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COM(81)752 final
Brussels,8December1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
extendingtheperiodofapplication ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3310/75onagriculture intheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
•'-"Y
(submittedtotheCouncillbytheCommission )
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C0MC81)752final

GjvaÏÇ'L.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)no541/70of20March1970
laysdownthat
"Theprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle 1(1)ofthe
ProtocolontheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgshallremainapplicable
untilfullharmonization ofspecificdutiesonwineintheCommu­
nityisachieved.
t
Ifsuchharmonization ispotachieved# andinanyeventnotlater
than31December1973#theCouncilshall#actingbyaqualified
majorityonaproposalfromtheCommission# decidetowhatextent
theseprovisions mustberetained# amendedorabolished."
Eachyearsince1973theCouncilhasdecidedtoextendbyoneyearthe
provisionsofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle 1(1)oftheProtocol
ontheGrand.DuchyofLuxembourg# whileensuringthat#pntheoccasion
ofanyincreaseinexcisedutiesonwineintheBenelij?<countries#the
resultantadvantageforLuxembourg winescoveredbytheProtocolrefer­
redtoaboveisnotincreased.CouncilRegulation (EEC)no3310/75takes
2)accountofthispreoccupation .ThatRegulation waslastextendedby
3)CouncilRegulation (EEC)no3451/80of22December1980upto31Decem­
ber1981.
2.Asharmonization ofexcisedutiesasproposedbytheCommissionisnot
likelytobeachievedby31December1981andasthesystemhasnotsig­
nificantly handicapped freecirculation ofwinesfromotheroriginswith­
intheBeneluxcountries#itisproposedthattheexceptional arrange­
mentsreferredtointhesecondsubparagraph ofArticle 1(1)ofthePro­
tocolbeextendeduntil31December1982#whilemaintaining theprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulation (EEC)no3310/75of16December1975referred
toabove.
1)OJnoL68#25.03.1970# p.3
2)OJnoL328#20.12.1975# p.12
3)OJnoL360#31.12.1980# p.13

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
extendingtheperiodofapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3310/75onagriculture
intheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
THKCOUNCILOFTHFEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheProtocolontheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgannexedthereto,
HavingregardtoCouni.ilRegulation (EEC)No541/70
ut20March1970onagricultureintheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ('),
ILivingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3310/75
of16December1975onagricultureintheGrandDuchy
otLuxembourg (:),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No3451/8CX'1),andinparticularArticles1and2
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
\Xhereas,underthesecondsubparagraphofArticle1(1)
ottheProtocolontheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg ,
KelgiumandtheNetherlandsaretoapplythesystem
providedforinthethirdparagraphofArticle6ofthe
ConventionontheEconomicUnionofBelgiumand
Luxembourgof25July1921;whereastheperiodof
applicationofthissystemwaslastextendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3451/80'mtil,suchtimeasfull
harmonization ofspcciticdutiesonwineinthe
Communityisachieved,butnotbeyond31December1981Jwhereas,however,theCouncilhastodecideto
wh.itextenttheseprovisionsshouldberetained,
amendedordiscontinued ;
Whereasatthepresenttimethe'harmonization of
specificdutiesonwineintheCommunityhasnotbeen
achieved;whereastheapplicationofthesaidsystemin
favourofLuxembourgwineswillcontinuetobeof
benefittotheagriculturalincomeoftheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg inthesectorconcerned;
Whereashavingregardtotheotherreasonssetoutir.
Regulations (EEC)No541/70and(EEC!;No3310/75,
theperiodofapplicationofthelatterRegulationshould
beextended,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
InthefirstparagraphofArticle2ofRegulation(KEC)
No3310/75,'31December19811isreplacedby
'31December19821.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1981.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(')OJN<>L68,25.3.1V70,p.3.I
(5)OJNoL.Î28,20.12.I^7S,p.12.
C3>0JNoL360,31.12.1980,p.13