8.6.X5 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL150/33
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1526/85
of23May1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forMadeirawinesfallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginPortugal(1985/86)
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(2),com­
pletedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2370/81of
27July1981layingdownthearrangementsapplicable
totradebetweenGreeceandPortugal(3),provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
reduced:
—by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of4050hectolitres,
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of14500hectolitres ;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions ,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No337/79(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No775/85(5),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthesequotas;WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereas,onthisbasis,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesforthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
1981 1982 1983
Madeirawines:
—incontainersholding\\
twolitresorless:\
Benelux 42,539,227,5
Denmark 6,06.07,0
Germany 7,22,78,2
Greece 2,2— —
France 2,21,50,3
IrelandI-I 1,3—
Italy 32,311.49,1
UnitedKingdom 7,637,947,9
—incontainersholdingIl
morethantwolitres:Il
Benelux 13,613,910,3
Denmark 6,76.05,9
Germany 13,314.915,5
Greece — — —
France 55,652.756,3
Ireland — — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom 10,812,512,0OOJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
OOJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
OOJNoL236,21.8.1981,p.1.
OOJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
OOJNoL88,28.3.1985,P.1.

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reserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Madeirawinesincontainers
holding:
MemberStatesWhereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom36,6
6.3
6,0
0,8
1.4
0,4
17,9
30,612,5
6,2
14,4
0,1
54,9
0,1
0,1
11,7Article1
1.From1July1985to30June1986,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
productsoriginatinginPortugalwithinthelimitsset
outbelow:
(hectolitres)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1^Madeirawines
^Madeirawines4050
14500Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotasshould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat90%ofeachofthequota
volumes;2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:
(ECU/hl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 6,5
ex22.05CIVa)1 7,0
ex22.05CIIIb)1 6,6
ex22.05CIVb)1 7,2WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecooperation ,betweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformMember
Statesthereof;Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsofthe1979ActofAccessionandofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
337/79isrespected.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
StateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontotheArticle2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
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2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30June
1986shallbeasfollows:believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph .
(hectolitres) Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1986.
Article5Madeirawinesundersubheadings :
MemberStatesex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22,05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 1335 1635
Denmark 230 810
Germany 220 1880
Greece 30 15
France 50 7180
Ireland 15 15
Italy 655 15
UnitedKingdom 1115 1530
Total 3650 13080TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1986,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15March1986,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatit
mightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March1986
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5April1986,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountineachreserveafter
thereturnofquantitiespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariff
quotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothe
sharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,400and
1420hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitute,the
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve,
whereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
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importsoftheproductsconcernedoriginatingin
Portugalandenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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