13. 10. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2400/95 of 12 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of advance fixing certificates for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty and amending Regulation (EC) No 2476/94 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ('), in particular the first subpara- graph of Article 8(3) and Article 20 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 () amended the provisions applicable to trade arrangements for agricultural products referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (°) ; whereas in particular, as regards these agricultural products, non- compulsory advance fixing is provided for only in respect of exports in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty ; whereas the detailed rules must be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93; Whereas, in order to ensure proper management of the amounts which may be granted, certificates should only be issued after a period for consideration and the informa- tion to be notified to the Commission and the method to be used for that notification should be specified ; Whereas applications for advance fixing certificates invol- ving moderate quantities of basis products do not pose serious risks to the forecasts of expenditure during a budgetary year; Whereas an application for advance fixing at the begin- ning of a budgetary year has the same potential effect on overall expenditure in that year as an application lodged at the end of the year; whereas the issue of certificates should, therefore, be subject to the same rules throughout the year; Whereas quantities exported as international food aid within the meaning of Article 10(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture should be identitied ; Whereas the guarantee rates applicable to applications for certificates should be fixed ; Whereas the certificates issued under Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1268/95 (*) are subject to prior verifica- No L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18. No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. No L 136, 31. 5. 1994, p. S. No L 123, 3. 6. 1995, p. 5. tion ; whereas for those certificates the obligation to make an export declaration by 13 October 1995 at the latest should not, therefore, be maintained for the products or goods covered by the rules laid down in either Article 4 or 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (); Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1268/95 lays down that in the case of invitations to tender issued in third countries the deadline of 13 October 1995 no longer applies; whereas it should, therefore, be possible to replace certifi- cates with that deadline ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II to the Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 (%) is amended as follows: 1. The text of Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 This Regulation lays down, with respect to certain agri- culural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, special detailed rules for the application of the system of advance fixing certificates referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regula- tion (EC) No 1222/94 2. The text of Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following : ‘1. Applications for certificates shall be submitted in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88’ 3. Point (c) of Article 3 (2) is deleted. The following para- graphs are added to the same Article: () OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. S. (9 OJ No L 136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 33.