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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No533/78
of13March1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforliqueurwinesfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprusandmarketedunderthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry',andintroducingsubsidiesforsimilarwineproductsproducedinthe
Community
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,competitionbetweenthesaidproductsandsimilar
Communitywines,provisionwasmade,inrespectof
thelatter,forthegrantingofaids,basedonthediffer­
ence,onthemarketoftheMemberStatesofdestina­
tion,betweenthepricesofCommunityliqueurwines
andthepricesoftheliqueurwinesinquestionorigi­
natinginCyprus;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pendingtheimplementation on1May1978
ofnewCommunityarrangements ,thetariffarrange­
mentsintroducedbyRegulation(EEC)No3016/77
shouldbeextendedfortheperiod1March1978to30
April1978andaCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedfortheproductsinquestionofavolumeof
33334hectolitresfreeofcustomsdutiesandthecoun­
tervailingcharge;
WhereasentryundertheaboveCommunitytariff
quotamustbeconditionalonthepresentationofthe
A.CY.lmovementcertificateandonthewinesbeing
describe 5as'Cyprussherry'intheV.I.Idocument
providedforinRegulation(EEC)No2115/76(6);WhereastheExchangeofLettersreferredtoinArticle
12oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community(')makesprovisionforspecialinterim
arrangements forthewineproductexportedunderthe
labelof'Cyprussherry'andintendedfordirecthuman
consumption ,whichinvolvethenon-application of
countervailing chargesonimportsofthiswineinto
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,withinthelimitsof
anannualquotaof200000hectolitres ;whereas,to
thatend,Regulation (EEC)No1253/73(2),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3576/73(3),aslast
extendedandamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1606/76(4),introducedarrangements forimportsof
thewineproductexportedunderthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry',originatinginandcomingfromCyprus,and
providedforsubsidiesforsimilarwineproducts
producedintheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
andexportedtoIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom ;
whereasthearrangements inquestionexpiredon30
June1977;
Whereas,toallowforthedisposalofexistingstocks,
Communityarrangements wereintroduceduntil28
February1978intheformofaCommunitytariff
quotaexemptfromcustomsdutiesandthecounter­
vailingcharge,byRegulation(EEC)No3016/77(5);
whereasthesearrangements shouldnotdisturbthe
marketinCommunitywinessimilartoliqueurwines
originatinginCyprusandcoveredK'MsRegulation ;
whereas,toavoiddistortionoftheconditionsofWhereastheCommunitynatureofthequotawould
berespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflect
asaccuratelyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththestatis­
ticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaidproductsfrom
Cyprusoverarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeach
ofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable;
whereasestimatingtheimportneedsoftheMember
Statesforthequotaperiodisdifficultbecauseofthe
absenceofvalidprecedents ;whereasbecauseofthe
smallamountofthetariffquotatheallocationthereof
betweentheMemberStateswouldresultinsuchsmall0)OJNoL133,21.5S8.
(2)OJNoL133,21p.115.
(3)OJNoL359. /3,p.33.
(4)OJNoL1~\ ;b,p.6.
(5)OJNoLVv\;2.1977,p.38. (b)OJNoL237,28.8.1976,p.1.

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sharesbeingallocatedthattheywouldnolongerbe
consideredcommercially viable;whereas,asaresult
theonlypossiblecoursewouldseemtobetoallocate
thewholequotavolumetotheCommunityreserve
andtoprovideforthepossibilityofthoseMember
Statesinwhichneedsmightarisedrawingappropriate
quantitiesfromthatreserve;whereasthesharesthus
drawnfromthereservemustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermust,inparti­
cular,beinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofthe
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandCyprusshall
beapplicable .
3.Theentryofthesewinesunderthetariffquota
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbeconditionalon
theirbeingdescribedintheV.I.Idocumentprovided
forinRegulation(EEC)No2115/76as'liqueurwines
tobemarketedunderthelabelof"Cyprussherry".'
4.Withinthelimitsoftheabovetariffquota,the
productsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeexempt
fromthecountervailing chargesprovidedforinRegu­
lation(EEC)No816/70(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2211/77(2).
Article2
1.ThequotalaiddowninArticle1shallbeallo­
catedtotheCommunityreserve.
2.Ifneedsfortheproductinquestionariseina
MemberState,itshalldrawanadequatesharefrom
thereservethussetup,insofarastheamountofthe
reservesopermits.
Article3
ThesharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2shallbevalid
until30April1978.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article4
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than20April1978,th°unusedportionoftheirshare
which,on10April1978isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportion
mightnotbeusedinfull.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan20April1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotauptoandincluding10April1978and,where
appropriate ,theproportionofthesharereturnedto
thereserve.Article1
1.Until30April1978,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectofthefollowingproductsorigi­
natinginCyprusshallbetotallysuspendedwithinthe
limitsofanoverallCommunitytariffquotaof33334
hectolitres :
CCT
heading
NoDescription Article5
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and,
assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
TheCommissionshallnotifyMemberStatesnotlater
than23April1978oftheamountinthereserveafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle4.ex22.05CIIa)
ex22.05CIIb)
ex22.05CIIIa)2
ex22.05CIIIb)3
ex22.05CIVa)2
ex22.05CIVb)3Liqueurwinesmarketed
underthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry'
2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andonmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperationannexedtotheAgreementbetween(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL256,7.10.1977,p.1.

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TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article6
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2are
openedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesin
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredforhome
use.2.Thesubsidiesreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
calculatedonthebasisofthedifference,onthe
marketsoftheimportingMemberStates,betweenthe
pricesofCommunityliqueurwinesandthoseofthe
liqueurwinemarketedunderthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry'.
Article8
Detailedrulesinrespect,particularly ,oftheamount
ofthesubsidyandoftheCommunityliqueurwine
eligibleforaid,shallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle7ofRegulation
No24ontheprogressiveestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinwine(').
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article7
1.Subsidiesshallbegrantedforliqueurwinesof
Communityoriginsimilartotheliqueurwines
describedintheV.I.IdocumentprovidedforinRegu­
lation(EEC)No2115/76as'liqueurwinestobe
marketedunderthelabelof"Cyprussherry'"which
aredispatchedby30April1978fromtheproducer
MemberStatestotheotherMemberStatesofthe
Community whichhaveactuallyimportedand
marketedunderthisRegulationproductsreferredto
inArticle 1.Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1March1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13March1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Lise0STERGAARD
(')OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.989/62.