12.2.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL37/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No287/76
of9February1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,foramethodofusebasedonasingledivision
amongstMemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion;theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumewillbeasfollows:
Benelux 6-50
Denmark 0-20
Germany 93-26
France 001
Ireland 001
Italy 0-01
UnitedKingdom 0-01HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof9
February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity('),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasDecision76/198/EECstipulatesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommu­
nityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;whereastheannualvolume
ofthequotafortheperiodfrom1Julyto30Juneis
tobefixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,
calculatedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,towhicha
rateofgrowthof13%istobeapplied,equaltothe
amountofimportsduringthebestofthelastthree
yearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthis
ratemaybemodifiedinthelightofcertaincriteria;
whereasthefirstquotaperiodistoberunfrom1
March1976to30June1976;whereas,forthat
period,thebasisannualquantityhasbeenfixedby
thesaidDecisionasanagreedfigureof80000hectoli­
tresofpurealcohol;whereastheproratatempris
clauseshallbeapplicable ;
Whereastheamountofthequotafortheperiodfrom
1March1976to30June1976shouldthereforebe
fixedat30133hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemadeWhereasthedevelopment ofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationoftheshareallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1March1976until30June1976rum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle 1of
Decision76/198/EECshallbeimportedfreeof
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof30133hectolitresof
purealcohol. (')Seepage24ofthisOfficialJournal.

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2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article5ofDecision76/198/EEC.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongsttheMemberStatesas
follows:
hectolitresof
purealcoholoftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories .
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .Benelux 1960
Denmark 61
Germany 28100
France 3
Ireland 3
Italy 3
UnitedKingdom 3
Article3
Article51.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestionoriginating
inthesaidcountriesandterritoriesdeclaredat
customsforclearanceforhomeuse.TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresto
ensuretheimplementation ofthisRegulationinclose
co-operationwiththeMemberStates.
Article4Article6
1.Inaccordance withArticle6ofDecision
76/198/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimportsThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9February1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN