31976R3166

29 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 357/ 13

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3166/76 of 21 December 1976 extending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN duties on wine in the Community is achieved, and no COMMUNITIES, later than 31 December 1976 ; whereas, however, the Council is to decide to what extent these provisions Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must be retained, amended or abolished ; Economic Community, Whereas at the present time the harmonization of Having regard to the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of specific duties on wine in the Community has not Luxembourg, been achieved ; whereas the application of the said Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No system in favour of Luxembourg wines will continue 541 /70 of 20 March 1970 on agriculture in the Grand to be of benefit for the agricultural income of the Duchy of Luxembourg ('), Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector con­ cerned ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in view also of the other considerations 3310/75 of 16 December 1975 on agriculture in the given in Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70 and (EEC) No Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2), and in particular the 3310/75, this latter Regulation should be extended, second paragraph of Article 2 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas under the second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxem­ Article 1 bourg, Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands are to apply the system provided for in the third para­ In the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) graph of Article 6 of the Convention on the No 3310/75 the date 31 December 1976 is replaced Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25 by the date 31 December 1977. July 1921 ; whereas Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70, Article 2 (EEC) No 3535/73 (3), (EEC) No 31 92/74 (4), and (EEC) No 3310/75 provide that such system is to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1977 . remain applicable until full harmonization of specific

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976 . For the Council

The President

A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

( l ) OJ No L 68 , 25 . 3 . 1970 , p . 3 . (2) OJ No L 328 , 20 . 12. 1975, p . 12 . (3) OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12 . 1973, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 341 , 20 . 12. 1974, p . 6 .