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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)545 final
Brussels-21September 1982
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainers ofanetcapacity
of15kilogramsorlessfallingwithinsubheading 08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1983)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ThedraftRegulationannexedheretoconcernstheergaomnesCommunity
tariffquotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof
15kilogramsorless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,tobeopenedfor1983.
Thisquotawasoriginallyprovidedforinthetradeagreementbetweenthe
CommunityandIran,butasthetermofvalidityofthisagreementwasnot
extendedafter30November1973theCommunityhasdeemeditdesirable,
since1974,toopenautonomously atariffquotaforsuchgoods.
DuringaconsultationmeetingheldinApril1982thjdelegationsofthe
MemberStatesgavesympathetic consideration totheopeningofan
autonomoustariffquotafor1983atadutyof296,thevolumeofwhich
wastobeequivalenttothatopenendfor1932byRegulation (EEC)No
3227/81of9November1981(1).
2.ThisbeingaCommunitytariffquotaofavolumewhichisrelativelylowas
comparedwiththeCommunity'stotalimportsandwiiichundoubtedly will
alsoberapidlyusedupinalltheMemberStates,itisfeltth.itan
allocationintoquotasallotteddefinitivelytoalltheMemberState;does
notderogatefromtheCommunitycharacterofthetariffquotaconcerned.
Incasesofthiskind,asimilarsolutionhasalreadybeenpreviouslyadopted.
3.WithregardtotheallocationamongtheMemberStatestheCommission
proposesthattheoneadoptedfor1982beadheredto,sinceitfulfilsthe
conditionsusuallysetoutinsuchmatters.
(1)OJNoL325,13.11.1981,p.7.

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityofISkilograms
orlessfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasaCommunitvtariffquotafordriedgrapesin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kilo­
gramsorless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedfor
19S3atadutyof2%thevolumeofwhichshallbe
limitedto6500tonnes,takingintoaccountthe
existenceofCommunityproduction ;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuchaquota
incomparisonwiththeCommunity'srequirements ,a
systemofutilizationshould,withoutderogatingfrom
theCommunitynatureofthetariffquota,be
provided,basedonasingleallocationbetweenthe
MemberSates;whereasthisallocationmaybecalcu­
latedprorataonthebasisoftheimportrequire­
ments.ofeachMemberState,comingfromthirdcoun­
triesnotassociatedwith,orlinkedtotheCommunity
byapreferentialagreement ;whereas,inordertosafe­
guardtheCommunitynatureofthequota,ashare
shouldbeallocatedtoGreecebylevyingthesame
quantityonthevolumeofthequota;whereas,calcu­
latedinsuchamanner,thisallocationisassetoutin
.Article2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxerr.bcursareunitedwithinar.djointlyrepresented
bvtheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers .
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Dur.r.gtheperiod1Januarvto31December
19S3aCommunitytariffquotaof6500tonnesshall
beopenedfordr.eegrar>esmimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorlessfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTanffdutyshallbesuspendedat
thelevelof2%.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionslaiddowninthe1979Actof
Accession .
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefiting
fromthesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderother
preferentialarrangementsshallnotbechargedagainst
thistanffquota.
Article2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticle1shallbedivided
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italv
UnitedKingdom
Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductin
question havefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article4
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.(temnts)
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Article5 Article6
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
with. ' 1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident