CELEX: 51981PC0752
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Date: 1981-12-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) extending the period of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(81)752 final
                                                   Brussels , 8 December 1981
                                Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION   ( EEC )
       extending the period of application of Council Regulation ( EEC )
       No 3310 / 75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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                  ( submitted to the Council l by the Commission )
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                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) no 541 /70 of 20 March 1970
      lays down that
      " The provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of the
        Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall remain applicable
        until full harmonization of specific duties on wine in the Commu­
        nity is achieved .
                                 t
        If such harmonization is pot achieved# and in any event not later
        than 31 December 1973 # the Council shall# acting by a qualified
        majority on a proposal from the Commission# decide to what extent
        these provisions must be retained# amended or abolished ."
      Each year since 1973 the Council has decided to extend by one year the
      provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Protocol
      on the Grand .Duchy of Luxembourg# while ensuring that# pn the occasion
      of any increase in excise duties on wine in the Benelij?< countries# the
      resultant advantage for Luxembourg wines covered by the Protocol refer­
      red to above is not increased . Council Regulation ( EEC ) no 3310 / 75 takes
                                       2)
      account of    this preoccupation    . That Regulation was last extended by
                                                                  3)
      Council Regulation ( EEC ) no 3451 / 80 of 22 December 1980    up to 31 Decem­
      ber 1981 .
2.    As harmonization of excise duties as proposed by the Commission is not
      likely to be achieved by 31 December 1981 and as the system has not sig­
      nificantly handicapped free circulation of wines from other origins with­
      in the Benelux countries# it is proposed that the exceptional arrange­
      ments referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Pro­
      tocol be extended until 31 December 1982# while maintaining the provi­
      sions of Council Regulation ( EEC ) no 3310 /75 of 16 December 1975 referred
      to above .
1 ) OJ no L 68# 25.03.1970# p. 3
2 ) OJ no L 328# 20.12.1975# p. 12
3 ) OJ no L 360# 31.12.1980# p. 13
 ---pagebreak---                                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                extending the period of application of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture
                                             in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 THK C OUNC IL OF THF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       1981 J whereas, however, the Council has to decide to
                                                                   wh.it extent these provisions should be retained,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            amended or discontinued ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas at the present time the' harmonization of
 Having regard to the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of               specific duties on wine in the Community has not been
 Luxembourg annexed thereto,                                       achieved ; whereas the application of the said system in
                                                                    favour of Luxembourg wines will continue to be of
 Having regard to Couni.il Regulation (EEC) No 541 /70             benefit to the agricultural income of the Grand Duchy of
ut 20 March 1970 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of               Luxembourg in the sector concerned;
 Luxembourg ( ' ),
                                                                    Whereas having regard to the other reasons set out ir.
 I Living regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 33 10/75           Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70 and (EEC !; No 3310/ 75,
of 16 December 1975 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy              the period of application of the latter Regulation should
ot Luxembourg ( :), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)           be extended,
No 345 1 / 8CX'1 ), and in particular Articles 1 and 2
thereof.
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
\X hereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 1(1 )                                   Article Î
ot the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
Kelgium and the Netherlands are to apply the system                 In the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (KEC)
provided for in the third paragraph of Article 6 of the            No 3310/75, '31 December 1981 1 is replaced by
Convention on the Economic Union of Belgium and                    '31 December      1982 1 .
Luxembourg of 25 July 1921 ; whereas the period of
application of this system was last extended by
Regulation ( EEC) No345 1 / 80'mtil, such time as full                                      Article 2
harmonization of spccitic duties on wine in the
Community is achieved, but not beyond 31 December                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1 982 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                Done at Brussels,                    1981 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
( ' ) OJ N<> L 68, 25 . 3 . 1V70, p. 3 .   I
( 5) OJ No L .Î28, 20. 12. I^7S , p. 12.
C3 > 0J No L 360 , 31.12.1980 , p. 13