Commission Regulation (EC) No 1634/1999 of 26 July 1999 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 1999/2000
Date: 1999-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, alcoholic beverage, cereals, export refund, spirits

27. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1634/1999

of 26 July 1999

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period
1999/2000

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,

(1) 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 coeffi-
cient expresses the ratio between the total quantities
exported and the total quantities marketed of the spiri-
tuous beverage concerned on the basis of the trend
noted in those quantities during the number of years
corresponding to the average ageing period of the spiri-
tuous beverage in question; whereas,
in view of the
information provided by the United Kingdom on the
period 1 January to 31 December 1998, the average
ageing period in 1998 was seven years for Scotch
whisky; whereas the coefficients for the period 1 July
1999 to 30 June 2000 should be fixed;

for

(2) Whereas Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on
the European Economic Area (3) precludes the grant of
Iceland and
refunds
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 1999/
2000;

to Liechtenstein,

exports

(3) 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 1999 to 30 June 2000, the coefficients
provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93
applying to cereals used in the United Kingdom for manufac-
turing Scotch whisky shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1999.

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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27. 7. 1999

ANNEX

Coefficients applicable in the United Kingdom

Period of application

Coefficient applicable

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

to cereals used
in the manufacture of
grain whisky

1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000

0,471

0,510