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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1978)
StatesimportsofthesaidproductsfromSpainovera
representativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned:
MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 8-39-311-4
Denmark —2-4 —
Germany 2-82-67-2
France 40-348-838-3
Ireland 0-5 1-00-3
Italy 9-35-98-4
UnitedKingdom 38-830034-4
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(J),
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(2)providesfor
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof1700tonnesofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheadingex08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kilograms
orless;whereasthesepreferentialtariffarrangements
werelaiddownonlyforimportsoftheseproducts
intotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasorigi­
nallyconstituted;whereasundertheActofAccession,
importsoftheproductsintothethreenewMember
StatesaresubjecttoCommonCustomsTariffduties
witheffectfrom1January1978;whereastheimport
arrangements fortheseproductsshouldbeuniform
throughouttheCommunity ;whereasthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheyear1978;
whereastheabovementioned quotaamountshould
thereforebeincreasedto1900tonnes;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachBenelux 9-9
Denmark 10
Germany 3-6
France 42-7
Ireland 0-6
Italy 80
UnitedKingdom 34-2;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState(')Opiniondeliveredon16December1977(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
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havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatereturnsa
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapart
oftheCommunityquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionalltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ormoreof
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BI,originating
inSpainandimportedinimmediatecontainersofa
netcapacitynotexceeding15kilogramsshallbe
entirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof1900tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheamountingto1520tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid31
December1978,shallbeasfollows:
tonnesArticle4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Benelux 150
Denmark 15
Germany 55
France 650
Ireland 10
Italy 120
UnitedKingdom 520.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1978inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondtrancheof380tonnesshallconsti­
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresappro­
priatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallycharged .against
theirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET