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REGULATION (EEC)No2956/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of5November 1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforportwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1976)
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflect
mostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarket
intheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*);
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement(2)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic,providesthatcustomsdutieson
importsintotheCommunityofcertainwines,origi­
natinginPortugal,shallbereduced:
—by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwines,fallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
20000hectolitres ;and
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwines,fallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
285000hectolitres ;
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted,totheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesandinthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,tosuchdutiesastheseStatesapplyat
anygivenmomenttoimportsfromthirdcountries;
whereasthesewineswillremainsubjecttotheprovi­
sionsgoverningthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterruptedWhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofportwinesonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunityduringthepastfew
yearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproximately the
situationofCommunityimports;whereasonthis
basisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :
197219731974
Portwines:
—inreceptaclescontaining
twolitresorless:
—Benelux
—Denmark
—Germany
—France
—Ireland
—Italy
—UnitedKingdom11-7
2-1
15-7
30-9
0-2
27-5
11-914-4
3-5
13-7
27-1
0-4
26-4
14-513-4
4.1
7-2
27-9
0-6
29-9
16.9(!)OJNoC239,20.10.1975,p.48.
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197219731974
inreceptaclescontaining
morethantwolitres:
—Benelux 15013-414-0
—Denmark 6-18-14-5
—Germany 8-79-111-0
—France 43-240-941-0
—Ireland 1-61-71-5
—Italy 000-00-0
—UnitedKingdom 25-426-828-0quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotas
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration afsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1976,
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforproducts
originatinginPortugal,andwithinthelimitslisted
below:Portwinesin
receptaclescontaining
Twolitres
orlessMorethan
twolitres
Benelux 13-2 14-6
Denmark 2-7 6-6
Germany 14-9 9-1
France 29-7 42-7
Ireland 0-3 1-6
Italy 270 01
UnitedKingdom 12-2 25-3
CCTheadingNo Description Quotavolume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1|Portwines
|Portwines20000hi
285000hi
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 5-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 5-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 6-0u.a./hlWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionssetoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreementandintheAct
ofAccession .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
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2.Afirstinstalmentshallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December1976,shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts:4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.(inhectolitres)
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1976.Pottwinesundersubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 2370 37200
Denmark 490 16800
Germany 2680 23200
France 5340 108900
Ireland 60 4250
Italy 4860 100
UnitedKingdom 2200 64550
Total 18000 255000Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1976inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,2000and
30000hectolitresrespectively ,shallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.ArticleJ
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinpara­
graph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
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3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8 x
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.RUMOR