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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1517/76
of24June1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheading
ex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginAlgeria(1976/77)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,hereinaftercalledthe'InterimAgreement'provides
inArticle13fortheadvanceapplicationofthis
tariffmeasure,probablywitheffectfrom
1July1976;whereastheCommunitytariffquotas
inquestionshouldthereforebeopenedforaninitial
periodfrom1July1976until30June1977;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of
29September1975layingdownspecialrulesforthe
importationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(3),introduced
theideaofafree-at-frontier referenceprice,being
thereferencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament (J),
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
Democratic RepublicofAlgeriasignedon
26April1976stipulatesinArticle20thatcertain
wineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin
falling-withinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginAlgeriashallbe
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariff
quota;whereasthevolumeforthefirstquotaperiod
is250000hectolitresconsistingof190000
hectolitresofwineinbulk,and60000hectolitres
ofwineinbottles;whereaswineinbulkmustbe
putupinaccordancewithcertainconditions;
whereaswineinbottlesmustbeincontainers
holdingamaximumoftwolitres;whereastheimport
pricesforthewinesmustatanygivenmomentbe
notlessthantheCommunityreferencepricesfor
them;whereasthesewinesmustbeaccompanied
byacertificateofdesignationoforigininaccordance
withthemodelgiveninAnnexDtotheAgreement
inquestion;
WhereaspendingtheentryintoforceoftheCo­
operationAgreement ,theInterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthe
People'sDemocratic RepublicofAlgeria(2)Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallCommunity
importerstotheabovementioned quotas,and
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thesequotastoallimportsoftheproducts
concernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthequotas
havebeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtothe
aboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotasamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
therequirements oftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
ofthesaidproductsfromAlgeriaoverarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownfor
eachofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable
andnoreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbe
made;whereasinthesecircumstances thequota
volumesshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,taking
intoaccountdemandforthesewinesonthemarkets
ofthevariousMemberStates;
(J)Opiniondeliveredon18June1976andnotyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal.
(?)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.2. (3)OJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2.

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Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiod
aMemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofone
ofitsinitialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatit
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereofto
therelevantreserve,topreventapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbvanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,
eaohofthequotaamountsshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofMemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitial
share;whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotasshouldbe
fixedatalevelwhichcould,inthepresent
circumstances ,be50%ofeachofthequotavolumes;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereasinorder
totakethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofone
ofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawasupplementary
sharefromtherelevantreserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStateeachtimeoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary sharesshouldbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1July1976to30June1977
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductsoriginatinginAlgeria,withinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
CCT
headingNoDescription Quotavolume
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrested
bytheadditionofalcohol:
C.Other:
—Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignationsof
origin:
AinBessem-Bouira ,Medea,CoteauxduZaccar,Dahra,
CoteauxdeMascara,MontsduTessalah,Coteauxde
Tlemcen,
ofanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding15°:
—Incontainersholdingtwolitresorless
—Incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres60000hi
190000hi

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(inhectolitres)
MemberStatesWineshavingaregistered
designationoforiginincontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 5000 15000
Denmark 3000 10000
Germany 6000 20000
France 6000 20000
Ireland 2000 5000
Italy 3000 10000
UnitedKingdom 5000 1.5000
Total 30000 95000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amounting
to30000and95000hectolitresrespectively ,shall
constitutethereserve.2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended.ThenewMemberStatesshallapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
oftheInterimAgreementontradeingoodsbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandAlgeriaand
oftheActofAccession .
3.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthese
tariffquotasonconcjitionthatthepricesonimport
intotheCommunityarenotatanytimelessthan
thefree-at-frontier referencepricesreferredtoin
Regulation (EEC)No2506/75andsubsequenttexts
whichapplytosuchprices.
4.Wineincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustbeputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements :
(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransporting
wineandbeusedsolelyforthatpurpose;
(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmust
ensurethattheycannotbethesubjectof
operationsduringtransportation orstorageother
thanthosecarriedoutunderthesupervisionof
theauthoritiesofAlgeriaoroftheMember
States;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchaway
astopermitidentification ofthequalitywine
itcontains;
(e)thewineinquestionmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding25
hectolitres .
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe
accompanied byacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantAlgerianauthority,inaccord­
ancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulation .Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialshares,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtotherelevantreserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessaryto
thenextwholenumber,insofarastheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextwholenumber,insofar
astheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallinaccordancewithparagraph 1,draw
afourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
theseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosefixedmightnotbeusedup.TheyshallinformArticle2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidupto
30June1977,shallbeasfollows:

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Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesintheCommunityquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
EachadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1977.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1977,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15March1977,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1April1977,ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15March1977and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
hasbeennotified.
TheCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5April1977,ofthestateofeachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andtothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
collaboratecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN

ANNEX
1.jU..,LEksportør-Ausführer-Exporter-Exporta­
teur-Esportatore-Exporteur :2.'-Nummer-Nummer-
Number-Numéro-Numero-
Nummer00000
3..(Nameofauthorityguaranteeing thedesignation
oforigin)
4. Modtager-Empfänger-Consignee-
Destinataire-Destinatario-Geadresseerde :
5 IJIid«J1
CERTIFIKAT FOROPRINDELSESBETEGNELSE
BESCHEINIGUNG DERURSPRUNGSBEZEICHNUNG
CERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OFORIGIN
CERTIFICAT D'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE
CERTIFICATO DIDENOMINAZIONE DIORIGINE
CERTIFICAAT VANBENAMING VANOORSPRONG 6.J*-*-"-Transportmiddel-Beförderungsmittel
-Meansoftransport-Moyendetransport-Mezzodi
trasporto-Vervoermiddel :
7.(Designationoforigin)
8,t.!/*^'-Losningssted-Entladungsort-Place
ofunloading-Lieudedéchargement-Luogodisbarco-
Plaatsvanlossing:
g JJ<if^Ij^^I
Mærkerognumre,kollienesantalogart
ZeichenundNummern ,AnzahlundArtderPackstücke
Marksandnumbers,numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnuméros,nombreetnaturedescolis
Marcaenumero,quantitàenaturadeicolli
Merkenennummers,aantalensoortdercolli10.fc
Bruttovægt
Rohgewicht
Grosswe
Poidsbri
Pesolord
BrutogewichtI11.I
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Rohgewicht Liter
weightLitres
tLitres
oLitri
Brutogewicht Liter
12.L»)-Liter(ibogstaver )-Liter(inBuchstaben )-Litres(inwords)-Litres(enlettres)-Litri(inlettere)-
Literi(voluit):
13.IJ^^-Påtegningfraudstedendeorgan-Bescheinigung dererteilendenStelle-Certificateofthe
issuingauthority-visadel'organismeémetteur-Vistodell'organismo emittente-Visumvandeinstantievanafgifte:
14.IjIàL-Toldstedetsattest-Sichtvermerkder
Zollstelle-Customsstamp-Visadeladouane-Vistodella
dogana-Visumvandedouane
!(Oversættelse senr.15-Über­
setzungsieheNr.15-seethetranslationunderNo15-
Voirtraductionaun°15-Veditraduzionealn.15-Zievoor
vertalingnr.15)

15.Detbekræftes ,atvinen,derernævntidettecertifikat,erfremstillet iområdetogifølgealgerisklovgivninger
berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :« «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstillet afvin.
Wirbestätigen ,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichnete WeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
algerischem GesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung „ "zuerkanntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefügteAlkoholistausWeingewonnener Alkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin'. '.
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonedeetestreconnu,suivantlaloi
algérienne ,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiedèriconosciuto ,secondo
laleggealgerinacomeaventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica.
Wijverklarendatdeinditcertificaatomschreven wijnisvervaardigd inhetwijndistrict van endatvolgens
deAlgerijnsewetgevingdebenamingvanoorsprong„... "erkendwordt.
Deaandezewijntoegevoegde alcoholisalcohol,uitwijngewonnen .
16.0
(1)Rubrikforbeholdteksportlandets andreangivelser .
(1)DieseNummeristweiterenAngabendesAusfuhrlandes vorbehalten .
(1)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
(1)Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur .
(1)Spazioriservatoperaltreindicazionidelpaeseesportatore .
(1)Ruimtebestemdvooranderegegevensvanhetlandvanuitvoer.