Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2007 of 9 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2007of 9 March 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sectorTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,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 wineOJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1)., and in particular the second subparagraph of Articles 63(3) and 64(5) thereof,Whereas:(1)Pursuant to Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, to the extent necessary to enable the products listed in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of that Regulation to be exported on the basis of the prices for those products on the world market and within the limits of the Agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the difference between those prices and the prices in the Community may be covered by an export refund.(2)Export refunds may be set to cover the competitive gap between Community and third country's exports. Community exports to certain close destinations and to third countries granting Community products a preferential import treatment are currently in a particular favourable competitive position. Therefore, refunds for exports to those destinations should be abolished.(3)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2805/95OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1418/2006 (OJ L 237, 27.9.2006, p. 38). should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wines,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 2007.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 March 2007.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEX"ANNEX
NB: The product codes and the "A" series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1854/2006 (OJ L 361, 24.12.2006, p. 1).The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12).The other destinations are defined as follows:W01Libya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, China, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Equatorial Guinea.W02All destinations, with the exception of: America, Australia, Algeria, Marocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Holy See (Vaticans City State), Liechtenstein, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control."