C ) TO CHAPTER 22 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;
WHEREAS , SINCE SPECIAL REFERENCE PRICES ARE TO BE FIXED FOR PRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OR USES , SUCH PRICES SHOULD BE FIXED FOR WINES OF THE RIESLING OR SYLVANER VARIETY AND FOR LIQUEUR WINES TO BE USED IN THE PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS OTHER THAN THOSE FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 22.05 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS , LASTLY , A FIXED AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE NORMAL COSTS OF MARKET PREPARATION MUST BE ESTABLISHED SO THAT IT CAN BE ADDED TO THE REFERENCE PRICES OF THE VARIOUS PRODUCTS IN CASES WHERE THEY ARE PUT UP IN CONTAINERS OF TWO LITRES OR LESS ;
WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES SHOULD BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 344/79 ( 5 );
WHEREAS THE COSTS , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE IN RESPECT OF LOSSES INCURRED IN BRINGING COMMUNITY WINES TO THE SAME MARKETING STAGE AS IMPORTED WINES , TO BE ESTABLISHED AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 344/79 , MAY BE ASSESSED AT A STANDARD RATE ; WHEREAS THESE COSTS AND THE OTHER FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE LAST OCCASION ON WHICH PRICES WERE FIXED , TRANSPORT COSTS HAVING INCREASED BY SOME 10 % ;
WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR LIQUEUR WINES , WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE HECTOLITRE , SHOULD BE INCREASED IN LINE WITH THE REFERENCE PRICES APPLIED TO RED TABLE WINES ; WHEREAS A TOTAL DRY EXTRACT EXCEEDING THE NORMAL LIMITS IS A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF CERTAIN LIQUEUR WINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.05 C II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE RULES IN CHAPTER 22 - ADDITIONAL NOTES - POINT 6 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE SAID LIQUEUR WINES ARE NOT CLASSIFIED IN THE CATEGORY CORRESPONDING TO THEIR ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BUT IN THE NEXT HIGHER CATEGORY , AND ARE THEREFORE SUBJECT TO A HIGHER REFERENCE PRICE THAN THAT FIXED FOR THE CATEGORY WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THEIR ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE MECHANISM REFERRED TO ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN COMPETING LIQUEUR WINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS C III AND C IV ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE LARGE VOLUME OF IMPORTS OF THE SAID WINES , REFERENCE PRICES SHOULD BE FIXED FOR THESE WINES SO AS TO ENSURE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT BETWEEN THE VARIOUS LIQUEUR WINES ; WHEREAS , FOR THE SAME REASONS , AN INCREASE OF ONLY 3 ECU IS PROVIDED FOR INSTEAD OF 4 ECU FOR OTHER LIQUEUR WINES ;
WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR WINE HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY THE CHAIRMAN ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
FOR THE PERIOD 16 DECEMBER 1980 TO 15 DECEMBER 1981 , THE REFERENCE PRICES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
A . PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF :
1 . RED WINE