31976R1606

No L 175/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 7.76

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1606/76

of 29 June 1976

extending and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3576/73 on imports of the wine product exported under the label of 'Cyprus Sherry', originating in and coming from Cyprus, and the introduction of subsidies for similar wine products produced in the Community as originally constituted and exported to Ireland and the United Kingdom

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3417/75 extended the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 3576/73 , so that they could apply to the marketing European Economic Community, and in particular of the 1974 harvest; Article 113 thereof, Whereas, contrary to estimates, it was impossible to Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, market this harvest completely in 1975 ; whereas, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1253/73 (1), as moreover, relatively large stocks have remained from amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3576/73 (2), which the preceding years ; whereas, to enable these to be was last extended and amended by Regulation (EEC) cleared, the aforementioned arrangements should No 3417/75 (3), introduced arrangements for imports applv until 30 June 1977, of the wine product exported under the label of 'Cyprus Sherry', originating in and coming from HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Cyprus, and made provisions for subsidies for similar wine products produced in the Community Article 1 as originally constituted and exported to Ireland and the United Kingdom ; whereas the arrangements Regulation (EEC) No 3576/73 is hereby amended as concerned are valid only until 30 June 1976; follows : Whereas, in the exchange of letters provided for in ( 1 ) in Article 1 , the date of 30 June 1977 shall be Article 12 of the Protocol laying down certain substituted for 30 June 1976; provisions relating to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic (2) in Article 1 , the amount of 200 000 hectolitres Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent shall be substituted for 100 000 hectolitres ; on the Accession of new Member States to the (3) in Article 2 ( 1 ), the amounts of 200 000, 2 000 European Economic Community (4), the Community and 198 000 hectolitres shall be substituted for undertook to extend the arrangements concerned to 100 000, 1 000 and 99 000 hectolitres respectively ; the marketing of wines of the 1974 harvest; (4) in Article 4, the date of 30 June 1977 shall be Whereas the Republic of Cyprus adopted new rules substituted for 30 June 1976. governing wine production on 31 August 1973 ; whereas these rules, following the amendments made to them on 21 December 1973 , correspond to those Article 2 of the Community and have been applicable since 1 January 1975 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1976.

For the Council The President G. THORN

(!) OJ No L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1973 , p . 115 . (2) OJ No L 359, 28. 12. 1973 , p. 33 . (3) OJ No L 337, 31 . 12. 1975, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1973 , p . 94,