Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2007 of 20 September 2007 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2007of 20 September 2007on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector productsTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sectorOJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 560/2007 (OJ L 132, 24.5.2007, p. 31)., and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 63(7) of 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)., limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.(2)Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.(3)On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 19 September 2007, the quantity still available for the period until 15 November 2007, for destination zones (1) Africa and (3) eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 16 to 18 September 2007 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 16 November 2007,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: