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REGULATION (EEC)No3293/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboth
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaid
productsfromSpainoverarepresentative periodand
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding imports
byeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintotheCom­
munityfromSpainoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 1972 1973
Germany 2-14-52-3
Benelux 18-6 13-511-1
France 66-561-770-2
Italy 12-820-316-4THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSpain,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2
(1)togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictonsof
driedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain
andimportedinimmediatecontainersofanet
capacityof15kgorless;whereasthereforeaduty­
freeCommunitytariffquotaof1700metrictons
shouldbeopenedfortheproductconcernedfor
1975;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1975;andwhereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangements asaresultofanew
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandSpain,itisnecessarytolimitthequota
periodtothedateonwhichthenewAgreement
entersintoforce;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunity ,tariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentof
themarketintheproductconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofWhereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 2
Benelux 13
France 72
Italy 13
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMember
State,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
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Germany 27metrictons,
Benelux 177metrictons,
France 980metrictons,
Italy 176metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof340metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.anybreakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingusedupalmostthewholeofits
initialquotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquota
sharefromthereserve;whereas,thismustbedone
byeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalquotasharesmust
beavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,beable
toobservetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
usedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgrantedto
theabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordancewiththeconditions
laiddowninparagraph1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthesameway,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1975untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpainbutnotlaterthan
31December1975,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheadingex08.04BI,originatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacity
notexceeding15kgshallbeentirelysuspended
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
1700metrictons.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulated
inArticle1.Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto1360metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;
theproportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shall
bevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedin
Article1,shallbeasfollows:Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
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aredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
theimportschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.10October1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereis
reasontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan
10October1975,notifytheCommissionofthe
totalimportsoftheproductconcernedeffectedup
to15September1975inclusiveandchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
15October1975,notifyMemberStatesofthe
amountinthereserveafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
appropriatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesArticle8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulatiorisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.FOURCADE