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•.Proposalfora
/REGULATION(EEC)CFTHECOUNCIL •,
opening,,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunity'tariffquotafordriedfigsfallingwithin
\ ;
subheading ex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating
originating inSpam(1977)
; i< ■"Proposal foraProposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
.■
opening,ellocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading ex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff/originating inSpain(1977) i
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(76)461^inal

EAPLAÏÏATCRÏ MÎM-'OR/JHOTJI.I
1.Artiole 2oftheAgreement atpreaont inforce between "theEuropean
•Community andSpain ,r-sad withArticles 2and9ofAnnex Ithereto ,
provider )forthoopening ofCommunity tariff quotas fortheimportation
into theCommunity ofthefollowing product a,originating inSpain ,at
thequota duties speoified below t
CCTHoading No Produot Annual Volume Quota Duty
ex06.03 B Certain dried 800 t 30% oftheCCTduty
figa
08,0d BI Certain dried 1700 t Exempt
grapes
2.TheCommunity opened negotiations with Spain with aview to
concluding anadditional Protocol totheAgreement of1970 .
However ,innew ofthepresent state oftheGe negotiations ,
itisbynomeans certain that the Protocol oould enter into force on
1January 1977butrather on&later date which might well bewithin the
first half of1977* •
3»l'nview oftli9foregoing ,thoCommission believes that thepossible
necessity should beprovided forofopening tariff quotas ,for1977 ,for
thegoods inquestion ,infavour ofSpain .Consequently ,thetariff
quotas forthese produots should beopened by1January 1977 andtherefore
approved bytheCounoil before 1November 1976»Aooordinglj "-,itianeoessary
toinitiate immediately theprooedux*e foropening therelevant tariff quotas .

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However,inviewofthepossibleentryintoforceofthisProtocolit
iepronosodtooonfino'theinT^dvalidityofthou*Oomrmmitytariff'
*
quotasforthoyear.1977totheperiodnot.coveredbytheProtocol.
Moreover,asre^ardoagriculturalproducts,theIlegulationnopening
therelevantCommunitytariffquotasmustbebasedon.ArOiole43ofthe
Ei5CTreaty,whichmeansthattheEuropeanParliamentmotbeconsulted.
ThetimewhichtheprocedureforapprovingtheseHemulationswilltake
mustthereforebeborneinmind.
Thisintheobjectoftheproposalsannexedhereto.
A*ThgRcy-'ulabionriprovide,intheusualway,forthosplittingupof
thetariffvolumesintotwoparts,thefirstofwhichwillboallocated
amon,?theMemberStatesasquotasharesandthosecondwillbekeptas
areserve.
5.Theallocationofthefirstpartofthequotafordried,<;*rnpes
(OB.CVJB!f)hasbeenundertakenaccordingtothorulesgenerallyapplied
hitherto.'Pbetotalimportsofnachj>1emnerStatefor1973to.1975have
beenexpressedasaproportionoftotalCommunityimportsoverthesar.io
period.Theresultingpercentages havebeenappliedStatebyStatetothe
volumeofthefirstpart,th^lastdigitofthenumberofmotriotonsbeiitg
roundedoff,
6*However,itdoesnotseemappropriatetoapplythisruletothetariff
quotafordriedfigs(ex00.03B)since:
» .»
(a)fcherehave"beennomorethanminimalimportsintoasin/tieMember
volumef' ^
(d)itisdifficulttoforéoastfutureimports.Stateandthatonlymoneyear; ...
(b)otherMemberStatesimportednoneatall;\ •;
(o)totalCommunity .importsarelowerthantheagreedtariffquota
volume:'
[d)itisdifficulttoforéoastfutureimports.
/.

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Ifnor»lorn<jv«i4ih»l«sntoal.loao.tttthequoin,volume£:\x,r!,y<vwKthe
i'DI'iborGU.tohra<rordin .<?totheirrespective si55esftheCommit13ionwoi'kr;
onth<3o.Bnurnniionthatintbi«exceptional oa.setheMomberStn.tesuhould
pj?.rfcioio«.t«equallyiithetariffquota.Thisparticipation aimsto\
hal.rtjioetheMemberStates'advantagesandliabilities asfaraspooeinle•
7.Tnequotadutiesorealreax3yfixedintheIWIo/spainA.^reornenb .itself.
0.Thenrooon6c1Tfe/rulationsprovideforasinglemethodofadministration
tobnarmliodbyallMemborStaton,namolythe"asandwhen"method.
9»TheMemberStates'expertswhoparticipated intheconsultative meeting
ofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"Group(26/27April1976Jexpressedagree­
mentinprinoipletothesohemeforallocationofsharesproposedbythe
Commissionintheframeworkoftheregulationannexed#
Ifthecaseshouldarisethatthenegotiations withSpainresultina
newregimeoomingintoeffeoton1January1977/theCommissionwould
presentnewproposals *
Annexes:
~2proposalsforregulationsoftheCounoil•

ANNEXA
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)NoOFTHECOUNCIL
opening )allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedfigsfailingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnex1fortheopeningby
theCommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of200metrictonsofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginSpainandimportedinimmed­
iatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofthesaidAnnex,the
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1977;whereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangements
itisnecessarytolimitthequota
periodtothedateonwhichthenewarrangement
entersintoforce;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromSpainovera
representative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned :
1973 974
Germany
Bénélux
France 100
»1
metric
ton)
Italy
Germany
tBénélux
France
Italy25
25
25
251975
M
16,2
Whereas,mviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligations
contractedundertheAgreementconcernedareallor
catedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
('0JNoWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
Whereas,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin

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continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesASthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotasremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1977untilthedateofentryintoforce
ofanewarrangement
butnotlaterthan31
December1977theCommonCustomsTariffdutyin
respectofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingex
08.03B,originatinginSpainandimportedinimmed­
iatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding15kg
shallbepartiallysuspendedat3%withinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof200metrictons.Article3
1.If90/oormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),on90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticleShavebeenapplied,hai
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulatedin
Article 1.
Article2
I.Afirsttranche,amountingto160metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1
Januaryuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedin
ArticleI,sh.illbeasfollows:
(icrmany
Bénélux
France
It.ily40
40
40
40
2.Thesecondtrancheof40metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthanIOctober.
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1977inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.

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Article6
receivesthenotifications .^35"
HFrrf7*–s°c-^
returnofsharespursuanttoArticle5
Artir/e7
1-TheMemberStatesshalltake-illa™™•
meaSUrestoensurethat,whenadditionalshareware
otthcCommunityquota.
«cc«,0thesharesallocated,0,^™'*"producf'concerned^mst^l"'mp°rtS°fthe
«hcgoodsareenteredforhomeLt"**^
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStir-h,«^
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthTb,'5,'l!P•-pon,chargedinaccordance„ilh«*
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformthe
Article9
Article10
™»Relationilla|,„K,jnM^^(
Stales^UIOnSh'"*-*-»««-directly,pp„„b,e|„«Memb„
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)NoOFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,representative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIfortheopeningby
theCommunityofanannualduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof1700metrictonsofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgor
less;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1977;whereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangementsWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned:
1973 1974
Germany 2-346
Bénélux 1-113-7
France 70-266-3
Italy 16415-41975
3.9
13.9
73.4
f.8
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
,itisnecessaryto
periodtothedateonwhichthe
entersintoforce;limitthequota
newarrangementGermany
Bénélux
France
Italy4
13
64
19
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninternipted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidproductsfromSpainovera
(')0JNoWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin

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continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwhencncliofitsndditionalquotashnfes
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof; /
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1977untilthedateofentryintoforce
ofanewarrangementbutnotLaterthan31
December1977theCommonCustomsTariffdutyin
respectofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading
08.04BI,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacitynotexceeding
15kgshallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareImtheomeuntreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.'If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph's1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulatedin
Article1.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto1360metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
theendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeas
follows:
Germany 55metrictons
Benelux 177metrictons
France 870metrictons
Italy 258metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof340metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
197'inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.

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# Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
IopenedbyMemberState*innetwdtint'ewithArticles
?2and3amishallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresappro­
priatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesarcdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4..TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977, ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident