26.7.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 19817 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 720/2008 of 25 July 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the storage and movement of products bought in by a paying agency or an intervention agency (Codified version) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3515/92 of 4 December 1992 laying down common detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency (}) has been substantially amended several times (). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified. (2)  The competent authorities are informed of all trade in the products in question. Therefore, for the sake of administrative simplicity it is desirable that a licence should not be required in respect of products held by a paying agency or an intervention agency which are exported to a third country for storage there or returned to the Member State of departure. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, () OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (O] L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61). (®» OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 15. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1847/2006 (O] L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 21). (®) See Annex IIL. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISION Article 1 Without prejudice to the derogations provided for in the specific Community rules for certain products, this Regulation lays down common detailed rules for the application of Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. CHAPTER 2 INTERVENTION PRODUCTS TRANSPORTED FOR STORAGE IN A THIRD COUNTRY Article 2 In cases falling within Article 39(5)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, where products are exported to a third country for storage there, the document referred to in Article 3 hereof and the export declaration shall be lodged at the competent customs office in the Member State where the paying agency or inter- vention agency responsible for the products is situated. The export declaration and, should the occasion arise, the external Community transit document or the equivalent national document shall show one of the entries listed in Annex L No export licence shall be required in connection with the customs export formalities. Article 3 The document referred to in Article 2 shall be issued by the competent paying agency or intervention agency of the Member State of departure and shall carry a number and give: (a) a description of the products and, where appropriate, any other necessary information for control purposes; (b) the number, type and, where appropriate, the marks and numbers of the packages; (c) the gross and net mass of the products;