Import of Agricultural Products

An important task of the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest is to issue import licences of agricultural products in accordance with the European Community legislation. Import licence issued by HTLO is valid in all Member States of the European Union.

RELEVANT HORIZONTAL REGULATIONS

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the administration of import and export tariff quotas subject to licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging of securities in the administration of tariff quotas

- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 of 17 December 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management system of tariff quotas with licences

- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/1237 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules for applying the system of import and export licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules on the release and forfeit of securities lodged for such licences, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and (EC) No 507/2008

- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences

-       Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007

-       Commision delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro;

-       Commision implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency.

Import monitoring system

The import of agricultural products from third countries under the organisation of agricultural markets frequently requires an import licence.

The standard import licence is primarily a monitoring document. This licence shall be always issued, provided that applicant has been registered in EU TAX system, the required security has been lodged, and the application has been filled out correctly.

• - COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/1237 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules for applying the system of import and export licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules on the release and forfeit of securities lodged for such licences, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and (EC) No 507/2008

 OVERALL REGULATION OF IMPORT TARIFF QUOTA SYSTEM

-       Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences

Tariff quota system

Tariff quota agreements can be divided into multilateral, bilateral or unilateral (autonomous) arrangements. Agreements on import quotas are based on preferential treatments agreed between the European Union and other Trade Organisations (e.g. WTO), Free-Trading Zones (e.g. ASEAN, PANEUROMED, CARIFORUM etc.) and/or individual third countries.

HTLO issues licences for operators which are registered in the Hungarian VAT system and having their headquarters in Hungary and for those import tariff quotas, which are managed by the system of import licences, are allocated through an application procedure and applied for in accordance with the schedule published in the Regulation regarding to the administration of each quota.

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