NoL58/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.3.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No441/77
of2March1977
amendingforthethirdtimeRegulation (EEC)No851/76fixingacountervailing
chargeonimportsintoBelgium,Germany,LuxembourgandtheNetherlandsof
ethylalcoholofagriculturaloriginproducedinFrance
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle46
thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No851/76of
9April1976fixingacountervailing chargeon
importsintoBelgium,Germany,Luxembourgandthe
Netherlands ofethylalcoholofagriculturalorigin
producedinFrance('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1987/76(2),introducedacountervailing
chargewhichisappliedwhenthealcoholisentered
forhomeuseinthefourimportingcountries
concerned,unlessFranceappliesthechargeatthe
timeofexport;whereasthepurposeoftheRegulation
istoeasethedifficultiesresultingfromtheaid
grantedbyFranceforexportsofalcohol;
WhereasunderArticle5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
851/76theCommissionkeepsaconstantwatchover
thedevelopment oftradeintheproductsinquestion
andadjuststherateofthecountervailing chargeas
necessaryinthelightofthefactorstakenintoconsid­
erationforthefixingthereof;
Whereas,sinceRegulation (EEC)No851/76waslast
amended,monetaryeventshavemadeitnecessaryto
adjusttherateofthecountervailing charge;
WhereasalcoholproducedfromcerealsinFranceis
soldforexportatahigherpricethanthatofother
exportedalcohol;whereasinthecircumstances a
reducedcountervailing chargeshouldbeappliedto
thisproduct;whereastoensurethatthesystemintro­
ducedbyRegulation (EEC)No851/76isproperly
applied,provisionsshouldbemadeforFrancetointro­
ducesuitablecontrolmeasurestobeappliedatthe
timeofthemanufactureanddispatchofthealcohol
concerned ,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingparagraph3isherebyaddedtoArticle
2ofRegulation (EEC)No851/76:
'3.ThecompetentFrenchauthoritiesshalltake
thenecessarymeasurestocontrolthemanufacture
anddispatchofethylalcoholobtainedfrom
cerealsandshallinformtheCommission and
otherMemberStatesthereof,theauthoritiesshall
inparticularensurethatthewords"alcool
ethyliqueobtenuapartirdecereales"(ethyl
alcoholobtainedfromcereals)togetherwiththe
tariffsubheadingex22.08Borex22.09AII,as
appropriate,areenteredinthespace"description
ofgoods"ofthedocumentwhichcertifiesthe
Communityoriginoftheproductandthatthese
particularsareauthenticated bythestampofthe
Frenchcustomsofficeissuingthesaiddocument .
Thereducedcountervailing chargeonethyl
alcoholobtainedfromcerealsshallbe-appliedy-in
theMemberStatewhereitisenteredforhomeuse
referredtoinparagraph 1,onlyonpresentationof
thedocumentreferredtointheprevioussubpara­
graphbearingtheabovementioned endorsements .'
Article2
TheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No851/76ishereby
replacedbytheAnnexhereto.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2March1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL96,10.4.1976,p.41.
(2)OJNoL218,11.8.1976,p.8.

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ANNEX
Rateotchargeperhiandperdegreeofalcohol
MemberState­
Ethylalcohol
obtainedtromcerealsOtheralcohol
ofagriculturalorigin
Belgium/Luxembourg Bfrs/LfrsM127 Bfrs/Lfrs6-393
Germany DM0-0724 DM0-4162
France FF0-1513 FF0-8693
Netherlands FL0-0755 Fl0-4341