No L 227/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2405/89 of 1 August 19895 - laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing certificates for products processed from fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, | Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic .Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1125/89 (3, and in particular Articles 14 (3) and 1§ (4) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No -3909/87 of 22 December 1987 amending Regulation. (EEC) No 426/86 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables {*), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 743/87 () lays down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing certificates for products processed from fruit and vegetables ; whereas the provisions of that Regulation have been amended several times ; whereas, therefore, in the interests of clarity and administrative efficiency it is desirable to revise the provisions applicable in order to take account of a new definition of the products caused by the entry into force of the new combined nomenclature and to make certain amendments which- experience -has shown to be desirable ; : Whereas the_special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance - fixing certificates in - question either supplement or derogate from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and .export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products ()), as- amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1903/89 (%) ;. o Whereas, in order to facilitate the adoption of appropriate measures in the event of disturbance or threatened disturbance of the market, provision should be made for introducing a fixed period between the application for and the issue of the import licence; Whereas the term of validity of import licences, with or without advance fixing of the levy in respect of the () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 29. ¢) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 20. () OJ No L 75, 17. 3. 1987, p. 6. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 30. 6. 1989, p. 22. various added sugars, should be determined in the light of the practices of ‘international trade ; whereas the amount of the security to be lodged for import licences and advance fixing certificates should be fixed at levels which will enable the system to function properly; Whereas, in order to ensure better knowledge of the trade pattern for certain products, the country of origin must be indicated and the importer should be compelled to import from the country thus indicated; whereas, however, in. view of the characteristics of trade in the products concerned, provision should -be made to allow a change of -the -country origin ; Whereas in licence applications applicants must indicate - the combined nomenclature subheading ; whereas, in the case of certain products falling within headings 2008 and 2009 of the combined nomenclature, it is not always possible, owing to considerable variations in natural sugar content or to fluctuations in exchange rates, to know the exact subheadings at the time of application for licences ; whereas special provision should be made for those products ; Whereas in advance fixing certificates the product is described with reference to the relevant subheading of the combined nomenclature; whereas the criterion for classifying a product in a specific subheading is in- many cases the sugar content; whereas, as a consequence, variations in-the sugar content of a specific product may lead exporters- to submit several applications on account of the product’s successive classifications; whereas that - situation could be avoided if the issue of a single certificate for such.a product with a varying sugar content were to be authorized ; Whereas the fourth indent of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 provides that no licence: is required.for the purposes of operations relatinig to quantitiés for which the amount of the security for the corresponding licence would be ECU -5 or less; whereas Article 14 (3) -of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 provides that no security is required in respect-of an import or export licence or advance fixing certificate where the amount of security involved is ECU 5 or less or, under certain circumstances, ECU 25 or less; whereas the application of these provisions to products processed from fruit and vegetables results, because of the range of security rates, in a wide variation in the quantity of products covered ; whereas it is necessary, with a view especially to administrative simplicity, to specify the quantity of products which may be imported thus without a licence ; whereas the quantity below which an import licence or advance fixing