Commission Regulation (EC) No 715/2003 of 24 April 2003 amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2001 and (EC) No 2805/95 respectively laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector and fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
Date: 2003-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, export licence, export refund, extra-EU trade, viticulture

25.4.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 715/2003

of 24 April 2003

amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2001 and (EC) No 2805/95 respectively laying down detailed
rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third coun-
tries in products in the wine sector and fixing the export refunds in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 64,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Trade agreements have recently been concluded between
the European Union and Poland (3) establishing certain
concessions in the form of tariff quotas for certain agri-
cultural products and total liberalisation of trade in other
agricultural products. The elimination of refunds in the
wine sector with effect from 1 April 2003 is one of
these concessions.

The Polish authorities have undertaken to ensure that
only consignments of Community products covered by
the trade agreements on which no refund has been
granted are allowed for import into those countries. To
that end, Article 9(6) of 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2380/2002 (5), and Article 1 of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 2805/95 of 5 December 1995 fixing the
export refunds in the wine sector and repealing Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2137/93 (6), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1574/2002 (7), should be amended.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export licences already issued, comprising advance fixing
of the refund, shall be valid for the destination Poland only
until 31 March 2003. The security referred to in Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be released in proportion
to the unused quantities.

Article 2

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 concerning the list
of countries by zone of destination, as referred to in Article
9(6), is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 3

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 concerning the
other destination definition, is hereby replaced by Annex II to
this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 2003.

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 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 117.
(6) OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 10.
(7) OJ L 235, 3.9.2002, p. 10.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IV

List of countries by zone of destination, as referred to in Article 9(6)

Zone 1: Africa

Angola, Benin, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Helena and Dependencies, São Tomé and Príncipe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Zone 2: Asia and Australasia

Afghanistan, American Oceania, Australian Oceania, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos,
Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia and Dependen-
cies, New Zealand, New Zealand Oceania, North Korea, Northern Marianas, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan,
Thailand, Timor-Est, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank and Gaza
Strip, Yemen.

Zone 3: Eastern Europe and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia,
Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Zone 4: Western Europe

Andorra, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Malta, Norway, San Marino, Vatican City.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds
in the wine sector

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

2009 69 11 9100

2009 69 19 9100

2009 69 51 9100

2009 69 71 9100

2204 30 92 9100

2204 30 94 9100

2204 30 96 9100

2204 30 98 9100

2204 21 79 9100

2204 21 79 9100

2204 21 80 9100

2204 21 80 9100

2204 21 83 9100

2204 21 83 9100

2204 21 84 9100

2204 21 84 9100

2204 21 79 9200

2204 21 79 9200

2204 21 80 9200

2204 21 80 9200

2204 21 79 9910

2204 21 94 9910

2204 21 98 9910

2204 29 62 9100

2204 29 62 9100

2204 29 64 9100

2204 29 64 9100

2204 29 65 9100

2204 29 65 9100

2204 29 71 9100

2204 29 71 9100

2204 29 72 9100

2204 29 72 9100

2204 29 75 9100

2204 29 75 9100

2204 29 62 9200

2204 29 62 9200

2204 29 64 9200

2204 29 64 9200

2204 29 65 9200

2204 29 65 9200

2204 29 71 9200

W01

W01

W01

W01

W01

W01

W01

W01

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

39,023

39,023

39,023

39,023

39,023

10,339

39,023

10,339

5,358

5,358

6,473

6,473

7,317

7,317

8,842

8,842

6,271

6,271

7,578

7,578

3,771

14,250

14,250

5,358

5,358

5,358

5,358

5,358

5,358

6,473

6,473

6,473

6,473

6,473

6,473

6,271

6,271

6,271

6,271

6,271

6,271

7,578

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Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

2204 29 71 9200

2204 29 72 9200

2204 29 72 9200

2204 29 75 9200

2204 29 75 9200

2204 29 83 9100

2204 29 83 9100

2204 29 84 9100

2204 29 84 9100

2204 29 62 9910

2204 29 64 9910

2204 29 65 9910

2204 29 94 9910

2204 29 98 9910

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02

W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

W02 and W03

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

EUR/hl

7,578

7,578

7,578

7,578

7,578

7,317

7,317

8,842

8,842

3,771

3,771

3,771

14,250

14,250

NB: The product codes and the “A” series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87

(OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p.
14).

The other destinations are defined as follows:
W01: Libya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab emirates, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, China, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Equatorial
Guinea

W02: all countries of the African continent with the exception of: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa
W03: all destinations, with the exception of: Africa, America, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus,
Israel, the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland.’