Commission Regulation (EC) No 1354/97 of 15 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1354/97 of 15 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 536/97 (2), and in particular Articles 52 (3) and 55 (8) thereof,
Whereas experience over the last two wine years of the application in practice of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 of 11 July 1995 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products (3), last amended by Regulation (EC) No 561/97 (4), has shown the need to adjust certain provisions to the reality of the quantitative and budgetary outlay ceilings on exports of these products; whereas a better spread over the year of the available quantities is required in order to avoid their premature exhaustion; whereas the total quantity for the year should be split up and allocated to two-month periods and suitable administrative arrangements introduced, including carryover of unused quantities from one period to the next;
Whereas a period is needed at the beginning of the wine year to allow the market situation to be assessed so that refund rates can be set at an appropriate level; whereas lodging of licence applications should therefore not be permitted until 16 September of each wine year;
Whereas experience over the last two wine years has also shown the advisability of detailing in a better way the action to be taken by the Commission, referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95, in the event of overrun or premature exhaustion of the quantity or budget authorized under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,