COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1297/97 of 3 July 1997 amending Sector 15 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Article 55 (8) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/96 (4), establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds based on the combined nomenclature; whereas the most recently published version contains errors in the description of products in the wine sector; whereas those errors should be corrected; whereas, moreover, in order to facilitate computerized customs clearance at borders, references should be included in the body of the nomenclature itself; whereas the nomenclature should therefore be amended to incorporate the abovementioned changes;

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

Sector 15 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 3 July 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 83, 25. 3. 1997, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 305, 27. 11. 1996, p. 1.

ANNEX

'15. Wine

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