13.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL294/5
REGULATION (EEC)No2957/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of5November 1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforMadeirawines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproxi­
matelythesituationofCommunityimports;whereas
onthisbasisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesduringthepastthreeyearsrepresent
thefollowingpercentagesoftheimportsintothe
Community fromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
197219731974
Benelux 11-813114-8
Denmark 13-616-016-2
Germany 23-519-917-8
France 40-939-4400
Ireland 0-10-10-1
Italy 0-70-50-8
UnitedKingdom 9-411010-3
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement (2)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic,providesthatcustomsdutieson
importsintotheCommunityofMadeirawines,origi­
natinginPortugal,fallingwithinsubheadings ex
22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIIIb)1,ex22.05CIVa)1
andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffaretobereducedby30%uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof15000hectolitres ;whereasthisreduc­
tionapplies,inthecaseoftheCommunityasorigi­
nallyconstituted ,totheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesand,inthecaseofthenewMemberStates,to
suchdutiesastheseStatesapplyatanygivenmoment
toimportsfromthirdcountries;whereasthesewines
willremainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;Benelux 13-1
Denmark 14-4
Germany 22-0
France 39-6
Ireland 0-1
Italy 0-7
UnitedKingdom 101
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe90%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin(!)OJNoC239,20.10.1975,p.48.
(2)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.

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Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto13500hectoli­
tresofthisquota,shallbesharedamongtheMember
States;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validuntil31December1976,shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawan
initialquotasharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavail­
ableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceoftheinitialshareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackintothe
reserve,inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,(inhectolitres)
1770
1940
2970
5340
20
90
1370Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto1500
hectolitres ,shallconstitutethereserve.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1976,
aCommunitytariffquotaof15000hectolitresshall
beopenedforMadeira,originatinginPortugal,falling
withinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05CIII
b)1,ex22.05CIVa)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthistariffquotashallbesuspendedat
therateslistedbelow:Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormoreof
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceedinthe
mannerspecifiedinparagraph 1todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 9-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 7-7u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 10-1u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 8-4u.a./hl
3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreementandintheAct
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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttoWhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1976.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1976inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthat5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.RUMOR