NoL53/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No456/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
oninterimmeasuresfortheimportationintotheCommunityofwineexportedas
'CyprusSherry'originatinginandcomingfromCyprus
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN "WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
COMMUNITIES , areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheTreaty(x)concerningtheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCom­
munity,signedatBrusselson22January1972,andin
particularArticle63oftheAct(2)annexedthereto;Article1
Thecountervailing chargeprovidedforinthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle9(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No816/70shallnotbeleviedonimportsintothe
UnitedKingdomandIrelandofwineexportedas
'CyprusSherry'originatinginandcomingfrom
Cyprus.Whereastheapplication,asfrom1February1973,
bytheUnitedKingdomandIrelandofrulesforim­
portationlaiddowninCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No816/70(3)of28April1970,makingadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inwine,andinparticularthecountervailing charge
referredtoinArticle9(3)thereof,couldcauseasharp
deflectionofthetraditionalexportsofwinebyCyprus
tothemarketsoftheUnitedKingdomandIreland
as'CyprusSherry';whereassuchdeflectionisofa
naturetocauseseriousharmbothtoCyprus,acountry
towhichtheCommunity isboundbyanassociated
agreement,andtoBritishandIrishimportsofthis
product;Article2
Article1shallapplytoamaximumannualvolumeof
50000hectolitres .
Article3
WinesimportedintotheUnitedKingdomandIreland
freeofthecountervailing charge,asprovidedby
Article1,maynotbedispatchedtootherMember
States. WhereastheCommunityhassignedaprotocolwith
Cyprusprovidingfortheapplicationoftherulesfor
importationunderRegulation (EEC)No816/70tobe
deferredinthecaseoftheproductinquestion;whereas
moreovertheprovisionsofthisprotocolwillnotenter
intoforcebefore1February1973;whereasmeasures
arethereforerequiredtoensurethat,pendingtheentry
intoforceoftheinterimpreferentialrulesprovidedfor
intheabovementionedprotocol,importsintothe
UnitedKingdomandIrelandshallnotbesubjectto
rulesfortheimportationintotheCommunityofwine
fromthirdcountries;Article4
TheMemberStatesinquestionshallinformthe
Commission ,onthe16thdayofeachmonthatthe
latest,ofthequantityofwineimportedinaccordance
withthisRegulationduringtheprecedingmonth.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforce
oftherulesfortheimportintotheCommunityofthe
productreferredtoinArticle1tobeadoptedpursuant
totheagreementbetweentheRepublicofCyprusand
theCommunity ,andinparticulartheexchangeofi1)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.

16.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/13
lettersannexedtotheprotocoloncertainprovisions
bearingontheagreemeentestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprusconsequentupontheAccessionof
newMemberStatestotheCommunity ,signedon19
December1972atBrussels,andnolaterthan30April
1973.Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI