CELEX: 51975PC0387
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Date: 1975-07-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down special rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(75)387 final
                                              Brussels , 14 July 1975
                                   Proposai for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          laying flown special rules for the importation of products in the
          wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   CCS'( 75 ) 337 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
        This proposal for a Council Regulation endorses "the compromise rea­
ched at Luxembourg during the Council session of 23/24 June 1975 with regard
to nev; provisions concerning observance of the reference price in the wine-
growing sector in the context of the overall approach to the Mediterranean
countries .
        The proposal lays down the system required to implement the new pre­
ferential agreements to "be concluded with the Maghreb countries .
        To this end it provides for the fixing of free-at-frontier reference
prices vihich must be respected so that imported wines can have the benefit
of the advantages set forth in the said agreements . It also makes suitable
provision for cases where the undertakings are not fulfilled.
        It should be stressed that all the e! euents of the special agreement
in question are not contained in this proposal since Article 9 of Regulation
(EEC ) NO 8I6/7O already provides a legal basis for the adoption , by means
of Commission regulations , of specific measures in the event of failure by
non-member countries to observe their undertakings to respect such prices .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposai for
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) NO
                            of
               laying down special rules for the importation of
               products in the wine-growing sector originating
               in certain third countries .
Hffi COUIICIL OP THE EUROFEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomic Community,
and in particular Article 43 thereof j
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 ( l ) of 28 April 1970
laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market
in vine, at last amended "by Regulation (SEC ) No 678/75 ( 2 ), and in particu­
lar Article 9(5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Commission proposal ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament }
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 the system
for the importation of wine is "based on respect of a reference price ;
whereas to ensure respect of this price , provision has been made for the
possibility of levying a countervailing charge in addition to customs duties
            .,                 .      .                                   •/•
 (1 ) OJ No L 99 of 5 May 1970, p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 72 of 20 March 1975 , p. 43
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Whereas certain agreements with non-member countries make provision for
certain preferential exemptions from customs duties provided that the re­
ference price is respected ; whereas it has "been found neccssery to adopt
measures making it possible in such cases to ensure the working of the
system so that the aims of the system of importation laid down "by the •
common organization of the market in vane shall not "be jeopardized ;
Whereas it is appropriate in particular to lay down the necessary measures
so that the customs authorities of Member States can implement the agree­
ments with non-member countries } whereas it is appropriate to specify for
the implementation of these agreements th$ conditions and detailed rules
enabling , in case where the reference price is not respected , withdrawal
of the tariff concession to be established ; whereas depending on the case
in addition to such withdrawal the countervailing; charge may be levied,
this possibility being provided for by the second paragraph of Article 9(3 )
of Regulation (EEC ) No 816/70 { O; ' -
Whereas to ensure that the duty in the Common Customs Tariff or counter­
vailing charge is not reintroduced for any longer than is strictly neces­
sary for the working of the system, it is advisable to provide for a monthly
review of the position ;            1   r r-          ,              •      ;
Whereas the requirement that wine must be accompanied by a document from-
the exporting country may constitute a useful method of checking that the
reference price is respected by countries that have undertaken to adopt
the measures necessary to ensure such respect ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUUTION s ' J      '                         •" ' "
                                                                         •/
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 1
       For the purposes of -this Regulation, free–at-frontier reference price
means the reference price referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC )
No 816/70 les3 customs duties actually levied.
                                  Article 2
1.     Any import of wines coining tinder heading Ho 22.05 of tho Caramon
Customs Tariff originating in non-neriber countries granted special prefe­
rential tariff concessions provided the free-at-frontier reference price is
respected, shall in the event of failure to respect this price he subject
to payment of the duty in the Common Customs Tariff .
2.     Without prejudice to any other methods that may he used to check the
reference price , granting of the tariff concessions set forth in the first
paragraph shall "be subject to presentation of a document issued by the
competent authnrities of the exporting country certifying that the free-at-
frontier reference price has "been respected.
3.     Member States shall inform the Commission of individual cases of
failure to observe the free-at-frontier reference price .
       Depending on the number of such cases and viithout prejudice to any
measures that i?ay be adopted on the basis of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC )
No 8I6/7O , it may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 7 of Regulation Ho 24 that any future imports originating from one
or nore non-member countries referred to in the first paragraph that have
failed to respect the free-at-frontier reference price shall be subject to
the duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
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                                   Artide 3
         Any measures adopted on the basis of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC )
 No 816/70 and the mesure laid down in Article 2(3 ) of this Regulation ehall
"be the subject of a monthly review in accordance vith the procedure laid
 down in Article 8 of Regulation No -24», •
          ;                        Article 4
 1.      Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be
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 adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation
 No 24 . These rules shall in particular specify the elements that are to be
 taken into consideration in establishing the free-at-frontier offer price :
 for each import .
 2.      The Commission shall fix the free-at-frontier reference price accor­
 ding to the origin of the imported products *
                                   Article 5    '
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its pu­
 blication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
         It shall apply from the first day of the second month following its
 publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .!
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly appli­
 cable in all Member States .
 Done at Brussels .                                      For the Council ,
                                                         The President .