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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)70final.
Brussels,18March1977*
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION' (ESC)
concerningtheimportofcertainwineproducts
originatinginGreece.»>
,<
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COK(77)70final.

VI/422/77-E
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
VariousGreekwineproductsarecurrentlyimportedinto
theCommunityunderpreferential conditionswhicharenotidenticalin
allMemberStates(seeannex).
On28April1977"theperiodof2yearsfollowingthede­
clarationofharoonisation expires(art.36paragraph1oftheAgree­
ment).OnthisdatetheobligationfortheCommunitytomaintainthe
importregimeofProtocol14oftheAthensAgreementinthesixorigi­
nalmembersoftheCommunityceases.
UponthesamedateregulationNo124/77»whichprovides
fortheimportregimeintothe"Three",expires.
Workuponthedevelopmentofharmonisation ofwinepoli­
cies"betweenGreeceandtheCommunityisatanadvancedstage "butitis
•unlikelythatitwillbeconcludedintimefortheCouncilofAssocia­
tiondecisionupontheregimetotakeoverfromtheexistingsystems,
thatexpireon28April1977»tobecomeeffectivefromthisdate.
Toavoidaninterruption intradeitisproposedthat,-
whilstawaitingthedecisionoftheCouncilofAssociation ,acommon
importregimeforthenineMemberStatesbeadoptedtobeapplicable
from29April1977untilthedecisionoftheCouncilofAssociation
entersintoforce.
Theregimetakesaocountofthevariousinterestsinvol­
vedandthetraditionalpatternsoftrade.

VI/422/77-E
Annex:Preferential regimescurrently
applieduponwinesoriginatinginGreece
Importing
country |
lRegime
Bénélux Dutyfree
France-qualitywines507°OCT
quota7*000hi,p.a.
-Samos«mes.dutyfree
Italyqualitywines50$CCT
quota4*700hi.p.a.
Germany-Winesforprocessing,duty
free,quota228.700hi.p.a.
-Winesnotforprocessing,
dutyfree
quota78*000hl.p.a.
Denmark
Irland
U.-K.500hl.p.a,)
)atintrarate
500hi.p.a.)ofdutyof
)1.1.1975
6.000hl.p.a.)

VI/422/77-E
Proposalfora
£OUNÇIL_REGyLAJION_(EEÇ)_No /77
OF
concerningtheimportofcertainwineproducts
originating inGreece
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommuni­
ty,andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament (1),
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol14oftheAgreementestablishing an
Association betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andGreece(2)the
Communityappliesspecifictariffandquotaarrangements fortheimport
ofcertainwineproductsintotheCommunity asoriginallyconstituted ;
whereasArticle6oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andGreececonsequent ontheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theCommunity (3)providesfortariffquotasvaliduntil31December1976
withrespecttotheseMemberStates;whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No124/77of18January1977concerning theimportofcertainwineproducts
originating inGreeceintothethree\Member States(4)providesthatmea­
suressimilartothoseinArticle6ofthesaidInterimAgreementshall
applyuntil28April1977inthenewMemberStates;
Whereasthesespecifictariffandquotaarrangements currentlyappliedin
thedifferent MemberStateswillbereplacedbytheuniformrulesofthe
commonorganization ofthemarketforwineproductsfrom29April1977,the
Communityhavingdeclaredon28April1975,inaccordancewithArticle35
ofthesaidAssociation Agreement,thatthebasicprovisionsforimplementing
theCommonAgricultural Policyhavebeenlaiddownfortheproductsinquestion
1)
2)OJNo26,18.2.1963,p.294/63
3)OJNoL123,15.5.1975,p.2
4)OJNoL21,25.1.1977,p.1

V1/422/77-E
WhereasworkpreparatorytothedecisionprovidedforinArticle35ofthe
saidAgreementisstillinprogressandtheCouncilofAssociation hasnot
yet,underArticle36(1)thereof,determinedthearrangements toapplyto
theproductsinquestionafter28April1977;
Whereas,pendingthedecisionoftheCouncilofAssociation underArticle
35orArticle36(1)ofthesaidAgreement,andinordertoavoidanydis­
turbanceintheexportoftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginGreece
totheCommunity,itisnecessarytoestablishfortheseproductsspecial
importarrangements ;
Whereasthisinterimarrangement,whichmustbeuniformforthewhole
Community,mustnotjeopardisetheprotectionoftheCommunitymarket
affordedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No816/70of28April1970laying
downadditionalprovisionsforthecommonorganization ofthemarketin
wine(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No/(6);whereas
thetotalsuspensionoftheCommonCustomsTariffduties,subjecttothe
observanceofthereferenceprice,wouldachievethispurpose;
Whereas,toensurethatthearrangements operateproperly,itisnecessa­
rytoextendtotheseimportations someoftheprovisionsofCouncilRe­
gulation(EEC)No2506/75of29September1975layingdownspecialrules
fortheimportation ofproductsinthewine-growing sectororiginating
incertainthirdcountries(7),
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
5)0JNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1
6)0JNoL
7)OUNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2

-3- VI/422/77-E
Article 1
ImportsintotheCommunityofwineoffreshgrapesandofgrape
mustwithfermentation arrestedbytheadditionofalcoholfallingwithin
heading22.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginGreeceshallbe
exemptfromcustomsdutiesforthequantitiesthatobservethereference
price.
Article2
Forthepurposesofthearrangements providedforinArticle1,
Articles 1,2,3(1)and(2)and5ofRegulation (EEC)No2506/75asre­
gardspreferentialtariffconcessionsshallapplymutatismutandisand
thefree-at-frontierreferencepriceshallbeforthepurposesofthis
Regulation,thereferencepricereferredtoinArticle9ofRegulation
(EEC)816/70lessthecountervailing chargeactuallylevied.
Article3
Intheeventoftransitional measuresbeingnecessarytofacili­
tatetheintroduction ofthearrangements providedforbythisRegulation,
suchmeasuresshallbelaiddowninaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle7ofRegulation 24ontheprogressive establishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinwine(8),aslastamendedbytheCoun­
cilDecisionof1January1973adjustingthedocumentsconcerningtheac­
cessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanCommunities (9).Theyshall
remainapplicableuntil1July1977atthelatest.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29April1977.
e
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil,
ThePresident.
8)0JNo30,20.4.1963,p.989/62
9)0JNoL2,1.1.1973,p.1

FINANCIAL 8TATIMINT
DATEi8.2.1977
1.BUXCLTLINSCOHCEIUJED1chapter12
2.ACTION1.DraftproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)concerningtheimport
ofcertainwineproductsoriginatinginGreeoe.
3.LEGALBASIS»Article43oftheTreaty
4.OBJECTIVESsSettingupofaprovisionalimportregimeforcertainwineproducts
fromGreece.
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
–CHARGEDTOTHEECBUDGET
(RQUHIS/INTERVENTIOI.'S)
-CHARGEDTONATIONALADMINISTR.
–CHARGEDTOOTHERNATIONALCRCUPS
5.1RECEIPTS"
-OVTORESOURCES ORT!!SEC
CUSTOMSDUTIES)
-NATIONALFORTHEMARKETING YEAR
ICURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
£1 :FOLLOWINGFINANCIALYEARI
() 8
-6,0MioU.A.-4,0MioU.A.
YEAR YEAR YEAR
5.0.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFRECEIPTS(L)
5.2METHODOFCALCULATIONNonapplication ofcustomsduties.
Quantity400.000hi.
Averageduty15tf.A./hl.
Periodofapplication 1977sfrom29»4«1977
6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEKITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTER0?CURRENTBUDGET? YES/MC
rasxKX
6.3CREDITSTOBEWRITTENINTOFUTUREBUDGETS?(DIECXKX
c.CENTS»Thefinancialimplicationsoftheprovisionalregimeforthefollowing
periodsdependsuponthedecisionoftheEEC-GreeceAssociation Coun­
cildecisionregardingthecontractural regime.