2003R2336 — EN — 06.11.2016 — 003.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2336/2003

of 30 December 2003

introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin







CHAPTER I

SCOPE

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation lays down detailed rules for implementing the Community ethyl alcohol balance and the system of import licences provided for in Regulation (EC) No 670/2003.







CHAPTER II

COMMUNITY BALANCE

Article 2

Establishment of a Community balance

The Commission shall establish the Community ethyl alcohol balance covering the preceding calendar year by 31 March each year at the latest. The balance, containing information about the alcohol market at Community level, shall be presented to the Management Committee for Wine in accordance with the format set out in Annex I hereto and shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

Information about ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

The Member States shall forward to the Commission, at the latest by the last working day of the second month following the end of the relevant period, the following information about the alcohol of agricultural origin referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003:

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(a) quarterly imports from third countries broken down by Combined Nomenclature code and by origin, identified using the codes in the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2002 ( 1 ), subject to the third paragraph of Article 9 of this Regulation;

(b) quarterly exports to third countries, including any exports of alcohol of non-agricultural origin, subject to the third paragraph of Article 9 of this Regulation;

(c) quarterly production, broken down by the product from which the alcohol is produced;

(d) the volume disposed of during the previous quarter, broken down by sectors of use;

(e) stocks held by alcohol producers in their country at the end of each year;

(f) estimated production for the year under way, twice a year, before 28 February and 31 August respectively.

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For the purposes of point (d) of the first subparagraph, disposal shall mean the transfer of the ethyl alcohol from an alcohol producer or an importer with a view to its processing or packaging.

The figures notified shall be expressed in hectolitres of pure alcohol.

The Member States may provide for declaration schemes to ensure the collection of the information referred to in points (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the first subparagraph.

Article 4

Information about alcohol of non-agricultural origin

The Member States shall forward to the Commission at the latest by the last working day of the second month following the end of the relevant period, the following information about the alcohol of non-agricultural origin referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003:

(a) quarterly production, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable;

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(b) quarterly imports from third countries;

(c) quarterly exports to third countries;

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(d) the volume disposed of during the previous quarter, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable;

(e) stocks held by alcohol producers at the end of the year, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable.

For the purposes of point (d) of the first subparagraph, ‘volume disposed of’ shall mean the quantities of alcohol sold on the Community market by the production industry.

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The figures notified shall be expressed in hectolitres of pure alcohol.

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CHAPTER III

IMPORT LICENCES

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CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

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Article 9

The notifications to the Commission referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 7 of this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 ( 2 ).

All notifications shall include nil returns.

The notifications referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first paragraph of Article 3 shall only be made at the request of the Commission, addressed to the Member States via the information system in place.

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Article 10

Repeal

Regulation (EEC) No 2541/84 is hereby repealed.

Article 11

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

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









ANNEX I

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