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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1227/78
of6June1978
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(1978/79)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,quotaisexhausted;whereas,inordertoreflectas
closelyaspossibletheactualtrendsonthemarketsin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
madeinaccordancewiththerequirements ofthe
MemberStates;
Whereasmeasuresshouldbelaiddowntoensurethat
Protocol7isimplementedunderconditionssuchas
topermitthedevelopmentoftraditionaltradeflows
betweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand
betweentheMemberStates;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
foramethodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration oftheshareallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,WhereasundertheACP-EECConvention ofLome
signedon28February1975,andinparticularunder
Protocol7thereto,productsoriginatingintheACP
Stateswhichfallwithintariffsubheading22.09CI
(rum,arrack;tafia),shall,untiltheentryintoforceof
acommonorganizationofthemarketinspirits,be
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
underconditionssuchastopermitthedevelopment
oftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesand
theCommunityandbetweentheMemberStates;
whereastheCommunityshallfixeachyearthequanti­
tieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustomsdutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesintotheCommunityinthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increased
byanannualgrowthrateof40%onthemarketof
theUnitedKingdomand13%ontheothermarkets
oftheCommunity ,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedon
foreseeableinternaldemandineachMemberState;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1July1978until30June1979rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
161807hectolitresofpurealcohol.Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedby
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheCommu­
nityandtheMemberStatesduringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,thesizeofthetariff
quotafortheperiod1July1978to30June1979
shouldbefixedat161807hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereastheaboveprinciplesalsoapplytothealloca­
tionofthetariffquota;
Whereasitseemslikelythatarrangements forusing
theCommunitytariffquotabasedonallocation
betweentheUnitedKingdomandtheotherMember
Stateswouldreconciletheapplicationofthegrowth
ratesprovidedforinProtocol7withtheuninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheduty-freeentryarrangements
inrespectofthesaidquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntiltheArticle2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalmentsThefirstinstalment,of
116957hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbefor
UnitedKingdomconsumption .Thesecondinstal­
ment,of44850hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbe
allocatedamongtheotherMemberStates.

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2.ThesharesofeachoftheMemberStatesto
whichthesecondinstalmentisallocatedpursuantto
paragraph 1shallconsistofthefollowingquantities :
(hiofpurealcohol)
Benelux :
Denmark :
Germany :
France:
Ireland:
Italy:6000
3698
24706
9022
1000
424
Article32.TheUnitedKingdomshalltakethestepsneces­
sarytoensurethatthequantitiesimportedfromthe
ACPStatesundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles
1and2arerestrictedtothosemeetingitsdomestic
consumptionrequirements .
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation.
Article6
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No157/76of20January
1976onthesafeguardmeasuresprovidedforinthe
ACP-EECConventionofLome(1)shallapplyin
respectoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
intheACPStates,declaredatcustomsforclearance
forhomeuse.
*
Article4
1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
eachmonthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthe
tariffquota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Done atLuxembourg ,6June 1978 .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN
0)OJNoL18,27.1.1976,p.1.