CELEX: 32000R2464
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2464/2000 of 9 November 2000 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

10.11.2000            EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 285/3
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2464/2000
                                                           of 9 November 2000
                                   on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      Article 3(4a) of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95, could be
                                                                                 exceeded unless the issue of export licences with
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                 advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a
Community,
                                                                                 single percentage for the acceptance of applications
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 of                        submitted between 1 and 7 november 2000 should be
11 July 1995 on arrangements for issuing export licences for                     applied and the submission of applications and the issue
wine-sector products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  of licences suspended until 15 November 2000,
2739/1999 (2), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
        of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the                                              Article 1
        market in wine (3) limits the grant of export refunds for
        wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure               1.    Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
        contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded               wine-sector products for which applications are submitted
        during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-                 between 1 and 7 november 2000 under Regulation (EC) No
        tiations.                                                         1685/95 shall be issued for 14,95 % of the quantities requested
                                                                          for zone (1) Africa.
(2)     Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 lays down the
        conditions under which the Commission may take                    2.    The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
        specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity           referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
        laid down or the budget available under the said Agree-           from 8 November 2000 and the submission of export licence
        ment.                                                             applications from 10 November 2000 shall be suspended until
                                                                          15 November 2000.
(3)     On the basis of information on export licence applica-
        tions available to the Commission on 8 November                                               Article 2
        2000, the quantity still available for the period until 15
        November 2000, for zone (1) Africa referred to in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 November 2000.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 9 November 2000.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 161, 12.7.1995, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 328, 22.12.1999, p. 60.
(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.