CELEX: 31976R1591
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1591/76 of 30 June 1976 authorizing Ireland and the United Kingdom to align their tariffs with the Common Customs Tariff in respect of certain grape juices and musts

No L 174/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 7. 76
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1591 /76
                                                           of 30 June 1976
              authorizing Ireland and the United Kingdom to align their tariffs with the Common
                                   Customs Tariff in respect of certain grape juices and musts
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committees for Wines and Processed Fruit and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          Vegetables,
European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (1 ), and in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular Article 59 (4) of the Act attached thereto,
hereinafter referred to as 'the Act',
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas under Article 59 (2) of the Act the import
duties applied by the new Member States are to be
progressively aligned with those in the Common                        Ireland and the United Kingdom shall be authorized
Customs Tariff according to a time table ; whereas,                   to apply the duties laid down in the Common
however, paragraph 4 of the said Article provides                     Customs Tariff in respect of the imported products
that in respect of products covered by a common                       specified in the Annex and intended for the
organization of the market the new Member States                      manufacture in those two Member States of products
may be authorized to move towards alignment more                      falling within Common Customs Tariff heading
rapidly ;                                                             No 22.07 and for which pursuant to the first sub­
                                                                      paragraph of Article 30 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Ireland and the United Kingdom have                           No 816/70 the use of a compound name including
undertaken to align their respective tariffs with the                 the word 'wine' may be allowed by Member States.
Common Customs Tariff before 1 July 1976 in respect
of the imported products specified in the second
indent of Article 9 (3 ) of Council Regulation (EEC)                                           Article 2
No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
provisions for the common organization of the                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
market in wine (2), as last amended by Regulation                     its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(EEC) No 1167/76 (3); whereas since the alignment                     Communities.
creates no disturbance in trade between Member
States it would seem appropriate to authorize it ;                    It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
 (^ OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (2) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p . 1 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 135 , 24 . 5 . 1976, p . 42.
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                                               ANNEX
          CCT heading
              No                                       Description
               1                                            2
           20.07      Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
                      containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
                      A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C :
                         I. Grape juice ( including grape must):
                            a) Of a value exceeding 22 u.a. per 100 kg net weight:
                                ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
                                       — intended for the production of products falling within
                                           heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff for
                                           which the use of a composite name including the word
                                           'wine' may be allowed
                                ex 2 . Other :
                                       — intended for the production of products falling within
                                           heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff for
                                           which the use of a composite name including the word
                                          'wine' may be allowed
                            b) Of a value not exceeding 22 u.a . per 100 kg net weight:
                                ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
                                       — intended for the production of products falling within
                                          heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff for
                                          which the use of a composite name including the word
                                          'wine' may be allowed
                                ex 2 . Other :
                                       — intended for the production of products falling within
                                          heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff for
                                          which the use of a composite name including the word
                                          'wine' may be allowed
                      B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C:
                         I. Grape, apple and pear juice including grape must; mixtures of apple
                            and pear juice:
                            a) Of a value exceeding 18 u.a. per 100 kg net weight:
                                1 . Grape juice (including grape must):
                                    ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
                                            — intended for the production of products falling
                                               within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs
                                               Tariff for which the use of a composite name
                                               including the word 'wine' may be allowed
                                    ex bb) Other :
                                            — intended for the production of products falling
                                               within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs
                                               Tariff for which the use of a composite name
                                               including the word 'wine' may be allowed
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             CCT heading
                 No                                      Description
                  1                                          2
               20.07          b) Of a value of 18 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight:
            (continued)
                                  1 . Grape juice (including grape must):
                                      ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
                                             — intended for the production of products falling
                                                 within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs
                                                 Tariff for which the use of a composite name
                                                 including the word 'wine' may be allowed
                                      ex bb) Other:
                                             — intended for the production of products falling
                                                 within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs
                                                 Tariff for which the use of a composite name
                                                 including the word 'wine' may be allowed