31975R0644

No L 67 / 14 14 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 644/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 March 1975 fixing countervailing charges in the wine sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas , in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 1019 /70 , the prices used must be adjusted if they do not apply free-at-Corrvnunity-frontier or to a wine corresponding to that whose guide price was Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European taken into account in fixing the reference price ; Economic Community ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No No 1019/70, when a countervailing charge is fixed for imports of red or white wine, a countervailing charge 8 1 6/70 (') of 28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market must be fixed for imports of musts of the same in wine, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No colour ; whereas in that case the countervailing charge 31 66/ 74 (-), and in particular Article 9 ( 6) thereof ; to be levied on must is calculated by weighting the amount of the charge applicable to the corresponding wine with a coefficient which takes account of the Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 ratio of 0-95 existing on the Community market provides that a countervailing charge must be levied between the average price of must and that of wine ; on imports of a wine and of wines of the same cate­ gory where the free-at-frontier offer price for that Whereas, the countervailing charge for a product must wine, plus customs duties, is lower than the reference be fixed per degree/ hectolitre or per hectolitre price for that wine ; whereas the countervailing charge according to whether the reference price for that is equal to the difference between the reference price product is fixed per degree/hectolitre or per hecto­ and the free-at-frontier offer price plus customs litre ; duties ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 ( 2) of Regula­ Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No tion ( EEC) No 1019/70, the countervailing charge must be altered when a noticeable variation in the free­ 3157/74 ( 3 ) of 13 December 1974 fixed the reference prices for wine for the period 16 December 1974 to at-frontier offer price is recorded ; 1 5 December 1 975 ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the information at present available to the Commission Whereas, in respect of each wine for which a refer­ that the countervailing charge should be fixed as ence price is fixed , a free-at-frontier offer price for all follows ; imports is determined on the basis of all the available information ; whereas the nature of that information is Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has specified in Article 1 ( 1 ), (2) and (3) of Commission not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by Regulation ( EEC) No 1019/70 (4 ) of 29 May 1.970 on its Chairman , detailed rules for establishing free-at-frontier offer prices and fixing the countervailing charge in the wine sector, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 612/ 75 (5 ); HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, in accordance with Articles 1 and 3 of Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 1019 / 70, free-at-frontier offer prices must be established on the basis of the most advan­ Art kit- 1 tageous purchasing possibilities for the products in question , and no account should be taken of data The countervailing charges applicable in the wine concerning supplies which have no economic effect sector are fixed at the following levels : on the market, in particular by reason of the small quantities involved ; 1 . Red wine : 0-22 u.a . per degree / hi .

2 . White wine other than that referred to in 3 : 0-20 (') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p. 1 . {2 ) OJ No L 338 , 17 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 . u.a . per degree/hi . (>) OJ No L 334, 14 . 12 . 1974, p. 34. {*) OJ No L 1 1 8 , 1 . 6 . 1 970 , p. 1 3 . 3 . White wine offered for import under the name of (s ) OJ No L 64, 1 1 . 3 . 1975 , p. 2 . ' Riesling' or 'Sylvaner' : 0 u.a . per hectolitre .

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4 . Liqueur wine other than that referred to in 5 : 1.21 (a) White : 0.19 u.a . per degree/hi . u.a . per degree/ hi . (b) Other : 0.21 u.a . per degree/ hi . 5 . Liqueur wines intended for processing : 0 u.a . per degree/ hi . Article 2 6 . Wine fortified for distillation : 0 u.a . per degree/ hi . 7 . Grape must with fermentation not arrested by the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April addition of alcohol : 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1975 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission