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( 1 ) OJ NO C 196 , 3 . 8 . 1979 , P . 5 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 266 , 22 . 10 . 1979 , P . 51 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 84 , 4 . 4 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 172 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 111 , 4 . 5 . 1979 , P . 14 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 162 , 30 . 6 . 1979 , P . 28 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2384/79

OF 29 OCTOBER 1979

AMENDING BOTH THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IN RESPECT OF WINES AND ANNEX V TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 652/79 OF 29 MARCH 1979 ON THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM ON THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 3 ) PROVIDES THAT AMOUNTS FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN ECU ; WHEREAS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES FOR WINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ARE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMON PRICE LEVEL FOR IMPORTED WINES ; WHEREAS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE EXPRESSED IN ECU AND THE EXCHANGE RATE TO BE APPLIED FOR CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCY SHOULD BE THAT APPLICABLE UNDER THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ; WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 OF 28 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 882/79 ( 5 ), SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE AMENDED ; WHEREAS THE CONVERSION INTO ECU OF THE UNITS OF ACCOUNT IN WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ARE FIXED SHOULD BE EFFECTED BY MEANS OF A COEFFICIENT OF 1.208953 ; WHEREAS , FOR PRACTICAL REASONS , THE RESULT OBTAINED SHOULD BE ROUNDED OFF ;

WHEREAS ANNEX V TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 6 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1303/79 ( 7 ), AMENDS THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

SUBHEADING 22.05 C OF BOTH THE ANNEX HEADED ' COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ' TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 AND ANNEX V TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

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// // RATE OF DUTY //

//

' HEADING NUMBER // DESCRIPTION // AUTONOMOUS % OR LEVY ( L ) // CONVENTIONAL % //

//

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 //

//

22.05 // WINE OF FRESH GRAPES ; GRAPE MUST WITH FERMENTATION ARRESTED BY THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL : //

// C . OTHER : //

// I . OF AN ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME NOT EXCEEDING 13 % VOL , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING : //

// A ) TWO LITRES OR LESS // 14.5 ECU // - //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) //

// B ) MORE THAN TWO LITRES // 10.9 ECU // 10.9 ECU //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) // PER HL ( B ) //

( A ) IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS A COUNTERVAILING TAX IS PROVIDED FOR IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS IN ADDITION TO THE CUSTOMS DUTY .

( B ) THE EXCHANGE RATE TO BE APPLIED IN CONVERTING INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES THE ECU IN WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTY IS EXPRESSED SHALL , NOTWITHSTANDING GENERAL RULE C3 CONTAINED IN PART I , SECTION I , BE THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE APPLICABLE TO WINE , IF SUCH A RATE IS FIXED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY .

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// //

// // RATE OF DUTY //

//

HEADING NUMBER // DESCRIPTION // AUTONOMOUS % OR LEVY ( L ) // CONVENTIONAL % //

//

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 //

//

22.05 ( CONT ' D ) // II . OF AN ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDING 13 % VOL BUT NOT EXCEEDING 15 % VOL , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING : //

// A ) TWO LITRES OR LESS // 16.9 ECU // - //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) //

// B ) MORE THAN TWO LITRES // 13.3 ECU // 13.3 ECU //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) // PER HL ( B ) //

// III . OF AN ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDING 15 % VOL BUT NOT EXCEEDING 18 % VOL , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING : //

// A ) TWO LITRES OR LESS : //

// 1 . PORT , MADEIRA , SHERRY , TOKAY ( ASZU AND SZAMORODNI ) AND SETUBAL MUSCATEL ( C ) // 18.1 ECU PER HL ( B ) // 16.3 ECU PER HL ( B ) //

// 2 . OTHER // 20.6 ECU // - //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) //

// B ) MORE THAN TWO LITRES : //

// 1 . PORT , MADEIRA , SHERRY AND SETUBAL MUSCATEL ( C ) // 14.5 ECU PER HL ( B ) // 13.3 ECU PER HL ( B ) //

// 2 . TOKAY ( ASZU AND SZAMORODNI ) ( C ) // 14.5 ECU PER HL ( B ) // - //

// 3 . OTHER // 16.9 ECU // - //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) //

// IV . OF AN ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDING 18 % VOL BUT NOT EXCEEDING 22 % VOL , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING : //

// A ) TWO LITRES OR LESS : //

// 1 . PORT , MADEIRA , SHERRY , TOKAY ( ASZU AND SZAMORODNI ) AND SETUBAL MUSCATEL ( C ) // 19.3 ECU PER HL ( B ) // 17.5 ECU PER HL ( B ) //

// 2 . OTHER // 23 ECU // 23 ECU //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) // PER HL ( B ) //

// B ) MORE THAN TWO LITRES : //

// 1 . PORT , MADEIRA , SHERRY AND SETUBAL MUSCATEL ( C ) // 15.7 ECU PER HL ( B ) // 14.5 ECU PER HL ( B ) //

// 2 . TOKAY ( ASZU AND SZAMORODNI ) ( C ) // 15.7 ECU PER HL ( B ) // - //

// 3 . OTHER // 23 ECU // 23 ECU //

// // PER HL ( A ) ( B ) // PER HL ( B ) //

// V . OF AN ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDING 22 % VOL , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING : //

// A ) TWO LITRES OR LESS // 1.93 ECU PER HL AND PER % VOL + 12.1 ECU PER HL ( A ) ( B ) // - //

// B ) MORE THAN TWO LITRES // 1.93 ECU PER HL AND PER % VOL ( A ) ( B ) // - //

( A ) IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS A COUNTERVAILING TAX IS PROVIDED FOR IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS IN ADDITION TO THE CUSTOMS DUTY .

( B ) THE EXCHANGE RATE TO BE APPLIED IN CONVERTING INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES THE ECU IN WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTY IS EXPRESSED SHALL , NOTWITHSTANDING GENERAL RULE C3 CONTAINED IN PART I , SECTION I , BE THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE APPLICABLE TO WINE , IF SUCH A RATE IS FIXED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY .

( C ) ENTRY UNDER THIS SUBHEADING IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 16 DECEMBER 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 29 OCTOBER 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

B . LENIHAN