2003R1175 — EN — 09.08.2003 — 001.001

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Amended by:

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1175/2003

of 1 July 2003

amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2001 and (EC) No 2805/95, respectively, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector and fixing the export refunds in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 63 and 64 thereof, Whereas: (1) Trade agreements have recently been concluded between the European Union and the Czech Republic ( 3 ) and between the European Union and the Slovak Republic ( 4 ) establishing certain concessions in the form of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and total liberalisation of trade in other agricultural products. The elimination of refunds in the wine sector with effect from 1 June 2003 is one of these concessions. (2) The Czech and the Slovak authorities have undertaken to ensure that only consignments of Community products covered by the trade agreements on which no refund has been granted are allowed for import into those countries. To that end, Article 9(6) of 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 ( 5 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 715/2003 ( 6 ), and Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 of 5 December 1995 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2137/93 ( 7 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 715/2003, should be amended. (3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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The export licences already issued, comprising advance fixing of the refund, shall be valid for exports to the Czech Republic and Slovakia carried out up to 31 May 2003 only. The security referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be released in proportion to the unused quantities.

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Article 2

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 concerning the list of countries by zone of destination, as referred to in Article 9(6), is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 3

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 concerning the other destination definition, is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 June 2003.

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

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IV

List of countries by zone of destination, as referred to in Article 9(6)

Zone 1: Africa

Angola, Benin, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Helena and Dependencies, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Zone 2: Asia and Australasia

Afghanistan, American Oceania, Australian Oceania, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia and Dependencies, New Zealand, New Zealand Oceania, North Korea, Northern Marianas, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen.

Zone 3: Eastern Europe and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Zone 4: Western Europe

Andorra, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Malta, Norway, San Marino, Vatican City.’

ANNEX II

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to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector Product code Destination Unit of measurement Amount of refund 200969119100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 200969199100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 200969519100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 200969719100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 220430929100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 220430949100 W01 EUR/hl 10,339 220430969100 W01 EUR/hl 39,023 220430989100 W01 EUR/hl 10,339 220421799100 W02 EUR/hl 5,358 220421799100 W03 EUR/hl 5,358 220421809100 W02 EUR/hl 6,473 220421809100 W03 EUR/hl 6,473 220421839100 W02 EUR/hl 7,317 220421839100 W03 EUR/hl 7,317 220421849100 W02 EUR/hl 8,842 220421849100 W03 EUR/hl 8,842 220421799200 W02 EUR/hl 6,271 220421799200 W03 EUR/hl 6,271 220421809200 W02 EUR/hl 7,578 220421809200 W03 EUR/hl 7,578 220421799910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 3,771 220421949910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 14,250 220421989910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 14,250 220429629100 W02 EUR/hl 5,358 220429629100 W03 EUR/hl 5,358 220429649100 W02 EUR/hl 5,358 220429649100 W03 EUR/hl 5,358 220429659100 W02 EUR/hl 5,358 220429659100 W03 EUR/hl 5,358 220429719100 W02 EUR/hl 6,473 220429719100 W03 EUR/hl 6,473 220429729100 W02 EUR/hl 6,473 220429729100 W03 EUR/hl 6,473 220429759100 W02 EUR/hl 6,473 220429759100 W03 EUR/hl 6,473 220429629200 W02 EUR/hl 6,271 220429629200 W03 EUR/hl 6,271 220429649200 W02 EUR/hl 6,271 220429649200 W03 EUR/hl 6,271 220429659200 W02 EUR/hl 6,271 220429659200 W03 EUR/hl 6,271 220429719200 W02 EUR/hl 7,578 220429719200 W03 EUR/hl 7,578 220429729200 W02 EUR/hl 7,578 220429729200 W03 EUR/hl 7,578 220429759200 W02 EUR/hl 7,578 220429759200 W03 EUR/hl 7,578 220429839100 W02 EUR/hl 7,317 220429839100 W03 EUR/hl 7,317 220429849100 W02 EUR/hl 8,842 220429849100 W03 EUR/hl 8,842 220429629910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 3,771 220429649910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 3,771 220429659910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 3,771 220429949910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 14,250 220429989910 W02 and W03 EUR/hl 14,250 ‘NB: ‘The product codes and the “‘A”‘ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (‘OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1‘) as amended. ‘The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (‘OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p. 14‘). ‘The other destinations are defined as follows: ‘W01: ‘Libya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, China, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Equatorial Guinea, ‘W02: ‘all countries of the African continent with the exception of: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, ‘W03: ‘all destinations, with the exception of: Africa, America, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.’

( 1 ) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.

( 2 ) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.

( 3 ) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.

( 4 ) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 36.

( 5 ) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.

( 6 ) OJ L 104, 25.4.2003, p. 13.

( 7 ) OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 10.