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of26June1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaindriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,stances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedininitial
shares,takingintoaccountdemandfortheseproducts
onthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareservein­
tendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedetermined
atalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe
90%ofthequotaamount;WhereasaSupplementary ProtocoltotheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCypruswas
signedon11May1978;whereasthisProtocolisto
enterintoforceon1July1978;whereasArticle4of
thisProtocolprovidesfortheopeningofanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnesofcer­
taindriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;
whereastheproratatemporisclauseisapplicable;
whereasunderthesecircumstances itisnecessaryto
openaCommunitytariffquotaof250tonnesforthe
period1Julyto31December1978;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;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,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionalltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whfereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesoffu­
tureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthesecircum­

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Julyto31December1978,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforthefollowingproducts
originatinginCyprusshallbetotallysuspendedwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof250tonnes.equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,2
and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis
reasontobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommissionofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.CCT
heading
NoDescription
08.04 Grapes,freshordried:
B.Dried:
I.Inimmediatecontainersofanet
capacityof15kilogramsorless
Article4
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwotranches.TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.
2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto225tonnes,shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1978,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 10tonnes
Denmark 10tonnes
Germany 20tonnes
France 10tonnes
Ireland 10tonnes
Italy 2tonnes
UnitedKingdom 163tonnes
3.Thesecondtrancheof25tonnesshallconstitutethe
reserve.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,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
mannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawathirdshareArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2
and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceives
thenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan20November
1978,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
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and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Member
Statesshallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpur­
suanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobemade
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN