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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpain(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament (1),1973 1974 1975
Germany 2-34-63-9
Benelux 11-113-713-9
France 70-266-373-4
Italy 16-415-4 8-8
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 4
Benelux 13
France 64
Italy 19WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1),
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof1700metrictonsofdriedgrapes
fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kilo­
grammesorless;whereastheCommunitytariffquota
inquestionshouldibeopenedfortheyear1977;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensure,forall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,torepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirementoftheMemberStates
calculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfromSpain
duringarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;Whereas,inordertotakeintoacoountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStateswhicJhhaveuseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstallmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe80%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
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2.Thesecondinstalmentof340metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3incontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefrom
thereserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustibeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsfordose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobserve
theextenttowhichthequotaamountisusedand
informMemberStates(thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthateachState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNethenlandsandtiheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgare(unitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmay(becarriedoutbyanyofits
members,1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,chatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph1,todrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,
2and3,tiheMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1977,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BI,originating
inSpainandimportedinimmediatecontainersof
anetcapacitynotexceeding15kilogrammesshall
beentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCom­
munitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.
Article4
Article2
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977. 1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1360metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
valid31December1977,shallbeasfollows:Article5
55metrictons,
177metrictons,TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy870metrictons,
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TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantities
ofthesaidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding
15September1977,andchargedagainsttheappro­
priateCommunitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesof
theinitialsharereturnedtothereserve.tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhidhaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthe'basisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article6
Article8TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.Member .StatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article7
Article10
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargesThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS