8.6.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL150/29
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1525/85
of23May1985
openingallocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
portwinesfallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginPortugal(1985/86)
hectolitresfortheperiod1July1985to30June
1986;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No337/79(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No775/85(6),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthosequotas;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(2),
completedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2370/81
of27July1981layingdownthearrangements
applicabletotradebetweenGreeceandPortugal(3),
providesthatcustomsdutiesonimportsintothe
CommunityofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugal
shallbereduced :
(a)by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of100400hectolitres,and
(b)by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of260000hectolitres;
WhereastheDeclarationbytheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityonArticle9oftheSupplementary
Protocol(4)reservestherighttotheCommunityto
increase,asfrom1July1981,thevolumeofthetariff
quotareferredtounder(a)insofarasthetariff
quotareferredtounder(b)hasnotbeenexhausted
completelyduringtheprecedingperiod,thetotal
volumeremainingat360400hectolitres;whereas
duringrecentyearsanaveragequantityof107000
hectolitresofportwinesreferredtounder(b)hasnot
beenexhausted;whereas,onthebasisofthe
developmentoftheimportationsofthewinesin
questionduringthetwolastquotaperiods,itis
necessarytofixthetariffquotasforthesewinesat
respectively 207400hectolitresand153000Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofportwinesonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunityduringthepast
threeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproximately
thesituationofCommunityimports;whereas,onthis
basis,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesforthepastthreeyearsrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintothe
Community fromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
OOJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
OOJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
OOJNoL236,21.8.1981,p.1.
(4)OJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.61.OOJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(*)OJNoL88,28.3.1985,p.1.

NoL150/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.6.85
1981 1982 1983
19,9
4,1
6,8
0,1
51,0
0,6
10,2
7,322,6
4,2
5,7
50,4
1,1
7,4
8,622.7
4,5
6.4
50.8
0,8
5.5
9,3Portwines:
—incontainersholding
twolitresorless:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
—incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomshould,underthepresentcircumstances ,befixedat
around90°/oofeachofthequotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
quotasharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedupand
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereas,theinitialandadditionalquotasharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beina
positiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofoneoftheinitialshares
remainsunusedinoneorotherMemberStateitis
essentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapart
ofanyCommunityquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;32,8
3,8
8,823,7
5,2
8,839,9
5,0
4,6
32,831,6 38,5
0,1
23,717,723,0
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnionany
operationsrelatingtotheadministrationofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Portwinesincontainers
holding:
MemberStates
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
21,8 32,2
4,3 4,7
6,3 7,3
0,1 0,1
50,6 34,3
0,8 0,1
7,5 0,1
8,6 21,2Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomArticle1
1.From1July1985to30June1986Community
tariffquotasshallbeopened,intheCommunity,for
productsoriginating?nPortugalwithinthelimitsset
outbelow:
(hectolitres)
OCT
headingNoDescription Quotaamount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1^Portwines207400
ex22.05Cmb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1^Portwines153000Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotas2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:

8.6.85 UrhcialournalortheEuropeanCommunities NoL150/31
(ECU/hl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 6,5
ex22.05CIVa)1 7,0
ex22.05CIIIb)1 6,6
ex22.05CIVb)1 7,2
Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsofthe1979ActofAccessionandofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
337/79arerespected.
Article2
1.EachofthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.(a)Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil30June1986,shallbeas
follows:whereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
5°/oofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1986.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1986,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15March1986,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatit
mightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March1986
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtoeach
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.(hectolitres)
Portwinesundersubheadings :
MemberStatesex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05Cnib)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 40670 44340
Denmark 8030 6470
Germany 11760 10050
Greece 190 140
France 94410 47230
Ireland 1500 140
Italy 14000 140
United
Kingdom 16040 29190
Total 186600 137700
(b)Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namely
20800and15300hectolitresrespectively,
shallconstitutethecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve,

NoL150/32 OfficiallournaiortheburooeanCommunities 8.6.85
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5April1986,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterquantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsconcernedoriginatingin
Portugalasandwhenthegoodsareenteredwith
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
C.SIGNORILE