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of20December 1977
ontheopening,allocatingandproviding(ortheadministration ofaCommu­
nitytariffquotaforsherry,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain
referenceprice,entailsthedivisionofthequota
periodintotwoparts,onecoveringthefirsttwo
monthsoftheyear,theothercoveringtheperiod
from1Marchto31December1978;whereas,asa
firststep,tariffquotasof18000and114170hectoli­
tresrespectivelyshouldthusbeopenedfortheafore­
mentionedwinesfortheperiod1Janua^to28
February1978;
Whereasthesewinesremainsubjecttotheprovisions
governingthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
wine;whereasinclusionintheCommunitytariff
quotashouldbesubjecttoproductionofmovement
certificateA.E.1andacertificateofdesignationor
originasprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
1120/75(3);THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(1),
WhereasonthesigningoftheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSpaih(J)on
29June1970,theCommunityundertooktogrant
preferentialtariffarrangements forimportsintothe
CommunityofcertainwinesoriginatinginSpain,in
particularsherry;whereasinordertosatisfythis
undertaking ,theCommunityhasopenedeachyear
twotariffquotas,namely:
—40000hectolitresatadutyrateof40%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties,forsherryin
containersholdingtwolitresorless,fallingwithin
subheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIV
a)1,originatinginSpainand
—210000hectolitresatadutyrateof50%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties,forsherryin
containersholdingmorethantwolitres,falling
withinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIb)1andex
22.05CIVb)1,originatinginSpain;
Whereasthesepreferentialtariffarrangements were
laiddownonlyforimportsoftheseproductsintothe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuted;whereas,undertheActofAccession,importa­
tionoftheseproductsintothethreenewMember
StatesaresubjecttoCommonCustomsTariffduties
witheffectfrom1July1977;whereastheimport
arrangements fortheseproductsshouldbeuniform
throughouttheCommunity ;whereasthereforethe
aforementioned annualquotasshouldbeincreasedto
108000hectolitresand685000hectolitresrespec­
tively;whereastheapplicationtosherry,from1
March1978,oftheprovisionsgoverningthecommon
organizationofthemarketinwine,andinparticular
thoseconcerningtheobservanceofthefree-at-frontierWhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidproductsfromSpainovera
representative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofsherryonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Spanishstatisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunityduringthelastfew
yearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproximately the
situationofCommunityimports;whereasonthis
basisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesduringthelastthreeyearsrepresent
thefollowingpercentagesoftheimportsintothe
CommunityfromSpainoftheproductsconcerned :(J)Opiniondeliveredon16December1977(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2. (3)OJNoL111,30.4.1975,p.19.

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Sherry:
—incontainersholdingtwolitresorless:
Benelux 45-5 49-5 62-5
Denmark 3-7 5-2 5·7
Germany 12-1 120 13-4
France 0-4 0-3 0-3
Ireland 2-8 1-3 1-0
Italy 4-9 1-4 1-2
UnitedKingdom 30-6 30-3 15-8
—incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres:
Benelux 25-7 39-9 35-3
Denmark 3-2 2-9 51
Germany 2-4 2-9 3-4
France 01 01 01
Ireland 10 0-7 0-9
Italy 00 00 00
UnitedKingdom 67-6 53-5 55-2
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Sherryincontainersholding
MemberStatestwolitres morethan
orless twolitres
Benelux 53-61 33-46
Denmark 505 3-83
Germany 13-20 2-99
France 0-31 0-03
Ireland 2-06 0-78
Italy 2-11 0-01
UnitedKingdom 23-66 58-90totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofitsinitial
quotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavail­
ableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountsareusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionanymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotasshould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeabout90%ofeachofthequota
amounts;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil28February1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthesher­
riesmentionedbeloworiginatinginSpainshallbe
partiallysuspendedatthelevelsorwithinthelimitsof
theCommunitytariffquotasindicatedforeachof
them:WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder

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CCTheadingNo DescriptionRate
(inu.a./hl)Quotavolume
(inhi)
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1sherry
sherry5-4
5-8I18000
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1sherry
sherry5-5
60j114170
2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproductsandon
methodsofadministrative cooperation ,annexedtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,shallbeapplicable .
3.TheinclusionofsherryintheCommunitytariffquotasreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbeconditionaluponproductionofamovementcertificateA.E.Iandacertificateof
designationoforiginasprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No1120/75andendorsedby
theSpanishcustomsauthorities.
Article2
1.ThequotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.AfirsttrancheofeachquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshareswhichshallbevaliduntil28February1978,shallbeasfollows:
Sherryfallingwithinsubheadings :
MemberStates ex22.05CIIIa)1 ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1 ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 8690 34370
Denmark 820 3930
Germany 2140 3070
France 50 30
Ireland 330 800
Italy 340 10
UnitedKingdom 3830 60490
Total 16200 102700
3.Thesecondtrancheofeachquota,thatis1800
and11470hectolitresrespectively ,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.graph1todrawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshave
beenexhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditions ,
drawnafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinpara­

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Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil28February1978.
Article5
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article6
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredforhome
use.
Article7
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article8
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET