10.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL96/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No851/76
of9April1976
fixingacountervailing chargeforimportsintoBelgium,Germany,Luxembourg
andtheNetherlandsofethylalcoholofagriculturaloriginproducedinFrance
Whereas,initsDecisionof30December1969(!),the
Commissionfixedacountervailing chargeonimports
intoBelgium,LuxembourgandtheNetherlandsof
ethylalcoholofagriculturalorigincomingfrom
MemberStateshavingamonopoly;whereasthatDeci­
sionshouldberepealed,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThisRegulationshallapplytothefollowing
products:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex22.08BEthylalcohol,undenatured ,presentedin
ex22.09AIIcontainersholdingmorethantwolitres,
producedfromagriculturalproductslisted
inAnnexIItotheTreatyTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle46
thereof,
WhereastheGermanmarketinalcoholisatpresent
disturbedbydeliveriesofagriculturalalcoholatprices
muchlowerthanthoserulingontheGermanmarket;
whereastheBelgian,LuxembourgandNetherlands
marketsarethreatenedwithdisturbancebyoffersat
pricesmuchlowerthanthepricesrulingonthose
markets;whereasthosedeliveriesandoffersresultin
particularfromthepricingpolicyappliedinFrance,
whichconsistsinsellingforexportatapricewhichis
onaverageFF280lessthanthepriceofthesame
alcoholintendedforconsumption ontheFrench
domesticmarket;
Whereas,inviewofthissituation,theKingdomof
Belgium,theFederalRepublicofGermany,theGrand
DuchyofLuxembourgandtheKingdomofthe
NetherlandshaverequestedtheCommissiontotake
measurespursuanttoArticle46oftheTreaty;
WhereastheCouncilhasnotgivenaruling,under
Article42oftheTreaty,concerningtheapplicability
toethylalcoholofagriculturaloriginoftheprovisions
oftheTreatyrelatingtoStateaid;whereas,ifFrance
maintainsitsaidforexportsofalcohol,theensuing
difficultiescanbealleviatedonlybyfixing,under
Article46oftheTreaty,achargeonFrenchexports,
inordertorestoremarketequilibrium ;
Whereastheamountofsuchchargemustnotexceed
theamountoftheaidorthedifferencebetweenthe
resultingmarketpricesfortheMemberStatesinques­
tion;
Whereas,incalculatingthecountervailing charge,
accountshouldbetakenoftheforwardingcostsin
respectofthedeliveriesinquestion;whereas,further­
more,inordertoavoiddeflectionsoftrade,thecharge
shouldbefixedataflatratewhichisthesamefor
GermanyandtheBeneluxcountries;
Whereasthechargeshouldbefixedonthebasisof
thetrueexchangeratesofthecurrenciesinquestion;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforaninterim
periodbetweenthepublicationofthisRegulationand
itsentryintoforce,inordertoavoidasfaraspossible
upsettinguncompletedtransactions ;2.ForthepurposesofthisRegulation,theproduct
describedinparagraph 1comprisesanyundenatured
ethylalcoholnotaccompanied byanattestation
drawnupbytheFrenchauthoritiescertifyingthenon­
agriculturaloriginthereofwithinthemeaningofthe
Treaty.
Article2
1.TheKingdomofBelgium,theFederalRepublic
ofGermany,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgand
theKingdomoftheNetherlandsshalllevyacounter­
vailingchargeonproductsreferredtoinArticle1and
producedinFrance,whenenteredforhomeuse
unlessFranceappliesthatchargeatthetimeof
export.
2.Theratesofthecountervailing chargereferredto
inparagraph 1shallbeasstatedtheAnnextothis
Regulation .
Article3
TheCommission Decisionof30December1969on
thefixingofacountervailing chargeonimportsinto
Belgium,LuxembourgandtheNetherlandsofethyl
(')OJNoL19,26.1.1970,p.50.

10.4.76 NoL96/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
alcoholofagriculturalorigincomingfromMember
Stateshavingamonopolyisherebyrepealed.JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .Itshallcease
toapplyupontheentryintoforceofrulesrelatingto
theapplicabilitytoethylalcoholofagriculturalorigin
ofArticles92to94oftheTreaty. Article4
TheKingdomofBelgium,theFederalRepublicof
Germany,theFrenchRepublic,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlands
shallinformtheCommission ,eachforitspart,ofthe
measurestakenpursuanttothisRegulation .
Article52.TheCommissionshallkeepaconstantwatch
overthedevelopmentoftradeintheproductscovered
bythisRegulation;itshalladjusttherateofthecoun­
tervailingchargeasnecessaryinthelightofthe
factorstakenintoconsideration forthefixingthereof.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthe
fifthdayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficial
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9April1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
MemberState Rateofcharge
perhiandperdegreeofalcohol
Belgium/Luxembourg Bfrs/Lfrs7-294
FederalRepublicof
Germany DM0-475
France FF0-8748
Netherlands Fl0-503