CELEX: 31976R3070
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3070/76 of 15 December 1976 fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector

16 . 12. 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 346/ 15
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION EEC No 3070/76
                                                          of 15 December 1976
                                        fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       market, in particular owing to the small quantities
   COMMUNITIES,                                                        involved ;
                                                                       Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               (EEC) No 1019/70, the prices must be adjusted if they
   Economic Community,                                                 do not apply free-at-Community-frontier or to a
                                                                       product corresponding to the one whose guide price
                                                                       was taken into account for fixing the reference price ;
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
   816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­
   sions for the common organization of the market in
                                                                       Whereas the countervailing charge for a product must
  wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     be fixed per degree/hi or per hi according to whether
                                                                       the reference price for that product is fixed per
  2829/76 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
                                                                       degree/hi or per hi ;
  Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of Regula­
   No 816/70 a countervailing charge must be levied on                 tion (EEC) No 1019/70, the countervailing charge is
   imported products when the free-at-frontier offer                   altered when an appreciable variation in the free-at­
   price for those products plus customs duties is lower               frontier offer price is recorded ;
   than their reference price ; whereas the countervailing
  charge is equal to the difference between the refer­                 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 644/75 of 12 March
  ence price and the free-at-frontier offer price plus                 1975 fixing countervailing charges in the wine
   customs duties ;                                                    sector (6), should be repealed ;
                                                                       Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
i Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2925/76                       information at present available to the Commission
  of 1 December 1976 fixing the reference prices for                   that the countervailing charge should be fixed as
   the period 16 December 1976 to 15 December 1977                     stated below ;
  in the wine sector (3) ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  Whereas, in respect of each product for which a refer­               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       ment Committee for Wine,
   ence price is fixed, a free-at-frontier offer price for all
   imports is determined on the basis of all the available
   information ; whereas the nature of that information is
   specified in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of Commission
   Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70 of 29 May 1970 on                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   detailed rules for establishing free-at-frontier offer
   prices and fixing the countervailing charge in the
  wine sector (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                                Article 1
   No 3059/76 (5) ;
                                                                       1.    The countervailing charges applicable in the
  Whereas, in accordance with Articles 1 and 3 of Regu­                wine sector shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
  lation (EEC) No 1019/70 , free-at-frontier offer prices
   must be established on the basis of the most advan­
                                                                       2.    Regulation (EEC) No 644/75 is hereby repealed.
  tageous purchasing possibilities for the products in
   question ; whereas in establishing these prices no
  account is to be taken of information concerning
  supplies which have no economic effect on the                                                 Article 2
  (!)  OJ No  L 99, 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 .                                This Regulation shall        enter into force on    16
  (2)  OJ No  L 326, 25 . 11 . 1976, p. 1 .                            December 1976 .
  (3 ) OJ No  L 333 , 2 . 12. 1976, p . 18 .
  f)   OJ No  L 118 , 1 . 6 . 1970, p . 13 .
  (5)  OJ No  L 345, 15. 12. 1976, p . 11 .                            (') OJ No L 67, 14. 3 . 1975, p. 14.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 15 December 1976 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                        ANNEX
                   CCT
                 heading                                    Description                                     Rate of countervailing charge
                    No
           ex   20.07 A I        Grape juices (including grape muât), whether
                  and B I        concentrated or not, with an added sugar content
                                 of 30 % or less by weight
                                     White                                                              0-19 u.a./potential alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi (') (2)
                                 — Other                                                               0-21 u.a./potential alcoholic
                                                                                                       strength/hi (') (2)
           ex   22.05 C          Red and rosé wine                                                      0-22 u.a./actual alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
           ex 22.05 C            White wine
                                 — Presented under the varietal name Riesling or
                                      Sylvaner                                                          0 u.a./hl (})
                                 — Other                                                                0-20 u.a./actual alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
           ex   22.05 C          Grape must with fermentation arrested by the
                                 addition of alcohol, within the meaning of Addi­
                                 tional Note 4 a) to Chapter 22 of the Common
                                 Customs Tariff                                                         0 u.a./total alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
           ex   22.05 C          Wine fortified for distillation, within the meaning
                                 of Additional Note 4 b) to Chapter 22 of the
                                 Common Customs Tariff                                                  0 u.a./actual alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
           ex   22.05 C          Liqueur wine, within the meaning of Additional
                                 Note 4 c) to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs
                                 Tariff
                                 — Intended for processing, under custom control
                                      or administrative control with equivalent
                                      guarantee, into products other than those
                                      falling within heading No 22.05 of the
                                      Common Customs Tariff                                             0 u.a./actual alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
                                 — Other                                                                1-21 u.a./actual alcoholic
                                                                                                        strength/hi
           (') For Greek products accompanied by a Movement Certificate A G I, the countervailing charge only applies to grape must, to the
               exclusion of grape juice.
           (2) Until 31 December 1977, in application of Article 9 (3) second subparagraph, second indent of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70, the
               countervailing charge shall not be levied on imports of grape juice (including grape must), whether concentrated or not, into the
               United Kingdom and Ireland, intended for the production in those two Member States 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' is authorized.
           (5) To qualify for exemption from the countervailing charge, the VI 1 document must include express mention of the word 'Riesling'
               or 'Sylvaner'.