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REGULATION (EEC)No1680/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18June1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forMadeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginPortugal
concerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyrefer­
encebothtothestatisticsofeachState'simports
fromPortugaloverarepresentative periodandto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcer­
ned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
information onthesituationofMadeirawineson
themarkets -,whereais,however,Portuguesestatis­
ticsforexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthelastfewyearscanbeconsideredto
reflectapproximately thesituationofCommunity
imports;whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding
importsbyeachoftiheMemberStatesduringthe
lastthreeyearsrepresenttihefollowingpercentages
oftheimportsintotheCommunityfromPortugal
oftheproductsconcerned :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArti­
cles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParli­
ament;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocolNo8totheAgree­
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepublic(*)providesthat
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
MadeirawinesoriginatinginPortugal,falling
withinsubheadingsNosex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05
CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05
CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
aretobereducedby30°/ouptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof15000hil;whereas,however,under
Auricle6ofProtocolNo8andAmide59oftheAct
concerningtheConditions o,fAccessionandthe
AdjustmentstotheTreaties(2),thefirstquota
periodistoirunonlyfrom1Julyto31December
1973,andthereductionindutiesislimitedto
20%;whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseof
theCommunity asoriginallyconstituted ,tothe
GommonCustomsTariffdutiesand,inthecaseof
thenewMemberStates,tosuchdutiesasthese
Statesapplyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfrom
thirdcountries;whereasthesewineswillremain
subjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthecommon
organizationofthemarketinwine;
WhereasitisAnparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovemenitioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
alllMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommu­
nitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelythe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproducts196919701971
Germany 18-221-422-3
Benelux 12-512-614-6
France 41.640-238-6
Italy 0-31-20-9
Denmark 17-315-913-8
Ireland 0-1 —0-1
UnitedKingdom 10-08-79·7
WhereasimportsfromPortugalofwines
ofthecategoriesspecifiedatpresentenjoy
exemptionfromcustomsdutiesinDenmark;
whereastheapplicationofArticle6ofthe
abovementioned ProtocolNo8involvesazero
duty;whereas ^,therefore,thereisnoreasoninthis
casetomakeprovisionfortheparticipation by
DenmarkintheallocationoftheCommunitytariff
quotainquestion;whereasitisneverthelessnecess­
arytomakeprovisionforthepossibilityof
Denmark,inthecourseofthequotaperiod,
effectinganacceleratedalignmentwiththe
CommonCustomsTariffunderArticle59(4)of
theActofAccession;whereasthepossibilityfor
thisMemberStatetodrawasharefromthereserve
ifnecessaryenablesthispossibledevelopmenttobe
taken.intoaccount;(*)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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theabovementionedEconomicUnionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1percentages :
Germany 23-5
Benelux 15-3
France 47-0
Italy 1*2
Ireland 1-2
UnitedKingdom 11-81.Fortheperiodfrom1July1973to31
December1973,aCommunitytariffquotaof
15000hishallbeopenedwithintheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,forMadeiraoriginatingin
Portugal,fallingwithinsubheadingsNosex22.05C
IIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1
andex22.05CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesappli­
cabletowinesimpartedwithinthistariffquota
shallbesuspendedattherateslistedbdlow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 10-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa) 8-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 11-6u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)2aa) 9-6u.a./hl
3.Thecustomsdutiestobeappliedtothese
winesbyIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomshallbe
suchdutiesasthoseStatesapplyatanygiven
momenttoimportsfromthirdcountries,less20%.
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadmin­
isteredasprovidedhereunder .Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimport
trend'sfortheproductsconcernedinthedifferent
MemberStates,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwoinstallments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90°/o
ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehaving
usedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquota
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavail­
ableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsfor
closecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
usedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceoftheinitialshareremainsin
oneorotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackinto
thereserve,inordertoavoidapartoftheCommu­
nityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgrantedtoArticle2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto13500hecto­
litresofthisquota,shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
5shallbevaliduntil31December1973,shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:
{inhectolitres)
Germany 3170
Benelux 2070
France 6340
Italy 160
Ireland 160
UnitedKingdom 1600

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Article5 3.Thesecondinstallmentofthequota,
amountingto1500hectolitres,shallconstitutethe
reserve.
4.IfDenmarkeffectsanacceleratedalignment
withtheCommonCustomsTariffasregandswines
ofthecategoriesspecifiedinArticle1,itmay,if
necessary,drawanappropriatesharefromthe
reserve,totheextentchattheamountsstiililavailable
inthisreservesoallow.Denmark .shalltakethe
necessarystepstoinformimportersofthispossi­
bility.If,by15November1973,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan30
November1973,returntheunusedportionofthis
shareinexcessof20°/ooftheinitialamount.It
mayreturnalargerquantityiftherearereasonsto
considerthatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan30
November1973,notifytheCommissionofthetotal
importsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedupto15
November1973inclusiveandchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeing
returnedtothereserve. Article3
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitre­
ceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5December
1973,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle
5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90°/oormoreofdieinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or
90°/oormoreofthatsharelesstheamount
returnedintothereserve,wheretheprovisionsof
Article5havebeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,
thatMemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,by
notifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecondshare
equalto15°/oofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oolfthesecondsiharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberState'shallproceed,in
tihemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,todrawa
thirdshareequalto7-5°/oofitsinitialshare
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceed,inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph
1,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchar­
gestobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterri­
toryfreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallberecordedonthebasisof
theimportsoriginatinginPortugalandpresentedfor
customsclearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthat
theyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsumption .
Article8Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1973.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregu­
larintervalsofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.

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Article9 Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisions
ofthisRegulationareobserved.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS