Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2002 of 19 September 2002 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, export, export licence, viticulture

L 252/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.9.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1668/2002

of 19 September 2002

on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of
24 April 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 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1574/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2585/2001 (4), limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure
contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotia-
tions.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the
conditions under which the Commission may take
specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity
laid down or the budget available under the said Agree-
ment.

On the basis of information on export licence applica-
tions available to the Commission on 18 September
2002, the quantity still available for the period until 15
November 2002, for destination zones 1: Africa and 3:

eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of
licences with advance fixing of the refund is
export
restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the accep-
tance of applications submitted from 16 September to
17 September 2002 should be applied and the submis-
sion of applications and the issue of licences suspended
for these zones until 16 November 2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from
16 September to 17 September 2002 under Regulation (EC) No
the quantities
883/2001 shall be issued for 75,60 % of
requested for zone 1: Africa and issued in concurrence with
12,52 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe.

The issue of export

2.
licences for wine-sector products
referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
from 18 September 2002 and the submission of export licence
applications from 20 September 2002 for destination zones 1:
Africa and 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16
November 2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 235, 3.9.2002, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.