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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4177/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertainwine
ofdesignatedoriginfallingwithinsubheadingex22042125,ex22042129,ex22042135or
ex22042139ofthecombinednomenclatureandoriginatinginAlgeria(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereasthenomenclature usedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedfrom1January1988bythecombined
nomenclature basedontheInternational Conventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmustthereforetakeaccountofthat
factbyindicatingthecombinednomenclature codesand,
whereappropriate,theTariccodenumbersoftheproducts
concerned;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaiddown
forthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
allocationofthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates
wouldseemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereasinordertocorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
realtrendofthemarketfortheproductsinquestionthe
allocationshouldreflecttherequirementsoftheMember
Statesbasedonstatisticsofimportsofthesaidproductsfrom
Algeriaduringarepresentativereferenceperiodandonthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;WhereasArticle20oftheCooperationAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
DemocraticRepublicofAlgeria(J)asamendedbythe
AdditionalProtocoltothatAgreementconsequentonthe
accessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublictotheCommunity (2)providesthatcertainwineof
designatedoriginfallingwithinsubheadingex22042125,
ex22042129,ex22042135orex22042139ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginAlgeriashallbe
exemptfromcustomsdutiesonimportintotheCommunity
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof200000
hectolitres;whereasthewinemustbeputupincontainers
holdingtwolitresorless;whereasthewinemustbe
accompaniedeitherbyacertificateofdesignationoforiginin
accordancewiththemodelgiveninAnnexDtothe
Agreementor,bywayofderogation,byadocumentVI1or
aVI2extractannotatedincompliancewithArticle9of
Regulation (EEC)No3590/85(3);
Whereas,however,CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2573/87
of11August1987layingdownthearrangementsfortrade
betweenSpainandPortugalontheonehandandAlgeria,
Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,TunisiaandTurkeyonthe
other(4)providesforthePortugueseRepublictodeferuntil
31December1990theapplicationofthepreferential
arrangements fortheproductsinquestion;whereas,
consequentlythisRegulationdoesnotapplytoPortugal;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldbe
openedfor1988;
Whereasthewineinquestionissubjecttocompliancewith
thefree-at-frontier referenceprice;whereas,inorderthat
suchwinemaybenefitfromthistariffquota,Article54of
Regulation (EEC)No822/87(5)aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3992/87(6),mustbecomplied
with;Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunitynor
nationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeachtypeof
wineinquestionareavailableandnoreliableforecastsof
futureimportscanbemade;whereasinthesecircumstances
the<uotavolumesshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,
accountbeingtakenofpossibledemandforsuchwineonthe
marketsofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolume
shouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveranysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,toaffordimporters
ineachMemberStatesomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstpart
ofthetariffquotashouldbesetatacertainlevel,whichinthis
casecouldbe40%ofthequotavolume;
0)OJNoL263,27.9.1978,p.2.
(2)OJNoL297,21.10.1987,p.2.
(3)OJNoL343,20.12.1985,p.20,WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakin
thecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe(4)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.
(5)OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(«)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.20.

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WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmostused
upaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustbeabletomonitortheextent
towhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutiesapplicableintheCommunity ,withtheexceptionof
Portugal,toimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownbelow:Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,it
isessentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftothereserveinorderto
preventpartoftheCommunitytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(hi)Quotaduty
(%)
Wineoffreshgrapes,includingfortifiedwines,grapemust
otherthanthatofheadingNo2009:
09.1000iex22042125
ex22042129
ex22042135
ex22042139-White
—Other
-White
—Other:200000 Free
——Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignationsof
origin: I
Ai'nBesem-Bouira ,M£dea,CoteauxduZaccar,
Dahra,CoteauxdeTlemcen,ofanactualalcoholic
strengthbyvolumenotexceeding15%vol,in
containersholdingtwolitresorless,originatingin
Algeria
WithinthelimitofthistariffquotatheKingdomofSpain
shallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
Regulation (EEC)No2573/87.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.Thefirstpartofthequotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;thequotashares,whichsubjecttoArticle5,
shallbevalidupto31December1988,shallbeas
follows:2.Thewineinquestionissubjecttoobservanceofthe
free-at-frontier referenceprice.
Thewineinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariffquotaon
conditionthatArticle54ofRegulation (EEC)No822/87is
compliedwith.(hectolitres)
Benelux 12800
Denmark 7760
Germany 16560
Greece 320
Spain 880
France 16000
Ireland 5280
Italy 7600
UnitedKingdom 128003.Eachwine,whenimported,shallbeaccompanied
eitherbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,issuedbythe
relevantAlgerianauthorityor,bywayofderogation,bya
VI1documentoraVI2extractannotatedincompliance
withArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No3590/85,in
accordancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulation .

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3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto120000
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawnby
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshallinform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1988ofthestateofthereservefollowinganyreturnofquota
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthefinaldrawing.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshall
forthwithbynotifyingtheCommissionandtotheextentthat
thereservesopermits,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialquota"sharehasbeenused,up,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofthesecondshareas
well,itshallforthwith,usingtheprocedureprovidedforin
paragraph1,andtotheextentthatthereservesopfermits,
drawathirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,using
theprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Byway'ofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
inthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedinfull.MemberStatesshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle
3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustreturnto
thereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on
15September1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereisreasontobelieve
thatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustnotify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproduct
concernedimportedonorbefore15September1988and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofanyportionof
theirinitialsharethattheyarereturningtothereserve.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowing
thatofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1January1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER

ANEXO—BILAG—ANHANG—ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ —ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —BIJLAGE—ANEXO
1. —Exporter—Exportateur : 2.—Number—Numéro :
00000
3.(Nameofauthorityguaranteeing thedesignation of
origin—Nomdel'organisme garantissant ladéno­
minationd'origine)
4. —Consignee—Destinataire :
5.
CERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OFORIGIN
CERTIFICAT D'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE
6. —Meansoftransport—Moyende
transport :
7.(Designation oforigin—Nomdeladénomination
d'origine)
8. —Placeofunloading—Lieude
déchargement :
9. —Marksandnumbers,number10.,11.
anaκιηαοτpacKages—Marquesetnuméros ,nomoreetnaturedescolis:Grossweight
PoidsbrutLitres
Litres
12. —Litres(inwords)—Litres(enlettres):
13. —Certificateoftheissuingauthority—Visadel'organismeémetteur :
14. —Customsstamp—Visadela
douane :
(Seethetranslation underNo15—Voirtraductionau
n°15)

15.Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictof
andisconsideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin'
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcpholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonede.,etestreconnu,
suivantlaloialgérienne,commeayantdroitàladénominationd'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
16.'
I1)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
(')Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur .