Commission Regulation (EC) No 812/2002 of 16 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector
Date: 2002-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, extra-EU trade, import licence, quality control of agricultural products, viticulture

L 132/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.5.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 812/2002

of 16 May 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (2),
and in particular Articles 63 and 72 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Wine imports under concessions provided for in agree-
ments with certain third countries are subject to the
presentation of attestations, issued by official bodies or
bodies officially recognised by both contracting parties
and appearing on lists drawn up jointly, to the effect
that the wine in question meets the conditions for access
to the concessions.

The Member States should send the Commission the
lists of official or officially recognised bodies that they
propose should issue such attestations, so that
the
Commission can draw up and exchange those lists with
the third countries concerned. To facilitate the tasks of
such bodies, the lists should be provided in a suitable
form and on a suitable medium.

(2)

(3)

Article 1

The following Chapter is hereby inserted in Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 883/2001 (3):

‘CHAPTER VIIa

SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON EXPORTS

Article 34a

The Member States shall send the Commission the
1.
lists of official or officially recognised bodies that they
propose should issue attestations proving that the wine in
question meets the conditions for access to the concessions
provided for in the agreements with third countries.

act on behalf of

The Commission shall

2.
the
Community in drawing up and exchanging, jointly with the
third country concerned, the list of official bodies author-
ised to draw up the attestations referred to in paragraph 1
and the equivalent certificate issued by the third country
concerned.

3.
The Commission shall provide the list referred to in
paragraph 2 in a form and on a medium that it deems
suitable.’

Article 2

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

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

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.