CELEX: 31975R1924
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1924/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 waiving the countervailing charge on imports of certain wines originating in and coming from certain third countries

26. 7. 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 195/33
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1924/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 July 1975
               amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 waiving the counter­
               vailing charge on imports of certain wines originating in and coming from
                                                     certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the said Commission undertakes to commu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        nicate regularly to the Commission details of exports
                                                                    of wine to the Community and to enable the Commis­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               sion to exercise continuous supervision over the effec­
Economic Community ;                                                tiveness of the measures taken ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas questions relating to the observance of the
816/70 (J ) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                 guarantee given by the Republic of Cyprus have been
provisions for the common organization of the market                discussed in detail with the responsible authorities of
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     the latter ; whereas following these discussions it may
678/75 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof ;               be assumed that the said Republic of Cyprus is in a
                                                                    position to abide by its guarantee ; whereas there are
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 9 (3) of                  accordingly proper grounds for waiving the counter­
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 provides that where the                  vailing charge on imports of wine originating in and
free-at-frontier offer price for a wine, plus customs               coming from the Republic of Cyprus ; whereas an
duties, is lower than the reference price for that wine,            appropriate addition should therefore be made to
a countervailing charge equal to the difference                     Commission Regulation No 2223/70 (3) waiving the
between the reference price and the free-at-frontier                countervailing charge on imports of certain wines orig­
offer price plus customs duties is to be levied on                  inating in and coming from certain third countries, as
imports of that wine and of wines in the same cate­                 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2470/73 (4) ;
gory ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, however, that countervailing charge is not to              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
be levied as regards third countries which are prepared             ment Committee for wine,
and in a position to guarantee that the price for
imports of products originating in and coming from
 their territory will not be lower than the reference                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price less customs duties and that any deflection of
trade will be avoided :
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the Republic of Cyprus has indicated its read­
                                                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2223/70 is amended
 iness to provide such a guarantee in respect of the
 exportation of certain wines to the Community ;
                                                                    by the addition of the following subparagraph :
                                                                          '4. originating in and coming from
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Vine Products
 Commission to ensure that the guarantee is observed ;                         — the Republic of Cyprus
 whereas the said Commission will permit exportation                           (a) red wine, including rose wine,
 of the wines concerned only in cases where it is esta­                        (b) white wine other than that offered bearing
 blished that the free-at-Community frontier offer                                 on importation the name Riesling or
 price is not lower than the reference price less the                              Sylvaner,
 amount of the customs duties applicable at the time
 in question ;                                                                 (c) liqueur wine other than that known as
                                                                                   "Cyprus Sherry",
 Whereas the said Commission will see to it that any                           (d) wine fortified for distillation .'
 deflection of trade is avoided ; whereas to that end it
 will take all necessary steps to ensure that no action is                                      Article 2
 taken which might result indirectly in prices lower
 than the reference price less customs duties, such as              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 the taking over of marketing costs, the conclusion of               following its publication in the Official Journal of
 arrangements linking the exportations concerned to                  the European Communities.
 other transactions, or any measures having equivalent
 effect ;                                                            It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1975.
 (') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970 , p . 20 .                             (}) OJ No L 241 , 4. 1 1 . 1970 , p . 3 .
 (2) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 43 .                              (4 ) OJ No L 255, 12 . 9 . 1973 , p . 12.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission