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REGULATION (EEC)No3592/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapes
fallingwithinsubheadingNo08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1974),inim­
mediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgorless
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom436metrictons
385metrictons
80metrictons
6021metrictonsTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapes
inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgor
less,fallingwithinsubheadingNo08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedfrom
1January1974atadutyof1-2%;whereasthe
volumeofthisquotamightbe10616metrictons;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrand-Duchy
ofLuxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1974,aCommunitytariffquotaof10616metrictons
shallbeopenedintheCommunityforimportsfrom
thirdcountriesofdriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheadingNo08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof
15kgorless.
2.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbesuspendedatthelevelof.1*2%.Whereas,asregardstheproductinquestion,Article
39oftheActofAccession(*)requiresthatnew
MemberStatesmakeaninitialmovementtowards
alignmentoftheircustomsdutieson1January1974;
whereastheimportneedsoftheMemberStates
duringthequotaperiodmustbecoveredfromthis
dateundertheCommunitytariffquotainquestion;
whereasthedutiestobeappliedbytheseMember
Stateswithinthesaidtariffquotashallbecalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession;
Whereas,inviewofthecomparativelylowvolumeof
thequotacomparedwiththeneedsofthe
Community ,asystembasedonasingleallocation
amongMemberStatesshouldbeprovided,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariff
quota;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeneedsforecastby
eachMemberState,thesharesmaybedeterminedas
follows:3.NewMemberStatesshall,withinthesaidtariff
quota,applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
ThetariffquotamentionedinArticle1shallbe
dividedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows:Benelux
Denmark
Germany450metrictons
437metrictons
2807metrictonsBenelux
Denmark450metrictons
437metrictons
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14. Germany 2807metrictons

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Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshare.France 436metrictoils
Ireland 385metrictons
Italy 80metrictons
UnitedKingdom6021metrictons
Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersofthesaidgoods
establishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
shareallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductconcernedenteredforhome
use.Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsofthis
Regulationareobserved.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG