31977R2875

24 . 12 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 332/3

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2875 /77 of 19 December 1977 extending the term of 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, but not COMMUNITIES , beyond 31 December 1977 ; whereas, however, the Council has to decide to what extent these provisions Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European should be retained, amended or discontinued ; 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 system in favour of Luxembourg wines will continue Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to be of benefit to the agricultural income of the 541 /70 of 20 March 1970 on agriculture in the Grand Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the sector con­ Duchy of Luxembourg ( ! ), cerned ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, having regard to the other reasons set out in 3310/75 of 16 December 1975 on agriculture in the Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70 and (EEC) No 3310/75, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2), as amended by Regu­ the term of this latter Council Regulation should now lation (EEC) No 3166/76 (3), and in particular the 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 Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxem­ bourg, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are In the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) to apply the system provided for in the third para­ No 3310/ 75 '31 December 1978 ' shall be substituted graph of Article 6 of the Convention on the economic for ' 31 December 1977'. union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25 July 1921 ; whereas Regulations (EEC) No 541 /70, (EEC) No Article 2 3535/73 (4), (EEC) No 3192/74(5), (EEC) No 3310/75 and (EEC) No 3166/76 provide that such system is to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 . 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, 19 December 1977 .

For the Council

The President

H. SIMONET

(>) OJ No L 68 , 25. 3 . 1970, p. 3 . (2) OJ No L 328 , 20 . 12 . 1975, p. 12. P) OJ No L 357, 29 . 12. 1976, p. 13 . (4) OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973, p. 1 . 5 OJ No L 341 , 20 . 12. 1974, p. 6 .