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REGULATION (EEC)No1681/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18June1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forSetubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05oftheCommonCustoms/
Tariff,originatinginPortugal
curatelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeinpro­
portiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencebothtothestatisticsofeachStates'sim­
portsfromPortugaloverarepresentative periodand
totheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoin­
formationonthesituationofSetubalmuscatel
winesonthemarkets;whereas,however,Portu­
guesestatisticsforexportsoftheseproductstothe
Communityduringthepastfewyearscanbeconsid­
eredtoreflectapproximately thesituationof
Communityimports;whereasonthisbasisthe
corresponding importsbyeachoftheMember
Statesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandinparticularArticles
43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament;
WhereasArticle4ofProtocolNo8totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic(*)providesthatcustomsduties
onimportsintotheCommunityofSetubalmuscatel
winesoriginatinginPortugal,fallingwithinsubhead­
ingsNosex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIa)2aa),
ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05CIVa)2aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffaretobereducedby30%
uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof3000hi;where­
as,however,underArticle6ofProtocolNo8and
Article59oftheActconcerningtheConditionsof
AccessionandtheAdjustmentstotheTreaties(2),
thefirstquotaperiodistorunonlyfrom1Julyto
31December1973,andthereductionindutiesis
limitedto20°/o;whereasthisreductionapplies,in
thecaseoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted,
totheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesand,inthe
caseofthenewMemberStates,tosuchdutiesas
theseMemberStatesapplyatanygivenmomentto
importsfromthirdcountries;whereasthesewines
willremainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted ap­
plicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
'havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostac­196919701971
Germany 33-139-812-1
Benelux 38-820-76-3
France— —0-1
Italy— —0-1
Denmark 9-614-528-6
Ireland 7-07-917-5
UnitedKingdom 11-517-135-3
WhereasimportsfromPortugalofwinesofthecate­
goriesspecifiedatpresentenjoyexemptionfrom
customsdutiesinDenmark;whereastheapplica­
tionofArticle6oftheabovementioned Protocol
No8involvesazeroduty;whereas,therefore,
thereisnoreasoninthiscas'etomakeprovisionfor
theparticipation byDenmarkintheallocationof
theCommunitytariffquotasinquestion;whereas
itisneverthelessnecessarytomakeprovisionfor
thepossibilityofDenmark,inthecourseofthe
quotaperiod,effectinganacceleratedalignment
withtheCommonCustomsTariffunderArticle
59(4)oftheActofAccession;whereasthepossi­
bilityforthisMemberStatetodrawasharefrom
thereserveifnecessaryenablesthispossibledevelop­
menttobetakenintoaccount;(*)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowingtheabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers;
percentages :
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Germany 36-0
Benelux 31-4
France 1-2
Italy 1-2
Ireland 10-5
UnitedKingdom 1971.Fortheperiodfrom1July1973to31
December1973,aCommunitytariffquotaof3000
hishallbeopenedwithintheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityforSetubalmuscatelwinesoriginating
inPortugal,fallingwithinsubheadingsNosex22.05
CIIIa)1,ex22.05CI'lla)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)and
ex22.05CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesappli­
cabletowinesimportedwithinthistariffquota
shallbesuspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 10-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2aa) 8-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 11-6u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)2aa) 9·6u.a./hl
3.Thecustomsdutiestobeappliedtothese
winesbyIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomshallbe
suchdutiesasthoseStatesapplyatanygiven
momenttoimportsfromthirdcountries,less20°/o.
4.Thesetariffquotasshallbeallocatedand
administeredasprovidedhereunder .Whereas -,inordertotakeintoaccountimport
trendsfortheproductsconcernedinthedifferent
MemberStates,thequotaamountshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondformingareserveintendedultimatelyto
covertherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoim­
portersineachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentof
theCommunityquotashouldbedeterminedata
levelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe
90°/oofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatehaving
usedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquota
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailablefor
useuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration callsforclosecoopera­
tionbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgrantedtoArticle2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto2700hecto­
litres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1973shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
(inhectolitres)
Germany 970
Benelux 850
France 30
Italy 30
Ireland 290
UnitedKingdom 530

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Article5 3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto300
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
4.IfDenmarkeffectsanacceleratedalignment
withtheCommonCustomsTariffasregardswines
ofthecategoriesspecifiedinArticle1,itmay,if
necessarydrawanappropriatesharefromthe
reserve,totheextentthattheamountsstillavailable
inthisreservesoallow.Denmarkshalltakethe
necessarystepstoinformimportersofthispossi­
bility.If,by15November1973,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan30
November1973,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20°/ooftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan30
November1973,notifytheCommissionofthe
totalimportsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedup
to15November1973inclusiveandchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharesthatisbeing
returnedtothereserve.Article3
Article61.If90°/oormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%>
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMember
Stateshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,todrawasecondshareequalto15%>
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArti­
cles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5December
1973,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle
5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph
1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5°/oofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
Article7
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceed,inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph
1,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariff
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterri­
toryfreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallberecordedonthebasisof
theimportsoriginatinginPortugalandpresented
forCustomsclearanceundercoverofdeclarations
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsump­
tion.4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article8Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1973.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.

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Article9 Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisions ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
ofthisRegulationareobserved. 1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS