NoL327/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.11.76
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2842/76
of23November 1976
amendingAnnexIVtoRegulation (EEC)No816/70layingdownadditionalpro­
visionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarketinwine,andtheCommon
CustomsTariff,asregardstheexchangerateapplicabletocustomsdutieson
certainwines
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(!),
WhereasGeneralRuleC3inSection 1ofPart1of
theAnnextoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No950/68of
28June1968ontheCommonCustomsTariff(2),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2829/76(3),
providesthattheunitofaccountbyreferenceto
whichcertainspecificcustomsdutiesareexpressedor
thescopeofcertainheadingsorsubheadings is
definedhasavalueof0-88867088grammeoffine
gold;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo129onthevalueof
theunitofaccountandtheexchangeratestobe
appliedforthepurposesofthecommonagricultural
policy(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2543/73(5),allowsmeasurestobetakenwhichdero­
gatefromtheprincipleofaparvaluefortheconver­
sionofonecurrencyintoanother;whereasrepresenta­
tiverateshavebeenadoptedintheagriculturalsector
undertheseprovisions ;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1167/76,byamending
AnnexIVtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No816/70of
28April1970layingdownadditionalprovisionsfor
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinwine(6),
andtheCommonCustomsTariff,providedthatnotwithstanding theabovementioned GeneralRuleC
3therepresentative rateapplicableinrespectof
certainwinesmustbeusedwhenconvertingthe
customsdutiesfixedinunitsofaccountintonational
currencies ;whereasinrespectofotherwinesGeneral
RuleC3remainsapplicable ;
Whereasapplicationoftwodifferentexchangeratesin
respectofwinesfallingwithinsubheading22.05Cof
theCommonCustomsTariffmayleadtodistortionin
competitionbetweenimportedwines;whereasthis
situationshouldberemediedasamatterofurgency;
whereasthiscouldbedonebyusingthesame
exchangerateforsuchwineswhenconvertingthe
customsdutiesexpressedinunitsofaccountinto
nationalcurrencies;whereasinthiscasetheexchange
ratefixedinaccordancewithRegulationNo129
shouldbeused;
WhereasAnnexIVtoRegulation (EEC)No816/70,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2829/76,
amendstheCommonCustomsTariff,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InAnnexIVtoRegulation (EEC)No816/70thetable
concerningsubheadings22.05CIIIand22.05CIV
shallbereplacedbythetableintheAnnextothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16
December1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE
(')Opiniondeliveredon19November1976(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL172,22.7.1968,p.1.
(3)OJNoL326,25.11.1976,p.1.
(4)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(5)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.
(6)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.

26.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL327/3
ANNEX
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
Autonomous
%
orlevy
(L)Conventional
%
1 2 4
22.05 C.Other:
I.andII.(unchanged)
III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15°butnotexceeding18°,
incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
1.Port,Madeira,sherry,Tokay(AszuandSzamorodni )andSetubal
muscatel(b)15u.a. 13-5u.a.
perhi(c)perhi(c)
2.Other 17u.a. —
perhi(a)(c)
b)Morethantwolitres:
1.Port,Madeira,sherryandSetubalmuscatel(b) 12u.a. 11u.a.
perhi(c)perhi(c)
2.Tokay(AszuandSzamorodni )(b) 12u.a. —
perhi(c)
3.Other 14u.a. —
perhi(a)(c)
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°butnotexceeding22°,
incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
1.Port,Madeira,sherry,Tokay(AszuandSzamorodni )andSetubal
muscatel(b) 16u.a.14-5u.a.
perhi(c)perhi(c)
2.Other 19u.a. 19u.a.
perhi(a)(c)perhi(c)
b)Morethantwolitres:
1.Port,Madeira,sherryandSetubalmuscatel(b)13u.a. 12u.a.
perhi(c)perhi(c)
2.Tokay(AszuandSzamorodni )(b)13u.a. —
perhi(c)
3.Other 19u.a. 19u.a.
perhi(a)(c)perhi(c)
V.(unchanged)
(a)Incertainconditionsacountervailing taxisprovidedforinrespectofcertainproductsinadditiontothecustomsduty.
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities .
(c)Theexchangeratetobeappliedinconvertingintonationalcurrenciestheunitofaccountinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressedshall,notwithstanding GeneralRuleC
3containedinPartI,Section 1,betherepresentative rateapplicabletowine,ifsucharateisfixedpursuanttoCouncilRegulationNo12^onthevalueoftheunitof
accountandtheexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthecommonagriculturalpolicy(OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.25^3/62).