CELEX: 32003R1206
Language: en
Date: 2003-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/2003 of 4 July 2003 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

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32003R1206

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/2003 of 4 July 2003 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products  

Official Journal L 168 , 05/07/2003 P. 0014 - 0014

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/2003of 4 July 2003on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector productsTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to 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(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1175/2003(2), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,Whereas:(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 2 July 2003, the quantity still available for the period until 31 August 2003, for destination zone 3: eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, the submission of applications and the issue of licences should be suspended for this zone until 16 September 2003,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 11. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 25 June to 1 July 2003 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 100,00 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe.2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 2 July 2003 and the submission of export licence applications from 5 July 2003 for destination zone 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 September 2003.Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2003.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 4 July 2003.For the CommissionJ. M. Silva RodríguezAgriculture Director-General(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.(2) OJ L 164, 2.7.2003, p. 8.(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.(4) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.