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9.12.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 276/3

REGULATION (EEC) No 2584/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 December 1972 fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ basis of the most advantageous purchasing MUNITIES, possibilities of the products in question; whereas , to establish that price, no account should be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the taken of information concerning supplies which European Econom_c Community; have no economic effect on the market, in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) particular where the quantities involved are small; No 816/701 of 23 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organi­ sation of the market in wine, as last amended Whereas , in accordance with Article 2 of by Regulation (EEC) No 1651 /72,2 and in Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the prices used particular Article S (6) thereof; must be adjusted if thfey do not apply free-at­ Community-frontier or to any wine correspond­ Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) ing to the one whose guide price was taken into No 816/70 provides that a countervailing charge account for fixing the reference price; must be levied on imports of a wine and of wines in the same category wines where the Whereas , in application of Article 8 of Regula­ free-at-frontier offer price for that wine, plus tion (EEC) No 1019/70, when a countervailing customs duties , is lower than the reference charge is fixed for imports of red or white price for that wine; whereas the countervailing wine, a countervailing charge must be fixed charge is equal to the difference between the for imports of musts of the same colour; reference price and the free-at-frontier offer whereas in that case the countervailing charge price plus customs duties ; to be levied on must is calculated by weighting Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) the amount of the charge applicable to the No 2583/723 of 7 December 1972 fixed the corresponding wine with a coefficient which reference prices for wine for the period 16 takes account of the ratio 0-95 existing on the December 1972 to 15 December 1973 ; Community market between the average price of must and that of wine; Whereas in respect of each wine for which a reference price is fixed, a free-at-frontier offer price for all imports is determined on the basis Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 of of all the available information ; whereas the Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the counter­ nature of that information is specified in vailing charge for a product must be fixed per Article 1 ( 1), (2) and (3) of Commission Regula­ degree/hectolitre or per hectolitre according tion No 1019; 704 of 29 May 1970 on detailed to whether the reference price for that product rules for establishing free-at-frontier offer prices is fixed per degree/hectolitre or per hectolitre; and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine sector; Whereas , in accordance with Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the counter­ Whereas in accordance with Article 1 and 3 of vailing charge must be altered when a noticeable Regulation (EEC) No 1019/70, the free-at­ variation in the free-at-frontier offer price is frontier offer prices must be established on the recorded;

Whereas it follows from applying these rules 1 OJ No L 99, 5.5.1973, p. 1 . to the information at present available to the 2 OJ No L 174, 1.8.1972, p . 52. 3 OJ No L 276, 9.12.1972, p . 1 . Commission that the countervailing charge 4 OJ No L 118, 1.6.1970, p. 13 . should be fixed as follows ;

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Whereas the Management Committee for Wine 3 . White wine offered for import under the has not delivered an Opinion within the time name of 'Riesling' or 'Sylvaner': 0 u.a . per limit set by the Chairman; hectolitre . 4 . Liqueur wine: 2-60 u.a. per degree/hi. 5 . Wine fortified for distillation: 0 u.a. per degree/hi. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 6 . Grape must with fermentation not arrested by the addition of alcohol: Article 1 (a) White: 0-20 u.a. per degree/hi. (b) Other: 0-24 u.a . per degree/hi. The countervailing charges applicable in the wine sector are fixed at the following levels: Article 2 1 . Red wine: 0*25 u.a . per degree/hi. 2 . White wine other than that referred to in 3 : This Regulation shall enter into force on 0-21 u.a . per degree/hi. 16 December 1972 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 7 December 1972.

For the Commission The President

S. L. MANSHOLT