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REGULATION (EEC)No1600/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24June1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
productsfallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheACPStates
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,higherestimatedconsumptionduringthesecond
halfofeachcalendaryear,thevolumeofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedat109200hectolitresofpure
alcohol;
Whereasitseemslikelythatarrangementsforusing
thetariffquotabasedonallocationbetweenthe
UnitedKingdomandtheMemberStateswould
reconciletheapplicationofthegrowthrates
providedforinProtocol7withtheuninterrupted
applicationofthedutyfreeentryarrangements in
respectofthesaidquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntil
thequotaisexhausted;whereas,inordertoreflect
ascloselyaspossibletheactualtrendsonthe
marketsintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbemadeinaccordancewiththerequirements
oftheMemberStates;
Whereasmeasuresshouldbelaiddowntoensure
thatProtocol7isimplementedunderconditions
suchastopermitthedevelopmentoftraditional
tradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesandtheCom­
munityandbetweentheMemberStates;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheACP-EECLomeconvention,signedon
28February1975,providesinArticle2(1),together
withProtocol7annexedthereto,thatuntiltheentry
intoforceofacommonorganizationofthemarket
inspirits,productsfallingwithintariffsubheading
22.09CI(rum,arrack,tafia),originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimportedintotheCommunityfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderconditionssuchastopermit
thedevelopmentoftraditionaltradeflowsbetween
theACPStatesandtheCommunityandbetweenthe
MemberStates;whereastheCommunityshallfix
eachyearthequantitieswhichmaybeimportedfree
ofcustomsdutiesonthebasisofthelargestquanti­
tiesimportedannuallyfromtheACPStatesintothe
Communityinthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,increasedbyanannualgrowth
rateof40%onthemarketoftheUnitedKingdom
and13%ontheothermarketsoftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,thesegrowthratesbeing
basedonforeseeableinternaldemandineach
MemberState;whereastheexchangeoflettersat
Lomeon28February1975relatingtotheadvance
implementation ofcertainprovisionsofthesaid
conventionprovidesinparticularthattheCommu­
nityshallapplythesaidProtocol7autonomously as
from1July1975;
Havingregardtothelevelsreachedbyimportsof
theproductsconcernedintotheCommunityand
theMemberStatesduringthepastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticalinformationisavailable;
Wheretas,initially,conditionsshouldbelaiddown
fortheadvanceimplementation oftheprovisions
concernedfortheperiodfrom1Julyto31December
1975;whereasforthatperiod,onthebasisof
statisticalinformationandtakingintoaccountaHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Julyuntil31December1975rum,arrack
andtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCom­
munitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof109200hectolitresofpurealcohol.

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Theseproductsareconsideredasoriginatinginthe
ACPStatesiftheyfulfiltheconditionslaiddown
inCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1598/75(*)of
24June1975ontheadvanceimplementation of
certainprovisionsoftheACP-EECLoméconvention
relatingtotradeingoods.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .Thefirstinstalment
of83200hectolitresofpurealcoholshallbefor
UnitedKingdomconsumption .Thesecondinstalment
of26000hectolitresofpurealcoholshallbe
allocatedamongtheotherMemberStates.
2.TheshareofeachoftheMemberStatestowhich
thesecondinstalmentisallocatedpursuanttopara­
graph1shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
stipulatedinArticle1andshallconsistofthe
followingquantities,indicatedinhectolitres,ofpure
alcohol:Article3
MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission each
monthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthetariff
quota.
TheUnitedKindomshalltakethestepsnecessary
toensurethatthequantitiesimportedfromtheACP
StatesundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles1
and2arerestrictedtothosemeetingitsdomestic
consumptionrequirements .
Article5
Articles5,6,7and8ofRegulation (EEC)No1598/
75shallapplyinrespectoftheproductscovered
bythisRegulation .
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewith
thisRegulation .
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1975.Benelux: 2275,
Denmark : 1885,
Germany: 16900,
France: 3900,
Ireland: 650,
Italy: 390.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,24June1975.
FortheCouncil
\ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD
(x)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.