NoL172/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.78
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1435/78
of26June1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
liqueurwinesfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus
Whereasthesewinesare,forthegreaterpart,imported
intotheCommunityduringthelattermonthsofeach
yearduetoparticularreasonsinherentintheirmethod
ofproductionahddistribution ;whereas,consequently,
thequotaopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No923/78(4)
fortheperiod1Mayto30June1978hasnotbeenen­
tirelyusedup;whereas,bywayofexception,itis
necessarytoprovidefortheresidualamountleftover
fromthisperiodtobetakenintoconsiderationtobe
usedduringtheperiodofvalidityofthisRegulation;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(x),
WhereasaSupplementary ProtocoltotheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCypruswas
signedon11May1978;whereasthisProtocolisto
enterintoforceon1July1978;whereasArticle6of
thisProtocolprovidesfortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof250000hectolitres ,of
liqueurwinesfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus,at
ratesofcustomsdutyequalto30%ofthecustoms
dutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;whereasthepro
ratatemporisclauseisapplicable;whereasunderthese
circumstancesitisnecessarytoopenaCommunity
tariffquotaof125000hectolitresfortheperiod1July
to31December1978;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStates
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,havingre­
gardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidproducts
fromCyprusoverarepresentative periodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliable-estimatesoffu­
tureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthesecircum­
stances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedininitial
shares,takingintoaccountdemandfortheseproducts
onthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;Whereasthesewinesremainsubjecttotheprovisions
governingthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wineproducts,especiallyasregardsobservanceofthe
referenceprice;whereasentryundertheaboveCom­
munitytariffquotamustbeconditionalonthewines
beingdescribedas'liqueurwines'intheV.I.1docu­
mentprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No2115/76(2);
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of29
September1975layingdownspecialrulesfortheim­
portationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(3),introducedthe
ideaofafree-at-frontier referenceprice,beingtheref­
erencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareservein­
tendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
(1)Opiniondeliveredon16June1978(notyetpublishedin
theOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL237,28.8.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2. (4)OJNoL120,4.5.1978,p.1.

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partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionalltransactionsconcerningthead­
ministrationofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedetermined
atalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe
85%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethis
factintoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,itis
importantthatanyMemberStatehavingusedup
almostthewholeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andre­
peatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesmustbeavailableforuse
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoidaHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Julyto31December1978,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthefollowing
productsoriginatinginCyprusshallbepartiallysus­
pendedatthelevelsshownbelowwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof125000hectolitres :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate
ofduty
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbythe
additionofalcohol:
C.Other:
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding13°butnotex­
ceeding15°,incontainersholding:
exa)Twolitresorless:
—Liqueurwinesofanactualalcoholicstrength
of15°
exb)Morethantwolitres:
—Liqueurwinesofanactualalcoholicstrength
of15°
III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15°butnotex­
ceeding18°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
ex2.Other:
—Liqueurwines
b)Morethantwolitres:
ex3.Other:
—Liqueurwines
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°butnotex­
ceeding22°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
ex2.Other:
—Liqueurwines
b)Morethantwolitres:
ex3.Other:
—Liqueurwines4.2u.a./hl
3.3u.a./hl
51u.a./hl
4.2u.a./hl
5-7u.a./hl
5.7u.a./hl

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delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.2.Theentryofthesewinesunderthetariffquotashall
beconditionalontheirbeingdescribedintheV.I.1
documentprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
2115/76as'liqueurwines'.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
mannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.3.TheinclusionofthesewinesinthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeconditionaluponobservanceofthe
referencepriceapplying.tothem.
4.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariff
quotaonconditionthatthepricesonimportintothe
Communityarenotanytimelessthanthefree-at-fron­
tierreferencepricesreferredtoinRegulation (EEC)
No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhichapplytosuch
prices.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwotranches.Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,2
and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis
reasontobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformthe^Commissionoftthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto106520hectolitres,-
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepro­
portionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1978,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 1500hi
Denmark 1500hi
Germany 1500hi
France 10hi
Ireland 2000hi
Italy 10hi
UnitedKingdom 100000hi
3.Thesharesdeterminedinparagraph2shallbein­
creasedbyanyremaindersofthesharesallocatedunder
Regulation (EEC)No923/78existingon30June1978.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionnotlater
than15July1978ofanyremaindersofthesharesallo­
catedundertheabovementioned Regulationexistingon
30June1978.
4.Thesecondtranche,amountingto18480hec­
tolitres,shallconstitutethereservetowhichanyre­
maindersofthereservesconstitutedunderArticle2of
Regulations (EEC)No3016/77,(EEC)No533/78and
(EEC)No923/78,existingon30June1978shallbe
added,irrespectiveoftheimplementation ofArticle5.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
15November1978,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on1November1978,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmay
notbeusedinfull.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan15November
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedupto1November1978
inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
and,whereappropriate,theproportionofitsinitial
sharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithoutArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
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and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceives
thenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan20November
1978,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
thegoodsinquestionenteredatcustomsforhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Member
Statesshallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpur­
suanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobemade
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN