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of5December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedby
theadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingentirelyinGreece
ticsrelatingtoimportsfromGreeceoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavail­
able,importsfromGreeceintotheMemberStatesin
1974,1975and1976oftheproductconcernedhave
developedasfollowsandrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity :
MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 55-0266-6673-31
Denmark 0050-110-11
Germany 37-0426-4622-35
France 6-216-003-35
Ireland 0050-02001
Italy 0-140-020-02
UnitedKingdom 1-490-710-85THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
Whereas,pendingadecisionbytheAssociation
CouncilpursuanttoArticle35or36(1)oftheEEC­
GreeceAssociationAgreement,aCommunitytariff
quotaof430000hectolitresshouldbeopenedata
reduceddutyin1978forwinesfromfreshgrapesand
grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddition
ofalcohol,originatingentirelyinGreece,complying
withRegulation(EEC)No816/70andinparticular
withArticle9thereof;whereasitisnecessaryinthese
circumstances toopentheCommunitytariffquotaas
from1January1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsintosuchStatesoftheproductsconcerned
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatis­Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopment ofthemarketintheproduct
concernedduring1978,theinitialsharesinthe
volumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 62-91
Denmark 0-52
Germany 29-35
France 4-43
Ireland 0-35
Italy 0-35
United 209
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebeusedup; (')OJNoC266,7.11.1977,p.45.

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WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxemburgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
toimporters,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevel,
whichunderpresentcircumstances couldbe90%of
thequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupple­
mentarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thetariffquotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportion
thereoftothereserveinordertoavoidpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1978,a
Communitytariffquotaof430000hectolitresshallbe
openedintheCommunityforwineoffreshgrapes
andgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddi­
tionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingentirelyin
Greece.
Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbereducedtothelevelsindicatedinthe
tablebelow:
OCT
heading
NoDescription Rateofduty
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrested
bytheadditionofalcohol:
A.Sparklingwine 6u.a.perhi
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroom'stoppersheldinplace
bytiesorfastenings,andwineotherwiseputupwithan
excesspressureofnotlessthanoneatmospherebutless
thanthreeatmospheres ,measuredatatemperatureof
20°C. 6u.a.perhi
C.Other:t
LOfanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding13°,in
containersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless 1-8u.a.perhi
(b)Morethantwolitres 1-3u.a.perhi
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding13°but
notexceeding15°,incontainersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless 21u.a.perhi
(b)Morethantwolitres 1-6u.a.perhi
III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15°but
notexceeding18°,incontainersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other 2-5u.a.perhi
(b)Morethantwolitres:
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heading Description Rateofduty
No
22.05 IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°but
(cont'd) notexceeding22°,incontainersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other 2-8u.a.perhi
(b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other 2-8u.a.perhi
V.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding22°,in
containersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless 0-2u.a.perhi
andperdegree
+1-5u.a.perhi
(b)Morethantwolitres 0-2u.a.perhi
andperdegree
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttranche,amountingto387000hecto­
litres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1978,shallbeasfollows:3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .(hectolitres)
Benelux 243450
Denmark 2000
Germany 113600
France 17150
Ireland 1350
Italy1350
UnitedKingdom 8100
3.Thesecondtrancheof43000hectolitresshall
constitutethereserve.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormore
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenexhausted,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderandcharged
againsttheCommunityquotauptoandincluding15
September1978and,whereappropriate ,ofthepropor­
tionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningto
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Article6
TheMemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtodividethe
sharesallocatedtothemorwhichtheyhavedrawn
fromthereserveintotwoparts,accordingtotheirfore­
seeableuse,reservingonepartforwinesintendedfor
directconsumptionandtheotherforwinesintended
forprocessing .
However,duringthemarketingyearandaccordingto
theactualneedswhicharise,theyshallmakethe
necessaryadjustmentstotheoriginalallocations.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotification .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatcharges
maybemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
combinedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfrom
thereserve.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionsubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesunderthecoverofdeclarations
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforhomeuse.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationarecompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET