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REGULATION (EEC)No3534/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of27December 1973
introducingsubsidiesforviniculturalproductssimilartothevinicultural
productexportedas'Cyprussherry'producedintheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedandshippedtoIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1253/73(')of14May1973ontheimportationofthe
viniculturalproductexportedas'Cyprussherry'origi­
natinginandcomingfromCyprusandtheintroduc­
tionofsubsidiesforsimilarviniculturalproducts
producedintheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
andshippedtoIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,and
inparticularArticle5thereof;
WhereasArticle4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1253/73
providesforsubsidiesonCommunityvinicultural
productssimilartotheviniculturalproductexported
as'Cyprussherry'shippedtoIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom ;whereasthecharacteristics ofthisproduct
canberegardedascomparablewiththoseofliqueur
wines,otherthanqualitywinespsr,producedinthe
Community ;
WhereasthecriterialaiddowninArticle4(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1253/73,wherebythesubsidyon
Communityproductsiscalculatedonthebasisofthe
differencebetweenthepriceoftheseCommunity
productsandthepriceofviniculturalproducts
exportedas'Cyprussherry'ontheBritishandIrish
markets,leadstothesubsidybeingfixedat24unitsof
accountperhectolitre ;
Whereas,sincethesubsidyislimitedtoshipmentsto
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,abanmustbe
placedonthere-shipmenttootherMemberStatesor
theexportationtothirdcountriesofvinicultural
productswhichhavebenefitedfromthesubsidy
unlessanamountequaltothesubsidypaidisre­
funded;
Whereasaconditionforpaymentofthesubsidyis
thattheconsignorprovidesproofthattheproducthas
beenreleasedforhomeconsumption ;whereasthis
proofcouldbeprovidedbythestampofthecustoms
authoritiesofthetwocountriesconcerned ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforWine,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theviniculturalproductselegibleforthesubsidy
providedforbyArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No
1253/73shallbeliqueurwinesproducedinthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted ,withtheexcep­
tionofqualityliqueurwinesproducedinspecified
regions.
Article2
ThesubsidyprovidedforbyArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1253/72isherebyfixedat24unitsof
accountperhectolitre.
Article3
1.Thesubsidyshallbegrantedtoconsignorsin
theMemberStatesoftheCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,inthemannerspecifiedinArticle4.
2.Thesubsidyshallbegrantedforproductsin
respectofwhichcustomsshipmentformalitieswere
completedbetween 1February1973and31
December 1973.
3.Thedayonwhichcustomsshipmentformalities
arecompletedshallbethedayonwhichthedeclarant
notifiedthecustomsauthoritiesofhisintentionto
shipaproductofthekindspecifiedinArticle 1to
IrelandortheUnitedKingdom.
Article4
Toobtainpaymentofthesubsidy,theconsignormust
presenttothecompetentauthoritiesoftheMember
Statesinwhichtheconsignmentoriginates,withinsix
monthsofthisRegulationcomingintoforce,anappli­
cationforsubsidyaccompanied by:
—acopyoftheaccompanying documentprovided
byRegulation (EEC)No1769/72or,ifthisisnot
available,acopyoftheappropriatedocuments
specifiedbytheMemberStatesconcerned,and
—prooffromtheBritishorIrishcustomsauthorities
thattheviniculturalproductsinquestionhave
beenreleasedforhomeconsumption inthe
consigneeMemberState. (')OJ.NoL133,21.5.1973,p.115.

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Article5
Viniculturalproductswhichhavebenefitedfromthe
subsidyprovidedforinArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No1253/73shallnotbere-shippedtootherMember
Statesorexportedtothirdcountriesunlessanamount
equaltothesubsidypaidisrefunded.
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomshalltransfertothe
EAGGFsumsrefundedinaccordancewiththefirst
paragraph .ThesetwoMemberStatesshalladoptthemeasures
necessaryfortheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthis
ArticleandshallnotifythemtotheCommission .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission