CELEX: 31972R2584
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2584/72 of the Commission of 7 December 1972 fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector

Official Journal of the European Communities                                5
9.12.72                           Official Journal of the European Communities                      No L 276/3
                     REGULATION (EEC) No 2584/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                of 7 December 1972
                                 fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector
THE   COMMISSION        OF THE EUROPEAN           COM­      basis of the most advantageous purchasing
MUNITIES,                                                   possibilities of the products in question; whereas,
                                                            to establish that price, no account should be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                taken of information concerning supplies which
European Econom_c Community;                                have no economic effect on the market, in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                   particular where the quantities involved are
No 816/701 of 23 April 1970 laying down                     small;
additional provisions for the common organi­
sation of the market in wine, as last amended               Whereas , in accordance with Article 2 of
by Regulation (EEC) No 1651/72,2 and in                     Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the prices used
particular Article S (6) thereof;                           must be adjusted if thfey do not apply free-at­
                                                            Community-frontier or to any wine correspond­
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                   ing to the one whose guide price was taken into
No 816/70 provides that a countervailing charge             account for fixing the reference price;
must be levied on imports of a wine and of
wines in the same category wines where the
free-at-frontier offer price for that wine, plus            Whereas, in application of Article 8 of Regula­
customs duties , is lower than the reference                tion (EEC) No 1019/70, when a countervailing
price for that wine; whereas the countervailing             charge is fixed for imports of red or white
charge is equal to the difference between the               wine, a countervailing charge must be fixed
reference price and the free-at-frontier offer              for imports of musts of the same colour;
price plus customs duties;                                  whereas in that case the countervailing charge
                                                            to be levied on must is calculated by weighting
Whereas      Commission            Regulation     (EEC)     the amount of the charge applicable to the
No 2583/723 of 7 December 1972 fixed the                    corresponding wine with a coefficient which
reference prices for wine for the period 16                 takes account of the ratio 0-95 existing on the
December 1972 to 15 December 1973 ;                         Community market between the average price
                                                            of must and that of wine;
Whereas in respect of each wine for which a
reference price is fixed, a free-at-frontier offer
price for all imports is determined on the basis            Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 of
of all the available information ; whereas the              Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the counter­
nature of that information is specified in                  vailing charge for a product must be fixed per
Article 1 (1), (2) and (3) of Commission Regula­            degree/hectolitre or per hectolitre according
tion No 1019; 704 of 29 May 1970 on detailed                to whether the reference price for that product
rules for establishing free-at-frontier offer prices        is fixed per degree/hectolitre or per hectolitre;
and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine
sector;                                                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of
Whereas in accordance with Article 1 and 3 of               Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the counter­
Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the free-at­                   vailing charge must be altered when a noticeable
frontier offer prices must be established on the            variation in the free-at-frontier offer price is
                                                            recorded;
                                                            Whereas it follows from applying these rules
1 OJ No L   99, 5.5.1973, p. 1 .                            to the information at present available to the
2 OJ No L   174, 1.8.1972, p. 52.
3 OJ No L   276, 9.12.1972, p. 1 .                          Commission that the countervailing charge
4 OJ No L   118, 1.6.1970, p. 13 .                          should be fixed as follows ;
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Whereas the Management Committee for Wine             3 . White wine offered for import under the
has not delivered an Opinion within the time              name of 'Riesling' or 'Sylvaner': 0 u.a. per
limit set by the Chairman;                                hectolitre .
                                                      4 . Liqueur wine: 2-60 u.a. per degree/hi.
                                                      5 . Wine fortified for distillation: 0 u.a. per
                                                          degree/hi.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                      6 . Grape must with fermentation not arrested
                                                          by the addition of alcohol:
                    Article 1                             (a) White: 0-20 u.a. per degree/hi.
                                                          (b) Other: 0-24 u.a. per degree/hi.
The countervailing charges applicable in the
wine sector are fixed at the following levels:
                                                                              Article 2
1 . Red wine: 0*25 u.a. per degree/hi.
2 . White wine other than that referred to in 3 :     This Regulation shall enter into force on
    0-21 u.a. per degree/hi.                           16 December 1972.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
           Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 December 1972.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                         S. L. MANSHOLT