CELEX: 51976PC0094
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Date: 1976-03-11
Title: PROPOSED COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending annex IV Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional provisions regarding the common organisation of the wine market, and the common customs tariff regarding the exchange rates applicable upon customs duties for certain wines

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                                                       COM(76)94 Final
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                        PROPOSED COUNCIL REGULATION (ESC )
amending annex IV Regulation ( ESC ) NO 816/70 laying down additional provisions
regarding the common organisation of the wine market , and the common customs
tariff regarding the exchange rates applicable upon customs duties for certain
wines
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 COU ( 76 ) 94 Final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MMORMDUM
 In accordance with the general rule , C 3 , contained in section 1 of the
 Common Customs Tariff , the parity declared to the International Monetary
 Fund is applied in the Tariff , notably in order to calculate customs duties
 expressed in units of account .    Due to the current currency fluctuations
 this provision leads to market distorsions between Member States in the
 application of the Common Customs Tariff and for this reason can be a cause
 of trade deflection .
 Thus , to correct this situation , the Commission has begun work to enable it
 to lay before the Council , as soon as possible , a proposed modification of
 the above mentioned rule .
The situation described requires furthermore a rapid solution concerning
the importation of wines given that for this product the customs duty is a
recessary element in the calculation of the free-at-frontier reference price
 as defined by Council Regulation ( EEC ) NO 2506/75 of 29 September 1975
laying down special rules for the importation of products in the t.dne-growing
 sector originating in certain third countries .     This regulation provides that
the free-at-frontier reference price is equal to the reference price minus the
customs duties .
On the one hand each of the elements is expressed in units of account and
on the other the free-at-frontier reference price must be converted into
national currency at the agricultural rate.'     Under current circumstances
the rate of customs duty effectively -applied and used when noting the
compliance of the reference , price is converted from national currency according
to I.i'L,P . parities . Thus this situation is riot compatible with the need to
know the true level of offer price , after customs clearance , upon a uniform
basis in order to ensure equivalent entry conditions for this product into
the Community and especially to allow the third countries concerned to
obtain maximum benefit fror. the financial advantages innli cit in the
concessions .
Thus the Commission having already had to propose to the Council to postpone
the date of entry into force of Regulation ( j ^ IC ) lio 2^06/75 to 1  July next ,
ana due to the urgency , proposes to the Council to resolve the problem posed
by the product in question by applying to it , ior tariff m.rtter ;;, the
representative rate fixed for operations carried out under provisions; of the
Co.vjnon Agricultural Policy .
 ---pagebreak--- This proposed regulation , being based upon Article 43 of the EEC treaty ,
requires the consultation of the European Parliament .
This proposal would have an insignificant effect upon the Community budget .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposed
                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No
                          of
              amending Annex IV to Regulation ( EEC ) No 816/70
              laying down additional provisions for the common
              organisation of the market in wine and the Common
              Customs Tariff as regards the exchange rates
              applicable to customs duties on certain wines
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 43 ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas General Rule C 3 of Section I of Part I of the Annex to
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common
Customs Tariff^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3000/75 ^^ ,
provides that the unit of account by reference to which certain
specific customs duties are expressed or the scope of certain headings
or subheadings is defined has a value of 0.88867088 grajnmes of
fine gold ;
Whereas Council Regulation No 129 on the value of the unit of account
and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of common
agricultural policy , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2543/73 ^^
allows measures to be taken which derogate from the principle of a
par value for the conversion of one currency into another ; whereas
representative rates have been adopted in the agricultural sector
under this provision ;
Whereas the use of a different rate of exchange from these rates
one currency into another those would lead to a distortion of trade ;
Whereas this situation presents a special problem as regards the
system of reference prices applicable to wine ;
                                                                 ./.
( 1 ) O.J. No L 172 of 22 . 7.1968 , p. 1
( 2 ) O.J. No       304 of 24.11.1975 , p. 1
(( 34 )) O.J.  No
         O.J. No
                    106 of 30.10.1962 , p. 2553/62
                    263 of 19 . 9-1973 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 2 -
  Whereas , for this product , Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2506/75 of
  29 September 1975 laying down special rules for importation of
  products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third
            (1)
  countries v ' provides that the free -at-frontier reference price
  shall equal the reference price less customs duties j
  Whereas the same rule should "be applied to these amounts , expressed
  in units of account , when this are converted into national currencies ,
  so that the effective level of the offer price after customs can be
  clearance can be estimated on a standard basis , both to ensure that
  the reference price is applied uniformly without any articial
  alteration of the pattern of trade and to allow the third countries
  concerned to benefit fully from the advantages resulting from the
  concessions , where this is appropriate ; whereas a fixed rate of
  exchange should be applied in this case in accordance with Council
  Regulation No 129 ;
  Whereas Annex IV to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 816/70 of 28 April
  1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organisation
  of the market in wine ^\ as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
  No 678/75 ^^ , amended the Common Customs Tariff,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1
  Annex IV "Amendment of the Common Customs Tariff" to Regulation
- No 816/70 is hereby replaced by the Annec to this Regulation in
  respect of the products falling within subheading No 22 . D 5 c .
                                Article 2
  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
  the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
  Communities .
  It shall apply with effect from l.July 1976 .
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
  applicable in all Member States .
  Done at Brussels ,                            For the Council
                                                 The President
  jTj
   ÏToTJTNo
   3 ) O.J. No L
                 256 of  2.10.1975 , p. 2
   2 ) O.J. No L 99 of 5 . 5.1970 , p. 1
                  72 of 20 . 3.1975 , p. 43
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                              ANNEX
                                                                                                                                     Rate of Duty
                                    Hcading
                                    numbcr                                              Description                         autonomous
                                                                                                                                 ••          conventional
                                                                                                                              or Lcvy
                                                                                                                                 IL)
                                                                                             2
                                 ÎU . OS    C. Other:
                                                  I. Of mi actual alcoholic strength not exceeding 13°, in containers
                                                     holding:
                                                     a) 2 litres or less                                                      12 UA
                                                                                                                            per hl (a)'c.)
                                                     b) More than 2 litres                                                     9 UA             9 UA ,
                                                                                                                            per hl (a)[c)       per hl (.c )
                                                II. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 13° but not exceeding
                                                     15°, in containers holding:
                                                     a) 2 litres or less                                                      14 UA
                                                                                                                           per hl (aXc
                                                     b) More than 2 litres                                                    11 UA            11 UA
                                                                                                                           per hl (aVr         per hl M
                                               III. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 15° but not exceeding
                                                     18°, in containers holding:
                                                     a) 2 litres or less :
                                                          1 . Port, Madeira , sherry, Tokay (As /.u and Szamorodni ) and
                                                                Setubal muscatel (b)                                          15 UA           13-5 UA
                                                                                                                              per hl           per hl
                                                         2. Other                                                            17 UA
                                                                                                                           per hl (aXc'j
                                            C. III. b) More than 2 litres :
                                                            1. Port, Madeira, sherry and Setubal muscatel ,. ,. ( i*/          12 UA            11 UA
                                                                                                                               per hl           per hl
                                                          2. Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) ._ . (. .£ }                          12 UA
                                                                                                                               per hl
                                                          3. Other                                                             14 UA
                                                                                                                            per hl Ii
                                                IV. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 18° but not exceeding
                                                      22°, in containers holding:
                                                      a) 2 litres or less :
                                                            1 . Port, Madeira, sherry, Tokay ( Aszu and Szamorodni) and
                                                                Setubal nuiscatel ('£)                                         16 UA           14-5 UA
                                                                                                                               per hl           per hl
                                                            2. , Other                                                         19 UA     ,      19 UA      ,
                                                                                                                            per hl              per hl (d )
                                                 •    b) More than 2 litres:
                                                            1. Port, Madeira, sherry and Setubal muscatel {$]                  13 UA            12 UA
                                                                                                                               per hl            per hl .
                                                            2. Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) ^ j                                 13 UA
                                                                                                                               per hl
                                                            3. Other                                                           19 UA       ,    19 UA
                                                                                                                            per hlÛ$(Cj          per hlcM
                                                 V. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 22° , in containers holding:
                                                      a) 2 litres or less                                                     1 <50 UA
                                                                                                                                per hl
                                                                                                                              and per
                                                                                                                               degree
                                                                                                                             + 10 UA
                                                                                                                             per hl fV'ö
                                                      b) More than 2 litres                                                   1-60 UA
                                                                                                                                per hi
                                                                                                                                 and
                                                                                                                           per degree «\)
 ( b) liiuiv iinjcr lins suMicadinn is o ,             or ,         : ?' « nain oroducis in addition to ihc rustoms duty.
( c ) The rate of exchange to be used to convert the unit of account in which the costums duty
    is expressed into national currency shall , by the way of derogation from the General Rule C 3
    contained in Section 1 of Part l t "be the representative rate applicable to wine , if such a
           e . A® fixed in accordance with Council Regulation No 129 on the -value of -the unit of account
    ^J) No lo6 ofg|oTlo !?9 ^2 pages11553/62) ^ pUrp°ses of the common agricultural policy