CELEX: 31977R0441
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/77 of 2 March 1977 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 851/76 fixing a countervailing charge on imports into Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 441 /77
                                                          of 2 March 1977
              amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 fixing a countervailing
              charge on 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,                                                             The following paragraph 3 is hereby added to Article
                                                                      2 of Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 of
                                                                          '3 . The competent French authorities shall take
9 April 1976 fixing a countervailing charge on
                                                                          the necessary measures to control the manufacture
imports into Belgium , Germany, Luxembourg and the
                                                                          and dispatch of ethyl alcohol obtained from
Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin                       cereals   and  shall  inform   the Commission     and
produced in France ('), as last amended by Regula­                        other Member States thereof, the authorities shall
tion ( EEC) No 1 987/ 76 (2 ), introduced a countervailing
                                                                          in particular ensure that the words "alcool
charge which is applied when the alcohol is entered
for home use in the four importing countries
                                                                          ethylique obtenu a partir de cereales" (ethyl
concerned, unless France applies the charge at the                        alcohol obtained from cereals) together with the
time of export ; whereas the purpose of the Regulation                    tariff subheading ex 22.08 B or ex 22.09 A II, as
is to ease the difficulties resulting from the aid                        appropriate, are entered in the space "description
                                                                          of goods" of the document which certifies the
granted by France for exports of alcohol ;
                                                                          Community origin of the product and that these
Whereas under Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No                       particulars are authenticated by the stamp of the
851 /76 the Commission keeps a constant watch over                        French customs office issuing the said document.
the development of trade in the products in question
and adjusts the rate of the countervailing charge as                      The reduced countervailing charge on ethyl
necessary in the light of the factors taken into consid­                  alcohol obtained from cereals shall be-appliedy-in
                                                                          the Member State where it is entered for home use
eration for the fixing thereof ;
                                                                          referred to in paragraph 1 , only on presentation of
Whereas, since Regulation ( EEC) No 851 /76 was last                      the document referred to in the previous subpara­
amended, monetary events have made it necessary to                        graph bearing the abovementioned endorsements.'
adjust the rate of the countervailing charge ;
Whereas alcohol produced from cereals in France is                                             Article 2
sold for export at a higher price than that of other
exported alcohol ; whereas in the circumstances a                     The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 is hereby
reduced countervailing charge should be applied to                    replaced by the Annex hereto .
this product ; whereas to ensure that the system intro­
duced by Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 is properly                                               Article 3
applied, provisions should be made for France to intro­
duce suitable control measures to be applied at the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
time of the manufacture and dispatch of the alcohol                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
concerned ,                                                           of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 2 March 1977 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 96 , 10 . 4 . 1976 , p. 41 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 218 , 11 . 8 . 1976 , p. 8 .
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                                                      ANNEX
                                                               Rate ot charge per hi and per degree of alcohol
                            Member State­
                                                              Ethyl alcohol                       Other alcohol
                                                          obtained trom cereals               of agricultural origin
           Belgi u m / Luxembourg                        Bfrs/ Lfrs     M 127                Bfrs/ Lfrs      6-393
           Germany                                       DM             0-0724               DM              0-4162
           France                                        FF             0-1513               FF              0-8693
           Netherlands                                   FL             0-0755               Fl              0-4341