WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/2/VEN/1
7 March 2000
(00-0865)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  Spanish
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
Notification under Article 5
VENEZUELA
The following communication, dated 28 February 2000, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Venezuela.
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I have the honour to notify herewith, pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures, the institution of non-automatic licensing procedures for the
administration of tariff quotas on the following products:
I. Cane sugar;II. milk and cream,  not concentrated;  milk in powder, not exceeding 1.5 per cent fat;
milk and cream, concentrated, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat
content by weight exceeding 1.5 per cent, not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter;
III. soya beans, palm nuts and kernels, soya-bean oil, other oils, palm oil, sunflower-seed
or safflower oil, coconut (copra) oil, other vegetable fats and oils and soya cake.G/LIC/N/2/VEN/1
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I. CANE SUGAR
(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures:
Cane sugar 17.01
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility:
∙ Ministry of Production and Trade, Directorate-General of Agricultural Marketing
∙ Internet at the following address:  ht tp.//www.platino.gov.v e/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM.
(c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications:
The Ministry of Production and Trade, through the Directorate-General for Agricultural
Marketing, is the government body competent to grant licences.
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published:
Official Gazette ( Gaceta Oficial ) No. 36.831 of 17 November 1999 and Official Notice
(Aviso Oficial ) (published on 31 December 1999).1
(e) Import licence facilities are granted to:
- Traditional importers of over two (2) years' standing;
- new importers.
(f) Administrative purpose of automatic licences:
Administration of tariff quotas under Venezuela's Schedule LXXXVI, Section I-B,
Agreement on Agriculture, negotiated in the Uruguay Round.
(g) Import licensing procedure and measure implemented:
(1) Completion of the import licence application fo rm issued by the Ministry of Production and
Trade, available on web page:  platino.Gov.ve/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM.
(2) Revenue stamp equivalent to fifteen (15) tax units ( Unidades Tributarias ) (Article 10.4,
Revenue Stamp Law, in conformity with Article 229 of the Institutional Tax Code).
(3) Copy of the Trade Register (for the first licence application).
(4) Copy of product sanitary registration or importer clearance, issued by the Ministry of Health
and Social Development (MSDS), where applicable.
(5) Sworn statement that the importer is acquain ted with the compulsory Venezuelan standard
COVENIN or the relevant technical regulations, and agrees to accept liability for any damageto consumer health or safety.
(6) Certificate or authorization, on official company notepaper, the original being duly stamped
and signed by the legal representative, with the name of the person authorized to take out the
licence.
(7) Most recent import invoice, indicating the volume and value of the merchandise.
(8) Monthly list of imports effected, with an indication of volume and value, attaching copies of
the relevant import declarations (forms A, B and C).
(9) Sugar processing plants are required to submit a report on the state of payments to sugar cane
producers.
(h) The administrative licensing procedure will remain in force for one (1) year, from publication 
of Official Gazette No. 36831 of 17 November 1999.
                                                     
1 Available for consultation in the Secretar iat (Market Access Division) (Spanish only).G/LIC/N/2/VEN/1
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II. MILK AND CREAM, NOT CONCENTRATED;  MILK IN POWDER NOT
EXCEEDING 1.5 PER CENT FAT;  MILK AND CREAM, CONCENTRATED, IN
POWDER, GRANULES OR OTHER SOLID FORMS, OF A FAT CONTENT BY
WEIGHT EXCEEDING 1.5 PER CENT, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER;  CHEESE
(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures
Milk and cream, not concentrated 04.01
Milk in powder not exceeding 1.5 per cent fat 0402.10
Milk and cream, concentrated, in powder,
granules or other solid forms, of a fat content by
weight exceeding 1.5 per cent, not containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter0402.21
Cheese 04.06
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility:
∙ Ministry of Production and Trade, Directorate-General of Agricultural Marketing
∙ Internet at the following address:  ht tp.//www.platino.gov.v e/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM.
(c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications:
The Ministry of Production and Trade, through the Directorate-General of Agricultural
Marketing, is the government body competent to grant licences.
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published:
Official Gazette No. 36.831 of 17 November 1999 and Official Notice ( Aviso Oficial )
(published on 31 December 1999).2
(e) Import licensing facilities are granted to:
- Traditional importers of more than two (2) years' standing;  and
- new importers.
(f) Administrative purpose of licences.
Administration of tariff quotas under Venezuela's Schedule LXXXVI, Section I-B,
Agreement on Agriculture, negotiated in the Uruguay Round.
(g) Import licensing procedure and measure implemented.
(1) Completion of the import licence application fo rm issued by the Ministry of Production and
Trade, available on web page:  platino.Gov.ve/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM.
(2) Revenue stamp equivalent to 15 tax units ( Unidades Tributarias ) (Article 10.4, Revenue
Stamp Law, in conformity with Article 229 of the Institutional Tax Code).
(3) Copy of the Trade Register (for the first licence application).
(4) Copy of product sanitary registration or importer clearance, issued by the Ministry of Health
and Social Development (MSDS), where applicable.
(5) Sworn statement that the importer is acquain ted with the compulsory Venezuelan standard
COVENIN or the relevant technical regulations, and agrees to accept liability for any damageto consumer health or safety.
                                                     
2 Available for consultation in the Secretar iat (Market Access Division) (Spanish only).G/LIC/N/2/VEN/1
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 (6) Certificate or authorization, on official company notepaper, the original being duly stamped
and signed by the legal representative, with the name of the person authorized to take out the
licence.
(7) Most recent import invoice, indicating the volume and value of the merchandise.
(8) Monthly list of imports effected, with an indication of the volume and value, attaching copies
of the relevant import declarations (forms A, B and C).
(9) Name of plant supplying the imported product, volume, date and consignee.
(10) Detailed list of purchases of domestic raw milk over the last two (2) years, indicating volume,
value and supplier.
(h) The administrative licensing procedure will remain in force for one (1) year from publication 
of Official Gazette No. 36831 of 17 November 1999.
III. SOYA BEANS;  PALM NUTS AND KERNELS;  SOYA-BEAN OIL;  OTHER OILS;
SUNFLOWER-SEED OR SAFFLOWER OIL,  COCONUT (COPRA) OIL,  OTHER
VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS;  ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS;
SOYA CAKE
 (a) List of products subject to licensing procedures:
Soya beans 12.01
Palm nuts and kernels 12.07
Soya-bean oil 15.07
Other oils 15.10
Sunflower-seed or safflower oil 15.12
Coconut (copra) oil 15.13
Other vegetable fats and oils 15.15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils 15.18
Soya cake 23.04
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility:
∙ Ministry of Production and Trade – Directorate-General of Agricultural Marketing
∙ Internet at the following address:  http//www.platino.gov.ve/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM
(c) Administrative body for submission of applications:
The Ministry of Production and Trade, throug h the Directorate-General of Agricultural 
Marketing, is the government body competent to grant licences.
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published:
Official Gazette No. 36.831 of 17 November 1999 and Official Notice ( Aviso Oficial )
(published on 31 December 1999).3
(d) Import licensing facilities are granted to traditional importers with more than two (2) years'
standing and new importers.
                                                     
3 Available for consultation in the Secretar iat (Market Access Division) (Spanish only).G/LIC/N/2/VEN/1
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(e) Import licensing facilities are granted to:
- Traditional importers of more than two (2) years' standing and
- new importers
(f) Administrative purpose of automatic licences:
Administration of tariff quotas under Venezuela's Schedule LXXXVI, Section I-B, 
Agreement on Agriculture, negotiated in the Uruguay Round
(g) Import licensing procedure and measure implemented.
1. Completion of the import licence application form  issued by the Ministry of Production and 
Trade, available on web page:platino.Gov.ve/MAC/INDICE-P.HTM.
2. Revenue stamp equivalent to fifteen (15) tax units ( Unidades Tributarias ) (Article 10.4, 
Revenue Stamp Law, in conformity with Article 229 of the Institutional Tax Code).
3. Copy of the trade register (for the first licence application)
4. Copy of product registration or importer clearance, issued by the Ministry of Health and 
Social Development (MSDS), where applicable.
5. Sworn statement that the importer is acquainte d with the compulsory Venezuelan standard 
(COVENIN) or the relevant technical regulations, and agrees to accept liability for any 
damage to consumer health or safety.
6. Certificate or authorization, on official company notepaper, the original being duly stamped 
and signed by the legal representative, with the name of the person authorized to take out the 
licence.
7. Most recent import invoice, indicating the volume and value of the merchandise.
8. List of imports effected, with an indication of volume and value, attaching copies of the 
relevant import declarations (forms A, B and C ).
9. Detailed list of the raw materials, products and by-products in the domestic oleaginous 
production chain, purchased during the previous two (2) years, indicating volume, value and supplier.
(h) The administrative licensing procedure will remain in force for one (1) year from publication 
of Official Gazette No. 36831 of 17 November 1999.
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