CELEX: 31973R3535
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3535/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

29 . 12. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 361 / 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obli^citoiy)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3535/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 17 December 1973
                                 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          system in favour of Luxembourg wines will continue
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        to be of benefit to the agricultural income of the
                                                                     Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector con­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                cerned ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas, for the other reasons given in the abovemen­
Having regard to the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of
                                                                     tioned Regulation , the said system should now
Luxembourg ;
                                                                     continue to be applicable for the period during which
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        it is expected that the Directive on the harmonization
541 /70 (') of 20 March 1970 on agriculture in the                   of excise duties on wine will be brought into opera­
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and in particular                         tion ,
Article 2 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 1                                            Article 1
( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
bourg, Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands are                  The provisions of the second subparagraph of Article
to apply the system provided for in the third para­                   1 ( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
graph of Article 6 of the Convention on the                          bourg shall remain applicable until full harmonization
Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25                       of specific duties on wine in the Community is
July 1921 ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 541 /70                      achieved , but in any event not later than 31 December
provides that such system is to remain applicable until               1 974 .
full harmonization of specific duties on wine in the
Community is achieved ; whereas, however, if such                    The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a pro­
harmonization is not achieved , the Council is to                    posal from the Commission , shall decide to what
decide , not later than 31 December 1973 , to what                   extent these provisions must be retained, amended or
extent these provisions must be retained, amended or                 abolished as from that date .
abolished ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas at the present time the harmonization of
specific duties on wine in the Community has not                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
been achieved ; whereas the application of the said                   1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                     I. NØRGAARD
(') OJ No L 68 , 25 . 3 . 1970 , p . 3 .