30.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL142/33
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1130/78
of22May1978
concerningtheallocationofaCommunityquotaofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedtobe
fortifiedfordistillation,originatinginAlgeria(1978/79)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1516/76of24June1976onimportsofwineoffresh
grapes,intendedtobefortifiedfordistillation,origi­
natinginAlgeria(*),andinparticularArticle3(1)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,allocatingthetotalquotaintoshareswhichtakeac­
countofthecapacityofthemarketsoftheMember
Statestoabsorbthesaidwines;
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountintheseconditionsof
theuncertaintyintrendsinimportsintotheMember
Statesoftheproductconcerned,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirsttobeallocated
amongalltheMemberStatesandthesecondtoforma
reserveintendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitialshares
atdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthiseventuality
andtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthis
shouldbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofits
additionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnittothereservesoastopreventapartof
thequotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1516/76laysdownthat,
pursuanttotheCooperationAgreementandtheInterim
Agreement (2)signedon26April1976bytheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofAlgeria,winesoffreshgrapes,intendedfor
fortifying,fallingwithinsubheadings22.05CIexb)
andCIIexb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginAlgeria,maybeimportedintotheCommunity
withatariffconcessionconsistingofan80%reduction
**inthecustomsdutiesandwithinthelimitsofaCom­
munityquotasubjecttoobservanceofaspecialprice;
whereastheannualquotais500000hectolitresper
yearforfouryearsfromtheentryintoforceon1July
1976oftheInterimAgreement;whereasthethird
annualCommunityquotashouldbeallocatedforthe
period1July1978to30June1979;
Whereas,inordertofollowascloselyaspossiblethe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationmustbeeffectedinproportion
toMemberStates'requirements,calculatedonthebasis
ofthestatisticsonimportsofthesaidproductsfrom
Algeriaduringarepresentativeperiodandalsoonthe
basisoftheeconomicprospectsforthetariffperiod
underconsideration ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,however,inthiscase,therearenoCommu­
nityornationalstatisticsforthewinesinquestion;
whereasprovisionshouldconsequentlybemadeforArticle1
The500000hectolitresquotaopenedforwineoffresh
grapesintendedforfortifying,originatinginAlgeria,
undertheconditionslaiddownbyRegulation (EEC)
No1516/76,shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongthe
MemberStatesfortheperiod1July1978to30June
1979:(!)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.29.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.2.

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(inhectolitres)
Benelux 30000
Denmark 1250
Germany 115000
France 100000
Ireland 1250
Italy 100000
UnitedKingdom 7500mayamounttothetotalquantitiesactuallyusedfor
fortifying,totheextentthatthereservesopermits.
2.Othersharesmaybedrawninaccordancewiththe
sameconditionsuntilthereserveisusedup.
3.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1979,theunusedshareoftheirquota.The
reserveshallbeusedinaccordancewithparagraph (2).
Theremaining145000hectolitresshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article2
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle1isusedforfortifyingaspartofits
initialshare,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondsharewhichArticle3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,22May1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.HEINESEN