CELEX: 51976PC0638
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 947/70 lading down general rules for fixing the reference price and levying the countervailing charge for wine (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          COM(76)638 final.
                                          Brussels , 24 November 1976 *
                                Proposal for a                 •
                          COUNCIL REGULATION -(EEC )
           amending Regulation ( ESC ) N o 947/70 lading down general ^
           rules for fixing the reference price and levying "the
           countervailing charge for wine
                   ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
  COî.I(76) 638 final .
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
        In Article 9 OF Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 1160/ 76 of 17 May 1970
amending Regulation (EEC ) NO 8I6/7O laying down additional provisions for the
common organization of the market in wine the Council provided that the
reference prices originally introduced for wine only should be extended to grape
must and grape juice whether or not concentrated and to wines in containers of
up to 2 litres . In view of the new provisions , it is essential to add to
Council Regulation ( EEC ) NO 947/70 OF 26 May 1970 laying down general rules
for fixing the reference price and levying the countervailing charge for wine ,
so that general rules are also laid down for the products in question *:
                                                          «   .
        Adoption of this Regulation is urgent as the reference price should
come into effect on 15 December 1976#                       '
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
          amending Regulation (EEC ) No 947/70 laying down general
          rules for fixing "the reference price and levying the
          countervailing charge for wine
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 8I6/7O of 28 April 1970 laying
down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine ( l ),
as last amended "by Regulation (EEC) NO ll67/76^2nd in particular Article 9(5)
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 947/70 ( 3 ) of 26 May 1970 lays down gene­
ral rules for fixing reference prices and levying the countervailing charge for
wine ; whereas Regulation (EEC ) No H6O/76 ( 4 ) amended Article 9 of Regulation
(EEC ) No 8I6/7O , in particular "by extending the obligation to fix a reference
price to certain grape juice and must ; whereas in these circumstances Regul-.
 ation ( EEC ) No 947/ 70 should be amended - in particular by the inclusion of
 criteria for fixing the reference prices for the products in question ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                    ;                                                       './•
( 1 ) OJ No L 99 , 5.5.1970 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 135 , 24.5.1976 , p. 42
( 3 ) OJ No L 114, 27.5. 1970 , p. 4
( 4 ) OJ No L 135 » 24.5.1976 , p. 1
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                              Article 1
           Regulation (EEC ) No 947/70 is amended as follows :
 1 . Two further paragraphs as follows are added to Article 1 :
      "The reference prices for the products referred to in the first , second
     third and fourth indents of the third subparagraph of Article 9(l ) of
     Regulation (EEC ) NO 816/70 shall he fixed on the basis of the guide prices
     for red or white wines multiplied by a coefficient taking account of the
     relationship on the Community market between the prices of red or , white
     wines as the case may be and of the products in question ^ plus an amount
      equal to the costs incurred in bringing similar Community products to the
      same marketing stage as the corresponding imported products .
     The reference prices for the products referred to in the fifth inderrtof
     the third subparagraph of Article 9(l ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 8I6/7O shall
                                                                   f
     be fixed on the basis of the prices obtaining in the Community for the
     wines in question".
2 . Article 3 is replaced by the following :
     " In fixing special reference prices for the products referred to in the first
     and third subparagraphs of Article 9(l ) of Regulation (EEC ) NO 8I6/7O in
     accordance with their special characteristics or uses , the level of the said
       prices shall be established by reference to the level of the prices ru­
     ling within the Community for the products in question".
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3 « Article 4 is replaced by the following :
     " The costs incurred in bringing Community products to the same marketing
      stage as the corresponding imported products shall comprise the following :
     a)  brokerage costs ;
    b)   loading costs ;
     c)  insurance costs ;
     d)  transport costs ;
     e ) losses .
                                                                            /
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                          Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
   This Regulation shall be "binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                     The President