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REGULATION (EEC)No3230/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of9December 1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
productsfallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheACPStates
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,downconditionsfortheadvanceimplementation of
theprovisionsconcernedfortheperiodfrom1July
to31December1975;whereasinthelightofexperi­
ence,identicalconditionsshouldbelaiddownforthe
implementation ofProtocol7oftheACP-EEC
ConventionofLomeforthe12monthperiodending
on30June1976;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;Whereasthevolumeofthetariffquotashould
consequently befixedannuallyonthebasisofthe
statisticalinformationandestimatedconsumption
usedwhenRegulation (EEC)No1600/75wasdrawn
up;whereasthevolumeofthetariffquotashould
accordinglybefixedat168000hectolitresofpure
alcohol,thequantitiesactuallyimportedunderRegula­
tion(EEC)No1600/75beingdeductedfromthis
volume;
Whereastheaboveprinciplesalsoapplytothealloca­
tionofthetariffquota;WhereasunderArticle2(1)oftheConventionsigned
betweentheACPStatesandtheEuropeanEconomic
Communityon28February1975,andunderProtocol
7annexedthereto,untiltheentryintoforceofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinspirits,
productsfallingwithintariffsubheading22.09C.I
(rum,arrack,tafia),originatingintheACPStates,shall
beimportedintotheCommunityfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderconditionssuchastopermitthedevelop­
mentoftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACP
StatesandtheCommunityandbetweentheMember
States;whereastheCommunityshallfixeachyearthe
quantitieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustoms
dutiesonthebasisofthelargestquantitiesimported
annuallyfromtheACPStatesintotheCommunityin
thelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,
increasedbyanannualgrowthrateof40%onthe
marketoftheUnitedKingdomand13-%onthe
othermarketsoftheCommunity ,thesegrowthrates
beingbasedonforeseeableinternaldemandineach
MemberState;whereastheexchangeoflettersat
Lomeon28February1975relatingtotheadvance
implementation ofcertainprovisionsofthesaid
ConventionprovidesinparticularthattheEuropean
EconomicCommunityshallapplythesaidProtocol7
autonomously asfrom1July1975;Whereasitseemslikelythatarrangements forusing
thetariffquotabasedonallocationbetweenthe
UnitedKingdomandtheotherMemberStateswould
reconciletheapplicationofthegrowthratesprovided
forinProtocol7withtheuninterrupted applicationof
theduty-freeentryarrangements inrespectofthesaid
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
theMemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted ;
whereas,inordertoreflectascloselyaspossiblethe
actualtrendsonthemarketsintheproducts
concerned,suchallocationshouldbemadeinaccor­
dancewiththerequirements oftheMemberStates;
Havingregardtothelevelsreachedbyimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheCommunityandthe
MemberStatesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticalinformation isavailable;Whereasmeasuresshouldbelaiddowntoensurethat
Protocol7isimplementedunderconditionssuchas
topermitthedevelopment oftraditionaltradeflows
betweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand
betweentheMemberStates;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1600/75(')of
24June1975ontheopening,allocationandadminis­
trationofaCommunitytariffquotaforproducts
fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatingintheACPStateslaidWhereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers, (')OJNoL166,28.6.1975,p.81.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1July1975until30June1976rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
168000hectolitresofpurealcohol.
Theseproductsareconsideredasoriginatinginthe
ACPStatesiftheyfulfiltheconditionslaiddownin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1598/75(')of24June
1975ontheadvanceimplementation ofcertainprovi­
sionsoftheACP-EECConventionofLomerelating
totradeingoods.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .Thefirstinstalmentof
128000hectolitresofpurealcoholshallbeforUnited
Kingdomconsumption .Thesecondinstalmentof
40000hectolitresofpurealcoholshallbeallocated
amongsttheotherMemberStates.
2.ThesharesofeachoftheMemberStatesto
whichthesecondinstalmentisallocatedpursuantto
paragraph 1shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
stipulatedinArticle 1andshallconsistofthe
followingquantities,indicatedinhectolitres,ofpure
alcohol :Article3
ThequantitiesactuallyimportedunderRegulation
(EEC)No1600/75whenthepresentRegulation
entersintoforceshallbedeductedfromthevolumeof
thequotareferredtoinArticle1andtheinstalments
andsharesspecifiedinArticle2.
Article4
MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocatedto
theminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
Article5
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission each
monthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthetariff
quota.
TheUnitedKingdomshalltakethestepsnecessaryto
ensurethatthequantitiesimportedfromtheACP
StatesundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles 1
and2arerestrictedtothosemeetingitsdomestic
consumptionrequirements .
Article6
Articles5,6,7and8ofRegulation (EEC)No1598/75
shallapplyinrespectoftheproductscoveredbythis
Regulation .
Article7
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation .
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Benelux :
Denmark :
Germany :
France:
Ireland:
Italy:3500
2900
26000
6000
1000
600
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.RUMOR
(')OJNoL166,28.6.1975,p.1.