CELEX: 31975D0069
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 December 1974 authorizing the Italian Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the Community in wines, falling within subheading 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff, coming from Greece

30 . 1 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 23 / 15
                                                                II
                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 December 1974
             authorizing the Italian Republic to apply protective measures in trade within the
             Community in wines, falling within subheading 22.05 C of the Common
                                           Customs Tariff, coming from Greece
                                               (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (75/ 69/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      subject to quantitative restrictions in the other
COMMUNITIES,                                                        Member States they are generally subject to customs
                                                                    duties or, as the case may be, to tariff quotas at
                                                                    reduced or zero duties, varying from one Member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               State to another ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas these tariff divergences cause deflections of
                                                                    trade which , if they continue, are likely to hinder the
Having regard to the applications made by the Italian               implementation of tariff measures applied by the
Republic on 28 October 1974, for authorization under                Member States in respect of Greece ;
the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty to
apply protective measures in intra-Community trade
in wines, falling within subheading 22.05 C of the                  Whereas it is not possible in present circumstances
Common Customs Tariff, coming from Greece and                        for the Member States to introduce methods of cooper­
put into free circulation in another Member State ;                  ation such as would obviate the need for protective
                                                                     measures ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 8 1 6/70 ( 1 ) of
28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for                  Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be
the common organization of the market in wine , liber­               authorized temporarily to take the necessary protective
alized imports of these products from third countries                measures ;
and provided for their free movement within the
Community ;
                                                                     Whereas these measures may consist of levying an
                                                                     additional import charge, designed to offset present
Whereas, however, in accordance with the Agreement                   tariff divergences, while taking account of the tariff
creating an association between the European                         quotas opened in favour of Greece ;
Economic Community and Greece, and in particular
with Protocol 14 thereof, the Member States are to­
apply different customs duties to wines imported from                Whereas the period of validity of this Decision should
Greece ; whereas although these wines are imported                   end upon the entry into force of a common tariff
duty-free into the Benelux countries, and are not                    arrangement for imports of the relevant products from
                                                                     Greece , and in any event not later than 31 December
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .                                1 975 ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                       Article 3
                        Article /                           The Italian Republic shall without delay inform the
                                                            Commission of the measures taken under this Deci­
The Italian Republic is authorized to levy on imports       sion .
of wines, falling within subheading 22.05 C of the
Common Customs Tariff, coming from Greece and                                     Article 4
put into free circulation in another Member State, a
countervailing charge of an amount not exceeding the        This Decision shall be applicable only until the
difference between the customs duties which they            common tariff arrangement for imports of wine from
apply to imports of the wine in question coming             Greece enters into force, and shall not apply after 31
direct from Greece and the customs duties which were        December 1975 .
levied on the same wine when it was released for free
circulation in the Community.
                                                                                  Article 5
                        Article 2
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
For wines in respect of which the relevant Member
States has opened tariff quotas under Protocol 14 to
the Agreement creating an association between the           Done at Brussels , 18 December 1974 .
European Economic Community and Greece, and
until the relevant tariff quota is used up by imports
                                                                                     For the Commission
direct from Greece or passing through another
Member State, the charge provided for in Article 1                                       The President
shall be calculated on the customs duty applicable in
the relevant Member State on that tariff quota .                                    François-Xavier ORTOLI