ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(80)775
Vol.1980/0241

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)775 final
Brussels.26November1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2727/75onthecommonorganization ofthe
marketincereals
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
!
C0M(80)775final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ,
Thisproposalmay"beregardedasameasureimplementingProtocolNo1$to
theActofAccessionwhichstatesthattheCouncilistodecidethe
necessarymeasures^'tofacilitatetheuseofCommunitycerealsinthemanu­
factureofspirituous "beveragesfromcereals,andinparticularofwhisky,
exportedtothirdcountries".
InaccordancewiththisProtocolitisproposedthatalthoughitisnot
possibletoinsertthesemeasuresintotheRegulationonthecommonorgar-
nizationofthemarketinalcoholwhichhasyetto"beadopted,theycan
fitintotheframeworkof.thegeneralCommunitypolicyforalcoholand
should "beincorporatedintheRegulationonthecommonorganization ofthe
,marketincereals.
Withregardtocerealsusedinthemanufacture ofspirituous "beverages,
thesemeasures,whichitisproposedtoinsertintoRegulation(EEC)NO
2727/75on"thecommonorganizationofthemarketinoereals,consist
'eitherinthegrantingofexportrefunds,orinthegrantingofspecial
refundsdesignedtotakeaccountofthedifficulties whichapplication of
thestandardrulesonthegrantingofexportsrefundsForcertainbeverages
wouldinvolve,giventheproductionprocessandthelongcompulsory ,
maturingperiodforsuchbeverages.
ProtocolNo19oftheActofaccession ^stipulatesthatthesemeasuresmust
avoidanydiscrimination betweentheseproductsandotheralcohol,account
beingtakenoftheparticularsituationspeculiartoeachcase.TheCommis­
sionstaffarestudyingpossiblecasesofdiscrimination andthemannerin
whichtheymaybeobviated. . ,

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)NO2727/75on "thecommon
organization ofthemarket incereals
THECOUNCIL OFTK2EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 42and 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas Protocol No19annexed tothe ActofAccession ofDenmark ,Ireland and the
United Kingdom ,states that the Council shall decide thenecessary measures to
facilitate theuse ofCommunity cereals inthemanufacture ofspirituous
beverages obtained from cereals ,andinparticular ofwhisky ,exported tonon-mem -
ber countries ; -whereas theabovementioned Protocol also states that these
measures must fitinto theframework ofthegeneral Community policy for
alcohol ;
Whereas these measures maybetaken within theframework oftheRegulation
onthe common organization ofthemarket incereals ortheRegulation to
beadopted onthe common organization ofthe market inalcohol :
■/

Whereas thecommon organization ofthemarket inethyl alcohol ofagricul­
tural origin hasnotyet "been established ;whereas ,therefore ,these
measures must tobetaken intheoereals sector ;
Whereas provision should bemade inrespect oftheindustry producing spirituous -
beverages from cereals which arethemselves governed byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
2 . .. _ . . .. 32727 /75,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)No1870 /80,sothat thealcohol -
producing agricultural products used bythat industry maybeused andexported
atalower price than that resulting from theCommunity price system ;
Whereas ,under theprovisions ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75 those of
Regulation (EEC)NO laying down general rules forgranting export
refunds oncertain agricultural products exported intheform ofgoods not .
covered "byAnnex IItotheTreaty andthecriteria forfixing theamount ;
ofsuchrefunds ^",anexport refund maybegranted only forcereal ,products' used
inthemanufacture ofcertain spirituous beverages where theobject ofsuch use is
other than theproduction ofthealcohol ,content ;whereas thescope forgranting
•refunds inrespect ofother spirituous beverages andoftheproduction ofthealcohol
content should beextended ; •
Whereas inview ofthefact that certain spirituous "beverages produced from
cereals andexported tonon-member countries areproduced byaspecial process ,
-particularly asregards maturing ,itisnecessary tomake provision forthe
granting ofaspecial refund forthemanufacture andexport ofthesaid beve-
'rages ; • "
–––––– •/•
?OJNoL281,01.10.1975 ,p.l ■ -
.0JNoLI84,17.07.1980 ,p. i1'
0JNoL -

-3-
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)NO2727/75IShereby amended asfollows :
10Thefollowing paragraph isinserted in •A^rticle 16 i
"4aExport refunds may 'bereplaced ,under certain conditions ,"byspecial
refunds in sofar asisnecessary totake account oftheproduction processes ,
inparticular maturing ,peculiar tocertain spirituous beverages
obtained from cereals#
TheCouncil ,acting toyaqualified majority onaproposal from the
Commission ,shall adopt thenecessary general ruleso "
2,InAnnex B,the text relaxing toCommon Customs Tariff heading No22.09
isreplaced "bythefollowing :
"22.09 Ethyl alcohol ,undenatured ,ofanalcoholio strength ofless than
80$vol jeaux–de~vie ,liqueurs andother spirituous "beverages ;
compound alcoholio preparations (known a3"concentrated extracts ")
for themanufacture of "beverages' :
C«Spirituous beverages :
II.Gin
Ilib )Whisky (other than Bourbon whisky )
exIV.Vodka with analcoholio strength notexcessing 45®4 %"by
volume orless
V. Other ."

Article21
- ./
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowing •its
publicationintheOffical .JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Itshallapplywitheffeotfrom1January1981.
ThisRegulationshall "be"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates®
DoneatBrussels| FortheCouncil
'; ' The"President