Commission Regulation (EC) No 715/2003 of 24 April 2003 amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2001 and (EC) No 2805/95 respectively laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector and fixing the export refunds in the wine sector

Commission Regulation (EC) No 715/2003
of 24 April 2003
amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2001 and (EC) No 2805/95 respectively laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector and fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(2), and in particular Articles 63 and 64,
Whereas:
(1) Trade agreements have recently been concluded between the European Union and Poland(3) establishing certain concessions in the form of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and total liberalisation of trade in other agricultural products. The elimination of refunds in the wine sector with effect from 1 April 2003 is one of these concessions.
(2) The Polish authorities have undertaken to ensure that only consignments of Community products covered by the trade agreements on which no refund has been granted are allowed for import into those countries. To that end, Article 9(6) of 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(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2380/2002(5), and Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 of 5 December 1995 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2137/93(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1574/2002(7), should be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,