NoL365/184 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3612/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of27December1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
Setubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginPortugal
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
information onthesituationofSetubalmuscatel
winesonthemarkets;whereas,however,Portuguese
statisticsforexportsoftheseproductstothe
Communityduringthepastfewyearscanbe
consideredtoreflectapproximately thesituationof
Communityimports;whereasonthisbasisthe
corresponding importsbyeachoftheMemberStates
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
1970 1971 1972
Germany 39-8 12-114-8
Benelux 20-7 6-316-4
France— 0-1—
Italy— 0-1 1-6
Denmark 14-528-6 8-2
Ireland 7-917-5 1-6
UnitedKingdom 17-135-357-4THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocolNo8tothe
Agreement(*)betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicprovides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofSetubalmuscatelwinesoriginatinginPortugal,
fallingwithinsubheadingNosex.22.05CIIIa)1,
ex.22.05CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1andex
22.05CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
aretobereducedby30%uptoatotalannualtariff
quotaof3000hi;whereasthisreductionapplies,in
thecaseoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted,
totheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesand,inthe
caseofthenewMemberStates,tosuchdutiesas
theseMemberStatesapplyatanygivenmomentto
importsfromthirdcountries;whereasthesewines
willremainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned;suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsof
eachState'simportsfromPortugalovera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 32
Benelux 16
France 1
Italy 1
Denmark 18
Ireland 10
UnitedKingdom 22
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamount,shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated(l)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.

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CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 9-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa) 7-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 10*1u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)2aa) 8-4u.a./hlamongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe90%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingused
upalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashareshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
ProtocolNo8annexedtotheAgreementandinthe
ActofAccession .
4.Thesetariffquotasshallbeallocatedand
administeredasprovidedhereunder.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto2700
hectolitres,shallbesharedamongtheMember
States;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validuntil31December1974shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
(inhectolitres)
Germany 860
Benelux 430
France 30
Italy 30
Denmark 490
Ireland 270
UnitedKingdom 590
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1January1974to31
December1974,aCommunitytariffquotaof3000
hishallbeopenedwithintheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityforSetubalmuscatelwinesoriginatingin
Portugal,fallingwithinsubheadingNosex22.05C
IIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1and
ex22.05CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable
towinesimportedwithinthistariffquotashallbe
suspendedattherateslistedbelow:3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto300
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,todrawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
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2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1to
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article5
If,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan
10October1974,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1974inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStates,inaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoAr­
ticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthe
finaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG