31974R2186

22 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231 / 9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2186/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 August 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the application of the system of import licences in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN special detailed rules for the application of the system COMMUNITIES , of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products, as last amended Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/74 (6) ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 816/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional ment Committee for Wine, provisions for the common organization of the market in wine as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1 532/74 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3) thereof ;

Whereas the third indent of Article 4 (3) of Commis­ Article 1 sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 373/70 (3) on common detailed rules for the application of the system of The text of Article 52 of Regulation ( EEC) No imports and export licences and advance fixing certifi­ 2637/70 is replaced by the following : cates for agricultural products subject to a single price 'Article 52 system, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 211 1 /74 (4), provides that no licence shall be required No licence shall be required for the purposes of for the purposes of operations relating to quantities operations relating to a quantity not exceeding 1 such that the security for the corresponding licence hectolitre or as appropriate 100 kilogrammes.' would be less than 2 units of account ; whereas the application of this provision in the wine sector would Article 2 entail the fixing of a number of different levels of This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day exemption according to the type of product following its publication in the Official Journal of concerned and its alcoholic strength ; whereas it is the European Communities. thus desirable, for reasons of administrative simplifica­ tion , to specify a single level of exemption for all wine It shall apply in respect of operations for which products, and to amend accordingly Article 52 of customs import formalities are completed on or after Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (5) on 1 October 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 1974.

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 166, 21 . 6. 1974, p. 1 . (>) OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 5. (5) OJ No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15 . (*) OJ No L 155, 12 . 6. 1974, p. 10 .