CELEX: 31976R2635
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2635/76 of 29 October 1976 amending the Community tariff quotas opened for 1976 by Regulations (EEC) No 2956/75, (EEC) No 2957/75 and (EEC) No 2958/75 for the importation of certain wines originating in Portugal

30 . 10 . 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 300/ 1
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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2635/76
                                                    of 29 October 1976
                 amending the Community tariff quotas opened for 1976 by Regulations (EEC)
                 No 2956/75 , (EEC) No 2957/75 and (EEC) No 2958/75 for the importation of
                                         certain wines originating in Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tioned Protocol 8 ; whereas these Regulations should,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    accordingly, be amended,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 and 113 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                        Article 1
 ment ('),
 Whereas the European Economic Community signed                  Regulation (EEC) No 2956/75 shall be amended as
                                                                 follows :
 on 20 September 1976 an Additional Protocol to the
 1972 Agreement between the European Economic
                                                                 1 . In Article 1 ( 1 ), the quota volume of 20 000 hectoli­
 Community and the Portuguese Republic and an
 Interim Agreement with that country (2) to bring
                                                                     tres of port wines falling within tariff subheadings
                                                                     ex 22.05 C III a) 1 and ex 22.05 C IV a) 1 shall be
 forward the date of implementation of certain provi­                increased to 22 500 hectolitres.
 sions of the Protocol concerning trade ; whereas the
 Interim Agreement is to enter into force on 1
 November 1976 ;                                                 2. Article 2 (2) and (3) shall be replaced by the
                                                                     following :
 Whereas for 1976 Article 9 (2) of the Interim Agree­
 ment provides for an improvement of the conditions                  '2. A first instalment shall be shared among the
 laid down in Article 4 of Protocol 8 annexed to the
                                                                     Member States ; the shares which, subject to Article
 1972 Agreement concerning the importation of                        5, shall be valid until 31 December 1976, shall
 certain wines originating in Portugal ; whereas for port            consist of the following amounts :
wines imported in receptacles containing two litres or
 less the quota amount is increased from 20 000 hecto­                                                                       (in hutolitns)
 litres to 35 000 hectolitres ; whereas for Madeira wines                                            Port wines under subheadings
 the quota amount and the reduction of customs duties                      Member States
 are increased from 1 5 000 hectolitres to 1 6 000 hectoli­                                   ex 22.05 C III a) 1    ex 22.05 C III b) I
                                                                                                       and                    and
 tres and from 30 % to 50 % respectively ; whereas for                                        ex 22.0.S C IV a ) 1   ex 22.05 C IV b) I
 Setubal    muscatel    wines  the  reduction   of customs
 duties is increased from 30 % to 50 % ; whereas the                 Benelux                          2 673                37 200
                                                                     Denmark                            547                 1 6 800
pro rata temporis clause is applicable ;
                                                                     Germany                          3017                 23 200
 Whereas by Regulations (EEC) No 2956/75 (3), (EEC)                  France                           6014                108 900
 No 2957/75 (4) and (EEC) No 2958/75 (5) the Council                 Ireland                              62                  4 250
 opened, for 1976, Community tariff quotas for the                   Italy                            5 467                      100
 importation of the abovementioned wines on the                      United Kingdom                   2 470                64 550
 conditions laid down in Article 4 of the abovemen­
                                                                                     Total          20 250                255 000
(') Opinion delivered on 27 October 1976 (not yet published
     in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ No L 266, 29 . 9. 1976, p. 1 .                                 3 . The second instalment of each quota, 2 250
(3) OJ No L 294, 13 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
c OJ No L 294, 13. 11 . 1975, p. 5.                                   and 30 000 hectolitres respectively, shall constitute
(5) OJ No L 294, 13. 11 . 1975, p. 8 .                                the reserve.'
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                               Article 2                           3. In Article 2 (3) the quota volume of the Commu­
                                                                      nity reserve shall be increased from 1 500 hectoli­
Regulation (EEC) No 2957/75 shall be amended as                       tres to 1 667 hectolitres.
follows :
1 . In Article 1 ( 1 ), the quota volume of 15 000 hectoli­                                     Article 3
    tres of Madeira wines falling within subheadings ex            Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2958/75 shall be
    22.05 C III a) 1 , ex 22.05 C III b) 1 , ex 22.05 C IV
                                                                   replaced by the following :
    a) 1 and ex 22.05 C IV b) 1 shall be increased to
     15 167 hectolitres.                                               '2.     The    Common        Customs Tariff duties          on
                                                                       wines imported within these tariff quotas shall be
2. Article 1 (2) shall be replaced by the following :                  suspended at the rates listed below :
    ' 2.        The Common Customs Tariff duties on
                                                                                                            Riitl·· of duty
    wines imported within these tariff quotas shall be                         CCT heading No
                                                                                                                (».¡ι ./Id)
    suspended at the rates listed below :
                                                                      ex   22.05  C  III a)  I                     6-7
                                            Rate of duty              ex   22.05  C  III b)   !                    5-5
              CCT heading No
                                              (uj./hl)                ex   22.05  C  IV  a) I                      7-2
                                                                      ex   22.05  C  IV  b)  I                     6-0'
   ex    22.0 S C  III  a)  1                   6-7
   ex    22.05  C  III  b)   1                  5-5
                                                                                                Article 4
   ex    22.05  C  IV  a)  I                    7-2
   ex    22.05  C  IV  b)   1                   60 '               This Regulation shall enter into force on I November
                                                                    1976 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 29 October 1976.
                                                                                 I:or the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 M. van der STOKL