CELEX: 31982R3474
Language: en
Date: 1982-12-24
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3474/82 of 23 December 1982 fixing the export refunds on wine

No L 365/32                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                24. 12. 82
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3474/82
                                                of 23 December 1982
                                         fixing the export refunds on wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                mined on the basis of the most advantageous export
COMMUNITIES,                                                  prices ; whereas the prices referred to in Article 3 (2)
                                                              must be taken into account when the prices in inter­
                                                              national trade are being determined ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                           Whereas    the   international     trade  situation  or the
                                                              specific requirements of certain markets may make it
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79           necessary to vary the refund according to the use or
of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of              destination of a specific product ;
the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3082/82 (2), and in particular Article 20 (4)        Whereas there is at present scope for economically
thereof,                                                      significant exports of concentrated grape musts, table
                                                              wines other than of type R III and rose table wines
                                                              from the Portugieser variety ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EEC)
No 337/79, to the extent necessary to enable the              Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regula­
products listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be     tion (EEC) No 3389/81 of 27 November 1981 on
exported in an economically significant quantity on           detailed rules for the application of export refunds on
the basis of the prices for those products on the world       wine (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
market, the difference between those prices and the           3473/82 (6), refunds must be fixed at least once every
prices in the Community may be covered by an export           six months ;
refund ; whereas, however, refunds may be granted
                                                              Whereas applying the abovementioned rules to the
only for the products specified in Article 1 (2) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 345/79 of 5 February              present market situation, in particular to the prices of
1979 laying down general rules for granting export            wines in the Community and on the world trade
                                                              market, the refunds should be fixed as shown in the
refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the amount of
                                                              Annex hereto ;
such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2009/81 (4) ;                                                 Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has
                                                              not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)            the chairman,
No 345/79, refunds are to be fixed having regard to
the existing situation and future trends with regard to :
(i) prices and availabilities of the products concerned       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
on the Community market ; and (ii) world market
prices for these products ; whereas account must also
                                                                                      Article 1
be taken of the costs referred to in that Article, of the
economic aspects of the proposed exports, of the              The amount of the export refunds for the products
objectives defined in the said Article and of the need        listed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 345/79
to avoid disturbances on the Community market ;               shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .
whereas, however, when fixing the amount of the
refunds applicable to liqueur wines, account should be
taken of the difference between Community prices                                       Article 2
and world market prices in respect only of wine and
musts used in the manufacture of liqueur wines, since         Regulation (EEC) No 3635/81 is hereby repealed.
no such difference is recorded in respect of the other
products used in the manufacture of the wines in                                       Article 3
question ;
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)            publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                               Communities.
No 345/79, Community market prices must be deter­
                                                              It shall apply with effect from 16 December 1982.
(') OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 326, 23 . 11 . 1982, p. 1
(3) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 69.                            I5) OJ No L 341 , 28 . 11 . 1981 , p. 24.
(<) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1981 , p. 6.                         n See page 30 of this Official Journal.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 23 December 1982.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
                  CCT                                                                          Amount
                 heading                                 Description                          of refund
                   No                                                                       ECU/ % vol/hl
          ex 20.07 A I       Concentrated grape musts complying with the definition in
                    B I a) 1 point 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 :
                    B I b) 1 — for all exports except to non-member countries on the
                                   American continent, including those islands politically
                                    linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                    Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                1-05
          ex 22.05 C I       White table wine, of an actual alcoholic strength of not less
                    CII      than 9-5 % vol and not exceeding 15 % vol, other than :
                             — table wines of types A II and A III and
                             — wines referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                    337/79 exceeding the quantities normally produced as
                                    determined pursuant to the said Article :
                             for export to :
                             1 . African countries excluding the countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70                      1-15
                             2, other destinations, except non-member countries on the
                                   American continent, including those islands politically
                                   linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                   Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                  1-45
           ex 22.05 C I      White table wine, of an actual alcoholic strength of not less
                     CII     than 9-5 % vol and not exceeding 15 % vol, referred to in
                             Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 exceeding the
                             quantities normally produced as determined pursuant to the
                             said Article :
                             for export to :
                              1 . African countries excluding the countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70                       040
                              2, other destinations, except non-member countries on the
                                   American continent, including those islands politically
                                   linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                   Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                  0-70
           ex 22.05 C I       Red or rosé table wine, of an actual alcoholic strength of
                     CII      not less than 9-5 % vol and not exceeding 1 5 % vol, other
                              than :
                              j— table wine of type R III and rosé table wine from the
                                     Portugieser vine varieties and
                              — wines referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                     337/79 exceeding the quantities normally produced as
                                     determined pursuant to the said Article :
                               for export to :
                               1 . African countries excluding the countries listed in
                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70                       1-15
                               2, other destinations, except non-member countries on the
                                    American continent, including those islands politically
                                    linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                     Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                 1-45
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                  CCT                                                                          Amount
                 heading                                 Description                          of refund
                   No                                                                       ECU/ % vol/hl
           ex 22.05 C I        Red or rosé table wine, of an actual alcoholic strength of
                    CII        not less than 9-5 % vol and not exceeding 1 5 % vol,
                               referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79
                               and exceeding the quantities normally produced as deter­
                               mined pursuant to the said Article :
                               for export to :
                               1 . African countries excluding the countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70                      0-40
                               2. Other destinations, except non-member countries on the
                                   American continent, including those islands politically
                                   linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                   Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                   Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                 0-70
                                                                                               Amount
                                                                                              of refund
                                                                                               ECU/hl
           ex 22.05 C I        White table wine of types A II and A III (white table wine
                    CII        exclusively from the Sylvaner, Müller-Thurgau or Riesling
                               vine varieties :
                               — for all exports except to non-member countries on the
                                    American continent, including those islands politically
                                    linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                    Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                                5-50
           ex 22.05 C III a) 2 Liqueur wines other than quality wines psr :
                    C III b) 3 — for all exports except to non-member countries on the
                    C IV a) 2       American continent, including those islands politically
                    C IV b) 3       linked thereto, and the non-member countries listed in
                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 excluding
                                    Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary                               17-25