Commission Regulation (EC) No 1783/2002 of 7 October 2002 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period 2002/2003
Date: 2002-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, barley, cereals, distillation, export refund, malt, ratio, spirits

8.10.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 270/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1783/2002

of 7 October 2002

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period
2002/2003

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
quantities marketed of the spirituous 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 2001, the average ageing period
in 2001 was five years for Irish whiskey. The coefficients
for the period 1 October 2002 to 30 September 2003
should be fixed.

(2)

(3)

Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area (3) precludes
the grant of
refunds for exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway.
Therefore, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2825/93, account should be taken of this in the
calculation of the coefficient for 2002/2003.

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 2002 to 30 September 2003 the coef-
ficients 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 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 2002.

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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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

COEFFICIENTS APPLICABLE IN IRELAND

Period of application

Coefficient applicable

to barley used for the manufac-
ture of Irish whiskey, category
B (1)

to cereals used for the manufac-
ture of Irish whiskey, category A

1 October 2002 to 30 September 2003

0,296

0,454

(1) Including barley processed into malt.