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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)810final
Brussels,5December 1980
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Proposal fora
'COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
establishing aceiling andCommunity surveillance inrespectofimports
ofwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation arrested by
theaddition ofalcohol,fallingwithinheading No22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating entirely inGreece(1981)
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(80)810final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
IncompliancewithArticles25and-64oftheActofAccession,
customsdutiesonimportsbetweentheCommunityasatpresentconsti­
tutedandtheHellenicRepublicshallbeprogressively abolishedin
accordancewithatimetablewhichprovidesforafirstreductionof
10%on1January1981tobemadeonthebasicduty,asdefinedin
•Article24,namely,onthedutyactuallyimposedon1July1980.
ThebasicdutyinrespectofwinesoriginatingentirelyinGreece
isequivalent :
-to15%ofthedutiesincludedintheCommonCustomsTariffupto.
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amaximumquantityof430000hectolitres asprovidedforin
Regulation (EEC)N°2634/79of20November1979ontheCommunity
tariffquotaopenedfor1980; - ,.
-totheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofadditional
quantities . .-
.Therefore asfrom1January1981,thedutiestobeimposedinthe
Communityasatpresentconstituted onimportsofwinesoriginating
entirelyinGreecemustbeequivalent to90%oftheabovementioned
basicduties,namely,to13,5%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty
uptothemaximumquantityof430000hectolitres andto90%of
theCommon-CustomsTariffdutyforthesurplusquantities.
Asregardsthesurveillance tobecarriedoutinordertodetermine
thedutyapplicable onimportsofsuchwines,theCommissionisof
theopinionthatstrictmeasuresshouldnetbetakentopreventthe
possibiIity-ofthis'quantityof430000hectolitres beingexceeded.
Itthereforeproposesthatamoreflexiblesystembeintroduced,
namelyaceiling,fixedatthislevelof430000hectolitres,above
whichthenormalresidualcustomsdutieswouldbereimposeduntilthe
"endofthecalendaryear.
(1)0JN°L291,19.11.1979,P.17
(2)0JN°L306,3.12.1979,P.6

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Putting such asystem into practice andtheoption ofreimposing
certain customs duties would involve theadoption ofcommon and
precise rules tobeapplied bytheMember States concerned ina
uniform manner .These requirements could bemet byestablishing a
system ofCommunity surveillance inrespect ofimports actually
carried out andoriginating inGreece .Tothis end,theMember
States would have totake adequate steps toensure the rapid
gathering ofstatistical statements atCommunity level .Inthis
connection ,arecord should bekept only ofimports oftheproducts
inquestion ,asand when these products are entered with customs
authorities for free circulation .
Such statements would becompiled bytheMember States atthe end
ofeach month andwould betransmitted before the fifteenth day
ofthe following month tothe Commission sothat itcould bein
aposition totransmit bytelex totheMember States anoverall
statement ,inrespect ofeach product ,ofthe imports inquestion
carried outduring theprevious month .The system ofsurveillance
would require aneffort ofpromptitude andclose cooperation
between the services concerned ofthe Member States and those of
the Commission .
Asregards the implementation ofthemechanism ofreimposing
customs duties ,the following system tfould beadopted :assoon
asone ofthese monthly overall statements prepared bythe
Commission showed that the ceiling hadbeen reached tothe amount
of75%,theCommission would inform theMember States accordingly .
Imports ofthe products inquestion would continue tobethe
subject ofamonthly statement or,ifsorequested bythe
Commission ,ofatelex statement inrespect ofeach ten-day
period .This latter statement should beforwarded within five days
ofthe endofthat period .

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Inthese circumstances ,theCommission could adopt measures assoon
aspossible ,with regard toGreece ,leading tothereimposition by
means ofaRegulation ofthe residual customs duties until the end
ofthecalendar year .Naturally ,,insuch circumstances ,the reim-
position ofthecustoms duties inrespect oftheproduct -inquestion
would becarried out within the time limit laid down inthe
Regulation bringing toanendthe relief from customs duties .
Asregards thereimposition ofcustoms duties ,theattached proposal
makes provision for theCouncil toconfer powers ontheCommission ..
Theproposal for aRegulation restricts itself togiving ageneral
outline forexercising those powers inorder tobeable toadapt «
themechanisms tobeimplemented flexibly and rapidly .Moreover ,
itiswith aview toefficiency andmaximum rapidity that the
proposal for aRegulation lays down that itwould beincumbent on
theCommission ,with regard toGreece ,toreimpose thecustoms
duties applicable . -
Annex :Proposai for aCouncil Regulation .

1
Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION
(EEC)
establishing aceilingandCommunitysurveillance inrespectof
importsofwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation
.arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingN°22.05
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating entirelyinGreece(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,-
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HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofGreece,andinparticular
Article72thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,incompliancewithArticles25and64oftheActof
Accession,customsdutiesonimportsbetweentheCommunityofNine
andGreecearetobeprogressively
abolished .inaccordance withatimetablewhichprovidesforafirst
reductionof10%on1January1981tobemadeonthebasicduty,
asdefinedinArticle24ofthesaidAct;whereas,forwinesfrom
freshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation arrestedbythe
additionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating entirelyinGreece,thecustomsduties
applicableintheCommunityofNinewill,witheffectfrom1January1981,
beequivalentto13„5%oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyuptoa
maximumquantityof430000hectolitres andequivalent to907.ofthis
dutyforthesurplusquantities ;whereasitisthereforenecessary,
inordertodeterminethedutyapplicable onimportsofsuchwines,
tointroduce asufficiently flexiblesystemofanannualceiling,
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fixedatthelevelof430000hectolitres abovewhichthenormal
residualcustomsdutieswouldbereimposeduntiltheendofthe
calendaryear;

whereasinthissituation theCommission mustalsoberegularly
informedofthetrendofimportsofthegoodsinquestion and,
inconsequence ,itisnecessary toSubjecttheseimportsto
surveillance ;
Whereastljisobjective maybeachieved bymeansofanadministra­
tiveprocedure basedonsettingoffimportsoftheproducts in
questionagainsttheceilingatCommunity level/asandwhenthese
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthorities forfreecirculation ;
whereasthisadministrative procedure mustmakeprovision for
thereintroduction ofnormalresidualdutiesassoonastheceiling'
hasbeenreachedatCommunity level;
Whereasthisadministrative procedure requires closeandparticularly
rapidcooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe.Commission ;
whereas thislattermust,inparticular ,beabletofollowthe
progress ofamountssetoffagainsttheceiling andkeepthe
MemberStatesinform&d ;whereasthiscooperation mustbeall
theclosersincetheCommission mustbeabletotakeadequate
measures toreimpose theresidual customsdutiesapplicable
ι
whenever theceilinghasbeenreached,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION ::
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Article 1 '' .'
,1.Witheffectfrom1Januaryanduntil31December 1981,importsof
winesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation arrested by
theadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheading No22=05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating entirelyinGreece,shallbe
subjecttoCommunity surveillance .
Withinthelimitsofaceilingof430000tiectolitres ,theduties
applicable shallbethoseindicatedinthetablebelow,opposite
thedescription ofthewines,theirtariffheadingsandtheir
»statistical numbers.

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CCT heading
N°Descript ion NIMEXE code Rate ofduty
22.05 Wine offresh grapes ;grape
must with fermentation arres­
ted bythe addition of
alcohol :
A.Sparkling wine .
B.Wine inbottles with
"mushroom "stoppers held
inplace byties orfas­
tenings ,and wine othei–
wise put upwith anexcess
pressure ofnot less than
one bar but less than
three bar,measured ata
temperature of20°C
C.Other :
I.Ofanactual alcoholic
strength byvolume no.t
exceeding 13%vol,in
containers holding :
a)Two litres orless ...
b)More than two litres .
II.Ofanactual alcoholic
strength byvolume excee­
ding 13%but not excee­
ding 15%vol,incontai­
ners holding :
a)Two litres orless ...
b)More than two litres .
III .Ofanactual alcoholic
strength byvolume excee­
ding 15%vol .but not
exceeding 18%vol,in
containers holding :
a)Two litres orless :
2.Other
b)More than two litres :
3.Other
IV.Ofanactual alcoholic
strength byvolume excee­
ding 18%vol but not
exceeding 22%vol,in
containers holding :
a)Two litres orless :
2»0th6r aa««vsta «saa*
b)More' than two litres :
3.Other ...22.05-01,09
22.05-15
22.05-21
22.05-25
22.05-31
22.05-35
22.05-39
22.05-49
22.05-54
22.05-685.4 EUAper hl
5.4 EUA per hl <
1.8ECUperhl;!!?.
1.4ECU per hl
2.2ECUperhljJ'
1.7ECU per hl
2.7ECU per hl
2.2ECU per hl(1)
(1)
3ECU per hl
3ECU per hl(1)
(1)

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CCTheading
N°Description NIMEXEcodeRateofduty
V.Ofanactualalcoholic
strength byvolumeexcee-
ding22%vol,incontai­
nersholding :
a)Twolitresorless....
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b)Morethantwolitres..22.05-91;
22.05-98 *0.1ECUperhl(1)
per%vol'of
alcohol+i<n1.6ECUperhi1
0.1ECUperhi
per%volof
alcohol C1)
(1)Theexchange ratetobeappliedinconverting intonational currencies
.theEUAinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressed shallbetherepre­
sentative rateapplicable towine,ifsuch'arateisfixedforthe
purposes ofthecommonagricultural policy *
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2.Quantities shallbesetoffagainsttheceilingasandwhenproducts
areenteredwithcustomsauthorities forfreecirculation .
3.Thereachingofaceilingshallbedetermined atCommunitylevelon
thebasis*oftheimportssetoffagainstitinthemannerdefinedin
paragraph 2.
4.TheMemberStatesconcernedshallinformtheCommission atthe
intervals andwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinArticle3ofimports
effectedinaccordance withtheabovementioned procedures .
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Article 2
AssoonastheceilingmentionedinArticle1(1)hasbeenreachedat
Communitylevel/theCommissionshalladoptaRegulation reimposing
untiltheendofthecalendaryearthenormalresidualcustoms
duties.
Article3
TheMemberStatesconcernedshallforwardtotheCommission not
later,thanthefifteenth dayofeachmonthastatementofthe
Φquantities chargedduringthepreceding month.IftheCommission
sorequests,theyshallprovidesuchastatementinrespectof
periodsoftendaysandforwarditwithinfivecleardaysofthe
endofeachten-dayperiod. /
Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriate measures,inclose
cooperation withtheMemberStates,forthepurposesof-applying
thisRegulation .

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Article 5
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January' 1981.
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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCounciI
ThePresident