CELEX: 31977R2875
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2875/77 of 19 December 1977 extending the term of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

24 . 12 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 332/3
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2875/77
                                                      of 19 December 1977
                extending the term of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture in
                                               the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        duties on wine in the Community is achieved, but not
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      beyond 31 December 1977 ; whereas, however, the
                                                                    Council has to decide to what extent these provisions
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             should be retained, amended or discontinued ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas at the present time the harmonization of
 Having regard to the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of               specific duties on wine in the Community has not
 Luxembourg,                                                       been achieved ; whereas the application of the said
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      system in favour of Luxembourg wines will continue
 541 /70 of 20 March 1970 on agriculture in the Grand              to be of benefit to the agricultural income of the
 Duchy of Luxembourg ( ! ),                                        Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector con­
                                                                   cerned ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3310/75 of 16 December 1975 on agriculture in the                  Whereas, having regard to the other reasons set out in
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2), as amended by Regu­                 Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70 and (EEC) No 3310/75,
lation (EEC) No 3166/76 (3), and in particular the                 the term of this latter Council Regulation should now
                                                                   be extended,
second paragraph of Article 2 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 1
( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxem­                                         Article 1
bourg, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are                 In the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
to apply the system provided for in the third para­                No 3310/ 75 '31 December 1978 ' shall be substituted
graph of Article 6 of the Convention on the economic               for ' 31 December 1977'.
union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25 July 1921 ;
whereas Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70, (EEC) No                                             Article 2
3535/73 (4), (EEC) No 3192/74(5), (EEC) No 3310/75
and (EEC) No 3166/76 provide that such system is to                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
remain applicable until full harmonization of specific              1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 19 December 1977 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                 H. SIMONET
(>)  OJ  No  L 68 , 25. 3 . 1970, p. 3.
(2)  OJ  No  L 328 , 20 . 12 . 1975, p. 12.
P)   OJ  No  L 357, 29 . 12. 1976,   p. 13 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973,  p. 1.
 5   OJ  No  L 341 , 20 . 12. 1974,  p. 6.