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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83)  88  final 
Brussels,  22  February  1983 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community 
tariff  quota for fresh  table  grapes  falling within  subheading ex 08.04 
A I of the Common Customs  Tariff  and originating in Cyprus (1983) 
(submitted to the  Council  by the Commission) 
COM(83)  88  final 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Article  2 of the Protocol concerning the  arrangements  to be applied 
during  1981,  in the framework of the Decision adopted by the EEC-
Cyprus  Association  Council  on  24 November  1980  establishing the 
tjpocess into the second  stage  of the Association Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, provides 
for the opening of a Community  tariff  quota of  7 000  tonnes  of fresh 
table  grapes,  falling  within  subheading^ ex  08.04  Ala) and b) of 
the Common Customs  Tariff  and originating in Cyprus, at  rates  of 
customs duty equal to  40 %  of the customs duty in the Common Customs 
Tariff,  for the period  8 June  to 31  July  1981. 
Article  2 o-f Regulation (ECO Mc 3532/8?,  prcvid«??  for ? p-o 
temporis extension of  these  arrangements  until  30  June  1983, however 
it is appropriate with a view to maintaining traditional  trade,  to 
provide for the opening of the whole of the  tariff  quota and for the 
period  8 June  to 31 July 1983. 
2. The Regulation makes provision for the  division  of the quota volume 
into two instalments, the first of which is allocated by  shares  amongst 
all Member  States,  while the second constitutes a reserve. The allocation 
of the first instalment is usually based on the statistical  data  of 
the last  three  years  and  estimates  for the period in question. 
3. In this  case  there  are neither Community nor national statistical 
data  available which correspond to the quota period in question and no 
estimates  can be put forward. In  these  circumstances  initial  shares 
should  be established for taking into account the possibilities of 
consumption of  these  goods in each of the Member  States. 
4. It is proposed  that  the proposal for a  Council  Regulation opening the 
Community  tariff  quota described above should be approved. 
Annex  : 1  proposal for a regulation 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  ! 
opening,  allocating  and providing for the  administration  of a Community tariff 
quota  for fresh  table  grapes,  falling  within  subheading  ex 08.04  A I of the 
Common  Customs  Tariff and  originating  in Cyprus  (1983) 
THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic  Community, and in particular  Article  113 
thereof, 
Having  regard to the proposal  from  the  Commission, 
Whereas  Article  2 of the Protocol concerning the 
arrangements to be applied during  1981,  in the 
framework  of the  Decision  adopted by the EEC-
Cyprus  Association  Council  on  24 November  1980 
establishing  the process into the second  stage  of the 
Association  Agreement between the European 
Economic  Community and the Republic of Cyprus  ('), 
provides  for the opening of a Community  tariff  quota 
of 7 000  tonnes of fresh table grapes,  falling  within 
subheadings ex  08.04  Ala) and b) of the Common 
Customs  Tariff  and originating in Cyprus, at  rates  of 
customs duty equal to  40 %  of the customs duty in 
the Common Customs  Tariff,  for the period  8 June to 
31 July  1981 ; 
Whereas  Articled of  Regulation  (EEC)  No3532/82( 2), 
provides  for a pro rata  tempons  extension  of these 
arrangements  until 30  June  198j ;  whereas,  however,  it 
is appropriate  with  a view  to maintaining  traditional 
trade,  to provide  for the  opening  of the  whole  of the 
tariff  quota  and for the period 8  June  to 31 July 198 3; 
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all 
Community  importers equal and uninterrupted access 
to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted  appli­
cation  of the  rate  laid  down for  that  quota to all 
imports of the products concerned into all Member 
States  until  the quota has been used up; whereas, 
having  regard to the above principles, the Community 
nature  of the quota can be respected by allocating the 
Community  tariff  quota among the Member  States  ; 
whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the 
true trend of the market in the products in question, 
such  allocation should be in proportion to the require-
(1) OJ No L  174, 30. 6. 1981,  p. 28. 
(2) OJ No L  371, 30. 12. 1982,  p. 2. ments of the Member States, calculated by reference to 
the statistics for imports  from  Cyprus over a represen­
tative reference period and also to the economic 
outlook  for the quota period in question ; 
Whereas, however, neither Community nor national 
statistics showing the breakdown for the products in 
question are available and no reliable estimates of 
future imports can be made ; whereas, in  these  circum­
stances, the quota volumes should be allocated in 
initial  shares, to take into account demand for  these 
products on the markets of the various Member  States  ; 
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends 
for the products concerned in the various Member 
States, the quota amount should be  divided  into two 
instalments, the first being shared among the Member 
States  and the second constituting a reserve to cover at 
a later  date  the requirements of the Member  States 
which  have used up their  initial  quota  shares  ; whereas, 
in order to give importers in each Member State a 
certain  degree of security, the first instalment of the 
Community  quota should under the circumstances be 
fixed  at 93 % of the quota volume ; 
Whereas the Member States'  initial  shares  may be used 
up at different times  ; whereas, in order to take this 
fact into account and  avoid  any break in continuity, 
any Member State  which  has almost used up its  initial 
quota  share  should draw an additional  share  from  the 
reserve  ; whereas this must be done by each Member 
State as and when each of its additional  shares  is 
almost used up, and repeated as many times as the 
reserve allows  ; whereas the  initial  and additional 
shares  must be  valid  until  the end of the quota period  ; 
whereas the method of administration requires close 
cooperation  between the Member  States  and the 
Commission,  and the latter must be in a position to 
monitor  the extent to  which  the quota volumes have 
been used up and to  inform  the Member  States 
thereof  ; 
Whereas if, at a given  date  in the quota period, a 
substantial quantity of the  initial  share  remains unused 
in any Member State, it is essential  that that  Member 
State should return a significant proportion to the 

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reserve to prevent a part of any  tariff  quota  frcm 
remaining  unused in one  Member  State when it  could 
be used in others ; 
Whereas,  since the  Kingdom  of  Belgium,  the 
Kingdom  of the Netherlands and the  Grand  Duchy  of 
Luxembourg  are united in and represented by the 
Benelux  Economic  Union,  any operation relating to 
the administration of the quota shares allocated to  that 
economic  union  may be carried out by any of its 
members, HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 
Article  1 
1. From  8 June to  31 July  1983  the  Common 
Customs  Tariff  duties for the products  listed  below, 
originating  in Cyprus,  shall  be partially  suspended at 
the level::  shown  below,  within  the  limits  of a 
Community  tariff  quota of  7 000  tonnes  : 
CCT 
heading 
No Description Rate of duty 
08.04 Grapes  fresh  or dried  : 
A. Fresh  : 
1. Table  grapes  : 
a) From  1 November  to 14 July: 
ex 2. Other  : 
— From  8 June to  14 July 
ex b) From  15 July to  31 October: 
— From  15 July to  31 July 7-2 % 
8-8 % 
Within  the  limits  of this  tariff  quota, Greece  shall 
apply  customs duties calculated in accordance  with  the 
relevant  provisions of the  1979  Act of  Accession  and 
of the Protocol  to the Agreement establishing an  Asso­
ciation  between the European  Economic  Community 
and the  Republic  of Cyprus  consequent on the acces­
sion of the  Hellenic  Republic  to the  Community  ('). minus  the portion returned to the corresponding 
reserve where  Article  5 has been  applied,  has been 
used  up, then, to the extent permitted by the amount 
of the reserve,  that  Member  State  shall  forthwith,  by 
notifying  the  Commission,  draw a second share equal 
to 15 % of its  initial  share, rounded up where neces­
sary to the next unit. 
Article  2 
1. The  Community  tariff  quota referred to in 
Article  1 shall  be divided  into two tranches. 
2. The  first  tranche, amounting to 6 500 tonnes, 
shall  be allocated among the  Member  States; the 
shares,  which  subject to  Article  5 shall  be valid  until 
31 July  198 3  shall  be as  follows: 
Benelux 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
United  Kingdom 200 tonnes 
200 tonnes 
200 tonnes 
2 tonnes 
2 tonnes 
200 tonnes 
2 tonnes 
5 700  tonnes 
3. The second tranche amounting to 494 tonnes, 
shall  constitute the reserve. 2. If, after its  initial  share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the second share drawn by a  Member  State 
has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by the 
amount of the reserve,  that  Member  State  shall,  in 
accordance  with  the conditions  laid down  in paragraph 
1, draw a  third  share equal to 7-5 % of its  initial  share, 
rounded  up where necessary to the next unit. 
3. If, after its second share has been used up 90 % 
or more of the  third  share drawn by a  Member  State 
has been used up,  that  Member  State  shall,  in 
accordance  with  the conditions  laid down  in paragraph 
1, draw a fourth share equal to the  third. 
This  process  shall  continue  until  the reserve is used 
up. 
Article  3 
1. If 90 % or more of a  Member  State's  initial  share 
as specified  in Article  2 (2), or 90 % of  that  share 
(1) OJ No L  174, 30. 6. 1981,  p. 2. 4. By way of derogation  from  paragraphs  1, 2  and  3, 
a Member  State may draw shares smaller than those 
fixed  in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe 
that they might not be used up. It  shall  inform  the 
Commission  of its reasons for  applying  this paragraph. 

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Article  4 
Each  of the additional shares drawn pursuant to 
Article  3 shall  be valid  until  31 July  1983. 
Article  5 
The Member  States  shall  return to the reserve, not later 
than 15  July  1983, such unused portion of their  initial 
share as, on 10  July  1983, is in excess of 20 % of the 
initial  volume. They may return a larger quantity if 
there are grounds for  believing  that  this quantity may 
not be used. 
The Member  States  shall  notify  the  Commission,  not 
later  than 15  July  1983, of the total quantity of the 
products in question imported up to 1.0  July  1983 and 
charged  against the  tariff  quota and of any quantity of 
the initial  shares returned to the reserve. 
Article  6 
The Commission  shall  keep an account of the shares 
opened  by the  Member  States pursuant to  Articles  2 
and 3 and, as soon as it is  notified,  shall  inform  each 
State of the extent to  which  the reserve has been used 
up. 
It shall  inform  the  Member  States, not later than 20 
July 1983, of the amount in the reserve after quantities 
have been returned thereto pursuant to  Article  5. 
It shall  ensure  that  the drawing  which  exhausts any 
reserve does not exceed the balance available and, to 
this end,  notify  the amount of  that  balance to the 
Member  State  making  the last  drawing. Article  7 
1. The  Member  States  shall  take all measures neces­
sary to ensure  that  additional shares drawn pursuant to 
Article  3 are opened in such a way  that  imports may 
be charged without interruption against their accumu­
lated  share of the  tariff  quota. 
2. The  Member  States  shall  ensure  that  imports  of 
the products in question 
have free access to the si allocated to them. 
3. The  Member  States sh. . barge the imports of 
the products concerned agai. their shares as and 
when  the products are entered th customs authori­
ties for free  circulation.  ' 
4. The extent to  which  a Menu,  r State has used up 
its share  shall  be determined on the basis of the 
imports  charged in accordance  with  paragraph 3. 
Article  8 
At the Commission's  request the  Member  States  shall 
inform  it of imports actually charged against their 
shares. 
Article  9 
The Member  States and the  Commission  shall 
cooperate  closely  to ensure  that  this  Regulation  is 
complied  with. 
Article  10 
This  Regulation  shall  enter into force on 8 June 198 3 . 
This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in its entirety and  directly  applicable in all  Member 
States. 
Done  at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President