31976R1801

27 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 /21

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1801 /76 of 23 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 fixing a countervailing charge for imports into Belgium , Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, and in particular Article 46 thereof, Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 is hereby Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 of amended as follows : 9 April 1976 fixing a countervailing charge for imports into Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the " 1 . The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Repu­ Netherlands of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin blic of Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxem­ produced in France ( !), introduced a countervailing bourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall charge to be levied on ethyl alcohol produced in levy a countervailing charge on products referred France and marketed in the four importing countries to in Article 1 produced ' in France, when entered involved, unless France applies that charge on exporta­ for home use, unless France applies that charge at tion ; whereas this Regulation aims to ease the diffi­ the time of export. culties resulting from the aid granted by France for The products referred to in Article 1 shall be exports of alcohol ; considered as having been produced in France unless it is established to the satisfaction of the Whereas the purpose of the said Regulation will be competent authorities of the Member State jeopardized if French exports of the said alcohol is entering the products for home use that they were made through other Member States ; whereas Regula­ produced elsewhere.' tion (EEC) No 851 /76 should therefore be amended to prevent any such deflection of trade ; Whereas according to the criteria applied for the adop­ Article 2 tion of Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76, the amount of the charge must not exceed either the Amount of aid, The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 851 /76 shall be or the difference between the resulting market prices replaced by the Annex to this Regulation . in the Member States involved ; whereas the notifica­ tion of 1 July 1976 from the German Government shows that the price on the German market has been Article 3 reduced by DM 1 5 ; whereas the amount of the charge should therefore be adapted to take account of this This Regulation shall enter into force so far as Article change in one of the elements in its calculation ; 1 is concerned on the seventh day following its publi­ Whereas the market situation in the Benelux coun­ cation in the Official Journal of the European tries enables the charge applied in these countries to Communities and so far as Article 2 is concerned on be kept at the same level as that in force in Germany, the third such day.

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

Done at Brussels , 23 July 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 96, 10 . 4. 1976, p . 41 .

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ANNEX

Member State Rate of charge per hi and per % alcohol

Belgium ) Bfrs/ Lfrs 5Ό25 Luxembourg ) Germany DM 0-3264 France FF 0-6013 Netherlands Fl 0-3453