This Regulation lays down detailed rules for implementing the Community ethyl alcohol balance and the system of import licences provided for in Regulation (EC) No 670/2003.
The Commission shall establish the Community ethyl alcohol balance covering the preceding calendar year by 31 March each year at the latest. The balance, containing information about the alcohol market at Community level, shall be presented to the Management Committee for Wine in accordance with the format set out in Annex I hereto and shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The Member States shall forward to the Commission, at the latest by the last working day of the second month following the end of the relevant period, the following information about the alcohol of agricultural origin referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003:
quarterly imports from third countries broken down by Combined Nomenclature code and by origin, identified using the codes in the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2002(1);
quarterly exports to third countries, including any exports of alcohol of non-agricultural origin;
quarterly production, broken down by the product from which the alcohol is produced, in accordance with the format set out in Annex II to this Regulation;
the volume disposed of during the previous quarter, broken down by sectors of use, in accordance with the format set out in Annex III to this Regulation;
stocks held by alcohol producers in their country at the end of each year, in accordance with the format set out in Annex IV to this Regulation;
estimated production for the year under way, twice a year, before 28 February and 31 August respectively, in accordance with the format set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
For the purposes of point (d) of the first subparagraph, disposal shall mean the transfer of the ethyl alcohol from an alcohol producer or an importer with a view to its processing or packaging.
The figures notified shall be expressed in hectolitres of pure alcohol.
The Member States may provide for declaration schemes to ensure the collection of the information referred to in points (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the first subparagraph.
The Member States shall forward to the Commission at the latest by the last working day of the second month following the end of the relevant period, the following information about the alcohol of non-agricultural origin referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003:
quarterly production, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable;
quarterly imports from third countries in accordance with the format set out in Annex VII to this Regulation;
quarterly exports to third countries, unless they are included in the exports notified under point (b) in Article 3 of this Regulation;
the volume disposed of during the previous quarter, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable;
stocks held by alcohol producers at the end of the year, broken down by synthetic alcohol and other types of alcohol where applicable.
For the purposes of point (d) of the first subparagraph, ‘volume disposed of’ shall mean the quantities of alcohol sold on the Community market by the production industry.
The notifications referred to in points (a), (d) and (e) of the first subparagraph shall be made in accordance with the format set out in Annex VI. The figures notified shall be expressed in hectolitres of pure alcohol.
1.Imports into the Community of the products referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 shall be subject, from 27 January 2004, to the presentation of an import licence. Import licences shall be issued by the Member States to all applicants, irrespective of their place of establishment in the Community.
2.Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall apply to the licences referred to in this Chapter.
3.[X1Applications for import licences and import licences for alcohol of agricultural origin] shall be marked in box 8 with the name of the country of origin. The box ‘compulsory: yes’ must be ticked. At the request of the applicant, the administration which issued the licence may replace the country of origin, once only, by another country.
4.The Member States may decided that the import price (CIF) of the alcohol must be indicated in box 20.
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 of 30 December 2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 31 December 2003).
Import licences shall be valid from the date of their issue within the meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 until the end of the fourth month following.
1.The Member States shall report to the Commission each Thursday, or the first working day following if the Thursday is a public holiday, the quantities of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 for which import licences have been issued during the previous week broken down by Combined Nomenclature code and by country of origin.
2.If a Member State considers that the quantities for which import licences have been requested in that Member State risk disturbing the market, that Member State shall immediately inform the Commission giving the quantities by types of product concerned. The Commission shall examine the situation and shall inform the Member States thereof.
Securities against import licences shall be set at EUR 1 per hectolitre.
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 shall apply to the licences referred to in this Chapter.
The Member States shall send the information referred to in Articles 3 and 4, relating to the first quarter of 2004, by 31 August 2004 at the latest.
The notifications provided for in this Regulation shall be sent to the Commission to the address indicated in Annex VIII.
Regulation (EEC) No 2541/84 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.