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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)669final
Brussels.19December1975
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingforthe
administration oftheCommunitytariffquotafor
certainwines,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05ofthe
CommonCustomstariff,originatinginCyprus(1976)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(75)669final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Byvirtue oftheexchange ofletters of between the
European Economic Community andthegovernment ofCyprus ,the
Community undertakes togrant toimports into theCommunity
tariff advantages totheproducts mentioned below within the
limits and totheduty rates indicated asfollows ,ifthey
areofCyprus origin :
CCTheading Rate of '
No Description ofgoods Volume Reduction
e«22.05 CIIa)1 ,
ex22.05 CIVa)1 \
ex22.05 CIII b)i;
ex22.05 CIVb)1|)60%
wines 250,000
hectolitres )
Ï52%
These wines will ofcourse remain subject toprovisions relating
tothecommon organisation ofthemarket inwines andsubject to
observance ofaminimum price fixed bytheCommunity forcomparable
wines from third countries .
Inorder tomeet theCommunity 'sobligations toCyprus ,rules have
tobeadopted providing fortheopening oftheCommunity tariff
quota forthese wines .
That istheobject oftheannexed iproposal .
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Theprovisions oftheRegulation provide ,asisnormal ,that each
ofthevolumes shall bedivided into twoinstalments ,thefirst
ofwhich istobeallocated inquotas among alltheMember States
and the second held asareserve .
Theallocation ;onthefirst instalment isusually based onstatistics
forthethree preceding years andonforecasts fortheperiod in
question .Intheabsence ofspecific Community statistics divided
upbytypes ofwine ,theinitial quotas have been calculated *on
thebasis ofthemost recent statistics forallwines imported from

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Cyprus during theyears 1971 to1973 .Given that Cyprus exports
hardly anykinds ofwine other than these ,this data caninfact
beconsidered asgiving arough picture ofCommunity imports of
thewines inquestion .
4.Community imports ofwines from Cyprus
-tariff heading 22.05 oftheCCT- . •.° -inhl-
197J [972 1_973 1974
bx 9 - - ;
DK - 176 227 !
G 56 96 - ;
'not available
F 24 34 47 !
IRL 1,431 2,035 2,533 j
IT 48 - |
UK 207.804 221.450 289.661 '
EEC 209,372 223,831 292,468
5. Note
Theattention oftheCommunity authorities isparticularly drawn
tothefact that this proposal foraRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
canonly befinally approved bytheCouncil and then published in
theOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities forentry into
force on 1976 ,oncondition that thefollowing beapproved
atthesame time andputinto force onthesame day :
-thecarrying outoftheexchange ofletters between theCommunity
and tCyprus relating tothese wines
-themodification ofAnnex IVofRegulation (EEC)N)816/70
(common organisation ofthewine market )with aview tomodifying
thecommon customs tariff }
i-theextension ofRegulation (EEC)No1120 /75totheCyprus wines
inquest ion . i
Annex :Iproposal foraRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil .56
24
1,431
48
207,804176
96
34
2,035227
47
2,533
221,450 289,661not available

Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)No.*/7^OFTHECOUNCIL
or
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quota(orcertairwincs ,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(■);
Whereas theexchange ofletters between theEuropean Economic Community
f"Y ,
and theRepublic ofCyprus of 1976 (I)provides forthat 'the
Community undertakes toafford the wines thebenefit ofa
customs regime comparable with that afforded towines classified in
subheadings 22.05 CIIIa)1,22.05 CIIIb)1,22.05 CIVa)1and
22.05 CIVb)1'oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas this benefit is
granted for anoverall annual volume of250,000 hectolitres forwhich
theCommon Customs Tariff duties arereduced by60%forwines put
upincontainers holding 2litres orless andby52%forwine putup
incontainers holding more than 2litres;' whereas these preferential
regime isgranted subject toobservance ofaminimum price fixed by
theCommunity forcomparable wines from third countries andofthe
Community wine-product rules ;whereas this Community tariff quota
forthese wines has tobeopened ;
(1)OJNoL of 1975 .p....

Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequot.icanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffqubtaamongthe y
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketir.the
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
Slate'simportsfromCyprusoverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;,
Whereas available Community statistics give noinformation
onthesituation ofthewines inquestion onthemarkets ;
whereas ,however ,theimport statistics forallCyprus
wines ofthetariff heading 22.05 totheCommunity during
theyears 1971 to1973 canbeconsidered toreflect
approximately thesituation ofCommunity imports ;whereas
onthis basis thecorresponding imports byeach oftheMember
States during thepast three years represent thefollowing
percentages oftheimports into theCommunity from Cyprus
oftheproducts concerned : i
972 19731974
0.01 0.00 0.00
0.000.08p.08
0.020.04 0.00
0.020.020.02
0.68 0.930.87
0.020.000.00
99.2598.93 99.03Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Ihlv
UnitedKingdom
whereas,inviewofthesedata
initialquota
sharesmayhefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
IVnclu* 0.05
Denmark 0.15
Germany 0*05
France 0.03.)
Irrlm, l.50
•"'y 0.05Il IUnitedKingdom 9815

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whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
forthepioductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldl>cdividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintrudedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
the'firstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe75%''1Cquotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawan
initialquotasharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas ,
theinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavail­
ableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof; 1
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceoftheinitialshareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackintothe
reserve,inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
I
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
Kingdom ,oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
I.Fortheperiod to31December1976,
aCommunitytariffquotaof250,000hectolitresshallopenedfor
•wines ,originatinginCyprusfalling
withinsubheadingsex22.05C111a)I,ex22.05CIII
b)I,ex22.05CIVa)Iandex22.05CIVb)Iofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.

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2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthistariffquotashallbesuspendedat
therateslistedbelow:
CCTht«dînaNo Rateofdtrty
ex22.05C111«)I5,4u.a./hl
cx22.OSCIIIb)I 5.8«■•■/hl
ex2205CIVa)I 5ju.n/hl
ex22.05CIVb)I |
' I
Inthe framework ofthis Community tariff quota thenew
Member States apply duty rates which have tobecalculated
inconformity with theprovisions provided forinthe "Protocol
laying down certain provisions relating totheAgreement
establishing anAssociation between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublic ofCyprus ".
The benefit ofthe tariff quota shall beconditional
onobservance oftheminimum price fixed bythe
Commission inaccordance with the exchange of••••••
between theEEC and theRepublic ofCyprus .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticleIshallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .'
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto200,000 hectoli -
tresofthisquota,shallbesharedamongtheMember
States;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validuntil31December1976,shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
finhectolitres)
Bénélux 100
Dcnniark 300
Germany 100
France 100
Ireland 3,000
Italy 100
UnitedKingdom |95300
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto"50,000hrri»hites,shallconstitutethereserve.

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Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormoreof
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto1.5%ofits•initialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceedinthe
mannerspecifiedinparagraphItodrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextintthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraphI,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs I,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1976.
ArticleJ
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TheMemberStatesshallreturntothe
reserve,notlaterthan1October1976*
theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15S.-ptember1976,is
inexcessof7.07.oftheinitialamount.
Theyshallrdurnalargerquantityif
therearereasonsto'consicierthatsuch
quantitymightnotbeused,

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Artide7
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthanIOctober
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1976inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthat5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.!•TheMemberStatesOialltakeallappropriate
measurestoensureiliai.Iu-n.<<Ulition.ilsharesarc
drawnpursuanttoArticleI,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesof(heCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup.
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginCyprusasandwhenthegoods
■reenteredforhomeuse.
-Artille8
Onrequest ottnecommiaa iuiiMember States
give information about imports oftheproducts
concerned ,actually charged against their shares .
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationareobserved.
Artide10
ThisRegulationshallinterintoforceon
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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