Commission Regulation (EEC) No 120/89Show full title

Article 1 U.K.

Without prejudice to the derogations provided for in the specific Community rules relating to certain agricultural products, this Regulation lays down common detailed rules for the application of the export levies and charges (hereinafter referred to as ‘export levies’) on agricultural products provided for in:

• the second indent of Article 20 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC,

• Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2180/71,

• Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1603/74,

• Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75,

• the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75,

• the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76,

• Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 520/77,

• Article 18 (1) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.

Article 2 U.K.

Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, export levies shall apply to all exports, permanent or temporary, to a destination outside the customs territory of the Community of:

(a)

products which come under Article 9 (2) of the Treaty, whether or not their packaging comes under that provision;

(b)

products which do not come under Article 9 (2) of the Treaty, where they contain components subject to export levies which came wholly or in part under the said provision before being used in the manufacture of the exported products.

Article 3 U.K.

1. No export levies shall be chargeable on exports in respect of which a refund has been fixed in advance or determined by a tendering procedure.

Where in the case of a compound product a refund is fixed in advance in respect of one or more of its components, within the meaning of Article 8 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87(1), exemption from export levies shall apply only in respect of such component or components.

2. In addition to the cases referred to in Chapter II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83(2), no export levies shall be chargeable on:

(a) products which are loaded within the Community for victualling purposes on board sea-going vessels or aircraft serving international routes, provided that the quantity involved does not exceed that normally required for consumption on board such vessels or aircraft;

(b) products for the armed forces of a Member State which are stationed outside the customs territory of the Community;

(c) small consignments of a non-commercial nature, where the weight of the leviable content does not exceed three kilograms per consignment; the other conditions of application of this allowance, with the exception of those relating to the value of the products, shall be the same as those laid down in Articles 29 to 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83;

(d) goods contained in the personal luggage of travellers where the weight of the leviable content does not exceed three kilograms per traveller; the other conditions of application of this allowance, with the exception of those relating to the value of the products, shall be the same as those laid down in Articles 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83;

(e) products under one of the procedures provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80(3);

(f) the catering supplies referred to in Article 42 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, second subparagraph, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the said Article applying mutatis mutandis.

3. The application of paragraph 2 (b) shall be subject to the production to the competent authorities of the Member State in which the export declaration has been accepted, of a certificate issued by the armed forces concerned confirming the destination of the products in respect of which the export declaration is lodged, and to the condition that the arrival at their destination of the products concerned is guaranteed.

Article 4 U.K.

1. Except where the export levy is fixed in advance or determined under a tendering procedure, the levy rate applicable shall be that in force on the date on which the customs authority accepts the export declaration relating to the products on which export levies are chargeable. From the time of such acceptance the products shall remain under customs control until they leave the customs territory of the Community.

However, save in case of force majeure:

• where the products concerned leave the customs territory of the Community after the 60th day from the day on which the export declaration was accepted,

  or

• in cases where proof of exit from the customs territory of the Community is not furnished within a period of 12 months from the date on which the export declaration was accepted,

the export levy rate chargeable shall be the highest of the rates in force during the period from the date of acceptance of the export declaration to the date on which the products leave the customs territory of the Community; where a rate fixed in advance higher than the highest rate was applicable that rate shall be chargeable.

For the purposes of the foregoing subparagraph, no account shall be taken of any export refund fixed during the said period.

Proof of exit from the customs territory of the Community shall be furnished in accordance with the same procedure as that applying to refunds. Where such proof is not furnished within a period of 12 months from the date on which the export declaration was accepted, the date of exit from the Community's customs territory shall be regarded as being the last day of that period.

2. The date on which the export declaration is accepted shall be the operative date for determining the quantity, nature and characteristics of the product to be exported.

3. For the purposes of this Article, the highest rate of export levy shall be the amount of the export levy:

• expressed in ecus,

• which is the highest for the product and destination concerned for the period over which the rates are compared.

4. An export levy determined under a tendering procedure shall be a levy fixed in advance.

[F1 Article 4a U.K.

1. Where Article 4 does not apply and where no refund is granted on the products, the declarant shall incur a debt within the meaning of Article 211 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (4) if the products leave the customs territory of the Community after the 60-day time limit laid down in Article 32 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 or Article 30 (1) (b) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 at the rate in force pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 4 (1) above, but on the basis of the nature, characteristics and quantity of the exported products given in the export declaration as initially accepted.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the final subparagraph of Article 251 (2) (a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5) shall not apply.

2. The customs debt referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be incurred at the place where the export declaration is accepted.

From the day on which an export levy applies to products as referred to in paragraph 1, the customs office of exit from the Community's customs territory shall inform the customs office where the export formalities were carried out of the date the products in question actually left the Community's customs territory by returning the control copy T5 or a photocopy of the control copy T5 or by sending a notification specially drawn up for the purpose.

[F2 The document sent to the customs office where the export formalities were carried out is completed by the customs office of exit to include one of the entries listed in Annex I.]

3. If the customs office where the export formalities were carried out is not responsible for the charging of export levies it will inform the responsible national authority.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2194/96 of 15 November 1996.

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1847/2006 of 13 December 2006 adapting certain horizontal Regulations in the common agricultural policy by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

Article 5 U.K.

1. The export levy shall be collected by the Member State to which the customs office which accepts the export declaration belongs.

2. Where the export levy varies according to destination:

(a) the levy in force for the destination indicated in the export declaration referred to in Article 4 (1) shall be charged and any difference between the amount of such levy and that of the highest levy in force on the date of acceptance of the export declaration shall be covered by a security;

(b) where such security is given, the exporter must, save in case of force majeure, furnish proof, within 12 months from the date of acceptance, that the product has been imported; such proof shall be furnished in the manner provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87;

(c) where the proof referred to in (b) is not furnished within the prescribed period the products shall be regarded, save in case of force majeure, as having reached the destination in respect of which the highest levy rate is chargeable, and the security shall be forfeited and treated as an export levy;

(d) where the proof referred to in (b) is furnished within the prescribed period, the security shall be released according to the destination which the product has reached and in proportion to the quantities in respect of which such proof is furnished; any amount of the security not released shall be forfeited and treated as an export levy;

(e) where the exporter furnishes proof within the period specified in (b) that the product has reached a destination in respect of which the levy is lower that that charged the amount due shall be adjusted and any security given shall be released;

(f) the security shall consist either of a cash deposit or of a guarantee issued by an institution satisfying the criteria laid down by the Member State in which the export declaration is accepted.

3. Where the period referred to in 2 (b), (c) and (e) has not been complied with although the exporter has endeavoured to obtain the proof in time, that period may, at the exporter's request, be extended for such term as the competent authority of the exporting Member State considers necessary in view of the circumstances invoked.

Article 6 U.K.

Where the proof referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 4 (1) and/or the proof referred to in Article 5 (2) (b) are furnished within six months of the expiry of the period laid down in those Articles, the amount due by way of levy shall be:

(a)

the levy which would have been collected if the said period had been complied with;

(b)

plus 15 % of the difference between the levy collected and the amount referred to at (a).

[F3 Article 7 U.K.

Once the export declaration lodged in respect of products as referred to in Article 2 (a) has been accepted, the latter shall be deemed no longer to be covered by Article 9 (2) of the Treaty and shall accordingly move in accordance with Article 3 (2) (c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 (6) .

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/93 of 10 June 1993.

Article 8 U.K.

1. Where products subject to an export levy move between two Member States in accordance with Title IX of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 (7) , paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply.

2. The office of departure within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 shall take the necessary steps to ensure that the export levy referred to at (c) is collected, where

(a) an internal Community transit document giving an office belonging to a Member State as the office of destination does not contain the entry referred to in Article 65 of Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 because the product concerned was not subject to an export levy when the internal Community transit declaration was authenticated; and

(b) under the agreement between the European Economic Community and the countries of the European Free Trade Association on common transit arrangements, that product is presented at an office of destination in an EFTA country; and

(c) an export levy introduced after the date on which the internal Community transit declaration was authenticated was in force on the date on which the product was presented at the office of destination.

3. If the exporter shows to the satisfaction of the competent authority that the goods left the customs territory of the Community on a date when no export levy or a levy lower than that mentioned in paragraph 2 was applicable, no levy or, where appropriate, the lower levy shall be collected.

4. Where products subject to an export levy do not move between two Member States in accordance with Title IX of Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3269/92 (8) shall apply.

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/93 of 10 June 1993.

Article 9 U.K.

1. A security shall be lodged in respect of products moving as provided for in Title IX of Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 or Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 3269/92, in order to ensure that the export levy payable is charged if such products do not re-enter the customs territory of the Community; this security shall be lodged in accordance with Article 68 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 or in like manner where Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 3269/92 applies.

2. As soon as proof is furnished in the Member State of departure that the products have re-entered the customs territory of the Community, the security shall be released in proportion to the quantities in respect of which such proof is furnished.

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/93 of 10 June 1993.

Article 10 U.K.

Where a product is placed under one of the simplified procedures set out in Chapter I of Title X of Regulation (EEC) No 1214/92 for carriage to a station of destination or for delivery to a recipient in the customs territory of the Community, the office of departure may not authorize any variation of the contract of carriage allowing carriage to end outside the said customs territory unless it has taken the necessary steps to ensure that the export levy payable is collected. In such cases, the export levy rate applicable shall be the rate in force on the date on which the declaration of export to third countries is accepted by the office of departure.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/93 of 10 June 1993.

Article 11 U.K.

1. Where an export levy is in force and products are re-exported under the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) or the second subparagraph of Article 11 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79(9), a security equal to the export levy shall be lodged.

2. The security referred to in paragraph 1:

(a) shall be released where the decision concerning a request for reimbursement or remission of import levies in positive;

(b) shall be forfeited and treated as an export levy where:

• (b) the decision referred to at (a) is negative, and

• the export levy is not paid within 30 days of that on which the payment notice is issued.

Article 12 U.K.

During periods when the levy rate applying to a given product is higher than zero, export licences for that product may be cancelled and applications for such licences withdrawn, at the request of the interested party, except in the following cases:

(a)

the licence specifies a refund amount fixed in advance or determined by means of a tendering procedure;

(b)

the licence was issued in response to an application lodged on a day on which a levy was applicable, the day on which the application was lodged being determined in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(10);

(c)

the application was for a licence covered by (a) or (b).

In such cases, the security relating to the licence shall be released immediately.

Article 13 U.K.

1. Regulation (EEC) No 645/75 is hereby repealed.

2. References to the Regulation repealed under paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

References to the Articles of the repealed Regulation should be read in accordance with the correlation table in the [F2 Annex II.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1847/2006 of 13 December 2006 adapting certain horizontal Regulations in the common agricultural policy by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

Article 14 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1989.

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