Commission Regulation (EC) No 1634/2000 of 25 July 2000 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 2000/2001
Date: 2000-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, cereals, export refund, spirits

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1634/2000

of 25 July 2000

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period
2000/2001

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 last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1633/2000 (2), and in particular Article
5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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. That coefficient expresses the
ratio between the total quantities exported and the total
beverage
quantities marketed
concerned on the basis of the trend noted in those
quantities during the number of years corresponding to
the average ageing period of the spirituous beverage in
question. In view of the information provided by the
United Kingdom on the period 1 January to 31
December 1999, the average ageing period in 1999 was
seven years for Scotch whisky. The coefficients for the

spirituous

the

of

(2)

(3)

period 1 July 2000 to 30 September 2001 should be
fixed.

Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the Euro-
pean Economic Area (3) precludes the grant of refunds
for exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway. There-
fore, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2825/93, account should be taken of this in the calcula-
tion of the coefficient for 2000/2001.

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 2000 to 30 September 2001, the coeffi-
cients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/
93 applying to cereals used in the United Kingdom for manu-
facturing 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 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 258, 16.10.1993, p. 6.
(2) See page 29 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 1.

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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 2000 to 30 September 2001

0,489

0,448