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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)412 final.
Brussels,19July1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesand^
grapemustwithfermentations arrestedbytheadditionof
alcoholfallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff-originatingentirelyinGreece(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Pending adecision bytheAssociation CouncilunderArticle 35-
36(1)oftheEgC-Greece Association Agreement ,theCouncil has
laiddownthearrangements applicable asfrom29April1977to..
importsofw,iTtesoffreshgrapesandgrapemustwith ,fermenta--•
tionarrested bytheaddition ofalcohol >fallingwithin CCT .>.
heading N°-22.05andwhollyobtained inGreece.Thearrangements .
.' *v
providefortheopeningfortheseproductsofa.Communitytariff .
quota/atratesofduty.corresponding to'15%of.thosespecified
intheCommonCustomsTariff.. . '
Theannexedproposed Regulation hasasitsaimtorenewfor192><9
theregimedecidedonfor19^8,and1979thatisa_ /
Communitytariffquotaof430000hi,* ""
dividedintotwotranches .Thisshallbethefirst,of90*ofthe
y• .'«•
volume,,beingdivided betweentheMemberStatesonthebasisof
thepercentages usedin1979,thesecond,of10%ofthevolume,
beingtheCommunity reserve. ■^
Themethodofadministration ,proposedisthesameasthat-usedin
thecontextofthe1979quota.The'authorization giventotheMember
Statestodivideonanindicative basisthreequotasharesintotwo
parts,onefor(ablewinesandtheotherforwinetobeusedfor:{
toakingvermouth,hasalsobeenincludedinthisproposal*' 4

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedby
theadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22,05oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingentirelyinGreece(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment,
Whereas,pendingaDecisionbytheAssociation
CouncilpursuanttoArticle35or36(1)oftheEEC-
GreeceAssociationAgreement,aCommunitytariff
quotaof430000hectolitresshouldbeopenedata
reduceddutyin1980forwinesfromfreshgrapesand
grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddition
ofalcohol,originatingentirelyinGreece,complying
withRegulation (EEC)No337/79andinparticular
withArticle17thereof;whereasitisnecessaryinthese
circumstances toopentheCommunitytariffquotaas
from1January1980;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsintosuchStatesoftheproductsconcerned
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatis­
ticsrelatingtoimportsfromGreeceoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpusentavail­
able,importsfromGreeceintotheMembeStatesin
197§1977and1978oftheproductconcernedhave
developedasfollowsandrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity :
MemberStites 1976 19771978
Bénélux 71-6968-5763.67
Denmark 0-17 0-01U.U1
Germany 199025-2329.38
France 4-065-235.43
Ireland 00-010.02
Italy 2-630-060.11
UnitedKingdom1-550-891.38
Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentofthemarketintheproduct
concernedduring1980theinitialsharesinthe
volumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom62-91
0-52
29-35
4-43
035
035
2-09
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga

-2-
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebe
usedup;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichunderpresentcircumstances
couldbe90%ofthequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupple­
mentarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thetariffquotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a,
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportionthereoftothereserve,inordertoavoidpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December198C^a
Communitytariffquotaof430000hectolitresshallbe
openedintheCommunityforwineoffreshgrapes
andgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddi­
tionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingentirelyin
Greece.
2.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbereducedtothelevelsindicatedin
thetablebelow:
CCT
hetding
NoDmeriptioft Rateofdut?
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentation
arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol:
A.Sparklingwine 6ECUperht
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroomstoppersheldin
placebytiesorfastenings,andwineotherwiseput
upwithanexcesspressureofnotlessthanone
barbutlessthanthreebar,measuredatatem­
peratureof20"C ©ECUpe*•/
C.Other:
I.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumenot
exceeding13%vol,incontainersholding:
•)Twolitresorless 1
b)Morethantwolitres .1•2ECUperhl
1*6ECUberhlCl)
ciy
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolume
exceeding13%volbutnotexceeding15%
vol,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless...........
b)Morethantwolitres ,..I.SECUperhl
-•OECUperhlC1J>
Ci)

ccr
heading
NoDescription Rateofdutf
22.05
fcont'd)III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolume
exceeding 15%volbutnotexceeding 18%
vol,illcontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other
b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolume
exceeding 18%volbutnotexceeding22%
vol,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other
b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other.....
V.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolume
exceeding22%vol,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless.. 0
b)Morethantwolitres3.1ECUP«hiU)
2.5EC(Jperhl ^^)
3.5ECUperhlCl)
3.5ECUperhl j
•29ECUperhl,andper%
*°'+1.8ECU >erhlt-*)
,29ECUperhlandpet%
vo1l«7
(1)Theexchangeratetobeappliedinconvertingintonationalcurrencies
theECUinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressedshallbetherepresentative
rateapplicabletowine,ifsucharateisfixedforthepurposesofthe
commonagricultural policy.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto387000hectoli-
tres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1980shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(hectolitres)
243450
2000
113600
17150
1350
1350
81002.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenexhausted,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraphI,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
3.Thesecondinstalmentof43000hectolitres
shallconstitutethereserve. Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberStatesinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormore
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.

Article5
Mtrrberstatessha'ireturntotheres-e~-e.ret.iter
than1October92-,±eunusedport.cnC:L-.ST
share on15Serterro^r :r.
excess20'3ortr.einitialamount.T"™.evmavrerum
aereater?:r*..criftherearegrounds:cro-e.ievir.g
thatsuchporuonmaynotSeusedinr-!i.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
!95^notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderar.dcharged
againsttheCommunityquotauptoar.dincluding15
September155land,whereappropriate ,ofthepropor­
tionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarererj–.ireto
thereserve.
ArticU6
TheMemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtodividethe
sharesallocatedtothemorwhichtheyhavedrawn
fromthereserveintorareparts,accordingtotheirfore­
seeableuse.reservingonepartforwineintendedfor
directconsumption andtheotherforwinesintended
forprocessing .
However,dunngthemarketingyearandaccordingto
theactualneedswhichanse,theyshallmakethe
necessaryadjustmentstotheoriginalallocations.
Article7
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3ar.dshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotification .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1952,
notifvtheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.ef
1.M;-r:*e:Spatessha^ukeai:measuresnecessarv
toensure"..-.atsurr'ir-er.'jrv sharesdrawnpursuant
toAr_ic'e3areoreredinsuchiwavthatcharge?
msvbemadewithoutinterruptionifsinsttheir
combinedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirtemtorvhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemorcrawnfrom
thereserve.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionsubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesunderthecoverofdeclarations
thatthevhavebeenmadeavailableforhomeuse.
Aiule9
AttherequestoftheCommission .MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallvchargedagainsttheirshares.
A^tcU10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
ArtxcltII
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Unuiry
155J.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinailMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg,
Fortb<Ccuncil
Tb»ePrrjtJmt

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.Budgetlineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120
2.Legalbasis:Articles 43and113oftheTreaty
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure :
Proposal foraCouncilRegulation (EEC)opening,allocating andproviding forthe
administration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrape
mustwithfermentation arrested bytheaddition ofalcoholfallingwithinheading
No22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff-originating entirely inGreece (1980)
4.Objectives :
Toassure,forGreekwines,apreferential treatment inthecontextofaninterim
regimebetweenthenational regimesprovided forinProtocol 14totheAgreement
EEC-Greece andtheregimetobedefinedinaccordance withArticle 35or
Article 36(1)oftheAgreement
5=Methodofcalculation s
-NoofCCT :22.05
-Quotavolume :430000hl
-Quotadutyrate:15/i.ofCCTdutyrates
-DutyrateCCT:from9to40EUA/hl
6.Lossofreceipts :
l
Onthebasisofforeseeable useofthequota15EUAx320000hi=4800000EUA.
Inrelation tothepreceding quotaperiod(1979)areduction oflossofrequests
of6600000EUA-4800000EUA=1800000EUA.