CELEX: 51980PC0775
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Date: 1980-11-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(80)775 final
                                                 Brussels . 26 November 1980
                                   Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 on the common organization of the
                                  market in cereals
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                                !
C0M(80 ) 775 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM,
  This proposal may "be regarded as a measure implementing Protocol No 1$ to
  the Act of Accession which states that the Council is to decide the
  necessary measures^'to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manu­
  facture of spirituous "beverages from cereals , and in particular of whisky ,
  exported to third countries ".
  In accordance with this Protocol it is proposed that although it is not
  possible to insert these measures into the Regulation on the common orgar-
  nization of the market in alcohol which has yet to "be adopted , they can
  fit into the framework of . the general Community policy for alcohol and
   should "be incorporated in the Regulation on the common organization of the
, market in cereals .
  With regard to cereals used in the manufacture of spirituous "beverages ,
  these measures , which it is proposed to insert into Regulation (EEC ) NO
   2727/75 on "the common organization of the market in oereals , consist
'either in the granting of export refunds , or in the granting of special
  refunds designed to take account of the difficulties which application of
  the standard rules on the granting of exports refunds For certain beverages
  would involve , given the production process and the long compulsory    ,
  maturing period for such beverages .
  Protocol No 19 of the Act of accession^ stipulates that these measures must
  avoid any discrimination between these products and other alcohol , account
  being taken of the particular situations peculiar to each case . The Commis­
  sion staff are studying possible cases of discrimination and the manner in
  which they may be obviated .                           .       ,
 ---pagebreak---                                   PROPOSAL FOR
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           amending Regulation ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 on "the common
           organization of the market in cereals
 THE COUNCIL OF TK2 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas Protocol No 19 annexed to the Act of Accession of Denmark , Ireland and the
United Kingdom , states that the Council shall decide the necessary measures to
facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous
beverages obtained from cereals , and in particular of whisky , exported to non-mem-
ber countries ; - whereas the abovementioned Protocol also states that these
measures must fit into the framework of the general Community policy for
alcohol ;
Whereas these measures may be taken within the framework of the Regulation
on the common organization of the market in cereals or the Regulation to
be adopted on the common organization of the market in alcohol :
                                                                      ■/
 ---pagebreak---    Whereas the common organization of the market in ethyl alcohol of agricul­
   tural origin has not yet "been established ; whereas , therefore , these
   measures must to be taken in the oereals sector ;
   Whereas provision should be made in respect of the industry producing spirituous -
  beverages from cereals which are themselves governed by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
           2               . . . _      .   .       ..          3
  2727 / 75 , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1870 / 80 , so that the alcohol-
  producing agricultural products used by that industry may be used and exported
  at a lower price than that resulting from the Community price system ;
   Whereas , under the provisions of Regulation (EEC ) No 2727/75         those of
   Regulation (EEC ) NO            laying down general rules for granting export
   refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not        .
   covered "by Annex II to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount            ;
   of such refunds^", an export refund may be granted only for cereal, products' used
   in the manufacture of certain spirituous beverages where the object of such use is
  other than the production of the alcohol, content ; whereas the scope for granting
• refunds in respect of other spirituous beverages and of the production of the alcohol
  content should be extended ; •
   Whereas in view of the fact that certain spirituous "beverages produced from
   cereals and exported to non-member countries are produced by a special process ,
  -particularly as regards maturing, it is necessary to make provision for the
   granting of a special refund for the manufacture and export of the said beve-
' rages ;                               •                 "
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   ? OJ No L 281, 01.10.1975, p. l           ■ -
   . 0J No L I84, 17.07.1980 , p. i 1 '
     0J No L                              -
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                           Article 1
 Regulation (EEC ) NO 2727/ 75 IS hereby amended as follows :
 1 0 The following paragraph is inserted in • A^rticle 16 i
      "4a Export refunds may 'be replaced , under certain conditions , "by special
            refunds in so far as is necessary to take account of the production processes ,
            in particular maturing , peculiar to certain spirituous beverages
            obtained from cereals#
           The Council , acting toy a qualified majority on a proposal from the
           Commission , shall adopt the necessary general ruleso "
2 , In Annex B , the text relaxing to Common Customs Tariff heading No 22.09
     is replaced "by the following :
     " 22.09 Ethyl alcohol , undenatured , of an alcoholio strength of less than
               80 $ vol j eaux–de~vie , liqueurs and other spirituous "beverages ;
               compound alcoholio preparations ( known a3 " concentrated extracts ")
               for the manufacture of "beverages' :
               C « Spirituous beverages :
                   II . Gin
                   I lib ) Whisky ( other than Bourbon whisky )
               ex IV . Vodka with an alcoholio strength not excessing 45®4 % "by
                          volume or less
                   V.     Other ."
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 2   1
                                     -              . /
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following •         its
publication in the Offical . Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effeot from 1 January 1981 .
This Regulation shall "be "binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States®
Done at Brussels |                                For the Council
       ' ;                   '                      The " President