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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

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

CHAPTER I SCOPE

Article 1 Scope

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.

CHAPTER II COMMUNITY BALANCE

Article 2 Establishment of a Community balance

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.

Article 3 Information about ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

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:

  1. 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), subject to the third paragraph of Article 9 of this Regulation;

  2. quarterly exports to third countries, including any exports of alcohol of non-agricultural origin, subject to the third paragraph of Article 9 of this Regulation;

  3. quarterly production, broken down by the product from which the alcohol is produced;

  4. the volume disposed of during the previous quarter, broken down by sectors of use;

  5. stocks held by alcohol producers in their country at the end of each year;

  6. estimated production for the year under way, twice a year, before 28 February and 31 August respectively.

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.

Article 4 Information about alcohol of non-agricultural origin

CHAPTER III IMPORT LICENCES

CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 9

Article 10 Repeal

Article 11 Entry into force

ANNEX I