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REGULATION (EEC)No3419/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of30December 1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1976)
representative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned :
1972 1973 1974
Germany 4.52.34.6
Benelux 13.5 11-113.7
France 61-770.266.3
Italy 20.316.415.4THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(!);
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIfortheopeningby
theCommunityofanannualduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof1700metrictonsofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgor
less;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1976;whereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangements asaresultofanew
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandSpain,itisnecessarytolimitthequota
periodtothedateonwhichthenewAgreement
entersintoforce;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidproductsfromSpainoveraWhereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 4
Benelux 13
France 64
Italy 19
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin(')Opiniondeliveredon19.12.1975(notyetpublishedin
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continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1976untilthedateofentryintoforce
ofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andSpainbutnotlaterthan31
December1976,theCommonCustomsTariffdutyin
respectofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading
08.04BI,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacitynotexceeding
15kgshallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulatedin
Article1.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto1360metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
theendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeas
follows:
Germany 55metrictons
Benelux 177metrictons
France 870metrictons
Italy 258metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof340metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Article3
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1976inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresappro­
priatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirquotashares.
'Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.TOROS