CELEX: 31977R0124
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 124/77 of 18 January 1977 concerning the import of certain wine products originating in Greece into the three new Member States

25 . 1 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 21 / 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 124/77
                                                         of 18 January 1977
              concerning the import of certain wine products originating in Greece into the
                                                     three new Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           treatment equivalent to that provided in Article 6 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                          the Interim Agreement must continue to be applied
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 until 28 April 1977,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                          Article 1
ment (!),
                                                                      1 . For products originating in Greece, falling
Whereas Article 6 of the Interim Agreement between                    within heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs
the European Economic Community and Greece                            Tariff, the new Member States shall open import tariff
consequent on the accession of new Member States to                   quotas equal to the quantities set out below and at the
the Community (2) provides that the new Member                        rates of the duty applied by those Member States on 1
States open annual import tariff quotas for the benefit               January 1975 to imports from the Community as orig­
of Greece ; whereas this provision is valid only until                inally constituted :
31 December 1976 ;
Whereas the Community, in accordance with Article                           United Kingdom :            2 000 hectolitres,
35 of the Agreement establishing an association                             Denmark :                     200 hectolitres,
                                                                            Ireland :                     200 hectolitres .
between the European Economic Community and
Greece (3) declared, on 28 April 1975, that the basic                 2. These quotas shall be valid for imports effected
provisions for implementing the common agricultural                   from 1 January to 28 April 1977.
policy had been laid down for the products in ques­
tion ; whereas Article 36 of the said Agreement
provides that the Association Council shall within two                                        Article 2
years of that declaration establish the rules which will
apply to trade in the products in question ; whereas                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
these rules have not yet been established ;                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                      the European Communities.
Whereas to avoid any disturbance in exports of the
products in question from Greece to the Community,                    It shall apply from 1 January 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 January 1977.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                 Anthony CROSLAND
(') OJ No C 6, 10 . 1 . 1977, p . 135 .
(2) OJ No L 1 23, 1 5 . 5 . 1 975, p . 2 .
(3) OJ No 26, 18 . 2. 1963, p . 294/63 .