NoL398/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4171/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
wineoffreshgrapes,fallingwithinsubheadings22042125,22042129,ex22042135or
ex22042139ofthecombinednomenclatureandoriginatinginCyprus(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,basedontheInternational Convention onthe
Harmonized CommodityDescriptionandCoding
System;whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountof
thatfactbyindicatingthecombinednomenclaturecodes
and,whereappropriate,theTariccodenumberswithin
whichthesaidproductsfall;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereasthewineinquestionissubjecttothefree-at­
frontierreferenceprice;whereas,inorderthatsuchwine
mayqualifyforthistariffquota,Article54ofRegulation
(EEC)No822/87(}),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3992/87(4),mustbecompliedwith;WhereastheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus,supplementedbytheProtocollaying
downtheconditionsandproceduresfortheimplemen­
tationofthesecondstageoftheAgreementand
adaptingcertainprovisionsthereof(*),providesforthe
openingofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof35000
hectolitresforcertainwinesoffreshgrapesfallingwithin
subheadings22042125,22042129,ex22042135orex
22042139ofthecombinednomenclature ,incontainers
holding2litresorless,andoriginatinginCyprus;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateslaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductsinquestionintoall
theMemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,
inthelightoftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariff
quotaamongtheMemberStateswouldseemtopreserve
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereasinorderto
correspondascloselyaspossibletotherealtrendofthe
marketfortheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
reflecttherequirementsoftheMemberStatesbasedon
statisticsofimportsofthesaidproductsfromCyprus
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandonthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereasthisvolumeissubjecttoanannualincreaseof
5%fromtheentryintoforceoftheProtocol,andwill
therefore,pursuanttoArticle18oftheProtocolin
question,be36750hectolitresin1988;whereas,within
thelimitsofthetariffquota,customsdutiesaretobe
abolishedprogressivelyaccordingtothesametimetables
andunderthesameconditionsaslaiddowninArticles5
and16ofthesaidProtocol;whereas,however,the
ProtocoltotheAssociationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
CyprusconsequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublictotheCommunity(2)
stipulatesthattheKingdomofSpainshallapply,from
thedateitentersintoforce,adutyreducingthegap
betweentherateofthebasicdutyandthatofthepref­
erentialduty,whilethePortugeseRepublicshalldefer
applicationofthepreferentialarrangements forthe
productsinquestionuntilthestartofthesecondstage;Whereas,however,therearenoCommunityornational
statisticsconcerningthewineinquestionandnoreliable
forecastofimportscanbemade;whereasunderthese
circumstances itseemsappropriatetodividethevolume
intoinitialquotasharesallowingforthecapacityofthe
marketsofthedifferentMemberStatestoabsorbthe
wineinquestion;
Whereas,therefore,thisCommunitytariffquotashould
beopenedfor1988;Whereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsofthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveranysubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,toaffordimportersineach
MemberStatesomedegreeofcertainty,anappropriate
levelforthefirstpartoftheCommunityquotawould,in
thepresentcircumstances ,be67%ofthequotavolume;Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotais
opened,thenomenclatureusedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedbythecombinednomenclature
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WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidany
breakinthecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthecorespondingreserve;whereaseachtime
itsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustbeabletomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothecorrespondingreserveinordertopreventpartof
theCommunitytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunity,withthe
exceptionofPortugal,ofthefollowingproductsorig­
inatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedatthelevel
indicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionVolumeof
quota
(hi)Quotaduty
Wineoffreshgrapes,includingfortifiedwines;grape
mustotherthanthatofheadingNo2009:
—Otherwine,grapemustwithfermentationprevented
orarrestedbytheadditionofalcohol:
—Incontainersholding2litresorless:
Other:
Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumenot
exceeding13%vol:
Other:36750
3,6ECU/hl:
from1Januaryto
09.1415 22042125
22042129White
Other29February
3,2ECU/hl:
from1March
Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolume
exceeding13%volbutnotexceeding15%vol:
Otherto31December
4,2ECU/hl:
from1January
ex22042135 White:
—Otherthanliqueurwinesofanactual
alcoholicstrengthof15%volto29February
ex22042139 Other:
—Otherthanliqueurwinesofanactual
alcoholicstrengthof15%vol•3,8ECU/hl:
from1March
to31December
thefollowingquotasharesshallbevaliduntil31
December1988:2.Thewineinquestionshallbesubjecttothefree-at­
frontierreferenceprice.Inorderthatsuchwinesmay
qualifyforthistariffquota,Article54ofRegulation
(EEC)No822/87mustbecompliedwith.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoparts.
2.Aninitialpartof24620hectolitresshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;subjecttoArticle5,(hectolitres)
Benelux 540
Denmark 1470
Germany1710
Greece 70
Spain70
France 70
Ireland 880
Italy 70
UnitedKingdom 19740

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3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto12130
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission
andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitssecondshare
aswell,itshallforthwith,usingtheprocedureprovided
forinparagraph 1andtotheextentthatthereserveso
permits,drawathirdshareequalto7,5%oftheinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,
itshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
specifiedinthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedinfull.Member
StatesshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1988.
Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmust
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
ifthereisreasontobelievethatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmust
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedonorbefore15September1988andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandof
anyportionoftheirinitialsharethattheyarereturning
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawn
byMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5
October1988ofthestateofthereservefollowingany
returnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinter­
ruptionagainsttheiraccumulated sharesofthe
Communitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethat'importersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
ofthegoodsinquestionenteredwiththecustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER