CELEX: 51976PC0644
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Date: 1976-12-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) extending Council Regulation No 3310/75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                 extending Council Regulation Ho 3310/75 on
                 agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
l . It is laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 541/70"'' of
     20 March 1970 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that the
     provisions of the second subparagraph of Article l(l ) of the Protocol
     on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are to remain applicable until full
     Harmonization of specific duties on wine in the Community is achieved#
     The second subparagraph of Article l(l ) of the Protocol referred to
     above lays down to Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Netherlands
     should apply the system provided for in the third paragraph of Article 6
     of the Convention on the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg of
     25 July 1921 .
     The second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC ) n° 541/70 lays down that
     if such harmonization is not 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#
                                                         n
     Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3535/73 of 17 December 1973 extends
     this period until 31.12.1974 *                      ■>
     Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3192/74 of 17 December 1974 extends
     this period until 31 December 1975 »
     Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3310/75^ of 16 December 1975 extends this period as
     long as the excise duties charged in the Benelux countries on products falling
     within Bub -headings Nos 22.05 CI or II of the Common Customs Tariff do not
     exceed the level in force on 1 January 1975i but in any event not later than
     31 December 1976# It provides that , should these excise duties be increased
     in whatever form- it may be in one or another Benelux country , the tax exemption
     accorded on the market of concerned oountries to Luxembourg wines
     may not exceed the
     degree of exemption in rorce on 1 January 1975 *
     This provision , which is in accordance with the Commission 's Recommendation to
     the Member StateB on taxation of wine , aims at assuring            that the commercial
     adventage at present held by Luxembourg wines on the market of the Benelux
     countries is not increased .    An increase of this kind could cause a distorsion
     of competition which would not be compatible with the proper functioning of the
     common market in agriculture .
  2 . With regagd to specific duties , the Commission proposed to the Council a
     directive    on   the harmonization of the excise . duties on wine#
     The Council has not yet taken a decision on this matter , however .
  3 .In 1970 , the Council adopted Regulation(EEC ) No 8l6/70^1aying down additional
     provisions for the common organization of the market in wine , including a system
     of intervention for table wines . However the maintenace of the more favourable
     system on the Benelux market for wines originating in Luxembourg , will continue
     over the next few years to be of benefit to the agricultural income of the
     Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector concerned .
     This system has not created any appreciable barrier to the free movement of
                                                                                    ./.
     "OJEC No L 68 , 25.3.1970                   OJEC No L 2 . 7 . li 1976
     2OJEC N ) L 361 , 29.12.1973               ~CJEC No c 43 , 27.04.1972
     30JEC No L 341, 20.12.1974                 70JEC No L 99 , 5.05.1970,
     40JEC No L 328, 20.12.1975
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    wines of other origins in the Benelux oountries . On the contrary , the absorption
    capacity of those marketB is constantly on the increase .
4 * Belgium and the Netherlands having put into effect , in 1976 , a special excise
    duty on wine concerned , it is proposed that the exceptionnal system provided
    in the second sub-paragraph of Article 1 ( l ) of the protocol should be extended
    until 31 December 1977 » while maintaining above mentionned provisions of Council
    Regulation (EEC ) No 3310/75 of 16 December 1975 *
    It is also proposed that the Council , acting by a qualified majority on a
    proposal from the Commission , should deoide , before 31 December 1976 » to
    what extent this exceptionnal system must be retained f ". amended .or abolished *
 ---pagebreak---                                       Proposal for a
                                 C0U1TCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                     extending Council Regulation No 3310/75 on
                     agriculture in the Grand Duohy of Luxembourg
   THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community j
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 54l/70 of 20 March 1970 on
   agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 3310/75 of 16 December 1975
   on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ,         in particular the
  first paragraph of Article 2 thereof ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
  Whereas , under the second subparagraph of Article l(l ) of the Protocol
  on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Belgium and the Netherlands are to apply
  the system provided for in the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Convention
  on the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25 July 1921 ;
 whereas Regulations (EEC ) Nos 541/70 , 3535/73 , 3192/744 , and 3310/75 provide
  that such system is to remain applicable until full harmonization of specific duties
 on wine in the Community is achieved , but not beyond 31 December 1976;
 whereas , however , the Council has to decide to what extent these provisions
 should be retained amended or discontinued;
 Whereas at the present time the harmoniaation of specifio duties on wine in
 the Community has not been achieved; whereas the application of the said
 system in favour of Luxembourg wines will continue to be of benefit to the
 agricultural income of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector concerned.
 Whereas f having regard to the other reasons Bet out in Regulation (EEC ) No 54l/70
 a-nd 3310/75 , this latter Council Regulation shold now be extended,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
                                        Article 1
            „3^M5eL1976f **                   1(1) Council Regulation
 VEEC ) No 3310/75 of 16 December I975 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of
 Luxembourg is replaced by * 31 December 1977 *.
                                        Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on 1 January 197 ?.
Tms Regulation shall binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
îuemoer btates#
Done at Brussels ,                                          Por the Council
                                                            The President
20JEC   NO L  68 , 25.3.1970 , p. 3
, 0JEC  No L 328 , 20.12.1975 , p. 12
  OJEC  No L 361 , 29.12.1973 , p. 1
  OJEC  No L 341 , 20*12.1974 , p. 6 .