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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1527/85
of23May1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
SetubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginPortugal(1985/86)
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofSetubalmuscatelwineson
themarkets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatistics
forexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredto
reflectapproximately thesituationofCommunity
imports;whereas,onthisbasis,thecorresponding
importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesforthepast
threeyearsrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andthePortugueseRepublic(2),
completedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2370/81
of27July1981layingdownthearrangements
applicabletotradebetweenGreeceandPortugal(J),
providesthatcustomsdutiesonimportsintothe
CommunityofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugal
shallbereduced:
—by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof2000hectolitres,
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof1000hectolitres;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No337/79(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No775/85(s),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthosequotas;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementionedquotasanduninterrupted\1981 1982 1983
Setubalmuscatelwines:\
—incontainersholding\li
twolitresorless:II\
Benelux 294713
Denmark 11 913
Germany— — —
Greece — — —
France — 2 —
Ireland — — —
Italy— 2 —
UnitedKingdom 604074
—incontainersholdingIIl
morethantwolitres:;Il
Benelux — —
Denmark — — —
Germany— — —
Greece — — —
France — — —
Ireland — — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom— —(»)OJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
OOJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
OOJNoL236,21.8.1981,p.1.
OOJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(5)OJNoL88,28.3.1985,p.1.

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Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Setubalmuscatelwinesin
containersholding:
MemberStates
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom25
11
1
1
5
1
1
5520
5
20
1
20
5
9
20Article1
1.From1July1985to30June1986Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
productsoriginatinginPortugalandwithinthelimits
setoutbelow:
(hectolitres)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1\Setubal
jmuscatelwines2000
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1\Setubaljmuscatelwines1000Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdaterequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat50%ofeachofthequota
volumes:2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:
(ECU/bl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)16.5
7,0
6.6
7,2WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhich
thequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsofthe1979ActofAccessionandofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
337/79isrespected.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveWhereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe

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shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
30June1986,shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres)I Setubalmuscateiwinesunder
subheadings :
MemberStatesex22.05CIIIa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 250 100
Denmark 110 25
Germany 10 100
Greece 10 5
France 50 100
Ireland 10 25
Italy 10 45
UnitedKingdom 550 100
Total 1000 500believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1986.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1986,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15March1986,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15March1986
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtoeach
reserve .
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1986,oftheamountofeachreserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallindicatetheamountthereofto
theMemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalshares'drawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,1000and
500hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitutethe
reserve .
Article3
1.If90°/oormoreoftheMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
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Portugalandenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommissiontheMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonIJuly1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
C.SIGNORILE