CELEX: 31985R2295
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2295/85 of 9 August 1985 suspending implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2541/84 with regard to the countervailing charge on imports into the other Member States of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France

10 . 8 . 85                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 213/37
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2295/85
                                                   of 9 August 1985
              suspending implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2541/84 with regard to the
              countervailing charge on imports into the other Member States of ethyl alcohol
                                      of agricultural origin produced in France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 required for imposition of the countervailing charge
COMMUNITIES,                                                   will be met ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas collection of the countervailing charge
Economic Community, and in particular Article 46               should therefore be suspended from that date ; whereas
thereof,                                                       it is necessary, however, that the Member States
                                                               continue to provide the Commission with the regular
                                                               information specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         No 2541 /84 in order to enable it to keep a close watch
2541 /84 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                on the trend of trade in and the prices for alcohol, in
644/85 (2), fixed a countervailing charge on imports           particular beet alcohol, to which specific rules
into the other Member States of non-denatured ethyl            continue to apply in France,
alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France ;
whereas the purpose of this Regulation was to
re-establish balance on the alcohol markets of the             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
other Member States following disturbances brought
about by a pricing policy made possible by French                                      Article 1
rules equivalent in their effect to a national market
organization ;                                                 1 . Collection of the countervailing charge intro­
                                                               duced by Regulation (EEC) No 2541 /84 shall be
Whereas France has introduced new rules applying to            suspended with effect from 1 September 1985.
alcohol, due to enter into force on 1 September 1985,          2. The second subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) of
under which the duty ('soulte') on all alcohol sold on         Regulation (EEC) No 2541 /84 shall remain appli­
the domestic market will be discontinued and a quota           cable ; in their communications Member States shall
retained for beet alcohol alone ;                              henceforth also give, as far as possible, a breakdown by
                                                               the particular agricultural origin (beet or molasses) of
Whereas, without prejudice to assessment of certain            the alcohol .
aspects of these rules with reference to Article 46 and
other provisions of the Treaty, the trend from that date                               Article 2
of the prices at which French alcohol will be offered
on the markets of the other Member States cannot be            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
forecast ; whereas it is therefore uncertain whether and       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
to what extent, from 1 September 1985, the conditions          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 9 August 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 238 , 6 . 9 . 1984, p. 16.
(2 OJ No L 73, 14. 3. 1985, p. 15.