Commission Regulation (EC) No 2488/98 of 18 November 1998 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 1998/99
Date: 1998-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, cereals, distillation, export refund, ratio, spirits

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2488/98

of 18 November 1998

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch
whisky for the period 1998/99

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2825/93 of 15 October 1993 laying down certain detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92 as regards the fixing and granting of adjusted
refunds in respect of cereals exported in the form of
certain spirit drinks (1), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3098/94 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93
provides that the quantities of cereals eligible for the
refund are to be the quantities placed under control and
distilled, weighted by a coefficient to be fixed annually for
each Member State concerned; whereas that coefficient
expresses the ratio between the total quantities exported
the spirituous
and the total quantities marketed of
beverage concerned on the basis of
the trend noted
in those quantities during the number of years corres-
ponding to the average ageing period of the spirituous
beverage in question; whereas, in view of the information
provided by the United Kingdom on the period 1
January to 31 December 1997, the average ageing period
in 1997 was eight years for Scotch whisky; whereas the
coefficients for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999
should be fixed;

Whereas Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area (3) precludes
the grant of
refunds for exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway;
whereas, therefore, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2825/93, account should be taken of this in the
calculation of the coefficient for 1998/99;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, the coeffi-
cients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
2825/93 applying to cereals used in the United Kingdom
for manufacturing Scotch whisky shall be as set out in the
Annex.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 258, 16. 10. 1993, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 328, 20. 12. 1994, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 1, 3. 1. 1994, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

Coefficients applicable in the United Kingdom

Period of application

to barley processed into malt
used in the manufacture of malt
whisky

to cereals used
in the manufacture of
grain whisky

Coefficient applicable

1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999

0,562

0,648