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REGULATION (EEC)No424/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of5February1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpain,importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless
1969 1970 1971
Germany 6-3 2-6 2-1
Benelux 17-0 17-8 18-6
France 76-7 60-8 66-5
Italy— 18-8 12-8THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSpain,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2
(1)togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIfortheopening
bytheCommunity ofanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictonsofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof
15kgorless;whereasthereforeaduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictonsshould
beopenedfortheproductconcernedfor1973;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
States'importsfromSpainoverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresent ;thefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 6-0
Benelux 17-0
France 64-3
Italy 12-7;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldbede­
terminedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable

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ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplvthisparagraph.foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservetheex­
tenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincethe.KingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom1January1973anduntil31December1973,
theCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BI,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingofanetcapacitynotexceeding15kgshall
beentirelysuspendedwithintheframeworkofa
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.
Article2Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1973.1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1360metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;
theproportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validfrom1Januaryuntil31December1973,shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:Article5
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy80metrictons
230metrictons
880metrictons
170metrictons.If,by15September1973,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October1973,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1973,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1973inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto340metric
tons,shallmakeupthereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1973,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsof
theproductconcernedagainsttheirsharesaccording
astheproducthasbeenpresentedforCustoms
clearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthatithasbeen
madeavailableforconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshall,berecordedonthebasisof
theimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph3.
Article8
♦
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsfromSpainactually
chargedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
appropriatetoensurethat,whenadditionalshares
aredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5February1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE