31976R0398

25 . 2. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 49/7

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 398/76 of 24 February 1976 fixing the export refunds for wine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN mined on the basis of the most advantageous export COMMUNITIES, prices ; whereas the prices referred to in Article 3 (2) must be taken into account when the prices in interna­ tional trade are being determined ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the international trade situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No necessary to vary the refund according to the use or 8 1 6/70 of 28 April 1 970 laying down additional provi­ destination of a specific product ; sions for the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1932/75 (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Whereas table wines of types R I, R II, A I, A II and A III defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 945/70 of 26 May 1970 determining the types of table wines (4), may now be exported in economically signif­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary icant quantity ; Committee,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Commission Regula­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) tion (EEC) No 325/71 of 15 February 1971 on No 816/70, to the extent necessary to enable the detailed rules for the application of export refunds on products listed in Article 1 (2) of this Regulation to be wine (5), refunds must be fixed at least once every exported in economically significant quantity on the three months ; whereas if need be, they can be basis of the prices for those products on the world amended in the interval between fixing dates ; market, the difference between those prices and the prices in the Community may be covered by an export refund ; whereas, however, refunds may be Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally, granted only for the products referred to in Article refunds should be calculated on the follQwing basis : 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 957/70 of 26 May 1970 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in amount of such refunds (3) ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 957/70, the existing state and probable future — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the trends of prices and quantities available of the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each products of the Community market on the one hand, of these currencies recorded for a given period, in and world market prices for these products on the relation to the Community currencies referred to other, must be taken into account when refunds are in the previous subparagraph ; being fixed ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs referred to in Article 2 (b) and of the economic aspects of the exports intended ; whereas Whereas the application of the abovementioned rules the objectives defined in Article 2(c) and the need to to the present market situation and in particular to avoid disturbances which might lead to imbalance of the prices of wines in the Community and on the supply and demand on the Community market must world market leads to the fixing of refunds as indi­ also be taken into account : cated below ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation No 957/70, Community market prices must be deter­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Wine, (!) OJ No L 99, 5. 5. 1970, p. I. (2) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 19 . (4) OJ No L 114, 27. 5. 1970, p. 1 . (J) OJ No L 115, 28 . 5. 1970, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 38, 16. 2. 1971 , p. 16.

No L 49/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 2. 76

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1

The amounts of the export refunds for the products listed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 957/70 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March shall be as set out in the Annex. 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 February 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Amount of CCT Description refund heading No u. a. /degree/hi

ex 22.05 C I White table wine, other than white table wine of types C » A II and A III of an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 9-5° and not exceeding 14° — For export to all third countries with the exception of third countries of the American continent including thpse islands politically linked thereto, as well as those third countries listed in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2223 /70 and Greece 0-65

ex 22.05 C I Red table wine, other than red table wine of type R III CII of an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 9·5° and not exceeding 14° — For export to all third countries with the exception of third countries of the American continent including those islands politically linked thereto, as well as those third countries listed in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2223 /70 and Greece 065

Amount of ex 22.05 C I refund White table wine of types A 11 and A III u.a./hl CII {White table wine exclusively from the Sylvaner, Miiller­ Thurgau or Riesling vine variety type ) -— For export to all third countries with the exception of third countries of the American continent including those islands politically linked thereto, as well as those third countries listed in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2223/70 and Greece 3-50