31973R3534

29 . 12. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 360/63

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3534/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 27 December 1973 introducing subsidies for vinicultural products similar to the vinicultural product exported as 'Cyprus sherry' produced in the Community as originally constituted and shipped to Ireland and the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,

Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; The vinicultural products elegible for the subsidy provided for by Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1253/73 shall be liqueur wines produced in the 1253 / 73 (') of 14 May 1973 on the importation of the Community as originally constituted, with the excep­ vinicultural product exported as 'Cyprus sherry' origi­ tion of quality liqueur wines produced in specified nating in and coming from Cyprus and the introduc­ regions . tion of subsidies for similar vinicultural products produced in the Community as originally constituted and shipped to Ireland and the United Kingdom , and Article 2 in particular Article 5 thereof ; The subsidy provided for by Article 4 of Regulation Whereas Article 4(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /73 ( EEC) No 1253 / 72 is hereby fixed at 24 units of provides for subsidies on Community vinicultural account per hectolitre . products similar to the vinicultural product exported as ' Cyprus sherry' shipped to Ireland and the United Article 3 Kingdom ; whereas the characteristics of this product can be regarded as comparable with those of liqueur wines , other than quality wines psr, produced in the 1 . The subsidy shall be granted to consignors in Community ; the Member States of the Community as originally constituted , in the manner specified in Article 4 . Whereas the criteria laid down in Article 4 ( 2) of Regu­ 2 . The subsidy shall be granted for products in lation ( EEC) No 1253 / 73 , whereby the subsidy on respect of which customs shipment formalities were Community products is calculated on the basis of the completed between 1 February 1973 and 31 difference between the price of these Community December 1973 . products and the price of vinicultural products exported as ' Cyprus sherry' on the British and Irish 3 . The day on which customs shipment formalities markets, leads to the subsidy being fixed at 24 units of are completed shall be the day on which the declarant account per hectolitre ; notified the customs authorities of his intention to ship a product of the kind specified in Article 1 to Whereas, since the subsidy is limited to shipments to Ireland or the United Kingdom . Ireland and the United Kingdom , a ban must be placed on the re-shipment to other Member States or the exportation to third countries of vinicultural Article 4 products which have benefited from the subsidy unless an amount equal to the subsidy paid is re­ To obtain payment of the subsidy , the consignor must funded ; present to the competent authorities of the Member States in which the consignment originates, within six Whereas a condition for payment of the subsidy is months of this Regulation coming into force, an appli­ that the consignor provides proof that the product has cation for subsidy accompanied by : been released for home consumption ; whereas this — a copy of the accompanying document provided proof could be provided by the stamp of the customs by Regulation ( EEC) No 1769 / 72 or, if this is not authorities of the two countries concerned ; available, a copy of the appropriate documents specified by the Member States concerned, and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ — proof from the British or Irish customs authorities ment Committee for Wine , that the vinicultural products in question have been released for home consumption in the (') OJ. No L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 15 . consignee Member State .

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Article 5 These two Member States shall adopt the measures necessary for the application of the provisions of this Vinicultural products which have benefited from the Article and shall notify them to the Commission . subsidy provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1253/73 shall not be re-shipped to other Member States or exported to third countries unless an amount Article 6 equal to the subsidy paid is refunded . Ireland and the United Kingdom shall transfer to the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day EAGGF sums refunded in accordance with the first following its publication in the Official Journal of paragraph . the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission