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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1464/76
of21June1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(1976/77)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inordertoreflectas
closelyaspossibletheactualtrendsonthemarketsin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
madeinaccordancewiththerequirements ofthe
MemberStates;
Whereasmeasuresshouldbelaiddowntoensurethat
Protocol7isimplementedunderconditionssuchas
topermitthedevelopment oftraditionaltradeflows
betweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand
betweentheMemberStates;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
fora,methodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasuresconcerningthe
administration oftheshareallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasundertheACP-EECConvention ofLome
signedon28February1975,andinparticularunder
Protocol7thereto,productsoriginatingintheACP
Stateswhichfallwithintariffsubheading22.09CI
(rum,arrack,tafia),shall,untiltheentryintoforceofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinspirits,be
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
underconditionssuchastopermitthedevelopment
oftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesand
theCommunityandbetweentheMemberStates;
whereastheCommunityshallfixeachyearthequanti­
tieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustomsdutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesintotheCommunityinthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increased
byanannualgrowthrateof'40%onthemarketof
theUnitedKingdomand13%ontheothermarkets
oftheCommunity ,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedon
foreseeableinternaldemandineachMemberState;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1July1976until30June1977rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
162013hectolitresofpurealcohol.Havingregardtothelevelsreachedbyimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheCommunityandthe
MemberStatesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable;whereasthesizeofthetariff
quotafortheperiod1July1976to30June1977
shouldthereforebefixedat162013hectolitresof
purealcohol;
Whereastheaboveprinciplesalsoapplytothealloca­
tionofthetariffquota;
Whereasitseemslikelythatarrangements forusing
theCommunity tariffquotabasedonallocation
betweentheUnitedKingdomandtheotherMember
Stateswouldreconciletheapplicationofthegrowth
ratesprovidedforinProtocol7withtheuninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheduty-freeentryarrangements
inrespectofthesaidquotatoallimportsoftheArticle2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .Thefirstinstalment,of
125395hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbefor
UnitedKingdomconsumption .Thesecondinstal­
ment,of36618hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbe
allocatedamongtheotherMemberStates.

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2.ThesharesofeachoftheMemberStatesto
whichthesecondinstalmentisallocatedpursuantto
paragraph 1shallconsistofthefollowingquantities :
Benelux 3697,
Denmark 2700,
Germany 16620,
France 12051,
Ireland 1000,
Italy 550.
Article3
1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
intheACPStates,declaredatcustomsforclearance
forhomeuse.
Article4
1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
eachmonthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthe
tariffquota.
2.TheUnitedKingdomshalltakethestepsneces­
sarytoensurethatthequantitiesimportedfromtheACPStatesundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles
1and2arerestrictedtothosemeetingitsdomestic
consumptionrequirements .
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation .
Article6
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No157/76of20January
1976onthesafeguardmeasuresprovidedforinthe
ACP-EECConventionofLome('),shallapplyin
respectoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation .
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS
(')OJNoL18,27.1.1976,p.1.