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REGULATION (EEC)No361/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingNoex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1970 1971 1972
Germany 2-62-14-5
Benelux 17-818-613-5
France 60-866-561-7
Italy 18-812-820-3HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourgon
29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)togetherwith
Article9ofAnnexIfortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
1700metrictonsofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsub­
headingNoex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
containersofanetcapacityof15kgorless;whereas
thereforeaduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof1700
metrictonsshouldbeopenedfortheproductcon­
cernedfor1974;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 2-8
Benelux 17*0
France 63-4
Italy 16*6
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedividedMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberStates,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromtheWhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeinpro­
portiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachState'sim­
portsofthesaidproductsfromSpainoverarepresen­
tativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;

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Article3 reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministra­
tioncallsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,
beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoid
apartoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthead­
ministrationofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph1,todrawathirdequalto7*5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Until31December1974,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsubhead­
ingNoex08.04BI,originatinginSpainandimported
inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynotexceed­
ing15kgshallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974. Article2
Article51.Afirsttranche,amountingto1360metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepro­
portionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1974,shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Germany 40metrictons
Benelux 230metrictons
France 860metrictons
Italy 230metrictonsIf,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnotused
upitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,returntothereservetheunusedportionofthis
shareinexceesof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1974inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondtrancheof340metrictonsshallconsti­
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Article6 3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October1974,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregular
intervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
quotashares.
Article9
Article7TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article101.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresappro­
priatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem.ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshallbe
openedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforcethreedays
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL