17.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL196/19
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of7June1973
authorizingtheFederalRepublicofGermany,theItalianRepublicandthe
FrenchRepublictoapplyprotectivemeasuresintradewithintheCommunityin
winesfallingwithinCommonCustomsTariffheadingNo22.05Ccomingfrom
Greece
(OnlytheGerman,ItalianandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(73/197/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof;
HavingregardtotheapplicationsmadebytheFederal
RepublicofGermany,theItalianRepublicandthe
FrenchRepublicon2April,14Apriland17April
1973respectivelyforauthorizationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreatytoapplyprotective
measuresinintra-Community tradeinwinescoming
fromGreeceandputintofreecirculationinanother
MemberState;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No816/70(!)layingdown
additionalprovisionsforthecommonorganizationof
themarketinwineliberalizedimportsofthese
productsfromthirdcountriesandprovidedfortheir
freemovementwithintheCommunity ;
Whereas,however,inaccordancewiththeAgreement
creatinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandGreece,andinparticular
withProtocolNo14thereof,theMemberStatesareto
applydifferentcustomsdutiestowinesimportedfrom
Greece;whereasalthoughthesewinesareimported
duty-freeintotheBeneluxcountries,andarenotsubjecttoquantitativerestrictionsintheother
MemberStatestheyaregenerallysubjecttocustoms
dutiesor,asthecasemaybe,totariffquotasat
reducedorzeroduties,varyingfromoneMember
Statetoanother;
Whereasthesetariffdivergenciescausedeflectionsof
tradewhich,iftheycontinue,arelikelytohinderthe
implementation oftariffmeasuresappliedbythe
MemberStatesinrespectofGreece;
Whereasitisnotpossibleinpresentcircumstances
fortheMemberStatestointroducemethodsofcooper­
ationsuchaswouldobviatetheneedforprotective
measures ;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermany,theItalian
RepublicandtheFrenchRepublicshouldtherefore
beauthorizedtemporarilytotakethenecessaryprotec­
tivemeasures;
Whereasthesemeasuresmayconsistoflevyingan
additionalimportcharge,designedtooffsetpresent
tariffdivergencies ,whiletakingaccountofthetariff
quotasopenedinfavourofGreece;
WhereastheperiodofvalidityofthisDecisionshould
endupontheentryintoforceofacommontariff
arrangementforimportsoftherelevantproductsfrom
Greece,andinanyeventnotlaterthan31October
1973; (!)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.

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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1naturalstateoraftervinification,theFederalRepublic
ofGermanymaynotlevythechargeunlesstotal
importsofthosewinesdirectfromGreeceorpassing
throughanotherMemberStatehave,overtheperiod
from1November1972to31October1973,reached
228500hi.
Article3TheFederalRepublicofGermany,theItalianRepub­
licandtheFrenchRepublicareauthorizedtolevy,on
importsofwinesfallingwithinheadingNo22.05Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff,comingfromGreece
andputintofreecirculationinanotherMemberState,
acountervailing chargeofanamountnotexceeding
thedifferencebetweenthecustomsdutieswhichthey
applytoimportsofthewineinquestioncoming
directfromGreeceandthecustomsdutieswhichwere
leviedonthesamewinewhenitwasreleasedforfree
circulationintheCommunity .TherelevantMemberStatesshallwithoutdelay
informtheCommission ofthemeasurestakenunder
thisDecision.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallbeapplicableonlyuntilthe
commontariffarrangementforimportsofwinefrom
Greeceentersintoforce,andshallnotapplyafter31
October1973.Article2
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany,theItalianRepublicandtheFrench
Republic.
DoneatBrussels,7June19731.Forwinesinrespectofwhichtherelevant
MemberStatehasopenedtariffquotasunderProtocol
No14totheAgreementcreatinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Greece,anduntiltherelevanttariffquotaisusedup
byimportsdirectfromGreeceorpassingthrough
anotherMemberState,thechargeprovidedforin
Article1shallbecalculatedonthecustomdutyappli­
cableintherelevantMemberStateonthattariff
quota.
2.However,forwineswhicharetobeusedfor
preparingvermouth,formakingvinegar,fordistilla­
tionorforcoupage(industrialwines),importedintheFortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI