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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
OPENING /ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE ADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN DRIED GRAPES
FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING No.08.04 BIOFTHE COMMON
CUSTOMS TARIFF ,ORIGINATING INCYPRUS (1980 )
(presented bytheCommission tothe Council )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 4ofthe Supplementary Protocol totheAgreement
EEC/Cyprus of1973 ,provides fortheopening ofanannual
duty-free Community tariff quota of500tonnes ofdried
grapes ,inimmediate containers ofanetcapacity of15Kg
orless ,falling within subheading 08.04 ,BIofthe CCTand
originating inCyprus .
TheCommunity hashowever ,already opened aCommunity tariff
quota of125tonnes fortheperiod 1January to31March 1980
forthese products .Therefore thequota tobeopened for the
rest oftheyear 1980 must amount to375 tonnes .
TheRegulation provides forthesplitting upofthe,Mtavolume
uit,twoparts ,ofwhich thefirst willbeallocated among the
Member States asquota share andthesecond willbekeptasa
•Community reserve * . , .-
Intheabsence ofCommunity statistics ,for aperiod sufficien­
tlyrepresentative ,the initial quota shares have been cal­
culated onthebasis ofthepossible demand onthemarkets of
thevarious Member States andonthebasis offorecasts made by
some ofthem . , ; , .
Asthemethod ofadministration tobeapplied byallMember Sta­
tes,theCommission proposes the"greyhound "system .
This isthesubject oftheproposal annexed hereto .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor.
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,*
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Cyprus(')providesfortheopeningofan.annual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnesof
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Cyprus;whereasth.eCommunityhasbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No./80(2)already
openedatariffquotaof125tonnes
fortheperiod1Januaryto31March
1980;whereasthereforeatariff
quotaof375tonnesshouldbeopened
fottheperiod1Aprilto31Decem­
ber1980;
-Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
•referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherConimunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthese
circumstances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedinWhereas,inordertptakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedivided-intotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiv$importersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inofdertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
share,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
(')OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.2.
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Apri.Luntil31December198QtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforthefollowingproducts,
originatinginCyprus,shallbetotallysuspendedwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof375*onnes-accordancewiththeconditionslaid downinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
c:crr
hr.iding Description
No
08.04Grapes,freshordried:
B.Dried:·
I.Inimmediatecontainersofanet
capacityof15kilogramsorlessThisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
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4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto^SOtonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective ,
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31
December1979,shallbeasfollows:
Bcnelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
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3.Thesecondinstalmentof95tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve,towhichanyremainders '
existingon31March1980ofthe ;
quotasgiventotheMemberStates
byRegulation (EEC)No./80(1)
andofthereserveconstituted un­
derthesameRegulation,shallbe
added.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
*bevaliduntil31December19'80.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1980,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1OctoberlS80,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedto.thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
Article3 "'
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.tItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October19^0,Qftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1980FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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FICHE FINANCIERE Dat«I
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12art .120
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2.Basp juridique Art .113 •
.3.•Intitulé de .lamesure tarifaire Ï; -
Proposition dçRèglement (CEE)duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition
etmode degestion d'uncontingent tarifaire communautaire deraisins secs ,
deLasous-position 08.04 BIdutarif douanier commun ,originaires de
Chypre (1980 ) ''
4.Objectif :
Exécution d'uneobligation contractuelle (accord CEE/Chypre )
5.Mode <iecalcul : i
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volume du/descontingent (s)
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.08.04 BI .
375 tonnes
0%■<■
3$y.
6.Perte derecettes :
-12.000 UCE . •
-Lamême mesure était appliquée en19-79 ,donc pasdeperte de
recettes àinscrire pour 1980 . '