CELEX: 31977R2796
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2796/77 of 15 December 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77 fixing certain reference prices in the wine sector for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978

16 . 12 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 321 /37
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2796/77
                                                           of 15 December 1977
                amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2753/77 fixing certain reference prices in the
                          wine sector for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           whereas the costs incurred in bringing Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                            wines to the same marketing stage as imported wines,
                                                                        which are to be established in accordance with Article
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  4 of Regulation (EEC) No 947/70, may, with the
 Economic Community,                                                    exception of those in respect of losses, be assessed at a
                                                                        standard rate ; whereas these costs and the other
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           factors to be considered have changed appreciably
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­                   since the last occasion on which prices were fixed,
sions for the common organization of the market in                      transport costs having risen by about 4 % ;
wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2560/77 (2 ), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77                          ment Committee for Wine ,
of 12 December 1977 fixing certain reference prices
 in the wine sector for the period 16 December 1977
 to 15 December 1 978 (3), because of certain technical
difficulties, did not fix the reference prices referred to
 in the third subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regula­                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 tion (EEC) No 816/70 for grape juice (including must)
 falling within subheading 20.07 B I of the Common
 Customs Tariff, concentrated grape juice (including
grape must) falling within subheadings 20.07 A I and                                                 Article 1
 B I of the Common Customs Tariff and liqueur wines
within the meaning of Additional Note 4 (c) to                          Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77 is hereby
 Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff ;                              amended as follows :
Whereas, when fixing these reference prices, account
 should be taken of the criteria laid down in Council                    1 . First paragraph :
 Regulation (EEC) No 947/70 of 26 May 1970 laying
 down general rules for fixing the reference price and                       '6. Liqueur wine within the meaning of Additional
 levying the countervailing charge for wine (4), as                                Note 4 (c) to Chapter 22 of the Common
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 29 1 8 /76 (5) ;                                  Customs Tariff : 4-30 units of account per
                                                                                   degree of actual alcohol per hectolitre.
Whereas, as regards liqueur wines, the reference price                         7. Liqueur wines within the meaning of Addi­
 must be based on the level of prices obtaining for                                tional Note 4 (c) to Chapter 22 of the Common
 those products within the Community ; whereas, pur­                               Customs Tariff intended for processing into
 suant to Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, some                                        products other than those falling within
 imported liqueur wines are exempted from the coun­                                heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs
 tervailing charge ; whereas, however, that provision is                           Tariff : 2-40 units of account per degree of
 repealed with effect from 28 February 1978 ; whereas                              actual alcohol per hectolitre .'
 this forthcoming change in the arrangements makes it
 necessary both to establish criteria for comparing the
 quality and prices of Community products and                            2. Second paragraph :
 imported products and to know the price trends in
 the Community for those products which are compar­                          'Grape juice       (including must), whether or not
 able to the imported products ; whereas part of the                         concentrated,      with an added sugar content not
 information required is currently lacking and it is                         exceeding 30     % by weight, falling within subhead­
 therefore necessary that the reference price for liqueur                    ings 20.07 A      I and B I of the Common Customs
                                                                             Tariff :
 wines be fixed with a revision clause attached ;
(')  OJ No   L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
                                                                              1 . white : 2-14 units of account per degree of poten­
  2  OJ No   L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977 , p. 1 .                                      tial alcohol per hectolitre ;
(3)  OJ No   L 318 , 13 . 12 . 1977 , p . 24 .
(4)  OJ No   L 1 14, 27 . 5 . 1970 , p. 4 .                                  2. other : 2-25 units of account per degree of poten­
  5  OJ No   L 333 , 2 . 1 2 . 1 976 , p. 6 .                                     tial alcohol per hectolitre .
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  Grape juice (including must), whether or not                                       Article 2
  concentrated, with an added sugar content                   The reference prices fixed in respect of the liqueur
  exceeding 30 % by weight, falling within subhead­           wines referred to in points 6 and 7 of Article 1 shall
  ings 20.07 A I and B I of the Common Customs                be valid only until the date of their replacement
  Tariff :
                                                              during the period referred to in Article 1 of Regula­
  1 . white : 2-14 units of account per degree of poten­      tion (EEC) No 2753/77 and at the latest until 28
      tial alcohol per hectolitre ;                           February 1978 .
  2. other : 2-25 units of account per degree of poten­                              Article 3
      tial alcohol per hectolitre.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
  The standard amount per hectolitre to be added in           publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                               Communities.
  the case of the products referred to in points 1 , 2, 3
  and 6 when they are packaged in containers of two           However, the second subparagraph of the amendment
  litres or less shall be 18 units of account per hecto­      appearing in Article 1 (2) of this Regulation comes
  litre .'                                                    into effect on 1 January 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 December 1977 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President