date of the beginning of the sub-period for which the import licence is issued, whichever is later. However, the import licence shall expire on 31 December at the latest. 7. Licence holders may return unused licence quantities before the expiry of the licence and no later than 4 months prior to the end of the tariff quota period. Each licence holder may return up to 30 % of its individual licence quantity. 8. Where a part of the licence quantity is returned in accordance with paragraph 7, 60 % of the corresponding security shall be released.