NoL365/176 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3610/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of27December1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginPortugal
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsof
eachState'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresen­
tativeperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofportwinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Portugaloftheproductsconcerned:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocolNo8tothe
Agreement (1)betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicprovides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugal,shallbe
reduced:
—by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingNosex
22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof20000hi;and
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingNosex
22.05CIIIa)2aa)andex22.05CIVa)2aa)of
theCommonCustomsTariffuptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof285000hi;
Whereas,however,underArticle6ofProtocolNo8
andArticle59oftheAct(2)concerningthe
ConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstothe
Treaties,therateofreductiontobeappliedtothe
dutiesforportwinesislimitedto40%only;
whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted,totheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesand,inthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,tosuchdutiesastheseStatesapplyat
anygivenmomenttoimportsfromthirdcountries;
whereasthesewineswillremainsubjecttothe
provisionsgoverningthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;(inhectolitres
1970 1971 1972
PortWines:
—Inreceptaclescontaining
twolitresorless:
—Germany 19-416-315-7
—Benelux 10-212-811-7
—France 35-133-830-9
—Italy 27-427-527-5
—Denmark 2-42-22-1
—Ireland 0-30-20-2
—UnitedKingdom 4-97-211-9
—Inreceptaclescontaining
morethantwolitres:
—Germany 9-29-48-7
—Benelux 14-815-315-0
—France 45-244-843-2
—Italy 0-00-00-0
—Denmark 6-25-56-1
—Ireland 1-71-61-6
—UnitedKingdom 22-923-425-4C)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
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Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :ordertoavoidapartofoneorotherofthe
CommunityquotasremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,Portwinesinreceptacles
containing
Twolitres
orlessMorethan
twolitres
Germany 16-8 90
Benelux 11-7 15-1
France 32-8 44-3
Italy 27-5 0-1
Denmark 2-2 5-9
Ireland 0-2 1-6
UnitedKingdom 8-8 24-0HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1January1974to31
December1974,Communitytariffquotasshallbe
openedwithintheCommunityforproducts
originatinginPortugal,andwithinthelimitslisted
below:Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;CCTheadingNo Description Quotavolume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa)
ex22.05CIVa)2aa)■Portwines
jPortwines20000hi
285000hi
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 8·1u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 8-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa) 6*6u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)2aa) 7Ίu.a./hlWhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquota
sharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquota
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuse
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration callsforclosecooperation
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,which
must,inparticular,beabletoobservetheextentto
whichthequotaamountsareusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
ProtocolNo8annexedtotheAgreementandinthe
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4.Thesetariffquotasshallbeallocatedand
administeredasprovidedhereunder.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentshallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December1974shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts:3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1974.(inhectolitres)
Portwinesundersubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIa)2aa)
and
ex22.05CIVa)2aa)
Germany 3020 23000
Benelux 2100 38500
France 5900 112900
Italy 4950 300
Denmark 400 15000
Ireland 40 4100
United
Kingdom 1590 61200
Total 18000 255000Article5
If,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshares,itshall,notlaterthan10
October1974,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthosesharesinexcessof20%ofthe
initialamount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthere
arereasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnot
beused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1974inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionof
theirinitialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeach
reserve.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,2000
hectolitresand30000hectolitresrespectively,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,todrawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,that
MemberStateshallproceedinthemannerspecified
inparagraph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineach
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle
5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG