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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2719/76
of25October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgorlessfallingwithin
subheading08.04RIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1977
aCommunitytariffquotaof8373metrictonsshall
beopenedfordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainers
ofanetcapacityof15kgorlessfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshallbesuspendedatthelevel
of1-2%.
3.ThenewMemberStatesshall,withinthesaid
tariffquota,applydutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament('),
WhereasaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapes
inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kg
orless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04B1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedfor1977
atadutyof1-2%;whereasthevolumeofthisquota
shouldbelimitedto15%ofCommunityimportsin
1973fromthirdcountriesnotassociatedwiththe
Communitynorlinkedtoitbyapreferentialagree­
ment;whereas,onthisbasis,thevolumeofthe
quotaisfixedat8373metrictons;whereasthe
dutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberStateswithin
thesaidtariffquotashouldbecalculatedinaccord­
ancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession;
Whereas,inviewofthecomparatively lowvolume
ofthequotacomparedwiththeneedsofthe
Community,asystemforitsutilizationbasedon
asingleallocationamongMemberStatesshouldbe
provided,withoutderogatingfromtheCommunity
natureofthetariffquota;whereas,inaccordance
withtheneedsforecastbyeachMemberState,the
sharesmaybedeterminedassetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
byrheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasallocatedArticle2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticle1shallbedivided
amongtheMemberStaresasfollows:
(metrictons)
Benelux 791
Denmark 335
Germany 2335
France 572
Ireland 280
Italy 31
UnitedKingdom 4029
ArticleJ
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatimportersoftheproductsinquestion
establishedinrheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
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Article5 2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article4
Article6
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Januarv
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M. vanderSTEE