NoL157/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1377/77
of21June1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(1977/78)
ratesprovidedforinProtocol7withtheuninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheduty-freeentryarrangements
inrespectofthesaidquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inordertoreflectas
closelyaspossibletheactualtrendsonthemarketsin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
madeinaccordancewiththerequirements ofthe
MemberStates;
Whereasmeasuresshouldbelaiddowntoensurethat
Protocol7isimplementedunderconditionssuchas
topermitthedevelopment oftraditionaltradeflows
betweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand
betweentheMemberStates;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
foramethodoftisebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KindgomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasundertheACP-EECConvention ofLome
signedon28February1975,andinparticularunder
Protocol7thereto,productsoriginatingintheACP
Stateswhichfallwithintariffsubheading22.09CI
(rum,arrack,tafia),shall,untiltheentryintoforceofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinspirits,be
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
underconditionssuchastopermitthedevelopment
oftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesand
theCommunityandbetweentheMemberStates;
whereastheCommunityshallfixeachyearthequanti­
tieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustomsdutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesintotheCommunityinthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increased
byanannualgrowthrateof40%onthemarketof
theUnitedKingdomand13%ontheothermarkets
oftheCommunity ,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedon
foreseeableinternaldemandineachMemberState;
Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedby
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheCommu­
nityandtheMemberStatesduringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,thesizeofthetariff
quotafortheperiod1July1977to30June1978
shouldthereforebefixedat173009hectolitresof
purealcohol;
Whereas,sincetheentryintoforceofRegulation
(EEC)No329/77(!),Communityimportsoftheafore­
mentionedproductsoriginatinginSurinamhavebeen
takenintoaccountforthepurposesoffixingthe
Communityquota;
Whereastheaboveprinciplesalsoapplytothealloca*
tionofthetariffquota;
Whereasitseemslikelythatarrangements forusing
theCommunitytariffquotabasedonallocation
betweentheUnitedKingdomandtheotherMember
StateswouldreconciletheapplicationofthegrowthHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1July1977until30June1978rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
173009hectolitresofpurealcohol.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .Thefirstinstalment,of
126030hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbefor
UnitedKingdomconsumption .Thesecondinstal­
ment,of46979hectolitresofpurealcohol,shallbe
allocatedamongtheotherMemberStates. (')OJNoL46,18.2.1977,p.2.

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2.ThesharesofeachoftheMemberStatesto
whichthesecondinstalmentisallocatedpursuantto
paragraph 1shallconsistofthefollowingquantities :
(inhiofpure
alcohol)
Benelux;
Denmark :
Germany :
France:
Ireland:
Italy:5926,
4000,
24000,
11395,
1000,
658.2.TheUnitedKingdomshalltakethestepsneces­
sarytoensurethatthequantitiesimportedfromthe
ACPStatesundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles
1and2arerestrictedtothosemeetingitsdomestic
consumptionrequirements .
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation .
Article6
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No157/76of20January
1976onthesafeguardmeasuresprovidedforinthe
ACP-EECConventionofLome(*),shallapplyin
respectoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation .
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallmanagethesharesallocated
totheminaccordancewiththeirownarrangements .
2.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestion,originating
intheACPStates,declaredatcustomsforclearance
forhomeuse.
Article4
1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
eachmonthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthe
tariffquota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21June1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
D.OWEN
(')OJNoL18,27.I.1976,p.1.