NoL365/180 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3611/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of27December1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forMadeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginPortugal
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thelastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesduringthelastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
1970 1971 1972
Germany 21-422-323-5
Benelux 12-614-611-9
France 40-238-640-9
Italy 1-20-90-7
Denmark 15-913-813-6
Ireland — 0-1 —
UnitedKingdom 8-79-79-4THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocolNo8tothe
Agreement(*)betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicprovides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofMadeirawinesoriginatinginPortugal,falling
withinsubheadingNosex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05C
IIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05CIVa)2
aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffaretobereduced
by30%uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof15000
hi;whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted,totheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesand,inthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,tosuchdutiesastheseStatesapplyat
anygivenmomenttoimportsfromthirdcountries;
whereasthesewineswillremainsubjecttothe
provisionsgoverningthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsof
eachState'simportsfromPortugalovera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 22
Benelux 13
France 40
Italy 1
Denmark 14
Ireland 1
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2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable
towinesimportedwithinthistariffquotashallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 9-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa) 7-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 10-1u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)2aa) 8-4u.a./hlWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe90%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashareshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceoftheinitialshareremainsin
oneorotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackintothe
reserve,inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhen
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
ProtocolNo8annexedtotheAgreementandinthe
ActofAccession.
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedand
administeredasprovidedhereunder.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto13500
hectolitresofthisquota,shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1974,shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts:
(inhectolitres)
Germany 2970
Benelux 1760
France 5400
Italy 130
Denmark 1890
Ireland 130
UnitedKingdom 1220 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequota,amounting
to1500hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve. Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1January1974to31
December1974,aCommunitytariffquotaof15000
hishallbeopenedwithintheEuropeanEconomic
Community,forMadeiraoriginatinginPortugal,
fallingwithinsubheadingNosex22.05CIIIa)1,ex
22.05CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05
CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have

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beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,todrawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoAr­
ticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
themannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.Article5
If,by15September1974aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan
10October1974returntheunusedportionofthis
shareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityiftherearereasonstoconsider
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1974inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG