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REGULATION (EEC)No3161/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forJerezwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpain(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,periodofvalidityofthesetariffquotastosuch
periodasisnotcoveredbythenewAgreement ;
Whereasthesewinesremainsubjecttotheprovisions
governingthecommonorganizationofthemarket
invineproducts;whereasinclusionintheCommunity
tariffquotashouldbesubjecttoproductionof
movementcertificateA.E.Iandacertificateof
designationoforiginasprovidedforinRegulation
(EEC)No1120/75(3)endorsedbytheSpanish
customsauthorities;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotasanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownforthese
quotastoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboth
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaid
productsfromSpainoverarepresentativeperiodand
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(*);
WhereasonthesigningoftheAgreement (2)between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSpainat
Luxembourgon29June1970,theCommunity
undertooktograntpreferentialtariffarrangements
forimportsintotheCommunityofcertainwines,
originatinginSpain,inparticularJerezwines;
whereas:
—a60%reductionintheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicabletoJerezwines,originatingin
Spainandimportedincontainersholdingtwo
litresorlessshouldbegrantedfor1976upto
aCommunitytariffquotaof40000hectolitres;
and
—a50%reductionintheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicabletoJerezwines,originatingin
Spainandimportedincontainersholdingmore
thantwolitresshouldbegrantedfor1976upto
aCommunitytariffquotaof210000hectolitres;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotasinquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1976,andwhereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangements asaresultofanew
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain,itisnecessarytoconfinetheWhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoin­
formationonthesituationofJerezwinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Spanishstatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
(!)OJNoC239,20.10.1975,p.49.
(2)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2. (3)OJNoL111,30.4.1975,p.19.

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1972 1973 1974
Jerezwines:
—incontainersholding
twolitresorless:
—Germany
—Benelux
—France
—Italy
—incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
—Germany
—Benelux
—France
—Italy14-8
76-8
1-0
7-4
5-5
94-3
0-1
0-114-6
77-3
0-9
7-2
9-2
90-6
0-1
0-119-3
72-3
0-6
7-8
8-7
91-1
0-2
0-0WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial"
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountsareusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartofoneorotherofthe
CommunityquotasremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Jerezwinesincontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy17-2
74-0
0-9
7-97-8
92-0
0-1
0-1
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1January1976untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,butnotlaterthan
31December1976,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesinrespectofthefollowingJerezwines,origin­
atinginSpain,shallbepartiallysuspendedatthe
levelsorwithinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariff
quotasindicatedforeachofthem:Whereas,inordertotakeaccountimporttrendsfor
productsinquestionintheMemberStatesconcerned,
thequotaamountsshouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamongthe
sameMemberStates,thesecondinstalment
constitutingareserveintendedtocoverthelater
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereasinordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthequotas
shouldbefixedinthiscaseatapproximately 80%
ofeachofthequotaamounts;

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CCTheadingNo DescriptionRate
(u.a.'hl)Quota
volume
(hi)
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1WinesfromJerez
WinesfromJerez
WinesfromJerez
WinesfromJerez5-4
5-8
5-5
6-0J40000
J210000
2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'andon
methodsofadministrative cooperation ,annexedtotheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandSpain,shallbeapplicable.
3.TheinclusionofthesewinesintheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallbeconditionaluponobservanceofthereferencepriceapplyingtothem
andproductionofamovementcertificateA.E.Iandacertificateofdesignationof
originasprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No1120/75,endorsedbytheSpanish
authorities .
Article2
1.ThequotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.AfirstinstalmentshallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shall
beasfollows:
Jerezwinesundersubheadings :
ex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy5500
23700
300
250013000
154560
170
170
Total 32000 168000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,thatis
8000hectolitresand42000hectolitresrespectively,
shallconstitutethereserve.2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshavebeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceed,inthemannerspecifiedinpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshave
beenexhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,that
MemberStateshallproceed,inthemannerspecified
inparagraph1,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthatthereserveissufficient.

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4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3aMemberStatemayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthere
isreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
stipulatedinArticle1.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnalargerportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffecteduptoandincluding
15September1976,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotasand,whereappropriate,thepropor­
tionoftheirinitialsharesthatisbeingreturnedto
eachreserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1976,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineach
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakesallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,the
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI