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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)121 final
Brussels,13April1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,^allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforcertainwinesofdesignation
oforigin,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inAlgeria(1977/78)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(77)121final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1TheAgreements tobeconcluded between theEuropean Economic Community
andthePeople 'sDemocratic Republic ofAlgeria provides inArticle 20
fortheopening ofanannual Community tariff quota forthedutyfree
importation into theCommunity ofcertain wines ofdesignation of
origin falling within subheading ex22.05 CoftheCCToriginating in
Algeria .Thevolume ofthequota isfixed by"theAgreement andis310000
hectolitres of"which "180 "000 "hi"isforwines inbulk and 130000 hifor
wines inbottle .Inorder toqualify forthis system thewines in
bulk must beputupinaccordance with aseries ofrequirements while
thewines inbottles must beincontainers holding 2litres orless .
1.2 Pending entry into force ofthis Agreement theInterim Agreement on
trade ingoods between theEECandAlgeria provides fortheanticipatory
application ofthis tariff measure .This Agreement which isvalid until
3CJune 1977 will certainly beprolonged for afurther perioa ofoneyear .
Acc->"^in«ly the -tariff •quota inquestion hastobeopened forthe
period from 1July 1?77 -until 30June 1978 .
2.1 TheRegulation makes provision -asisusual -forthedivision of
each ofthequota volumes into twoinstalments ,thefirst ofwhich is
allocated byshares amongst allMember States ,while thesecond
constitutes areserve .The allocation ofthe first instalment is
, usually based onthestatistical data ofthelast three years and
estimates fortheperiod inquestion .
2.2 Inthis case ,however ,neither Community nornational statistical data
split upbythetypes ofthewines inquestion areavailable andno
estimates canbeputforward .Inthese circumstances initial shares
should beestablished fortaking into account thepossibilities
ofconsumption ofthese wines ineach oftheMember States .
3.Itisproposed that theproposal foraCouncil Regulation opening the
Community tariff quota described above should beapproved .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheading
ex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginAlgeria(1977/78)
inTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Havingregardtothe.opinionofthe.European-
Parliament ('),
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
DemocraticRepublicofAlgeriasignedon
26April1976stipulatesinArticle20thatcertain
wineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin
fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginAlgeriashallbe
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariff
quota;whereasthequotavolumefortheper
/is310000hectolitrescomprising180000
queS^ectoiitres0fwineinbulkandl30000hectolitres
tionGfwjne;nbottles;whereaswineinbulkmustbe
putupinaccordancewithcertainconditions;
whereaswineinbottlesmustbeincontainers
holdingamaximumoftwolitres;whereastheimport
pricesforthewinesmustatanygivenmomentbe
notlessthantheCommunityreferencepricesfor
them;whereasthesewinesmustbeaccompanied
byacertificateofdesignationoforigininaccordance
withthemodelgiveninAnnexDtotheAgreement
inquestion;
/prolonged
WhereaspendingtheentryintoforceoftheCo­
operationAgreement,the/InterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
People'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria(2)hereinaftercalledthe'InterimAgreement'provides
inArticle13fortheadvanceapplicationofthis
tariffmeasure, witheffectfrom
1July1977;whereastheCommunitytariffquotas
inquestionshouldthereforebeopenedforthe
periodfrom1July1977until30June1978;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of
29September1975layingdownspecialrulesforthe
importationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(3),introduced
theideaofafree-at-frontierreferenceprice,being
thereferencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallCommunity
importerstotheabovementioned quotas,and
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thesequotastoallimportsoftheproducts
concernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthequotas
havebeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtothe
aboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthe
iodqUotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotasamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
therequirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
ofthesaidproductsfromAlgeriaoverarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownfor
eachofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable
andnoreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbe
made;whereasinthesecircumstances thequota
volumesshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,taking
intoaccountdemandforthesewinesonthemarkets
■ofthevariousMemberStates:
(i)OJNoL...•
(*)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.2.
and0JNoL....(3)OJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2.

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Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendstorthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,
eachofthequotaamount*shouldbedivided
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofMemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitial
share;whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotasshouldbe
fixedatalevelwhichcould,inthepresent
circumstances ,be50%ofeachofthequotavolumes;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereasinorder
totakethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofone
ofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawasupplementary
sharefromtherelevantreserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStateeachtimeoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary sharesshouldbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaborationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiod
aMemberStavehasaconsiderablequantityofone
ofitsInitialsharesleftover,kIsesktMuistthatit
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereofto
therelevantreserve,topreventapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1July1977to30June19^
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductsoriginatinginAlgeria,withinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
CCTheadingNo 'Description Quotavolume
'22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrested
bytheadditionofalcohol:
i
C.Other:
–Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignationsof
origin:
AinBesscm-Bouira ,Medea,CoteauxduZaccar,Dahra,
CoteauxdeMascara,MontsduTessalah,Coteauxde
Tlemcen,
ofanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding15°:
–Incontainersholdingtwolitresorless
■–Incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres130000hl
180000hl

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2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended.(tnhectolitres)
3.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthese
tariffquotasonconditionthatthepricesonimport
intotheCommunityarenotatanytimelessthan
thefrcc-at-frontierreferencepricesreferredtoin
Regulation(EEC)No2506/75andsubsequenttexts
whichapplytosuchprices.
4.Wineincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustbeputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements :
(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransporting
wineandbeusedsolelyforthatpurpose;
(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmust
ensurethattheycannotbethesubjectof
operationsduringtransportationorstorageother
thanthosecarriedoutunderthesupervisionof
theauthoritiesofAlgeriaoroftheMember
States;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchaway
astopermitidentificationofthequalitywine
itcontains;
(e)thewineinquestionmay"betransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding25
hectolitres.
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe
accompaniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantAlgerianauthority,inaccord­
ancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulation.
Article2Wineshavinuarcaistered
designationofon;•mincontainers
MemberStatesholdmu:
twolitres Imorethm
orless twoImo
Bcnclux 10800 14200
Denmarki6500 9400
Germany 1300019000
France 1300019000
Ireland 4400 4800
Italy 6500 9400
UnitedKingdom 1080014200
Total6500090000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amounting
to65000and90000hectolitresrespectively,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberStates
initialshares,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtotherelevantreserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessaryto
thenextwholenumber,insofarastheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowrtinparagraph1drawathird
shareequalto7g5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextwholenumber,insofar
astheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallinaccordancewithparagraph1,draw
afourthshareequaltothethird.
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidupto
30June1978sshallbeasfollows:Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
theseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosefixedmight,notbeusedup.Theyshallinform

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theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
EachadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1978.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1975theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15March1978,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1April1978ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15March1978and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
hasbeennotified.
TheCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5April1978,"ofthestateofeachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andtothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesintheCommunityquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission
shallcollaborate closelytoensure
thatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtothe
Commission,withinthe45daysfollowing
thepublication ofthisRegulationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities,acopyoraphotocopyof
theprovisionstheyhavemadeinorder
toapplythisRegulation.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
This-RegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
1.j»■*-I-Eksportor-ausfuhrer-Exporter-Exporta­
teur-Esportatore-Exporteur:2.'-Nummer-Nummer-
Number-Numéro-Numéro-
Nummer00000
3.{Nameofauthorityguarahteeing thedesignation
.oforigin)
4.K*J*iL~I-Modtager-Empfånger-Consignee-
Destinatale-Destinatario-Geadresseerde :
i
i5'<L_La11IÖjl
CERTIFIKAT FOROPRINDELSESBETEGNELSE
BESCHEINIGUNG DERURSPRUNGSBEZEICHNUNG
CERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OFORIGIN
CERTIFICAT D'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE
CERTIFICATO DIDENOMINAZIONE DIORIGINE
CERTIFICAAT VANBENAMING VANOORSPRONG 6. -Transportmiddel -Beförderungsmittel-Meansoftransport-Moyendetransport-Mezzodi
trasporto-Vervoermiddel :
7.(Designationoforigin)
8.L!/*'O-Losningssted-Entladungsort-Place
ofunloading-Lieudedéchargement-Luogodisbarco-
Plaatsvanlossing:
9< VI
Mærkerognumre,kollienesantalogart
ZeichenundNummern ,AnzahlundArtderPackstucke
Marksandnumbers,numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnuméros,nombreetnaturedescolis
Marcaenumero,quantitåenaturadeicolli
Merkenennummers ,aantalensoortdercolli10.f»ûj>Jl|
Bruttovaegt
Rohgewicht
Grossweight
Poidsbrut
Pesolordo
Brutogewicht11.c^l>*J
Liter
Liter
Litres
Litres
"Litri
Liter
12.C–L)ui.I-Liter(ibogstaver)-Liter(inBuchstaben )-Litres(inwords)-Litres(enlettres)-Litri(inlettere)-
Liter!voluit):
IIib-Påtegningfraudstedendeorgan-Bescheinigung dererteilendenStelle-Certificateofthe
issuingauthority-Visadel'organismeémetteur-Vistodell'organismo emittente-Visumvandeinstantievanafgifte:
14.«i"iIb-Toldstedetsattest-Sichtvermerkder
Zoflstelie-Customsstamp-Visadeladouane-Vistodella
dogana-Visumvandedouane(Oversaettelse senr.15-Uber-
setzungsieheNr.15-seethetranslationunderNo15-
Voirtraduction aun°15-Veditraduzione aln.15-Zievoor-
vertalingnr.15)

15.Detbekræftes,atvinen,derernævntidettecertifikat,erfremstillet iområdetogifølgealgerisklovgivninger
berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :« «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstilletafvin.
Wirbestätigen ,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichneteWeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
algerischem GesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung "zuerkanntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefügteAlkoholistausWeingewonnener Alkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonedeetestreconnu,suivantlaloi
algérienne ,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiedèriconosciuto ,secondo
laleggealgerinacomeaventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica.
Wijverklarendatdeinditcertificaatomschreven wijnisvervaardigd inhetwijndistrictvan endatvolgens
deAlgerijnsewetgevingdebenamingvanoorsprong„... "erkendwordt.
Deaandezewijntoegevoegde alcoholisalcohol,uitwijngewonnen .
16.('*
Iuj'0^* ^'LCl*LSJI4r>y'rt
(1)Rubrikforbeholdteksportlandets andreangivelser.
0)DieseNummertstweiterenAngabendesAusfuhrlandes vorbehalten .•
P)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
(')Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur .
(i)Spazioriservatoperaltreindicazionidelpaeseesportatore .
(')Ruimtebestemdvooranderegegevensvanhetlandvanuitvoer.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
BATE 125.03.77
l.BUDSCTLINECAICHBJED iChap .12Art .120
2.ACTIOM iRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil opening ofCommunity tariff quotas
forcertain wines ofdesignation oforigin ,originating inAlgeria
(1.7.77 -30.6.78 )
3.LEGALBASIS iArt .43and 113
4.OBJECTIVES >Execution ofcontractual obligation
-EEC/Algeria .Agreement -
5.FINANCIAL CCMUKQ'JDT'CB
5.0 Exrsr.'DiTU.HS
-CHARGE !)TOTUS KCBUDGET
(REPUNlfi /lNTJHVENTICliZ)
•CHARGES TONATIONAL ADttNISTR .
-CHARGED TOOTifER NATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-ovwR^cuncLG orrrs lsc
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)
-NATIONALK0R THE KARKKTIHO TEAR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
) jKCL1.0WIW0 FINANCIAL YEAH [
( )
TEA* TEAR TEAR
5.0.1PLURIANNUALPATTHUIOPEXPENDITORE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTER)IOKRECEIPTS
5.2 KETiiOD OFCALCULATION
NoofCCT :ex22.05 C
Quota volume :310,000 hl
Quota duty rate :free
Outy rate CCT :14UA/hlto19UA/hl
Loss ofreceipts :0to4,600,000 UAaccording totheuse ofquotas
(estimation )
6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE KITH CREDITS INSCRIBES INRELEVANT CHAPTEl 0?CURRENT BUDGET ? YES/NO
6.1FINANCING POSSIBLE BYTRANSFER BS1W2EM CHAPTERS OFCURRENT BUDGET ? YES/NO
16.2NECESSITY FORASUFPLEI-JS.'TARY BUDGET7YES/140
i6.3CREDITS TOBEWRITTI2 *INTO FUTURE BUDGETS ? YES/NO
coitturas t