Commission Regulation (EC) No 2338/2003 of 30 December 2003 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: 2003-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, extra-EU trade, import licence, quality control of agricultural products, viticulture

L 346/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2338/2003

of 30 December 2003

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,

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), and in particular Article 68(3) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 (2) contains
certain derogations relating to the issue of
licences
whereby Australia and the United States can benefit
from simplified licensing arrangements, which are due to
expire on 31 December 2003.

Since the bilateral negotiations in progress with these
two countries will not end before the end of the year, in
order to prevent any disruption of trade, these deroga-
tions should be extended for a limited period in the light
of the progress of the negotiations.

Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 should also be updated to
take account of the fact that Commission Regulation
(EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain
rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 as regards the description, designation, presenta-
tion and protection of certain wine-sector products (3)
applies from 1 August 2003.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 is amended as follows:

1. Article 27(2) is replaced by the following:

Article 24(2) and Article 26 shall apply until 31

‘2.
December 2005.’

2.

in Annex VIII.B, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.
The product description in box 6 of the VI 1 form
and box 5 of the VI 2 extract must be completed in accord-
ance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1220/2003 (OJ L 170, 9.7.2003, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 118, 4.5.2002, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1205/2003 (OJ L 168, 5.7.2003, p. 13).