19.7.1983 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 195/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1981/83
of 18 July 1983
amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 1842/81 in respect of the grant of adjusted refunds in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in particular Articles 16 (6) and 24 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 of 28 April 1981 laying down general rules for granting refunds adjusted in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 concerning certain products not covered by Annex II to the Treaty (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1842/81 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2938/82 (5), lays down the procedure for granting adjusted refunds on cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages;
Whereas, in some cases, green malt is used in place of ordinary malt; whereas it is necessary therefore to specify the permissible moisture content of that product and the coefficient to be used for calculating the equivalent weight of malt with a moisture content of 7 % of green malt;
Whereas grain whisky is described in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1842/81 as whisky made from 15 % barley or an equivalent quantity of malt and 85 % cereals; whereas, although these quantities are on the whole probable, they exceed or fall short of those actually used in each distillery; whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to delete from the said Article 17 all reference to those quantities;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1842/81 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (3) is replaced by the following:
2. Article 10 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 17 is replaced by the following:
(a) “grain whisky” means whisky made from malt and cereals;
(b) “malt whisky” means whisky made exclusively from malt;
(c) “Irish whiskey, category A” means whisky obtained from malt and cereals, the malt content being less than 30 %;
(d) “Irish whiskey, category B” means whisky made from barley and malt, with at least 30 % malt;
(e) the percentage of the various types of cereal used in the manufacture of the spirituous beverages referred to in Article 13 (2) shall be determined taking account of the total quantities of the various types of cereals employed for the manufacture of the spirituous beverages referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1983.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.