4.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL120/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No923/78
of2May1978
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
liqueurwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus
wineproducts,inparticularasregardsobservanceof
thereferenceprice;whereasinclusionintheCommu­
nitytariffquotashouldbesubjecttoproductionof
movementcertificateACY1andtothecondition
thatthesewinesaredescribedintheV.I.Idocument
providedforinRegulation (EEC)No2115/76(3)as
'liqueurwines';
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of29
September1975layingdownspecialrulesforthe
importationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(4)introducedthe
ideaofafree-at-frontier referenceprice,beingthe
referencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasaSupplementary Protocoltobeannexedto
theAgreementestablishinganassociationbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepu­
blicofCypruswasinitialledon7April1978;whereas
thatProtocolisexpectedtoenterintoforceon1July
1978;whereasArticle6thereofprovidesforthe
openingofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
250000hectolitresofliqueurwines,fallingwithin
subheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atratesofcustoms
dutyequalto30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereastheproratatemporisclauseisappli­
cable;
Whereas,inordertoavoidadisruptionofthetradein
theproductinquestionbetweenCyprusandthe
Community ,itisnecessaiytobringforwardtheappli­
cationofthistariffmeasureautonomously witheffect
from1Mayuntil30June1978inordertomaintain
continuitywiththeautonomousmeasureswhichthe
CommunityhastakenunderRegulations (EEC)No
3016/77(')and(EEC)No533/78(2)fortheperiod 1
Januaryto30April1978;whereasinthesecircum­
stancesitisnecessarytoopenaCommunitytariff
quotaof41666hectolitresfortheperiod1Mayto30
June1978;
Whereasthesewinesremainsubjecttotheprovisions
governingthecommonorganizationofthemarketinWhereas,forspecialreasonsinherentinthemethod
ofproductionanddistributionoftheproductinques­
tion,theimportintotheCommunityofthesewinesis
largelycarriedoutduringthelastmonthsoftheyear;
whereas,therefore,thequotasopenedfortheperiod1
Januaryto30April1978havenotbeenentirelyused
up;whereas,bywayofexception,itshouldbelaid
downthattheamountremainingfromtheperiodbe
takenintoconsideration withaviewtoitbeingused
duringtheperiodofvalidityofthisRegulation ;
Whereasequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabove­
mentionedquotaanduninterrupted applicationofthe
rateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedupshouldinparticularbe
providedfor;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
(')OJNoL355,31.12.1977,p.38.
(-'OJNoL74,16.3.1978,p.5.(')OJNoL237,28.8.1976,p.I.
HOJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2.

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andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedupandrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof:shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothofthestatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidproductsfromCyprus
overarepresentative periodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeach
ofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailableandno
reliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;
whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thequotavolumes
shouldbeallocatedininitialshares,takinginto
accountdemandforthesewinesonthemarketsofthe
variousMemberStates;Whereasifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserveinordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers:
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionalltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 90%ofthequota
amount;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Mayuntil30June1978,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthefollowing
productsoriginatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedat
thelevelsshownagainsteachofthemwithinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof41666hecto­
litres: ,WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshares
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty.v
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbythe
additionofalcohol:
C.Other:
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding 13°butnot
exceeding15°,incontainersholding:
exa)Twolitresorless:
—Liqueurwinesofanactualalcoholicstrengthof
15°
exb)Morethantwolitres:
—■Liqueurwinesofanactualalcoholicstrengthof
15°4-2u.a./hl
3.3u.a./hl

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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty
22.05
(cont'd)III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15°butnot
exceeding18°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
ex2.Other:
—Liqueurwines
b)Morethantwolitres:
ex3.Other:
—Liqueurwines
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°butnot
exceeding22°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
ex2.Other:
—Liqueurwines
b)Morethantwolitres:
ex3.Other:
—Liqueurwines5.1u.a./hl
4.2u.a./hl
5.7u.a./hl
5.7u.a./hl
Germany 500hectolitres,
France 10hectolitres,
Ireland 1500hectolitres ,
Italy 10hectolitres,
UnitedKingdom 32000hectolitres .2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andonmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperationannexedtotheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandCyprusshall
beapplicable .
3.Theinclusionofthesewinesinthetariffquota
shallbeconditionalontheirbeingdescribedinthe
V.I.1documentprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
2115/76as'liqueurwines'.
4.Theinclusionofthesewinesinthetariffquota
shallbeconditionaluponobservanceofthereference
priceapplyingtothemandproductionofmovement
certificateACY1.
5.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthe
tariffquotaonconditionthatthepricesonimport
intotheCommunityarenotatanytimelessthanthe
free-at-frontier referencepricesreferredtoinRegula­
tion(EEC)No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhich
applytothem.3.Thesharesfixedinparagraph2shallbe
increasedbyanypartofthesharesallocatedbyRegu­
lations(EEC)No3016/77and(EEC)No533/78
remainingon30April1978.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionnotlater
than15May1978ofanyremainingpartsofthe
sharesallocatedtothembytheabovementioned Regu­
lationsexistingon30April1978.
4.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto6646
hectolitresshallconstitutethereservetowhichshall
beaddedanypartsofthereservesestablishedby
Article2ofRegulations (EEC)No3016/77and(EEC)
No533/78remainingon30April1978irrespectiveof
theapplicationofArticle5.
Article2
1.TheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalment ,amountingto35020hecto­
litres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until30June1978,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 500hectolitres ,
Denmark 500hectolitres ,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.

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2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan20June1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsofthegoodsinquestionenteredatcustoms
forhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal'of
theEuropeanCommunities .2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1to
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate .
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsif
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15June1978,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on10June1978,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmay
notbeusedinfull.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan15June1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedupto10June1978inclu­
sive,andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,and,
whereappropriate ,theproportionofitsinitialshare
whichisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles Itshallbeapplicablefrom1May1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2May1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN