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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3087/76
of13December 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforMadeirawines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(!),
Whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneeds
oftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothto
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsfromPortugal
overarepresentative periodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic(2),asamendedbytheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandthePortugueseRepublic(3),providesthat
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugal,shallbe
reduced:
—by60'%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
1500hi,and
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
14500hi;WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesforthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted ,totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasinthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,thisreductionappliesuptoand
including30June1977tosuchdutiesastheseStates
applyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
countriesandfrom1July1977totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasthesewineswill
remainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;1973 1974 1975
Madeirawines
—inreceptaclescontain­
ingtwolitresorless:
—Benelux 13-315-828-7
—Denmark 16-822-531-5
—Germany 19-9 8-790
—France 4-53-42-5
—Ireland 1-50-8 1-0
—Italy 23-835-417-3
—UnitedKingdom 20·213-4100(')OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
(2)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(3)OJNoL266,29.9.1976,p.2.

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endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceofoneoftheinitialquotashares
remainsinoneorotherMemberStateitisessential
thatthatMemberStatepaysalargeamountofitback
intothereserve,inordertoavoidapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;1973 1974 1975
—inreceptaclescontain­
ingmorethantwo
litres:
—Benelux 13-714-813-6
—Denmark 18-416010-6
—Germany 17-818-121-4
—France 39-440-846-7
—Ireland 0101 —
—Italy— — —
—UnitedKingdom 10-610-2 7-7
whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Madeirawinesinreceptacles
containing
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 18-4 14-0
Denmark 22-9 16-5
Germany 13-1 19-1
France 3-6 40-8
Ireland 1-1 0-1
Italy 25-8 0-1
UnitedKingdom15-1 9-41.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1977,Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedfor
productsoriginatinginPortugal,andwithinthelimits
listedbelow:
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1)Madeira
^wines
(Madeira
)wines1500hi
14500hi
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheCCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 5-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 5-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 6-0u.a./hl
3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotasandupto
andincluding30June1977,thenewMemberStates
shallapplythedutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionssetoutinProtocol8annexedtothe
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Article2 4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1977
shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:Article4
(inhectolitres)Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5Madeirawinesundersubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 248 1820
Denmark 309 2150
Germany 177 2480
France 50 5300
Ireland 15 15
Italy 347 15
UnitedKingdom 204 1220
Total 1350 13000TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1977inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,150hecto­
litresand1500hectolitresrespectively ,shallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article6
Article3
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)or90%or
moreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
ThisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisArticle7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem. exhausted .

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Article9 3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Article8
Article10
AttheCommission srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOEL