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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
oCOM(75)651 final
Brussels .10December 1975
Proposai for a
COUNC ILREGULATION ^ !
r ■ I . .
extending until 30June 1976 Regulation (EEC )
No3576/73onimports ofwine , ;
products exported under thelabel of"Cyprus
!
sherry "originating inand coming from Cyprus ,
and the introduction ofsubsidies for similar ,
wine products produced intheCommunity as
originally constituted andexported toIreland
and theUnited Kingdom
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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BXPLAHAÏORY I-SiiC£ïAl ]D'Jj-i
iiieexchangeoflettersoflyDecember 1972annexedtotheProtocollayin:;
downcertainprovisions oftheAgreement establishing ;anAssociation "boivroan
theEuropean Economic Community andthoRepublicofCyprusconsequent onthe
Accession ofthenewIJcmberStatestotheEJJCandconcerning' thoregimeapplied
uponimportsintothoCommunity ofthewineknownas"Cyprussherry",provided
certainobligations bothfortheConnnmity andfortheRepublicofCyprus.In
accordance withtheseobligations ,thoRepublicofCyprushasadopted,on
1Septcnber 1973,awinelegislation corresponding tothatoftheCommunity .
andwhichhasbeenappliedfrom1January1975•
Onitspart,thoCommunity suspended ,until1January1975"theapplication of
compensatory taxesuponthistypeofwineforanannualvolumeof200.000hi.
InadditiontheCo.mmunity ,byregulation L~o3258/74ofIPDecember 1974extended
thissuspension until31December 1975tocover,asprovidedforintheexchange
ofletters,themarketing ofthe1974harvest.
Oil20October1974»theCommission senttotheCouncilproposals foradefinitive
regimeforimportintotheCommunity oftheproductinquestion aimedattaking
overthetransitory regimeindicated previously .Inspiteoftheprogress with
thismatterwithintheCouncilorgansitappearsnonetheless impossible thatthe
newregimecouldenterintoforcefrom1January197^*
Inviewofthissituationitappearsopportune toarrangeforafurtherextension
forsixmonths,ofthecurrenttransitory regime.
Thisextension ,providedforbytheregulation inthisproposal ,iswithinthe
contextoftheaforementioned exchange oflettersandisjustified bythefact
thattheproductharvested in1974hasnotbeencompletely marketed during1975
duenotablytothoageing :required bypartofthowineunderconsideration .

PPuOPOoAL VORA
COUiîCILREGULAT!OIT(ïïSÇ)No/f5
of
extendinguntil30June1976Régulation (EEC)No357^/73-oïl
imports .ofthewineproductexported underthelabelof"Cyprus
sherry"originating inand-coiningfromCyprus,andtheintroduction
ofsubsidies forsimilarwineproducts producedinthe.Community as
originally constituted andexportedtoIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,
TIECOUNCIL OPHIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean Parliament ;
VfhereasRegulation (EEC)No1253/73asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)Mb357^/73
thetermofvalidityofwhichwasextendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3298/74,
introduced arrangements forimportsofthewineproductexported underthelabel
of"CyprusSherry",originating inandcomingfromCyprus,andprovidedfor.
subsidies forsimilarwineproducts produced intheCommunity asoriginally
constituted andexported toIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom ;whereasthearran­
gementsinquestion aretoapplyonlyuntil31December 1975 »
Whereas ,bytheexchange oflettersreferredtoinArticle 12oftheProtocol
layingdowncertainprovisions relatingtotheAgreement establishing an
association betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofCyprus
following theaccession ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean Economic Community ,
theCommunity agreedtoextendthearrangements inquestiontothemarketing
ofwinesofthe1974harvest :
••/••
(1)OJNoL133,21.5.1973 ,p.115
(2)OJNoL359ï28.12.1973 ,p.33
(3)OJNoL353,30.12.1974 ,P.68
(4)OJNoL133,21.5.1973 ,p.94

Whereas on31August 1973 theRepublic ofCyprus adopted new
rules governing wine production ;whereas those rules ,„
following theamendments made tothem on21December 1973 ,
correspond tothose oftheCommunity ;
Whereas theRepublic ofCyprus has applied thenew Regulations
from 1January 1975 ;
Whereas under these circumstances Regulation (EEC )No3298/74
extended theterm ofvalidity provided forbyRegulation (EEC )
No3576/73toallow itsapplication forthemarketing ofthe
1974 harvest : -
v
Whereas contrary toexpectations the1974 harvest has not been
completely marketed during 1975 ;whereas toallow themarketing
oftheremainder ofthis harvest ,theregime should apply
until 30June 1976 ,
HAS ADOPTEB THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
i
Regulation (EEC )No3576/73isamended asfollows s
1.InArticle 1for "31December 1975 "read "30June 1976 ";
2.InArticle 1for "200 000 hectolitres "read "100 000
hectolitres "j
3.InArticle 2(1)for "200000","2000"and "198000
hectolitres "read "100000","1000"and "99000
hectolitres respectively :
4.InArticle 4,for "31December 1975 "read "30June 1976 ".

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This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1976 .
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The Président

FINANCIAL '5TATERfl£MTAnnaxtoDoc-
Date^3.11..Lf>'75
1.Linoofihafeidptconcerned:69.I-V7ineintervention/ownresources
JJral'tpropocr-lxora,councilre^fulevezono^tondinguntiljOJuno 17
2.TJtlsoftlicaction:Regulation )Ho3576/73-concerning ;theimportation ofthev,Tii:~
productexportedunder-thelabelof"Cyprussherry"originating inandconin;;;l'ro:.a ;
ypruOjt.ndtheintroduction olsubsidiesforsimilarwineproductsproducedinthe
Communityasoriginally constituted andexportedtoIrelandandtheUnitedia.n-t.don.
3.Legalbasts:Article43oftheTreaty
Objectivesoftheaction;Extensionuntil30.6.1976ofthecurrentregimefor"Cvnru£
Cherry"
5.0Costofiheaction
charçotoiheECBudgetduringthecampaign|currentcxcrclM(7=3)|followingerercteetn)
152.000 UC
non-application ofcompen-B
satorytaxesl) j76.000u.c
1.815.000 uc
5,1EstimatedcostsYear...7.?..Year...13...Year...7?.,
76.000uc
5.2Methodofcalculation Periodofapplication 1.1-30.5.76
Oyprucsherry-estinated cuantity :IU0.000hl ,-compensatory tax{currentJ:1,21uc/degree/hl-alcooliccontentCyprussherry:15-non-application :100.000x1,21x15=1.815.000 uc
Similarproducts
-estimatcd quantity :2.000hl-currentaid(subjecttodownwardreexamination ):38uc/hl
–cost:2«000x38=76®000\\cmnociîtrurn
6.1Possiblefinancing bycreditswrittenintotherelativechapterofthecurrent
Yes •IM.
T~BT242ossJb]efinanclng bytransfersbetweenchaptersofthecurrentBudget
0?– No
6,3Necessityforasupplementary Budget.
6.4Ctcdits-hTBe writtenIntofuturebudgets
omsents.1)Promafinancialpointofviewthemeasureconcernsnon-application of
customsduties•