26.7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL195/33
REGULATION (EEC)No1924/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of25July1975
amendingforthesixthtimeRegulation (EEC)No2223/70waivingthecounter­
vailingchargeonimportsofcertainwinesoriginatinginandcomingfrom
certainthirdcountries
WhereasthesaidCommission undertakestocommu­
nicateregularlytotheCommissiondetailsofexports
ofwinetotheCommunityandtoenabletheCommis­
siontoexercisecontinuoussupervisionovertheeffec­
tivenessofthemeasurestaken;
Whereasquestionsrelatingtotheobservanceofthe
guaranteegivenbytheRepublicofCyprushavebeen
discussedindetailwiththeresponsibleauthoritiesof
thelatter;whereasfollowingthesediscussionsitmay
beassumedthatthesaidRepublicofCyprusisina
positiontoabidebyitsguarantee;whereasthereare
accordinglypropergroundsforwaivingthecounter­
vailingchargeonimportsofwineoriginatinginand
comingfromtheRepublicofCyprus;whereasan
appropriateadditionshouldthereforebemadeto
CommissionRegulationNo2223/70(3)waivingthe
countervailing chargeonimportsofcertainwinesorig­
inatinginandcomingfromcertainthirdcountries,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2470/73(4);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforwine,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/70(J)of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
678/75(2),andinparticularArticle9(6)thereof;
Whereasthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle9(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No816/70providesthatwherethe
free-at-frontier offerpriceforawine,pluscustoms
duties,islowerthanthereferencepriceforthatwine,
acountervailing chargeequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthefree-at-frontier
offerpricepluscustomsdutiesistobeleviedon
importsofthatwineandofwinesinthesamecate­
gory;
Whereas,however,thatcountervailing chargeisnotto
beleviedasregardsthirdcountrieswhichareprepared
andinapositiontoguaranteethatthepricefor
importsofproductsoriginatinginandcomingfrom
theirterritorywillnotbelowerthanthereference
pricelesscustomsdutiesandthatanydeflectionof
tradewillbeavoided:
WhereastheRepublicofCyprushasindicateditsread­
inesstoprovidesuchaguaranteeinrespectofthe
exportationofcertainwinestotheCommunity ;
Whereasitistheresponsibility oftheVineProducts
Commissiontoensurethattheguaranteeisobserved;
whereasthesaidCommissionwillpermitexportation
ofthewinesconcernedonlyincaseswhereitisesta­
blishedthatthefree-at-Community frontieroffer
priceisnotlowerthanthereferencepricelessthe
amountofthecustomsdutiesapplicableatthetime
inquestion;
WhereasthesaidCommissionwillseetoitthatany
deflectionoftradeisavoided;whereastothatendit
willtakeallnecessarystepstoensurethatnoactionis
takenwhichmightresultindirectlyinpriceslower
thanthereferencepricelesscustomsduties,suchas
thetakingoverofmarketingcosts,theconclusionof
arrangements linkingtheexportationsconcernedto
othertransactions ,oranymeasureshavingequivalent
effect;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No2223/70isamended
bytheadditionofthefollowingsubparagraph :
'4.originatinginandcomingfrom
—theRepublicofCyprus
(a)redwine,includingrosewine,
(b)whitewineotherthanthatofferedbearing
onimportationthenameRieslingor
Sylvaner,
(c)liqueurwineotherthanthatknownas
"CyprusSherry",
(d)winefortifiedfordistillation.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1September1975.
(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.20.
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.43.(})OJNoL241,4.11.1970,p.3.
(4)OJNoL255,12.9.1973,p.12.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission