No L 185/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1921/95 of 3 August 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2405/89 and (EEC) No 3518/86 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 1032/95 (%), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2405/89 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1032/95, lays down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing certificates for products processed from fruit and vegetables ; whereas, as a result of the amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 by Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (‘) on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the system of advance fixing should be abolished and certain amendments should be made accordingly to the rules on import licences in the light of experience, while keeping the basic features of the exis- ting system unchanged; whereas, for similar reasons, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3518/86(°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (%), which lays down special surveillance measures applicable to imports of orange juice, should be repealed; whereas, in the- interests of clarity, a new Regulation should be adopted laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2405/89 and (EEC) No 3518/86; Whereas the detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/55(); 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. 105, 9. 5. 1995, p. 3. 227, 4. 8. 1989, p. 34. 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. 325, 20. 11. 1986, p. 14. 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8. 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. 119, 30. 5. 1995, p. 4. = S Z o il el el ettt el Whereas, in order to facilitate the adoption of appropriate measures in the event of disturbance or threatened distur- bance of the market, provision should be made for intro- ducing a fixed period between the application for and the issue of the import licence; Whereas the term of validity of import licences should be determined in the light of the practices of international trade ; whereas the amount of the security to be lodged for import licences 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, it should be requried that the country of origin be indicated and that the importer 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 the country of origin to be changed; 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 the fourth indent of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 provides that no licence is required for the purposes of operations relating to quantities for which the amount of the security for the corresponding licence would be ECU 5 or less ; whereas Article 14 (3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3719/88 provides that no security is required in respect of an import licence where the amount of security involved in ECU 5 or less; whereas Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3715/88 provides that no security is required in respect of an import or export licence where the amount of security involved is ECU S5 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 neces- sary, particularly with a view to administrative simplifica- tion, to specify the quantity of products which may be imported thus without a licence; whereas the quantity below which an import licence is to be issued without a security being lodged should also be specified ; whereas the second subparagraph of Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 should not apply;