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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3086/76
of13December 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforportwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates:
Whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneeds
oftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothto
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsfromPortugal
overarepresentative periodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(J),
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic(2),asamendedbytheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandthePortugueseRepublic(3),providesthat
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugal,shallbe
reduced:
—by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
35000hi,and
—by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
280000hi;
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted ,totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasinthecaseofthenew
MemberStates,thisreductionappliesuptoand
including30June1977tosuchdutiesastheseStates
applyatanygivenmomenttoimportsfromthird
countriesandfrom1July1977totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasthesewineswill
remainsubjecttotheprovisionsgoverningthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessWhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofportwinesonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunityduringthepast
threeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproximately
thesituationofCommunityimports;whereasonthis
basisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesforthepastthreeyearsrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintotheCommu­
nityfromPortugaloftheproductsconcerned :
1973 1974 1975
Portwines:
—inreceptaclescontai­
ningtwolitresorless:
—Benelux 14-413-418-8
—Denmark 3-5 4-160
—Germany 13-7 7-215-3
—France 27-127-9290
—Ireland 0-40-60-4
—Italy 26-429-9161
—UnitedKingdom 14-516-9144(»)OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
(2)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(3)OJNoL266,29.9.1976,p.2.

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1973 1974 1975
—inreceptaclescon­
tainingmorethantwo
litres:
—Benelux 13-414013-4
—Denmark 814-55-5
—Germany 9111010-4
—France 40-941039-4
—Ireland 1-71-51-2
—Italy— — — ,
—UnitedKingdom 26-8280301endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceofoneoftheinitialquotashares
remainsinoneorotherMemberStateitisessential
thatthatMemberStatepaysalargeamountofitback
intothereserve,inordertoavoidapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Portwinesinreceptacles
containing
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 16-6 14-6
Denmark 4-8 6-6
Germany 14-9 8-7
France 29-7 42-5
Ireland 0-8 0-8
Italy 18-8 01
UnitedKingdom 144 26-7Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1977,Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedfor
productsoriginatinginPortugal,andwithinthelimits
listedbelow:
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1jPortwines
jPortwines35000hi
280000hiWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 54u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 5-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 6-0u.a./hlWhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotasandupto
andincluding30June1977,thenewMemberStates
shallapplythedutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionssetoutinProtocol8annexedtothe
AgreementandintheActofAccession.

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Article2 4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1977
shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:Article4
(inhectolitres)Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5Portwinesundersubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 5250 36790
Denmark 1500 16630
Germany 4690 22000
France 9350 107100
Ireland 250 2000
Italy 5920 100
UnitedKingdom 4540 67380
Total 31500 252000TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1977inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,3500
hectolitresand28000hectolitresrespectively ,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article6
Article3
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)or90%or
moreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
ThisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisArticle7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption,againsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem. exhausted .

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Article9 3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Article8
Article10
AttheCommissionsrequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactu­
allychargedagainsttheirshares.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOEL