Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2003 of 26 September 2003 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period 2003/2004
Date: 2003-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, alcoholic beverage, barley, distillation, export refund

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Official Journal of the European Union

27.9.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1708/2003

of 26 September 2003

fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Irish whiskey for the period
2003/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/
2003 (2),

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 (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1633/2000 (4), and in particular Article
5 thereof,

Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area (5) precludes
the grant of
refunds in respect of exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland
and Norway. Moreover, the Community has concluded
with certain third countries
abolishing
export refunds. According to Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2825/93, this should be taken into account in
the calculation of the coefficients for the period 2003/
2004.

agreements

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 lays down
that the quantities of cereals eligible for the refund shall
be the quantities placed under control and distilled,
weighted by a coefficient to be fixed annually for each
Member State concerned. The coefficient shall express
the average ratio between the total quantities exported
and the total quantities marketed of the spirit drink
concerned, on the basis of the trend noted in those
quantities during the number of years corresponding to
the average ageing period of the spirit drink in question.
On the basis of the information supplied by Ireland on
the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002, the
average ageing period in 2002 was five years for Irish
whiskey. The coefficients for the period from 1 October
2003 to 30 September 2004 should therefore be fixed
accordingly.

Article 1

For the period from 1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004
the coefficients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2825/93 which are applicable to cereals used in Ireland in
the production of Irish whiskey shall be as specified in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

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 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 258, 16.10.1993, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 29.

(5) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 1.

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ANNEX

COEFFICIENTS APPLICABLE IN IRELAND

Period of application

Coefficient applicable

to barley used in the production
of Irish whiskey, category B (1)

to cereals used in the production
of Irish whiskey, category A

1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004

0,262

0,367

(1)

Including barley transformed into malt.