NoL157/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1378/77
of21June1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1977/78)
foramethodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Benelux : 5-80,
Denmark : 0-23,
Germany : 93-80,
France: 0-01,
Ireland: 001,
Italy: 0-01,
UnitedKingdom : 014;
Whereasthedevelopment ofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof9
February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (J),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasDecision76/198/EECstipulatesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommu­
nityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;whereastheannualsizeof
thequotafortheperiod1Julyto30Juneistobe
fixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,calcu­
latedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,towhicharateof
growthof13%istobeapplied,equaltotheamount
ofimportsduringthebestofthelastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthisratemaybe
modifiedinthelightofcertaincriteria;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1974to
1976showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1975,namely63337hectolitresofpurealcohol;
whereasinthelightofconsumptionandproduction
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopment of
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community ,thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandthe
ACPStates,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodin
questionshouldbe13%;
Whereasthesizeofthequotafortheperiod1July
1977to30June1978shouldthereforebefixedat
71571hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemadeHASADOPTED THISREGULATON:
Article1
1.From1July1977until30June1978rum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle 1of
Decision76/198/EECshallbeimportedfreeof
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof71571hectolitresof
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: 4151
Denmark : 164
Germany: 67132
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
inthesaidcountriesandterritories,declaredat
customsforclearanceforhomeuse.
Article4
1.Inaccordance withArticle6ofDecision
76/198/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimports
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Done atLuxembourg ,21June 1977 .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
D.OWEN