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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1465/76
of21June1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1976/77)
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
foramethodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Benelux 5.30,
Denmark 0.20,
Germany 94.36,
France 0.01,
Ireland 0.01,
Italy 0.01,
UnitedKingdom 011THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof9
February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity('),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasDecision76/198/EECstipulatesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommu­
nityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;whereastheannualsizeof
thequotafortheperiod1Julyto30Juneistobe
fixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,calcu­
latedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,towhicharateof
growthof13%istobeapplied,equaltotheamount
ofimportsduringthebestofthelastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthisratemaybe
modifiedinthelightofcertaincriteria;Whereasthedevelopment ofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationoftheshareallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1973to
1975showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1975,namely71437hectolitresofpurealcohol;
whereasinthelightofconsumptionandproduction
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopment of
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community ,thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandthe
ACPStates,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodin
questionshouldbe13%;
Whereasthesizeofthequotafortheperiod1July
1976to30June1977shouldthereforebefixedat
80724hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommuArticle1
1.From1July1976until30June1977rum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle 1of
Decision76/198/EECshallbeimportedfreeof
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof80724hectolitresof
purealcohol.
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article5ofDecision76/198/EEC. (')OJNoL37,12.2.1976,p.24.

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongsttheMemberStatesas
follows:
(hectolitresof
purealcohol)
Benelux 4270
Denmark 160
Germany 76170
France 8
Ireland 8
Italy 8
UnitedKingdom 100.oftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories .
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
inthesaidcountriesandterritories,declaredat
customsforclearanceforhomeuse.
Article4
1.Inaccordance withArticle6ofDecision
76/198/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimports
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS