CELEX: 31976R1167
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1167/76 of 17 May 1976 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine and the Common Customs Tariff as regards the exchange rates applicable to customs duties on certain wines

No L 135/42                      Official Journal of the European Communities                          24. 5 . 76
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1167/76
                                                 of 17 May 1976
             amending Annex IV to Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 laying down additional provisions
            for the common organization of the market in wine and the Common Customs Tariff
                  as regards the exchange rates applicable to customs duties on certain wines
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the use of a rate of exchange different
COMMUNITIES ,                                               from these rates for converting one currency into
                                                            another could lead to distortion in trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­          Whereas this situation presents a special problem
pean Economic Community, and in particular                  in the case of the system of reference prices appli­
Article 43 thereof,                                         cable to wine ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          Whereas, for this product, Council Regulation
                                                            ( EEC) No 2506/75 of 29 September 1975 laying
                                                            down special rules for the importation of products
Having regard to the opinion of the European                in the wine-growing sector originating in certain
Parliament I1),                                             third countries (6), as amended by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                            No 1166/76 (7), provides that the free-at-frontier
                                                            reference price shall equal the reference price less
Whereas General Rule C 3 in Section 1 of Part I             customs duties ; whereas the same rule should be
of the Annex to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 950/           applied to these amounts, which are fixed in units
68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs                    of account, when they are converted into national
Tariff (2), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)            currencies , so that the effective level of the offer
No 1165/76 (3), provides that the unit of account           price after customs clearance can be estimated on
by reference to which certain specific customs              a standard basis , both to ensure that the reference
duties are expressed or the scope of certain headings       price is applied uniformly without any artificial
or subheadings is defined has a value of 0*88867088         alteration of trade patterns and to allow the third
gramme of fine gold ;                                       countries concerned to benefit fully from the ad­
                                                            vantages resulting from the tariff concessions ,
                                                            where appropriate ; whereas a rate of exchange
Whereas Council Regulation No 129 on the value              fixed in accordance with Regulation No 129 should
of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be         be applied in this case ;
applied for the purposes of the common agricultural
policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2543/73 (5), allows measures to be taken which           Whereas Annex IV to Council Regulation ( EEC)
derogate from the principle of a par value for the          No 816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional
conversion of one currency into another ; whereas           provisions for the common organization of the
representative rates have been adopted in the agri­         market in wine (8), as last amended by Regulation
cultural sector under these provisions ;                     ( EEC) No 1160/76 (9), amends the Common Cus­
                                                            toms Tariff,
(*) Opinion delivered on 10 May 1976 (not yet published
    in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968 , p. 1 .                       («) OJ No L 256, 2. 10 . 1975 , p . 2 .
(3) See page 39 of this Official Journal.                   (7 ) See page 41 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p . 2553/62.                   (8 ) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 263 , 19. 9. 1973 , p. 1 .                      (9 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               of the table of products falling within subheading
                                                            22.05 C.
                      Article 1
                                                                                   Article 2
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
In Annex IV ' Amendment to the Common Customs
                                                            day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                            of the European Communities.
Tariff ' to Regulation ( EEC) No 816/70 is hereby
replaced by the Annex to this Regulation in respect         It shall apply from 1 July 1976.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 17 May 1976.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                 J. HAMILIUS
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                                                           ANNEX
                                                                                                        Rate of duty
    CCT
   heading                                        Description                                  Autonomous
     No                                                                                             %            Conventional
                                                                                                 or levy               %
                                                                                                   ( L)
      1                                               2                                     I        3                 4
    22.05   C. Other :
                 I. Of an actual alcoholic strength not exceeding 13° , in containers hold­
                    ing :
                    a) Two litres or less                                                       12 u.a .               —
                                                                                              per hi (a) (c)
                    b) More than two litres                                                      9 u.a .            9 u.a .
                                                                                              per hi ( a ) (c)    per hi (c )
                II. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 13° but not exceeding 15°,
                    in containers holding :
                     a ) Two litres or less                                                      14 u.a .              —
                                                                                              per hi (a) (c)
                     b) More than two litres                                                     11 u.a .           11 u.a .
                                                                                              per hi (a) (c)      per hi (c)
               III. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 15° but not exceeding 18° ,
                     in containers holding :
                     a ) Two litres or less :
                          1 . Port , Madeira , sherry , Tokay ( Aszu and Szamorodni ) and
                              Setúbal muscatel (b)                                               15 u.a .          13*5 u.a .
                                                                                                  per hi              per hi
                          2 . Other                                                              17 u.a .
                                                                                               per hi (a) (c)
                      b) More than two litres :
                          1 . Port , Madeira , sherry and Setúbal muscatel ( b)                   12 u.a .           11 u.a .
                                                                                                   per hi             per hi
                          2 . Tokay ( Aszu and Szamorodni ) ( b )                                 12 u.a .
                                                                                                   per hi
                          3 . Other                                                               14 u.a .
                                                                                               per hi ( a ) (c)
                IV. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 18° but not exceeding 22°,
                      in containers holding :
                      a ) Two litres or less :
                          1 . Port, Madeira , sherry, Tokay ( Aszu and Szamorodni) and
                              Setúbal muscatel (b)                                                16 u.a .          14-5 u.a .
                                                                                                   per hi             per hi
                          2 . Other                                                               19 u.a .           19 u.a .
                                                                                               per hi (a) (c)      per hi (c)
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                                                                                                                                          Rate of duty
         CCT
       heading                                                     Description                                                  Autonomous
          No                                                                                                                          %           Conventional
                                                                                                                                  or levy              %
                                                                                                                                     ( L)
           1                                                            2                                                              3               4
       22.05           C. IV . b ) More than two litres :
    (continued)
                                     1 . Port , Madeira , sherry and Setúbal muscatel ( b)                                       13 u.a .           12 u.a .
                                                                                                                                  per hi             per hi
                                     2 . Tokay ( Aszu and Szamorodni) ( b)                                                       13 u.a .              —
                                                                                                                                  per hi
                                     3 . Other                                                                                   19 u.a .           19 u.a .
                                                                                                                             per hi ( a) (c )     per hi (c )
                            V. Of an actual alcoholic strength exceeding 22°, in containers holding :
                                  a) Two litres or less                                                                         1-60 u.a .
                                                                                                                                  per hi
                                                                                                                                 and per
                                                                                                                                  degree
                                                                                                                                + 10 u.a.
                                                                                                                             per hi (a) (c)
                                 b) More than two litres                                                                        1*60 u.a .
                                                                                                                                  per hi
                                                                                                                                   and
                                                                                                                             per degree ( a)
                                                                                                                                    (c)
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty.
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( c ) The exchange rate to be applied in converting into national currencies the unit of account in which the customs duty is expressed shall , notwithstanding
      General Rule C 3 contained in Part I , Section 1 , be the representative rate applicable to wine , if such a rate is fixed pursuant to Council Regulation
      No 129 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy ( OJ
      No 106 , 30. 10 . 1962 , p. 2553/62).