30.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL142/35
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1131/78
of22May1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
certainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05C
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginAlgeria(1978/79)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequaland
uninterrupted accessforallCommunityimportersto
theabovementioned quotas,anduninterruptedapplica­
tionoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoallim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintotheMemberStates
untilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotasamongtheMemberStates;where­
as,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualde­
velopmentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferenceboth
tothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaidproducts
fromAlgeriaoverarepresentativereferenceperiodand
totheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunitynor
nationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeachof
thetypesofwinesinquestionareavailableandnoreli­
ableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;whereas
inthesecircumstancesthequotavolumesshouldbeallo­
catedininitialshares,takingintoaccountdemandfor
thesewinesonthemarketsofthevariousMember
States;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(1),
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
DemocraticRepublicofAlgeriasignedon26April
1976stipulatesinArticle20thatcertainwineshavinga
registereddesignationoforiginfallingwithinsubhead­
ingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginAlgeria,shallbeimportedintothe
Communityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsof
anannualCommunitytariffquota;whereasthequota
volumefortheperiod1July1978to30June1979is
400000hectolitres,consistingof170000hectolitresof
wineinbulkand230000hectolitresofwineinbottles;
whereaswineinbulkmustbeputupinaccordance
withcertainconditions;whereas,however,becauseof
certaindifficultiesforthetransportofwineinbulk,a
derogationshouldbemadefromtherelevantprovisions
oftheAgreementsothatthetransportmaybeeffected
incontainersofacapacitynotexceeding200hec­
tolitres;whereaswineinbottlesmustbeincontainers
holdingamaximumoftwolitres;whereastheimport
pricesforthewinesmustatanygivenmomentbenot
lessthantheCommunityreferencepricesforthem;
whereasthesewinesmustbeaccompaniedbyacertifi­
cateofdesignationoforigininaccordancewiththe
modelgiveninAnnexDtotheAgreement;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotasinquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedfortheperiodconcerned;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of29
September1975layingdownspecialrulesfortheim­
portationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(2)introducedthe
ideaofafree-at-frontier referenceprice,beingtherefer­
encepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservein­
tendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeofsecurity
toimportersineachMemberState,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotasshouldbefixedatalevel
whichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be50%of
eachofthequotavolumes;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofoneofits
initialsharesshoulddrawasupplementary sharefrom
therelevantreserve;whereasthisshould.bedoneby(*)OJNoC108,8.5.1978,p.57.
(2)OJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2.

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,eachMemberStateeachtimeoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclosecol­
laborationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositionto
followtheextenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeen
usedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshouldreturn
asignificantproportiontheroftotherelevantreserve,to
preventapartofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotas
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1July1978to30June1979
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollow­
ingproductsoriginatinginAlgeria,withinthelimitsset
outbelow:
(inhi)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
volume
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentation
arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol:
C.Other:
—Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignations
oforigin:
AINBESSEM-BOUIRA ,MEDEA,COTEAUXDU
ZACCAR,DAHRA,COTEAUXDEMASCARA ,
MONTSDUTESSALAH ,COTEAUXDE
TLEMCEN ,
ofanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding15°:
—Incontainersholdingtwolitresorless
—Incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres230000
170000
2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended.
3.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthesetariff
quotasonconditionthatthepricesonimportintothe
Communityarenotatanytimelessthanthefree-at-
frontierreferencepricesreferredtoinRegulation (EEC)
No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhichapplytosuch
prices.
4.Wineincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements .(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransportingwine
andbeusedsolelyforthatpurpose;
(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmustensure
thattheycannotbethesubjectofoperationsduring
transportation orstorageotherthanthosecarried
outunderthesupervisionoftheauthoritiesof
AlgeriaoroftheMemberStates;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchawayasto
permitidentificationofthequalitywineitcontains;

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(e)thewineinquestionmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding200hec­
tolitres.
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbeaccom­
paniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,issued
bytherelevantAlgerianauthority,inaccordancewith
themodelannexedtothisRegulation.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhichsubjectto
Article5shallbevalidupto30June1979shallbeas
follows:initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewithparagraph1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedinthese
paragraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthosefixed
mightnotbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommis­
sionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
(inhi)
Article4
EachadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1979.MemberStatesWineshavingaregistered
designationoforigin,incontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom19100
11500
23000
23000
7800
11500
1910013400
8800
18000
18000
4600
8800
13400
Total 115000 85000ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April1979,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15March1979,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmight
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1April1979,ofthetotalimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotasupto
andincluding15March1979and,whereappropriate,
theproportionofeachoftheirinitialsharesthatthey
arereturningtoeachofthereserves.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amountingto
115000and85000hectolitresrespectively,shallcon­
stitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState'sinitial
shares,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareless
theportionreturnedtotherelevantreservewhereArti­
cle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber,
insofarastheamountinthereserveallows.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshallinformeachMemberStateoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasithas
beennotified.
TheCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5April1979,ofthestateofeachreserveafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,and
tothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits

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Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
sharesintheCommunityquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollabo­
ratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,22May1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.HEINESEN

ANNEX
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teur-Esportatore-Exporteur :2.'-Nummer-Nummer-
Number-Numéro-Numero-
Nummer00000
3.(Nameofauthorityguaranteeing thedesignation
oforigin)
4.<J-*«-Modtager-Empfänger-Consignee-
Destinataire-Destinatario-Geadresseerde :
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CERTIFIKAT FOROPRINDELSESBETEGNELSE
BESCHEINIGUNG DERURSPRUNGSBEZEICHNUNG
CERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OFORIGIN
CERTIFICAT D'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE
CERTIFICATO DIDENOMINAZIONE DIORIGINE
CERTIFICAAT VANBENAMING VANOORSPRONG 6. -Transportmiddel -Beförderungsmittel-Meansoftransport-Moyendetransport-Mezzodi
trasporto-Vervoermiddel :
7.(Designationoforigin)
8.t!/•*^'u&-Losningssted-Entladungsort-Place
ofunloading-Lieudedéchargement-Luogodisbarco-
Plaatsvanlossing:
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Mærkerognumre,kollienesantalogart
ZeichenundNummern ,AnzahlundArtderPackstücke
Marksandnumbers,numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnum6ros,nombreetnaturedescolis
Marcaenumero,quantityenaturadeicolli
Merkenennummers ,aantalensoortdercolli10/
Bruttovægt .
Rohgewicht
Grossweight
Poidsbrut
Pesolordo
Brutogewicht11.
Liter
Liter
Litres
Litres
Litri
Liter
12.L)O-Liter(ibogstaver)-Liter(inBuchstaben )-Litres(inwords)-Litres(enlettres)-Litri(inlettere)-
Liter(voluit):
13. ^^-Påtegningfraudstedendeorgan-BescheinigungdererteilendenStelle-Certificateofthe
issuingauthority-Visadel'organismeémetteur-Vistodell'organismo emittente-Visumvandeinstantievanafgifte:
14.»dL-Toldstedetsattest-Sichtvermerkder
Zollstelle-Customsstamp-Visadeladouane-Vistodella
dogana-Visumvandedouane(Oversættelse senr.15-Über­
setzungsieheNr.15-seethetranslationunderNo15-
Voirtraductionaun°15-Veditraduzione aln.15-Zievoor
vertalingnr.15)

15.Detbekræftes,atvinen,derernævntidettecertifikat,erfremstilletiomrddetogifølgealgerisklovgivninger
berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :» «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstilletatvin.
Wirbestätigen,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichneteWeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
algerischem GesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung "zuerkanntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefugteAlkoholistausWeingewonnenerAlkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin'»'.
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonedeetestreconnu,suivantlaloi
algérienne,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiedenconosciuto ,secondo
laleggealgerina,comeaventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica.
Wijverklarendatdeinditcertificaatomschrevenwijnisvervaardigd inhetwijndistrictvan endatvolgens
deAlgerijnsewetgevingdebenamingvanoorsprong "erkendwordt
Deaandezewijntoegevoegde alcoholisalcohol,uitwijngewonnen .
16.')
0)Rubrikforbeholdteksportlandets andreangivelser .
(1)DieseNummeristweiterenArtgabendesAusfuhrlandes vorbehalten .
0)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
0)Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur .
OSpazioriservatoperaltroindicazionidelpaeseesportatore .
(■)Ruimtebestemdvooranderegegevensvanhetlandvanuitvoer.