NoL313/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.11.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2909/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of7November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forMadeirawines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginPortugal
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
information onthesituationofMadeirawineson
themarkets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatistics
forexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesduringthepastthree
yearsrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :
197119721973
Benelux 14-611-713-1
Denmark 13-813-616-0
Germany 22-323-519-9
France 38-640-939-4
Ireland 0-10-10-1
Italy 0-90-70-5
UnitedKingdom 9-79-411-0THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8oftheAgreement(*)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepublicprovidesthatCustoms
dutiesonimportsintotheCommunityofMadeira
winesoriginatinginPortugal,fallingwithin
subheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIb)1,
ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffaretobereducedby30°/o
uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof15000hi;
whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted,tothe
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesand,inthecaseof
thenewMemberStates,tosuchdutiesastheseStates
applyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
countries;whereasthesewineswillremainsubjectto
theprovisionsgoverningthecommonorganization
ofthemarketdnwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaand
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproducts
concerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentative period
andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux: 131
Denmark : 14-4
Germany : 22Ό
France: 39-6
Ireland: 0-1
Italy: 0-7
UnitedKingdom :10-1
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimport
trendsfortheproductsconcernedinthedifferent
MemberStates,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters
ineachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90°/oof
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WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes,whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashareshould
drawaninitialquotasharefromthereserve,
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceoftheinitialshareremainsin
oneorotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackinto
thereserve,tinordertoavoidapartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryuntil31
December1975,aCommunitytariffquotaof15000hi
shallbeopenedforMadeirawinesoriginatingin
Portugal,fallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05Cilia)1,
ex22.05CIIIb)1,ex22.05CIVa)1andex
22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable
towinesimportedwithinthistariffquotashallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreementandintheAct
ofAccession .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto13500hiof
thisquota,shallbesharedamongtheMember
States;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1975,shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
(inhectolitres)
'Benelux: 1770
Denmark : 1940
Germany :2970
France: 5340
Ireland: 20
Italy: 90
UnitedKingdom :1370
3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequotaamounting
to1500hi,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90°/o
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,todrawasecondshareequalto15°/o
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
themannerspecifiedinparagraph1todrawathird
shareequalto7'5%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
tothenextunitwhereappropriatetotheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1to
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 9-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 7-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 10-1u.a./hl
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TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.Article5
If,by15September1975aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October1975returntheunusedportionofthisshare
inexcessof20°/ooftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityiftherearereasonsto
considerthatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionof
theirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve .Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccount,oftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthat15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.Article10 v
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.JARROT