Commission Regulation (EC) No 1630/2001 of 9 August 2001 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period 2001/02
Date: 2001-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, barley, export refund, malt, ratio, spirits

10.8.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1630/2001

of 9 August 2001

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period
2001/02

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,

(2)

(3)

whiskey. The coefficients for the period 1 October 2001
to 30 September 2002 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 2001/02.

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

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
quantities marketed
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 spirituous beverage in
question. In view of the information provided by Ireland
on the period 1 January to 31 December 2000, the
average ageing period in 2000 was five years for Irish

spirituous

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002 the
coefficients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
2825/93 applying to cereals used in Ireland for manufacturing
Irish whiskey 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 from 1 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 258, 16.10.1993, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 29.

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

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ANNEX

Coefficients applicable in Ireland

Period of application

Coefficient applicable

to barley used
for the manufacture
of Irish whiskey,
category B (1)

to cereals used
for the manufacture
of Irish whiskey,
category A

1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002

0,263

0,458

(1) Including barley processed into malt.