CELEX: 31973D0197
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 June 1973 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the French Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the Community in wines falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 22.05 C coming from Greece

17. 7. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 196/ 19
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 7 June 1973
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the
              French Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the Community in
              wines falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No 22.05 C coming from
                                                           Greece
                                (Only the German, Italian and French texts are authentic)
                                                        (73/ 197/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    subject to quantitative restrictions in the other
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     Member States they are generally subject to customs
                                                                  duties or, as the case may be, to tariff quotas at
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            reduced or zero duties, varying from one Member
                                                                  State to another ;
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
 graph of Article 115 thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas these tariff divergencies cause deflections of
                                                                  trade which, if they continue, are likely to hinder the
 Having regard to the applications made by the Federal
 Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the                implementation of tariff measures applied by the
                                                                  Member States in respect of Greece ;
 French Republic on 2 April, 14 April and 17 April
 1973 respectively for authorization under the first para­
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty to apply protective           Whereas it is not possible in present circumstances
 measures in intra-Community trade in wines coming                for the Member States to introduce methods of cooper­
 from Greece and put into free circulation in another             ation such as would obviate the need for protective
 Member State ;                                                   measures ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ( ! ) laying down             Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian
 additional provisions for the common organization of             Republic and the French Republic should therefore
 the market in wine liberalized imports of these                  be authorized temporarily to take the necessary protec­
 products from third countries and provided for their             tive measures ;
 free movement within the Community ;
                                                                  Whereas these measures may consist of levying an
 Whereas, however, in accordance with the Agreement               additional import charge, designed to offset present
 creating an association between the European                     tariff divergencies, while taking account of the tariff
 Economic Community and Greece, and in particular                 quotas opened in favour of Greece ;
 with Protocol No 14 thereof, the Member States are to
 apply different customs duties to wines imported from            Whereas the period of validity of this Decision should
 Greece ; whereas although these wines are imported               end upon the entry into force of a common tariff
 duty-free into the Benelux countries, and are not                arrangement for imports of the relevant products from
                                                                  Greece, and in any event not later than 31 October
 (!) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5. 1970, p . 1 .                              1973 ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                 natural state or after vinification, the Federal Republic
                                                            of Germany may not levy the charge unless total
                        Article 1                           imports of those wines direct from Greece or passing
                                                            through another Member State have, over the period
The Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Repub­         from 1 November 1972 to 31 October 1973, reached
lic and the French Republic are authorized to levy, on      228 500 hi .
imports of wines falling within heading No 22.05 C of
the Common Customs Tariff, coming from Greece                                        Article 3
and put into free circulation in another Member State,
a countervailing charge of an amount not exceeding          The relevant Member States shall without delay
the difference between the customs duties which they        inform the Commission of the measures taken under
apply to imports of the wine in question coming             this Decision .
direct from Greece and the customs duties which were
levied on the same wine when it was released for free                                Article 4
circulation in the Community.
                                                            This Decision shall be applicable only until the
                                                            common tariff arrangement for imports of wine from
                        Article 2
                                                            Greece enters into force, and shall not apply after 31
                                                            October 1973 .
1 . For wines in respect of which the relevant
Member State has opened tariff quotas under Protocol
No 14 to the Agreement creating an association                                       Article 5
between the European Economic Community and                 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Greece, and until the relevant tariff quota is used up      Germany, the Italian Republic and the French
by imports direct from Greece or passing through            Republic.
another Member State, the charge provided for in
Article 1 shall be calculated on the custom duty appli­
cable in the relevant Member State on that tariff            Done at Brussels, 7 June 1973
quota.
                                                                                       For the Commission
2.    However, for wines which are to be used for
                                                                                           The President
preparing vermouth, for making vinegar, for distilla­
tion or for coupage (industrial wines), imported in the                               François-Xavier ORTOLI