Whereas, to speed up the return of the import licence or its extract, a derogation should be made from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards the percentage partial forfeiture of the security and the maximum time limit for providing proof of import;

So that several operations can be carried out at the same time under one licence or certificate, provision should be made for extracts of licences and certificates to be issued which have the same effect as the licences and certificates from which they are extracted.

Licences and extracts issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of one Member State shall have the same legal effect in each of the other Member States as documents issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of such Member States.

By 10 October each year, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the list of operators who have submitted requests for registration and for renewal of registration, and in the case of renewals the serial numbers of licences or any licence extracts, used and issued.

These authorities shall so place their stamp that one half is on the licence, certificate or extract therefrom and the other on the extension page, and for each further extension page issued a further stamp shall be placed in like manner across such page and the preceding page.

Licences or certificates and extracts issued and entries and endorsements made by the authorities of a Member State shall have the same legal effects in each of the other Member States as documents issued and entries and endorsements made by the authorities of these Member States.

A replacement licence, certificate or extract shall contain the information and entries appearing on the document which it replaces, it shall be issued for a quantity of goods which, with the addition of the tolerance margin, is equal to the available quantity as shown on the lost document.

Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 13(1) and Article 19(1), applications for licences or certificates, licences and certificates and extracts therefrom shall be drawn up on forms conforming to the specimens set out in Annex I. Such forms must be completed following the instructions given therein and in accordance with the specific Community provisions applicable to the relevant product sector.

In the event of a request for transfer by the titular holder or transfer back to the titular holder by the transferee, the issuing body or the agency or agencies designated by each Member State shall enter the following on the licence or certificate or where appropriate the extract therefrom:

Without prejudice to the specific provisions to be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23, import or export licences and their extracts may not be loaned or transferred, whether for a consideration or free of charge, by the person in whose name the document was issued.

Where a licence or certificate or extract therefrom is lost, and the lost document has been used wholly or in part, issuing bodies may, exceptionally, supply the party concerned with a duplicate thereof, drawn up and endorsed in the same way as the original document and clearly marked 'duplicate' on each copy.

However, in cases of doubt relating to an error attributable to the issuing body or to obvious inaccuracies and concerning the items appearing on the licence, certificate or extract, a procedure should be introduced whereby inaccurate licences, certificates or extracts may be withdrawn and corrected documents issued.

Within a month of the end of each quarter, the competent authorities shall notify the Commission of all quantities re-exported, specifying in each case the category of operators (traditional or non-traditional) to whom the import licences were issued and quoting the serial numbers of the relevant import licences or licence extracts.

With the exception of the cases referred to in paragraph 2, the competent authority shall refuse to issue a replacement licence or certificate or replacement extract where the issue of licences or certificates for the product in question is suspended or where the issue of licences or certificates is effected within the framework of a quantitative quota.

Whereas in order to ensure the smooth operation of trade transactions covered by licences, certain practical rules should be laid down, concerning for example the date to be taken into consideration for converting the value of the goods into ecus to be shown on the licence, and the procedures to be followed for obtaining extracts or replacement licences;

Where there is doubt as to the authenticity of the licence, the extract, or any information in or signatures on the documents presented, or as to the status of the operators completing the formalities for relase into free circulation or for the account of whom those formalities are completed, and where irregularities are suspected, the customs offices at which those documents were presented shall immediately inform the competent authorities of their Member State, as referred to in paragraph 1, thereof by telecommunication.

whereas identification of the country of origin in the case of tariff quotas or in the case of non-preferential imports should be made a primary requirement within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3403/93 (2), and entry of the country of origin for the quotas in question and for non-preferential imports in column 31 of the import licence or extract thereof should therefore be required;

The replacement licence and, where appropriate, the extract or extracts shall:

If the issuing of one or more extracts exhausts the licence, the competent authorities shall retain copy No 1 of the licence. 2.

Where an extract of a licence or certificate, a replacement licence or certificate, or a replacement extract is used, the number of the original licence or certificate shall be inserted in section 106 of the control copy T 5.

No further extract may be made from an extract of a licence, without prejudice to the provisions set out in Article 10. Use of licences or extracts

The body that issued the original licence shall keep it and any extract and shall issue a replacement licence and, where appropriate, one or more extracts from the replacement licence.

The word "extract" shall be entered beside the quantity entered on copy No 1 of the licence or certificate.

keep a copy of each import licence and extract therefrom endorsed on acceptance of a declaration of release into free circulation;

the application is submitted to the body that issued the original licence and is accompanied by the original and any extract issued.

A replacement licence, certificate or extract shall contain the information and entries appearing on the document which it replaces.

The body issuing the import licence shall indicate the serial number for the quota in the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (TARIC) in box 20 of the licence or extracts thereof.`

If the space set aside for debits on a licence or extract thereof is insufficient, the competent authorities may attach one or more extension pages bearing boxes matching those on the reverse of copy No 1 and copy No 2 of the licence or extract with such authorizations as specified in paragraph 7.

At the time of their issue the import licences or extracts shall be given an issue number allocated by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned as follows:

whereas the Member States should be required to put these numbers on the import licences or extract(s) therefrom and to use them in their notifications to the Commission;

Licences and extracts thereof shall be drawn up by the competent authorities on forms conforming to the specimens set out in Annex II A (for imports) and Annex II B (for exports).

On such further documents, which shall include the entry "licence (or certificate) corrected on..." or "extract corrected on...", any former entries shall be reproduced on each copy.

Entities granted an authorisation, permit, licence or concession to explore for or extract oil and gas or to store natural gas underground pursuant to the following legislative provisions:

in the cases referred to in Article 32(1)(b) and (2), and subject to paragraph 2, by production of copy No 1 of the licence or certificate and, where applicable, of copy No 1 of the extract or extracts of the licence or certificate, endorsed as provided for in Article 24 or Article 25.

In the case of non-preferential imports or tariff quotas that are open for several third countries, in column 31 of the import licence or extract thereof in addition to the information already stipulated by Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the country of origin in the case of preferential imports and in the case of non-preferential imports must be shown when the licence or extract is charged against the quota.

Import licence forms and extracts thereof shall be drawn up in duplicate, one copy, marked "Holder's copy" and bearing the number 1 to be issued to the applicant, and the other, marked "Copy for the issuing authority" and bearing the number 2, to be kept by the authority issuing the licence.

The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may, where indispensable, require the contents of licences or extracts to be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of that Member State.

The competent authorities of the Member States concerned may, where indispensable, require the contents of licences or extracts to be translated into the official language or one or the official languages of that Member State.

Where the issuing body does not consider it necessary to correct the licence, certificate or extract, it shall enter thereon the endorsement "verified on... in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000" and apply its stamp.

Import licences and extracts issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of one Member State shall have the same legal effect in each of the other Member States as documents issued, and entries and endorsements made, by the authorities of such Member States.

At the end of each fishing period for which a fishing licence has been issued and not later than the end of each period spent in the waters of the third country concerned, the master of the vessel in question must communicate to the authorities of his country an extract from the log book.

The Contracting Parties undertake to facilitate access to energy resources, inter alia, by allocating in a non-discriminatory manner on the basis of published criteria authorizations, licences, concessions and contracts to prospect and explore for or to exploit or extract energy resources.

Where a licence or certificate or extract therefrom is lost, and the lost document has been used wholly or in part, issuing bodies may, exceptionally, supply the party concerned with a duplicate thereof, drawn up and endorsed in the same way as the original document and clearly marked "duplicate" on each copy.

Rights deriving from licences or certificates may be transferred by their titular holder during the period of their validity, provided that such transfer is made in favour of a single transferee only for each certificate or extract therefrom and the name and address of the transferee who accepts it are entered in box 20 of the application form for a refund certificate no later than at the time of lodging the application.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, for a transitional period ending not later than 31 December 1995 and provided that the applicant, at the time of his application has not requested the issue of a Community import licence conforms to the specimen set out in Appendix 1, the competent authorities of the Member States shall be authorized to use their own national forms to issue the import authorizations and any extracts thereof.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31, for a transitional period ending not later than 31 December 1995 and provided that the applicant, at the time of this application has not requested the issue of a Community import licence conforming to the specimen set out in Appendix 1, the competent authorities of the Member States shall be authorized to use their own national forms to issue the import authorizations or surveillance documents and any extracts thereof, instead of the forms referred to in Article 31.

whereas identification of the country of origin in the case of tariff quotas or in the case of non-preferential imports should be made a primary requirement within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products (11), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3403/93 (12), and entry of the country of origin for the quotas in question and for non-preferential imports in column 31 of the import licence or extract thereof should therefore be required;

In order to have statistical information on the use of the various tariff quotas, non-preferential imports and the origin of the various products imported, Articles 6b and 6c of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1659/2000(3), provide that a security is to be lodged for all import licences where the amount of the security is greater than EUR 5 and that the security is to be forfeit if the country of origin is not indicated on the import licence or extracts thereof.