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( 1 ) OJ NO L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , P . 24 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/81

OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 13/81 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE SYSTEM OF ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS IN THE WINE SECTOR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 72 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 107 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION PROVIDED THAT IN GENERAL THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT FOR PRODUCTS OTHER THAN TABLE WINE SHOULD BE DETERMINED , TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET , ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT FIXED FOR TABLE WINES ;

WHEREAS THE CURRENT MARKET SITUATION SHOWS THAT APPLICATION OF ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS IS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS OF THE WINE SECTOR ; WHEREAS , AS A RESULT , THE ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 13/81 ( 1 ) SHOULD BE DELETED ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 107 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION FIXES DIRECTLY THE LEVEL OF THE ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNT FOR LIQUEUR WINES ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS AMOUNT IS ELIMINATED AT THE RATE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 59 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 13/81 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 3

1 . THE ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNT FOR NEW RED WINE STILL IN FERMENTATION SHALL BE EQUAL TO THAT FIXED FOR TABLE WINES OF TYPE RI .

2 . FOR LIQUEUR WINES , THE ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE COUNTERVAILING CHARGE APPLICABLE VIS-A-VIS NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES AS AT 1 JANUARY 1981 . THIS ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNT SHALL BE ELIMINATED AT THE RATE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 59 OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 SEPTEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER