AGREEMENT

between the European Community and Australia amending the Agreement on trade in wine

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter "the Community", of the one part,

and

AUSTRALIA, of the other part,

Having regard to the Agreement between the Community and Australia on trade in wine, signed in Brussels and Canberra respectively on 26 and 31 January 1994,

Whereas Annex I, point 1(b) of that Agreement authorises the use of cation exchange resins for the stabilisation purpose of Australian wines imported and marketed in the Community; whereas this authorisation is granted provisionally until 31 December 1998 in order to allow further scientific evaluation;

Whereas, a final decision on the treatment with cation exchange resins has still to be taken, it is advisable to extend the authorisation of this treatment for Australian wines until 30 June 2000,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine, signed in Brussels and Canberra respectively on 26 and 31 January 1994, shall be amended as follows.

In Annex I, point 1(b), the date "31 December 1998" shall be replaced by "30 June 2000".

Article 2

This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

Article 3

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Amendment.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinticuatro de febrero de dos mil.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den fireogtyvende februar 2000.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am vierundzwanzigsten Februar 2000.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες στις είκοσι τέσσερις Φεβρουαρίου 2000.

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2000.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-quatre février 2000.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventiquattro febbraio 2000.

Gedaan te Brussel, 24 februari 2000.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e quatro de Fevereiro de 2000.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäneljäntenä päivänä helmikuuta 2000.

Utfärdat i Bryssel den tjugofjärde februari 2000.

Por Australia/For Australien/Für Australien/Για την Αυστραλία/For Australia/Pour l'Australie/Per l'Australia/Voor Australië/Pela Austrália/Australian hallituksen puolesta/På Australiens vägnar

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Donald KENYON

Por la Comunidad Europea/For De Europæiske Fællesskaber/Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft/Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα/For the European Community/Pour la Communauté européenne/Per la Comunità europea/Voor de Europese Gemeenschap/Pela Comunidade Europeia/Euroopan yhteisön puolesta/På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ