CELEX: 31976D0067
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 December 1975 authorizing the Italian Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the Community in wines falling within CCT subheading 22.05 C, coming from Greece

21 . 1 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 12/ 13
                                                                II
                                         (Acts whose buhlicdt ion is not obli^ittory)
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 22 December 1975
              authorizing the Italian Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the
              Community in wines falling within CCT subheading 22.05 C , coming from
                                                             Greece
                                              ( Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (76/ 67/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Member States they are generally subject to customs
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        duties or, as the case may be, to tariff quotas at
                                                                     reduced or zero duties, varying from one Member
                                                                     State to another ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                      Whereas these tariff divergences cause deflections of
                                                                     trade which if they continue , are likely to hinder the
Having regard to the applications made by the Italian                implementation of tariff measures applied by the
Republic on 18 December 1975, for authorization                      Member States in respect of Greece ;
under the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty
to apply protective measures in intra-Community
                                                                     Whereas it is not possible in present circumstances
trade in wines coming from Greece and put into free
circulation in another Member State ,                                for the Member States to introduce methods of cooper­
                                                                     ation such as would obviate the need for protective
                                                                     measures ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 816/ 70 of 28
April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the
common organization of the market in wine ('), liberal­              Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­
ized imports of these products from third countries                  orized temporarily to take the necessary protective
and provided for their free movement within the                      measures ;
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 divergences , while taking account of the tariff
Economic Community and Greece, and in particular                     quotas opened in favour of Greece ;
with Protocol 14 thereof, the Member States are to
apply different customs duties to wines imported from
Greece ; whereas although these wines are imported                   Whereas the period of validity of this Decision should
duty-free into the Benelux countries, and are not                    end upon the entry into force of a common tariff
subject to quantitative restrictions in the other                    arrangement for imports of the relevant products from
                                                                     Greece, and in any event not later than 31 December
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. I.                                1976 ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                       Article 3
                        Article I                           The Italian Republic shall without delay inform the
                                                            Commission of the measures taken under this Deci­
The Italian Republic is authorized to levy, on imports      sion .
of wines falling within subheading 22.05 C of the
Common Customs Tariff, coming from Greece and                                     Article 4
put into free circulation in another Member State, a
countervailing charge of an amount not exceeding the        This Decision shall be applicable only until the
difference between the customs duties which they            common tariff arrangement for imports of wine from
apply to imports of the wine in question coming             Greece enters into force, and shall not apply after 31
direct from Greece and the customs duties which were         December 1976 .
levied on the same wine when it was released for free
circulation in the Community.
                                                                                  Article 5
                        Article 2
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
For wines in respect of which the relevant Member
States have opened tariff quotas under Protocol 14 to
the Agreement creating an association between the            Done at Brussels, 22 December 1975 .
European Economic Community and Greece, and
until the relevant tariff quota is used up by imports
                                                                                     For the Commission
direct from Greece or passing through another
Member State, the charge provided for in Article 1                                    Finn GUNDELACH
shall be calculated on the customs duty applicable in
the relevant Member State on that tariff quota .                                 Member of the Commission