18.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL348/9
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3088/76
of13December 1976
opening,allocatingandproviding(ortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforSetubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,countriesandfrom1July1977totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasthesewineswill
remainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
Whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneeds
oftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothto
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsfromPortugal
overarepresentative periodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic(2),asamendedbytheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandthePortugueseRepublic(3),providesthat
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugal,shallbe
reduced:
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofSetubalmuscatelwineson
themarkets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatistics
forexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredto
reflectapproximately thesituationofCommunity
imports;whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding
importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesforthepast
threeyearsrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof1000hi,and
by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariff
quotaof2000hi;
1973 1974 1975
Setúbalmuscatelwines:
—inreceptablescontain­
ingtwolitresorless:
—Benelux 830
—Denmark 4 —20
—Germany 345080
—France — — —
—Ireland 4 — —
—Italy—20 —
—UnitedKingdom 50 — —Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted,totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasinthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,thisreductionappliesuptoand
including30June1977tosuchdutiesastheseStates
applyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
(')OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
(2)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(J)OJNoL266,29.9.1976,p.2.

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1973 1974 1975
—inreceptaclescontain­
ingmorethantwo
litres:
—Benelux 2570
—Denmark — — —
—Germany— — —
—France — — —
—Ireland — — —
—Italy-— — —
—UnitedKingdom 7530 —endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceofoneoftheinitialquotashares
remainsinoneorotherMemberStateitisessential
thatthatMemberStatepaysalargeamountofitback
intothereserve,inordertoavoidapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATIONSetúbalmuscatelwines
inreceptaclescontaining
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 20 20
Denmark 5 5
Germany 20 20
France 20 20
Ireland 5 5
Italy 10 10
UnitedKingdom 20 20Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1977,Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedfor
productsoriginatinginPortugal,andwithinthelimits
listedbelow:
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1)Setúbal
vmuscatelwines
iSetúbal
)muscatelwines1000hi
2000hiWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 5-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 5-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 6Όu.a./hlWhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotasandupto
andincluding30June1977,thenewMemberStates
shallapplythedutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionssetoutinProtocol8annexedtothe
AgreementandintheActofAccession .

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Article2 4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
M
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1977
shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:
(inhectolitres)Article4
to Eachoftheadditionalshares
Article3shallbevaliduntil31drawnpursuant
December1977.
Article5Setúbalmuscatelwinesundersubheadings
ex22.05C111a)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 180 360
Denmark 45 90
Germany 180 360
France 180 360
Ireland 45 90
Italy 90 180
UnitedKingdom 180 360
Total 900 1800TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1977inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,100hectol­
itresand200hectolitresrespectively ,shallconstitute
thereserve.
Article6
Article3
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)or90%or
moreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeappliedunti1thereserveisArticle7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem. exhausted .

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Article9 3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Article8
Article10
AttheCommission srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactu­
allychargedagainsttheirshares.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOEL