Commission Regulation (EC) No 1698/2004 of 30 September 2004 setting the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 2004/05
Date: 2004-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, barley, cereals, export refund, spirits

1.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1698/2004

of 30 September 2004

setting the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period
2004/05

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1),

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 (2), and in
particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 lays down
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. The coefficient expresses the
average ratio between the total quantities exported and
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.

total quantities marketed of

the

On the basis of the information supplied by the United
Kingdom on the period 1 January to 31 December 2003,
the average ageing period for Scotch whisky in 2003 was
seven years. The coefficients for the period 1 October
2004 to 30 September 2005 should be set accordingly.

the

Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the
grant of
European Economic Area precludes
Iceland
refunds in respect of exports to Liechtenstein,
and Norway. Moreover, the Community has concluded
agreements with certain third countries abolishing export
refunds. In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2825/93, this should therefore be taken into
the coefficients for the
account
period 2004/2005,

in the calculation of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005, the
coefficients referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
2825/93 applicable to cereals used in the United Kingdom in
the production of Scotch whisky shall be as set out in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 258, 16.10.1993, p. 6. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1633/2000 (OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 29).

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ANNEX

Coefficients applicable in the United Kingdom

Period of application

to malted barley used in the production
of malt whisky

to cereals used in the production of grain
whisky

Coefficient applicable

1 October 2004 to
30 September 2005

0,491

0,455