COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3887/90 of 21 December 1990 amending for the eleventh time Regulation (EEC) No 646/86 fixing the export refunds on wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (EEC) No 1325/90 (2), and in particular Article 56 (4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 646/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2220/90 (4), fixed the export refunds on wine;

Whereas Spanish prices have, subsequent to alignment with those of the Community of Ten, fallen considerably, although not uniformly for all categories, because of the abundance of the 1990/91 vintage in Spain ; whereas, in order to continue to provide balanced conditions of competition between Spanish operators and those in the other Member States, certain refunds applicable in Spain must be adjusted ; whereas since refunds cannot be fixed in advance in the wine sector these adjustments shall be delayed in order to permit realization of export operations in hand and to avoid imposition of an unwarranted penalty on operators;

Whereas there are good prospects at the moment for disposal of table wine in certain third country markets, in particular Yugoslavia ; whereas the list of third countries for which export refunds are granted should be lengthened, at least up to the end of 1991 ; whereas the refund for a new destruction is to be determined on the basis of current market quotations ; whereas prices on the Spanish market will be pushed upwards by the massive distillation operations introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3747/90 (5) and (EEC) No 3748/90 (6) ; whereas provision should be made such that when the impact of these measures occurs export refund for Yugoslavia are brought into line with those for other destination;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 646/86 is hereby replaced: (a) from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 28 February 1991, by Annex I to this Regulation;

(b) from 1 March 1991 onwards, by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 132, 23.5.1990, p. 19. (3) OJ No L 60, 1.3.1986, p. 46. (4) OJ No L 202, 31.7.1990, p. 28. (5) OJ No L 360, 22.12.1990, p. 34. (6) OJ No L 360, 22.12.1990, p. 37.

ANNEX I Export refunds applicable until 28 February 1991

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ANNEX II Export refunds applicable from 1 March 1991

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