# L_2005261EN.01002201.xml

| 7.10.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 261/22 |
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7.10.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 261/22

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1637/2005

of 6 October 2005

on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations. |
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(1)

Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.

| (2) | Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement. |
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(2)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.

| (3) | On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 5 October 2005, the quantity still available for the period until 15 November 2005, for destination zone (1) Africa, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 28 September to 4 October 2005 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 16 November 2005, |
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(3)

On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 5 October 2005, the quantity still available for the period until 15 November 2005, for destination zone (1) Africa, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 28 September to 4 October 2005 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 16 November 2005,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 28 September to 4 October 2005 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 37,61 % of the quantities requested for zone (1) Africa.

2.   The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 5 October 2005 and the submission of export licence applications from 7 October 2005 for destination zone (1) Africa shall be suspended until 16 November 2005.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 October 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 908/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 56).

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(2)  
  OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1188/2005 (OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 24).

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