Changes to certain rice imports from India and Pakistan
EC Regulation 972/2006 allows for certain types of Basmati rice from India and Pakistan to be imported free of duty provided that the importer had a suitable licence and certificate of authenticity (which is issued by approved bodies in India and Pakistan and needs to be presented to the licence issuing authority (the Rural Payments Agency) at the time of applying for the licence). Most Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) licenses have a 5% tolerance which means for example that if you are applying to import 20,000 kilograms of rice, the licence will show 21,000 as it accounts for the 5% tolerance.
EC notice regarding imports of tuna from Colombia and El Salvador
The European Commission issued notice 2010/C 132/05 informing importers of reasonable doubts concerning the proper application of the preferential treatment under the GSP system and the accompanying evidence of origin presented in the EU for canned tuna and frozen tuna loins of HS subheading 1604.14 imported from Colombia and El Salvador.
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