CELEX: 31999R2244
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/1999 of 22 October 1999 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

L 273/4                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   23. 10. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2244/1999
                                                           of 22 October 1999
                                    on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund
                                                                                 is restricted; whereas, therefore, a single percentage for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            the acceptance of applications submitted between 15
Community,                                                                       and 19 October 1999 should be applied and the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 of                        submission of applications and the issue of licences
11 July 1995 on arrangements for issuing export licences for                     suspended until 15 November 1999, for zones (3)
wine-sector products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  Eastern Europe and (4) Western Europe referred to in
2182/1999 (2), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,                           Article 3(4a) of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95,
(1)     Whereas Article 55(7) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
        822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        of the market in wine (3), as last amended by Regulation
        (EC) No 1677/1999 (4), limits the grant of export                                              Article 1
        refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and
        expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture             1.    Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
        concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade             wine-sector products for which applications are submitted
        negotiations;                                                     between 15 and 19 October 1999 under Regulation (EC) No
                                                                          1685/95 shall be issued for 73,5 % of the quantities requested
(2)     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 lays              for zone (3) Eastern Europe, and for 62,2 % of the quantities
        down the conditions under which the Commission may                requested for zone (4) Western Europe.
        take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the
        quantity laid down or the budget available under the              2.    The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
        said Agreement;                                                   referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
                                                                          from 20 October 1999 and the submission of export licence
(3)     Whereas, on the basis of information on export licence            applications from 23 October 1999 shall be suspended until
        applications available to the Commission on 20 October            15 November 1999.
        1999, the quantity still available for the period until 15
        November 1999, for zones (3) Eastern Europe and (4)                                            Article 2
        Western Europe referred to in Article 3(4a) of Regula-
        tion (EC) No 1685/95, could be exceeded unless the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 22 October 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  161, 12.7.1995, p. 2.
(2) OJ L  267, 15.10.1999, p. 21.
(3) OJ L  84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.