30.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL300/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2635/76
of29October1976
amendingtheCommunitytariffquotasopenedfor1976byRegulations (EEC)
No2956/75,(EEC)No2957/75and(EEC)No2958/75fortheimportationof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,tionedProtocol8;whereastheseRegulationsshould,
accordingly,beamended,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Regulation (EEC)No2956/75shallbeamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle1(1),thequotavolumeof20000hectoli­
tresofportwinesfallingwithintariffsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1shallbe
increasedto22500hectolitres .
2.Article2(2)and(3)shallbereplacedbythe
following:
'2.Afirstinstalmentshallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1976,shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunitysigned
on20September1976anAdditionalProtocoltothe
1972AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicandan
InterimAgreementwiththatcountry(2)tobring
forwardthedateofimplementation ofcertainprovi­
sionsoftheProtocolconcerningtrade;whereasthe
InterimAgreementistoenterintoforceon1
November1976;
Whereasfor1976Article9(2)oftheInterimAgree­
mentprovidesforanimprovement oftheconditions
laiddowninArticle4ofProtocol8annexedtothe
1972Agreementconcerningtheimportationof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugal;whereasforport
winesimportedinreceptaclescontainingtwolitresor
lessthequotaamountisincreasedfrom20000hecto­
litresto35000hectolitres ;whereasforMadeirawines
thequotaamountandthereductionofcustomsduties
areincreasedfrom15000hectolitresto16000hectoli­
tresandfrom30%to50%respectively ;whereasfor
Setubalmuscatelwinesthereductionofcustoms
dutiesisincreasedfrom30%to50%;whereasthe
proratatemporisclauseisapplicable;
WhereasbyRegulations (EEC)No2956/75(3),(EEC)
No2957/75(4)and(EEC)No2958/75(5)theCouncil
opened,for1976,Communitytariffquotasforthe
importationoftheabovementioned winesonthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle4oftheabovemen­(inhutolitns)
Portwinesundersubheadings
MemberStatesex22.05CIIIa)1ex22.05CIIIb)I
and and
ex22.0.SCIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)I
Benelux 2673 37200
Denmark 547 16800
Germany 3017 23200
France 6014 108900
Ireland 62 4250
Italy 5467 100
UnitedKingdom 2470 64550
Total 20250 255000
(')Opiniondeliveredon27October1976(notyetpublished
intheOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL266,29.9.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL294,13.11.1975,p.1.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,2250
and30000hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitute
thereserve.'cOJNoL294,13.11.1975,p.5.
(5)OJNoL294,13.11.1975,p.8.

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Article2 3.InArticle2(3)thequotavolumeoftheCommu­
nityreserveshallbeincreasedfrom1500hectoli­
tresto1667hectolitres .
Article3Regulation(EEC)No2957/75shallbeamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle1(1),thequotavolumeof15000hectoli­
tresofMadeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex
22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIb)1,ex22.05CIV
a)1andex22.05CIVb)1shallbeincreasedto
15167hectolitres .
2.Article1(2)shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
'2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutieson
winesimportedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:Article1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No2958/75shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
'2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutieson
winesimportedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNoRiitl··ofduty
(».¡ι./Id)
ex22.05CIIIa)I 6-7
ex22.05CIIIb)! 5-5
ex22.05CIVa)I 7-2
ex22.05CIVb)I 6-0'CCTheadingNoRateofduty
(uj./hl)
ex22.0SCIIIa)1 6-7
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5
ex22.05CIVa)I 7-2
ex22.05CIVb)1 60'Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonINovember
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1976.
I:ortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOKL