25.11.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL313/49
REGULATION (EEC)No2910/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of7November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forSetubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
information onthesituationofSetubalmuscatel
wiinesonthemarkets;whereas,however,Portuguese
statisticsforexportsoftheseproductstothe
Communityduringthepastfewyearscanbe
consideredtoreflectapproximately thesituationof
Communityimports;whereasonthisbasisthe
corresponding importsbyeachoftheMemberStates
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
197119721973
Benelux 6·316-42-1
Denmark 28-68-216-3
Germany 12-114-89-3
France 0-1 —9-4
Ireland 17-51-61-1
Italy 0-11-60-4
UnitedKingdom 35-357-461-5THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8oftheAgreement(*)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepublicprovidesthatcustomsduties
onimportsintotheCommunityofSetubalmuscatel
winesoriginatinginPortugal,fallingwithin
subheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIb)1,
ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffaretobereducedby30°/o
uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof3000hi;whereas
thisreductionapplies,inthecaseoftheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted,totheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesand,inthecaseofthenewMember
States,tosuchdutiesastheseMemberStatesapply
atanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
countries;whereasthesewineswillremainsubjectto
theprovisionsgoverningthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproducts
concerned,suchallocationshouldbe;inproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentative period
andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux: 10-8
Denmark : 18-5
Germany: 36-7
France: IT
Ireland: 10Ό
Italy: 0-4
UnitedKingdom:22-5
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamount,shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe90°/oofthequota
amount; HOJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.

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3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreementandintheAct
ofAccession .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto2700hi,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1975,shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
(inhectolitres)WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashareshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,Benelux : 290
Denmark :500
Germany :990
France: 30
Ireland: 270
Italy: 10
UnitedKingdom:610
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto300hi,
shallconstitutethereserve.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryuntil31
December1975,aCommunitytariffquotaof3000hi
shallbeopenedforSetubalmuscatelwines
originatinginPortugal,fallingwithinsubheadingsex
22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIb)1,ex22.05CIVa)1
andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.Article3
1.If90°/oormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90°/o
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,todrawasecondshareequalto15°/o
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1
todrawathirdshareequalto7*5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1,to
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable
towinesimportedwithinthistariffquotashallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 9-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 7-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 10-1u.a./hl
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4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
available,and,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20°/ooftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionof
theirinitialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStates,inaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,.notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.JARROT