CELEX: 31976R1801
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1801/76 of 23 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 851/76 fixing a countervailing charge for imports into Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France

27. 7. 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 201 /21
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1801 /76
                                                       of 23 July 1976
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 fixing a countervailing charge for
              imports into Belgium , Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands of ethyl
                                  alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                    Article 1
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 46
 thereof,
                                                                 Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 is hereby
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 of                amended as follows :
 9 April 1976 fixing a countervailing charge for
 imports into Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the                    " 1 . The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Repu­
 Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin                  blic of Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
produced in France ( !), introduced a countervailing                  bourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall
charge to be levied on ethyl alcohol produced in                      levy a countervailing charge on products referred
 France and marketed in the four importing countries                  to in Article 1 produced ' in France, when entered
involved, unless France applies that charge on exporta­               for home use, unless France applies that charge at
tion ; whereas this Regulation aims to ease the diffi­                the time of export.
culties resulting from the aid granted by France for                  The products referred to in Article 1 shall be
exports of alcohol ;                                                  considered as having been produced in France
                                                                      unless it is established to the satisfaction of the
Whereas the purpose of the said Regulation will be
jeopardized if French exports of the said alcohol is                  competent authorities of the Member State
made through other Member States ; whereas Regula­                    entering the products for home use that they were
tion (EEC) No 851 /76 should therefore be amended                     produced elsewhere.'
to prevent any such deflection of trade ;
Whereas according to the criteria applied for the adop­                                   Article 2
tion of Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76, the amount of
the charge must not exceed either the Amount of aid,             The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 shall be
or the difference between the resulting market prices            replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .
in the Member States involved ; whereas the notifica­
tion of 1 July 1976 from the German Government
shows that the price on the German market has been                                        Article 3
reduced by DM 1 5 ; whereas the amount of the charge
should therefore be adapted to take account of this
change in one of the elements in its calculation ;               This Regulation shall enter into force so far as Article
                                                                  1 is concerned on the seventh day following its publi­
Whereas the market situation in the Benelux coun­                cation in the Official Journal of the European
tries enables the charge applied in these countries to           Communities and so far as Article 2 is concerned on
be kept at the same level as that in force in Germany,           the third such day.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 July 1976.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 96, 10 . 4. 1976, p . 41 .
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                                     ANNEX
                   Member State
                                          Rate of charge per hi
                                           and per % alcohol
              Belgium       )             Bfrs/ Lfrs 5Ό25
              Luxembourg )
              Germany                           DM     0-3264
              France                             FF    0-6013
              Netherlands                         Fl   0-3453