Commission Regulation (EC) No 1629/2001 of 9 August 2001 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 2001/02
Date: 2001-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, 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 1629/2001

of 9 August 2001

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky 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,

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 2000, the average ageing period in 2000 was
seven years for Scotch whisky. The coefficients for the

spirituous

the

of

(2)

(3)

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,

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 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 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 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 October 2001 to 30 September 2002

0,499

0,448