CELEX: 31978R0687
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 687/78 of 6 April 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77 fixing certain reference prices for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978 in the wine sector

7 . 4 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 93 / 13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 687 /78
                                                          of 6 April 1978
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77 fixing certain reference prices for the
                          period 16 December 1977 to 15 December 1978 in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                                 Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Points 6 and 7 of the first paragraph of Article 1 of
816/70 of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provi­                Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77 are hereby amended as
sions for the common organization of the market in                   follows :
wine (J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,                    ' 6 . liqueur wine within the meaning of Additional
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2753/77                                 Note 4 (c) to Chapter 22 of the Common
of 12 December 1977 fixing certain reference prices                            Customs Tariff, falling within the following
for the period 16 December 1977 to 15 December                                 subheadings :
1978 in the wine sector (3 ), as last amended by Regula­                       22.05   C  II  45 units  of account/ hectolitre ,
tion (EEC) No 422/78 (4), fixed inter alia the refer­                          22.05   C  III 48  units of account/ hectolitre ,
ence prices for liqueur wines at the same level as                             22.05   C  IV  60 units  of account/ hectolitre ,
those for the previous period, while at the same time ,                        22.05   C  V   66 units  of account/ hectolitre ;
however, providing a revision clause ;
Whereas , in view of the criteria laid down in Council                     7. liqueur wine within the meaning of Additional
Regulation (EEC) No 947/70 of 26 May 1970 laying                               Note 4 (c) to Chapter 22 of the Common
down general rules for fixing the reference price and                          Customs Tariff, intended for processing into
levying the countervailing charge for wine (5 ), as                            products other than those falling within
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2918 /76 (6), and of                            heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs
the information available to the Commission on the                             Tariff :
price of liqueur wines, the reference prices for liqueur
wines should be adjusted ; whereas, to simplify the                            22.05    C II  37 units  of account/ hectolitre ,
procedure of calculation and control, these reference                          22.05   C  III 40  units of account/ hectolitre ,
prices should be fixed per hectolitre within a range                           22.05    C IV  50 units  of account/ hectolitre ,
which takes into account the alcoholic strengths most                          22.05    C V   56 units  of account/ hectolitre .'
representative of the largest volume of imported
liqueur wines ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman ,                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 April 1978 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                      Vice-President
(>)  OJ  No L 99 , 5. 5 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 318 , 13 . 12 . 1977 , p . 24 .
(4)  OJ  No L 59 , 1 . 3 . 1978 . p. 37.
(5 ) OJ  No L 114, 27 . 5 . 1970 , p. 4.
(6)  OJ  No L 333 , 2 . 12 . 1976, p. 6 .