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(b) ‘notice on import and export licences for agricultural products’ means the detailed provisions for the import licence or export licence and set of information to be mentioned in a licence application and in a licence as published in the *Official Journal of the European Union*, C-series. (¹)

An import licence shall be presented for the following products:

An export licence shall be presented for the following products:

(ii) products that are basic products as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (²) and that are under the customs procedure of outward processing;

(iii) products that are subject to the repayment or remission of the amount of import or export duty as set out in Section 3 of Chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (³) in respect of which a final decision has not yet been taken.

(a) release for free circulation or export of products of a non-commercial nature as set out in Section II(D)(2) of Part One of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (⁴);

(b) cases in which relief from import duties, export duties and measures adopted on the basis of Article 207 of the Treaty is to be granted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 (⁵);

(a) the titular holder of the licence mentioned in Section 4 of the licence of which a model is set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 (‘titular holder’);

(b) the transferee mentioned in Section 6 of the licence referred to in point (a); or

(c) an appointed customs representative acting on behalf of the titular holder or transferee as provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, specifying in the customs declaration that the titular holder or transferee is the person on whose behalf the obligation mentioned in paragraph 1 is carried out.

However, if the quantity imported or exported amounts to less than 5 % of the quantity specified on the licence, the whole security shall be forfeit.

#### Article 8

In accordance with the detailed conditions laid down in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 223(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Member States shall notify the Commission of the following:

(a) the replacement licences issued referred to in Article 15(5) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(b) cases of *force majeure* referred to in Article 16(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(d) as regards garlic, the quantities covered by ‘B’ licences referred to in Article 18 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(e) as regards ethyl alcohol, the import licences issued referred to in Article 19 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(ea) as regards rice, the quantities referred to in Article 19a of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(f) irregularities referred to in Article 20(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(g) the authorities competent for receiving the applications for licences and issuing the licences or replacement licences referred to in Article 20(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239;

(h) official stamps and, where appropriate, embossing presses referred to in Article 20(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239.

The licence shall be issued only where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Member State where the hemp products are to be released for free circulation that all the conditions laid down in Article 189(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in this Regulation and the requirements laid down by the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 189(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, have been met.

In the case of release for free circulation of hemp seeds other than for sowing as referred to in Section G of Part I of the Annex, the import licence shall be issued only where the authorised importer undertakes that the authorities competent for checks concerning the relevant operations in the Member State where the importer is authorised will be provided, within the time limits and under the conditions set by the Member State, with documents demonstrating that the hemp seed covered by the licence has undergone, within a period of less than 12 months from the date on which the licence is issued, one of the following operations:

(b) mixing with seed other than hemp seed for the purposes of animal nutrition, with hemp seed accounting for a maximum of 15 % of the total mixture and, in exceptional cases, a maximum of 25 % at the request of the authorised importer accompanied by a justification;

#### Article 10

##### Garlic

A. **Rice** (Article 1(2)(b) and Part II of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

| CN code | Description | Net quantities (¹) |

| --- | --- | --- |

| 1006 20 | Husked (brown) rice, including products imported under tariff quotas as referred to in Article 2(1)(c) | 1 000  kg |

| 1006 30 | Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, including products imported under tariff quotas as referred to Article 2(1)(c) | 1 000  kg |

| 1006 40 00 | Broken rice, including products imported under tariff quotas as referred to in Article 2(1)(c) | 1 000  kg |

| (¹) Maximum quantities for which no licence needs to be presented, in accordance with Article 3(1)(c). Not applicable for imports under preferential conditions or under a tariff quota administered by licences. (²) The import licence obligation applies until 30 September 2017. (³) With the exception of imports of preferential sugar of CN code 1701 99 10 originating in Moldova referred to in Council Decision 2014/492/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 1) and of preferential imports of sugar of CN code 1701 originating in Georgia referred to in Council Decision 2014/494/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (OJ L 261, 30.8.2014, p. 1). (—)  Licence required for any quantities. | | |

C. **Seeds** (Article 1(2)(e) and Part V of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

D. **Flax and hemp** (Article 1(2)(h) and Part VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

F. **Processed fruit and vegetable products** (Article 1(2)(j) and Part X of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

| ex 0711 90 80 | Garlic (²) and *Allium ampeloprasum* provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in this state for immediate consumption, including products imported under tariff quotas as referred to in Article 2(1)(c) (³) | (—) |

| ex 2207 10 00 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher, obtained from the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty | 100 hl |

| ex 2208 90 91 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol., obtained from the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty | 100 hl |

| ex 2208 90 99 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol., obtained from the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty | 100 hl |

B. **Sugar** (Article 1(2)(c) and Part III of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

| CN code | Description | Net quantities (¹) |

| --- | --- | --- |

| 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (²) | 2 000  kg |

| 1702 60 95 1702 90 95 | Other sugars in solid form and sugar syrups, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, but not including lactose, glucose, maltodextrine and isoglucose (²) | 2 000  kg |

| 2106 90 59 | Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups, other than isoglucose, lactose, glucose and maltodextrine syrups (²) | 2 000  kg |