9.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL153/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1228/78
of6June1978
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1978/79)
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
foramethodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Benelux :
Denmark :
Germany:
France:
Ireland:
Italy:
UnitedKingdom :5.80
0.23
93.80
0.01
0.01
001
0.14THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
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;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1975to
1977showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1975,namely63337hectolitresofpurealcohol;
whereas,inthelightofconsumptionandproduction
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopment of
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community ,thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandthe
ACPStates,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodin
questionshouldbe13%;
Whereasthesizeofthequotafortheperiod1July
1978to30June1979shouldthereforebefixedat
71571hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommuWhereasthedevelopment ofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration oftheshareallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1978until30June1979rum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthecoun­
triesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle1ofDecision
76/198/EEC,shallbeimportedfreeofcustomsduty
intotheCommunitywithinthelimitsofaCommu­
nitytariffquotaof71571hectolitresofpurealcohol.
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article5ofDecision76/198/EEC. >)OJNoL37,12.2.1976,p.24.

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongsttheMemberStatesas
follows:
Benelux :
Denmark :
Germany :
France:
Ireland:
Italy:
UnitedKingdom :(hiofpurealcohol)
4160
150
67137
8
8
8
100inquestionoriginatinginthesaidcountriesandterri­
tories.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission ,
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonth,statements
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
inthesaidcountriesandterritories,declaredat
customsforclearanceforhomeuse.
Article4
InaccordancewithArticle6ofDecision76/198/EEC,
theCommunityshallmonitorimportsoftheproducts
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,6June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN