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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)856 final
Brussels,9December1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemofaccessioncompensatory
amountsinthewinesector
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Accession compensatory amounts
Article 6l(l)oftheActofAccession requires thedifference "between Greek
prices andCommunity prices tobecompensated "bycompensatory amounts intrade
"between tieCommunity ofNine andGreece and "between Greece andnon-member
countries . ~
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Inthewine sector ,this provision applies totheguid® price fortable winajj©
oftypes RIandRII,andtocertain red "basic products .Thecompensatory
amount anddetailed rules forfixing theamount inrespect ofliqueur wines are
.f '
directly laiddown "byArticle 107oftheActofAccess|on . ■

Proposalfora '
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemofaccessioncompensatory amounts
inthewinesector
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtothetheActofAccessionofGreece,andin.particularArticle72
(l)thereof, ' i
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission, .
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WhereasArticles58and59ofnthesaidA,ctlaydownthatpricesmay"befixed
inGreeceatadifferentlevelfromthecommonprices;whereas,pursuantto
Article61oftheAct,suchdifferencesinpricelevelsareto"becompensated
"byasystemofaccessioncompensatory amounts;
WhereastheprovisionsofthesaidArtictes58,59and61aDplyinthewine
sectortotheguidepricesfortablewines;whereastheonlytypesoftable
wineforwhichapricedifferencehasbeenrecordedaretypesRIandRII;
WhereasArticle107ofthesaidActprovidesforthefixingofthecompensatory
amountsinrespect-ofotherproductsforwhichareferencepriceislaiddownand
thecriteria-fordeterminitigi^eir amount;whereasthesaidArticleitselffixesthe
levelofthecompensatory amountforliqueurwines;
Whereasthecompensatory amountsareintendedtoavoiddisturbanceintrade
caused "bydifferentpricelevels;whereas/accordingly,compensatory amounts
areonlyrequiredincaseswheresuchdisturbanceislikely;

HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION ? !
■ '~ ' 'Article 1
Α.
For thepurposes ofthis Regulation :
Ιϊί-'fcommunity ofNine " means 'theCommunity asconstituted "before theaccession
ofGreece |
–"accession compensatory amount "means thecompensatory amounts applicable
intrade between theCommunity ofNine andGreece and "between Greece andnon-
member countries *
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Article 2
Fortable wines oftypes RIandRII,theaccession compensatory amounts shall ,
foreach marketing year ,beequal tothedifference between theguide price and
the ,corresponding price fixed forGreece .- 1^
Article 3 '
1.Theaccession compensatory amount fornewredwine still infermentation shall
beequal tothat fixed fortable wines of -types RIandRII.-
,y • •
2.Fortheproducts listed intheAnnex ,theaccession compensatory amount appli­
cable shall beequal totheprevailing market price ofeach ofthe said products
intheCommunity multiplied by .thedifference /expressed asapercentage ,between
theguide price ofRl-type table wines andthecorresponding price fixed forGreece .
3*Forliqueur wines ,theaccession compensatory amount shall beequal tothe
amount ofthecountervailing /charge applicable vi$-£-vis non-member countries
as .at1January 1981 . >

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Article 4
Inintra Community trade ,theaccession compensatory amounts shall "belevied
orgranted laythat oneofthetwoMember States inquestion whose price level
used indetermining theaccession compensatory amounts isthehigher .
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Article 5
Theaccession compensatory amount applicable shall bethat ruling ontheday
ofimport orexport .
Article 6
i
ι:
Where ,foragiven product ,anaccession compensatory amount isfixed which
must bededucted from therefund onexports tonon-member ^ountries andwhere thefe-
fund isLower than thesaid accession compensatory amount qrisriotfixed -provision
S -may bemade forlevying ,onexport oftheproduct inquestiqh from Greece toa
non-member country ,anamount hotexceeding thedifference rbetween theaccession
compensatory amount andtherefund ortheaccession compensatory amount itself ,
depending onthe circumstances .
Moreover ,ifforexports tooneormore non-member countries ^therefund islower
than theaccession compensatory amount orisnotfixed ,provision maybemade atthe
time ofexport from Greece forthenecessary measures that theamount referred to
intheabove subparagraph islevied .
Article 7
The following shall beadopted inaccordance with theprocedure laid down in
Article 67ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79!
a)detailed rules forgranting andlevying accession compensatory amounts in
such awayastoavoid anydeflection oftrade anddistortion ofcompetition .
b)detailed rules fortheapplication ofthis Regulation ,andinparticular :
–fixing ofaccession compensatory amounts ,
–cases where Article 6istoapply .

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Themeasurestoavoid,deflectionoftradeanddistortionofcompetition may
applyafterabolitionofacoessioncompensatory amounts,fortheperiodconsidered
necessary. ... ■„
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenter.intoforceon1January1981.
ThisRegulationshallToe"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. PortheCouncil
ThePresident

AÎTNEX
ListofproductsreferredtoinArticle3(2):
1.redwinefortifiedfordistillation ,withinthemeaningofadditional
note4(*b)toChapter22ofthe''CommonCustomsTariff.
2.freshredgrapemustwithfermentation arrested "byadditionofalcohol-
withinthemeaningofadditionalnote4(a)toChapter22oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
3.redgrapejuice,(includinggrapemust),whetherornotconcentrated ,
withanaddedsugarcontent'notexceeding30$"byweight,withinsubheadings
20.07AIandBIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
4.redgrapejuice,(includinggrapemust);whetherornotconcentrated,withan
addedsugarcontentexceeding30$"byweightwithinsubheadingB20.07AIandB1
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.