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REGULATION (EEC)No2908/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of7November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forportwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginPortugal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsof
eachState'simportsfromPortugalovera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofportwinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Portugaloftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8oftheAgreement (x)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepublicprovidesthatcustoms
dutiesonimportsintotheCommunityofcertain
winesoriginatinginPortugal,shallbereduced:
—by60°/ointhecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of20000hi,and
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariffquota
of285000hi;
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted,tothe
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesandinthecaseof
thenewMemberStates,tosuchdutiesastheseStates
applyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
countries;whereasthesewineswillremainsubjectto
theprovisionsgoverningthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotasand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thesequotastoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeen
usedup;197119721973
Portwines:
—inreceptaclescontaining
twolitresorless:
—Benelux 12-811-714-4
—Denmark 2-22-13-5
—Germany 16-315-713-7
—France 33·830-927-1
—Ireland 0-20-20-4
—■Italy 27-527-526-4
—UnitedKingdom 7-211-914-5
—inreceptaclescontaining
twolitresormore:
—Benelux 15-315-013-4
—Denmark 5-56-18-1
—Germany 9-48-79-1
—France 44-843-240-9
—Ireland 1-61-61-7
—Italy 0-00-00-0
—UnitedKingdom 23-425-426-8
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
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BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,Portwinesinreceptacles
containing
Twolitres
orlessMorethan
twolitres
Benelux 13-2 14-6
Denmark 2-7 6-6
Germany 14-9 9-1
France 29-7 42-7
Ireland 0-3 1-6
Italy 27-0 0-1
UnitedKingdom 12-2 25-3HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryuntil31
December1975,Communitytariffquotasshallbe
openedforproductsoriginatinginPortugal,and
withinthelimitslistedbelow:
CCT
headingNo DescriptionQuota
volume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1ƒPortwines20000hi
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1jPortwines285000hi
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)15-4u.a./hl
5-8u.a./hl
5-5u.a./hl
6-0u.a./hlWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90°/oof
eachofthequotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquota
sharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefrom
thecorresponding reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStatewheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalquotasharesmust
beavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,beable
toobservetheextenttowhichthequotaamounts
areusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartofoneorotherofthe
Communityquotasremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreementandintheAct
ofAccession .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentshallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December1975,shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:

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(inhectolitres)
PortwinesundersubheadingsArticle4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975. ex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 2370 37200
Denmark 490 16800
Germany 2680 23200
France 5340 108900
Ireland 60 4100
Italy 4860 250
UnitedKingdom 2200 64550'
Total 18000 255000Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshares,itshallnotlaterthan10
October1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthosesharesinexcessof20°/oofthe
initialamount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityif
therearereasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantity
mightnotheused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionof
theirinitialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeach
reserve .3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,2000and
30000hirespectivelv ,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%>ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)or90°/o
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,todrawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted,90°/oormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,that
MemberStateshallproceedinthemannerspecified
inparagraph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5°/o
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineach
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
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importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.JARROT