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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2561/77
of21November 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforliqueurwinesfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprusandmarketedunderthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry',andintroducingsubsidiesforsimilarwineproductsproducedinthe
Community (1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,Whereas,asfrom1July1977,importsoftheproduct
inquestionintotheUnitedKingdomandIreland,the
traditionalmarketsforthewinemarketedunderthe
labelof'Cyprussherry',should,undertheActof
Accession,besubjecttotheCommonCustomsTariff
duties:
Whereas,toallowforthedisposalofexistingstocks,
Communityarrangements shouldbeintroducedfor
thesecondhalfof1977,intheformofaCommunity
tariffquotaexemptfromcustomsdutiesandthecoun­
tervailingcharge;
Whereasthesearrangements shouldnotdisturbthe
marketinCommunitywinessimilartoliqueurwines
originatinginCyprusandcoveredbythisRegulation ;
whereas,toavoiddistortionoftheconditionsof
competitionbetweenthesaidproductsandsimilar
Communitywines,provisionshouldbemade,in
respectofthelatter,forthegrantingofaids,basedon
thedifference,onthemarketoftheMemberStatesof
destination,betweenthepricesofCommunityliqueur
winesandthepricesoftheliqueurwinesinquestion
originatinginCyprus;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(!),
WhereastheexchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle
12oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community (2)makesprovisionforspecialinterim
arrangements forthewineproductexportedunderthe
labelof'Cyprussherry'andintendedfordirecthuman
consumption ,whichinvolvethenon-application of
countervailing chargesonimportsofthiswineinto
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,withinthelimitsof
anannualquotaof200000hectolitres ;
Whereas,tothatend,Regulation (EEC)No
1253/73(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3576/73(4),aslastextendedandamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1606/76(5),introducedarrangements
forimportsofthewineproductexportedunderthe
labelof'Cyprussherry',originatinginandcoming
fromCyprus,andprovidedforsubsidiesforsimilar
wineproductsproducedintheCommunityasorigi­
nallyconstitutedandexportedtoIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdom;whereasthearrangements inques­
tionexpiredon30June1977;WhereasaCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopened
undertheconditionssetoutaboveandwithinthe
limitsof100000hectolitresfortheperiod1Julyto
31December1977;
WhereasentryundertheaboveCommunitytariff
quotamustbeconditionalonthepresentationofthe
A.CY.lmovementcertificateandonthewinesbeing
describedas'Cyprussherry'intheV.I.Idocument
providedforinRegulation (EEC)No2115/76(6);0)01
(2)OJ
(3)OJ
(4)OJ
(5)OJNoC266,7.11.1977,p.25.
NoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
NoL133,21.5.1973,p.115.
NoL359,28.12.1973,p.33.
NoL175,1.7.1976,p.6. (6)OJNoL237,28.8.1976,p.1.

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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotaforallCommunityimportersanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotawouldberespectedbyallocating
theCommunitytariffquotaamongtheMember
States;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsrelatingto
importsofthesaidproductsfromCyprusoverarepre­
sentativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned ;positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofthe
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeach
ofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable;
whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thequotavolume
shouldbeallocatedininitialshares,takinginto
accountdemandforthesewinesonthemarketsofthe
variousMemberStatesandtherequirementsindicated
bycertainMemberStates;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Until31December1977,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectofthefollowingproductsorigi­
natinginCyprusshallbetotallysuspendedwithinthe
limitsofanoverallCommunitytariffquotaof
100000hectolitres .Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeofsecurity
toimportersineachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedata
levelwhichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be
99%ofthequotavolume;CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
ex22.05CIIa)v
ex22.05CIIb)J
ex22.05CIIIa)2fLiqueurwinesmarketedunderthe
ex22.05CIIIb)3ilabelof'Cyprussherry'
ex22.05CIVa)2
ex22.05CIVb)3'
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisintoaccountandtoavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofits
initialshareshoulddrawasupplementary sharefrom
thereserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeach
MemberStateeachtimeoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplemen­
tarysharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommission mustbeina2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andonmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperationannexedtotheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandCyprusshall
beapplicable .
3.Theentryofthesewinesunderthetariffquota
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbeconditionalon
theirbeingdescribedintheV.I.ldocumentprovided
forinRegulation (EEC)No2115/76as'liqueurwines
tobemarketedunderthelabelof"Cyprussherry"'.

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fixedinthesaidparagraphs,ifthereisreasonto
believethatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1977.4.Withinthelimitsoftheabovetariffquota,the
productsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeexempt
fromthecountervailing chargesprovidedforinRegu­
lation(EEC)No816/70('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2211/77(2).
Article2
1.ThequotalaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto99000hecto­
litres,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidup
to31December1977,shallbeasfollows:
(inhectolitres)Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15December1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on1December1977,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmightnotbeusedinfull.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan15December
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCommu­
nityquotauptoandincluding 1December1977and,
whereappropriate,theproportionoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.Benelux 100
Denmark 100
Germany 100
France 100
Ireland 900
Italy 100
UnitedKingdom 97600
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto1000
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
Member,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
lesstheportionreturnedtothereserve,whereArticle
5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenused,thatMemberState
shall,withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
numberinsofarastheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,aftertheinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,insofarastheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthoseArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused.
TheCommissionshallnotifyMemberStaesnotlater
than20December1977oftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggre­
gatesharesintheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredforhome
use.(')OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
OOJNoL256,7.10.1977,p.1.

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Article8
1.Subsidiesshallbegrantedforliqueurwinesof
Communityoriginsimilartotheliqueurwines
describedintheV.I.IdocumentprovidedforinRegu­
lation(EEC)No2115/76as'liqueurwinestobe
marketedunderthelabelof"Cyprussherry"'which
aredispatchedby31December1977fromthe
producerMemberStatestotheotherMemberStates
oftheCommunitywhichhaveactuallyimportedand
marketedunderthisRegulationproductsreferredto
inArticle1.
2.Thesubsidiesreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
calculatedonthebasisofthedifference,onthe
marketsoftheimportingMemberStates,betweenthe
pricesofCommunityliqueurwinesandthoseofthe
liqueurwinemarketedunderthelabelof'Cyprus
sherry'.
Article9
Detailedrulesinrespect,particularly,oftheamount
ofthesubsidyandoftheCommunityliqueurwineproductseligibleforaid,shallbeadoptedinaccor­
dancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle7of
RegulationNo24ontheprogressiveestablishment of
acommonorganizationofthemarketinwine(!).
Article10
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article11
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article12
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET
(')OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.989/62.