L176/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.7.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1209/2002 of 4 July 2002 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products THE 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 sector (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2002 (3, 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 wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (), 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 negotia- tions. (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 Agree- ment. (3)  On the basis of information on export licence applica- tions available to the Commission on 3 July 2002, the quantity still available for the period until 31 August 2002, 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 26 June to 2 July 2002 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for these zones until 16 September 2002, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 26 June to 2 July 2002 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued for 18,300 % of the quantities requested for zone 1: Africa and issued in concurrence with 6,687 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe. 2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 3 July 2002 and the submission of export licence applica- tions from 5 July 2002 for destination zones 1: Africa and 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 September 2002. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 July 2002. () OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. () OJL132,17.5.2002, p. 14. () OJL 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. () OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Agriculture Director-General