8.6.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL150/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1520/85
of23May1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
sherryfallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inSpain(1985/86)
WhereasSpainhasgivenanassurancethattheprice
forwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbelower
thanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
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
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthosequotas;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasonthesigningoftheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSpain(J)on
29June1970,theCommunityundertooktogrant
preferentialtariffarrangementsforimportsintothe
CommunityofsherryoriginatinginSpain;whereas
thisundertaking,inconjunctionwiththeProtocolto
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpainconsequentontheaccessionof
theHellenicRepublictotheCommunity(2),now
relatestotheopeningeachyearofthefollowingtwo
tariffquotas:
—108120hectolitresatadutyrateof40%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties,forsherryin
containersholdingtwolitresorless,fallingwithin
subheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05C
IVa)1oftheCommonCustomsTariffandorig­
inatinginSpain,and
—685000hectolitresatadutyrateof50%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesforsherryin
containersholdingmorethantwolitres,falling
withinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIb)1andex
22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginSpain;
WhereasinclusionintheCommunitytariffquota
shouldbesubjecttoproductionofmovementcerti­
ficateA.E.Iandacertificateofdesignationoforigin
asprovidedforinCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1120/75(3);Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossibletheactualtrendofthemarket
intheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
States,calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsfor
importsofthesaidproductsfromSpainovera
representative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
C)OJNoL326,13.11.1981,p.2.
OOJNoL111,30.4.1975,p.19.(4)OJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
C)OJNoL88,28.3.1985,p.1.

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1981 1982 1983
44,43
2,00
28,56
0,01
0,23
1,82
0,44
22,5141,80
1,53
31,17
0,01
0,31
1,43
0,43
23,3237,13
1,73
32,68
0,04
0,24
1,03
0,32
26,83Sherry:
—incontainersholding
twolitresorless:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
—incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom34,23
3,84
0,72
0,09
0,72
60,4038,97
4,39
1,16
0,07
0,60
0,01
54,8039,75
3,58
2,58
0,06
0,67
53,36intotwoinstalmentsthefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotasshould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat91%ofeachofthequota
volumes;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
uponeofitsinitialsharesmustdrawanadditional
sharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostentirelyused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthaithatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotasfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Sherryincontainers
holding
MemberStates
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
40,37 37,60
1,98 3,97
30,99 1,42
0,01 0,01
0,26 0,06
1,62 0,66
0,40 0,01
24,37 56,27Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1985to30June1986theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthesherries
mentionedbeloworiginatinginSpainshallbe
partiallysuspendedatthelevelsandwithinthelimits
oftheCommunitytariffquotasindicatedforeachof
them:Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedivided
CCTheadingNoRate
(ECU/hl)Quotavolume"
(hectolitres)Description
Sherry
Sherry
Sherry
Sherryex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)16.5
7,0
6.6
7,2}
}108120
685000

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Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofthe1979ActofAccession .
2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
originatingproductsandonmethodsof
administrative cooperation ,annexedtothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain,shallbeapplicable .
3.Inorderthatthewinesinquestionmaybenefit
fromthesetariffquotas,Article18(3)and(4)of
Regulation(EEC)No337/79mustbeobserved.
4.TheinclusionofsherryintheseCommunity
quotasshallbeconditionaluponproductionofa
movementcertificateA.E.Iandacertificateof
designationoforiginasprovidedforinRegulation
(EEC)No1120/75endorsedbytheSpanishcustoms
authorities .
Article2
1.EachofthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil30June
1986,shallbeasfollows:delaybynotifyingtheCommissiondrawasecond
shareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto5°/oofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunit.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Theprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1986.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1986,theunusedportionoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15March1986,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15March1986
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.(hectolitres)
Sherryfailingwithinsubheading :
MemberStatesex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 39760 232000
Denmark 1950 24500
Germany 30520 8760
Greece 10 60
France 260 370
Ireland 1600 4070
Italy 390 60
UnitedKingdom 24000 347180
Total 98490 617000
3.Secondinstalmentofeachquota,namely9630
and68000hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90°/oormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
samesharereducedbytheportionreturnedtothe
corresponding reserveifArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshallassoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
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ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1985,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesuponeofthereservesislimitedtothebalance
availableandtothisendshallspecifytheamount
thereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthelast
drawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStateshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductshavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.3.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredforfree
circulation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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