Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4012/88 of 21 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3418/88 fixing the free-at-frontier reference prices applicable to imports of certain wine products with effect from 1 September 1988
Official Journal L 354 , 22/12/1988 P. 0055 - 0076
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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4012/88
OF 21 DECEMBER 1988
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3418/88 FIXING THE FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF CERTAIN WINE PRODUCTS WITH EFFECT FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 1988
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 822/87 OF 16 MARCH 1987 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2964/88 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 54 ( 8 ) THEREOF,
WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENTS WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS CONCLUDED WITH CERTAIN MEDITERRANEAN THIRD COUNTRIES, REDUCED FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICES WERE FIXED IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3418/88 ( 3 ) FOR WINE ORIGINATING IN SUCH COUNTRIES AND PUT UP IN CONTAINERS HOLDING NOT MORE THAN TWO LITRES WITHIN THE LIMIT OF THE ANNUAL QUOTAS; WHEREAS THOSE AGREEMENTS PROVIDE FOR A FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICES FROM 1 JANUARY 1989 FOR ALGERIA, TUNISIA AND YUGOSLAVIA; WHEREAS THE FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICES MUST BE FIXED AT THE CORRESPONDING LEVEL;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 21 ( 4 ) OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO ( 4 ), AS AMENDED WITH EFFECT ON 1 OCTOBER 1988 BY THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL OF 26 MAY 1988 ( 5 ), PROVIDES FOR A REDUCED REFERENCE PRICE FOR WINE ORIGINATING IN MAROCCO TO BE FIXED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THAT FIXED FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES; WHEREAS THAT REDUCED PRICE IS APPLICABLE TO WINE PUT UP IN CONTAINERS HOLDING NOT MORE THAN TWO LITRES SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL CEILING OF 10 000 HECTOLITRES; WHEREAS THE LIST OF REFERENCE PRICES SHOULD THEREFORE BE SUPPLEMENTED;
WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL NOTE 3 ( B ) OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE SHOULD BE MADE CLEARER IN ORDER TO ENSURE UNIFORM INTERPRETATION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3418/88 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE ANNEX HERETO .
ARTICLE 2
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1989 .
AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARTY CONCERNED, IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 OCTOBER 1988 ONWARDS AS FAR AS THE LOWER REFERENCE PRICES FIXED FOR WINES FALLING WITHIN CN CODE 2204 21 AND ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO ARE CONCERNED .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS, 21 DECEMBER 1988 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
FRANS ANDRIESSEN
VICE-PRESIDENT
( 1 ) OJ NO L 84, 27 . 3 . 1987, P . 1 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 269, 29 . 9 . 1988, P . 5 .
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