CELEX: 31973R0457
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 457/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the export refunds for wine

No L 53 / 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                26 . 2 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 457/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 31 January 1973
                                               fixing the export refunds for wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       No 957/70, Community market prices must be deter­
                                                                    mined on the basis of the most advantageous export
                                                                    prices ; whereas the prices referred to in Article 3 (2)
                                                                    muse be taken into account when the prices in inter­
                                                                    national trade are being determined ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas the international trade situation or the specific
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970 laying down additional                  to vary the refund acccording to the use or destination
provisions for the common organization of the market                of a specific product ;
in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2680/72 (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas table wines of Types R I, R II , A I, A II and
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC)                 A III defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 945/
No 816/70, to the extent necessary to enable the pro­               70 (4) of 26 May 1970, determining the types of table
ducts listed in Article 1 (2) of this Regulation to be              wines may now be exported in economically significant
exported in economically significant quantity on the                quantity ;
basis of the prices for those products on the world
market , the difference between those prices and the
prices in the Community may be covered by an export
refund ; whereas , however, refunds may be granted                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Commission
only for the products referred to in Article 1 (2) of               Regulation (EEC) No 325/71 ( 5) of 15 February 1971
Council Regulation (EEC) No 957/70 (3) of 26 May                    on detailed rules for the application of export refunds
1970, laying down general rules for granting export                 on wine, refunds must be fixed at least once every
refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the amount                  three months ; whereas, if need be, they can be amended
of such refunds ;                                                   in the interval between fixing dates ;
Whereas , pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 957/70, the existing state and probable future trends            Whereas the application of the abovementioned rules
of prices and quantities available of the products on               to the present market situation and in particular to
the Community market on the one hand, and world                     the prices of wines in the Community and on the
market prices for these products on the other, must                 world market leads to the fixing of refunds as indicated
be taken into account when refunds are being fixed ;                above ;
whereas account must also be taken of the costs refer­
red to in Article 2 ( b) and of the economic aspects of
the exports intended ; whereas the objectives defined
in Article 2 (c) and the need to avoid disturbances which           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
might lead to imbalance of supply and demand on the                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Community market must also be taken into account ;                  ment Committee for Wines ;
o OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 289 , 27. 12 . 1972 , p. 1 .                           (4 ) OJ No L 114 , 27. 5 . 1970, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 115 , 28 . 5. 1970, p. 1 .                              (5) OJ No L 38 , 16. 2 . 1971 , p. 16 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                                Article 2
                            Article 1                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                              day following its publication in the Official Journal
The amount of the export refunds for the products                             of the European Communities.
listed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 957/70
shall be set out in the Annex.                                                It shall apply from 1 February 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                                            The President
                                                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                                                         Amount of
                      CCT
                                                                    Description                                              refund
                  heading No
                                                                                                                        u.a . /degree/hi
              ex 22.05 C I            R I and R II i1)
                           C II           Red table wine, other than red table wine of type R III of
                                          an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 9-5° and not
                                          exceeding 14°
                                          For export to :
                                          Finland, Sweden, Norway                                                              0-19
              ex 22.05 C I            A I i 1)
                           CII            White table wine, other than white table wines of Types
                                          A II and A III of an actual alcoholic strength of not less
                                          than 9-5° and not exceeding 14°
                                          For export to :
                                          Finland, Sweden , Norway                                                             0-30
                                                                                                                          Amount of
                                                                                                                        refund u. a. /hi
               ex 22.05 C I          A II and A III
                           CII            "White table wine from wines of the Sylvaner, Miiller-Thur­
                                          gau or Riesling varieties
                                          For export to :
                                          Finland, Sweden , Norway                                                             3-5
               (*) Including table wines which stand in close economic relationship with these types of table wine in accordance with
                   Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2699/70 of 30 December 1970 ( OJ No L 285 , 31 . 12 . 1970, p. 71 ).