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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forcertain dried grapes
falling within subheading No08.04 BIoftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originting inCyprus (1980 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )COM(79)479 final
Brussels ,7September 1979
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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C0M(79 )479final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 4ofthesupplementary Protocol tobeannexed tothe
Agreement EEC/Cyprus of1973 ,provides fortheopening ofan
annual duty-free Community tariff quota of500tonnes of
dried grapes ,inimmediate containers ofanetcapacity Of
15kgorless ,falling within subheading 08.04 BIofthe
CCTandoriginating inCyprus .
Consequently ,the .Community tariff quota shown above should .
beopened fortheperiod from 1January to31December 1980 .
Theapproval oftheRegulation depends ,however ,ontheentry
into force ofaTransitional Protocol on 1January 1980 (to
beannexed totheAssociation Agreement EEC/Cyprus ).
This Protocol ought tobenegotiated before theendofthis
year inorder toextend thefirst stage oftheabovementioned
Agreement once more .
Pending theoutcome ofthe negoc iations,itisalready necessary ,
for technical reasons ,tosubmit the proposal allowing the
Community and Cyprus tomaintain commercial relations .
Inorder not todisturb thecommercial flow of "thegoods inquestion
thetariff quota should beopened on 1Jaipaary 19&0 .Inthis case
thefirst -nwhereas"-clause oftheRegulation ought tobeadapted
'*consequently .
TheRegulation provides forthesplitting upofthequota volume
ê
into twoparts ,ofwhich thefirst will beallocated among the
Member States asquota share andthesecond will bekept asa
Community reserve .
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IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperiodsuffi-,|
cientlyrepresentative,theinitialquotashareshavebeen:^
calculatedonthebasisofthepossibledemandonthemarkets'
ofthevariousMemberStatesandonthebasisofforecasts i
> «
imadebysomeofthem.* :ï
■,"....-v',.\i
;Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedby-allMember]
States,theCommission ;proposesthe"greyhound"systemi 1-'|
\Thisisthesubjectofthe-proposal;annexed'hereto.'J

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../79
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus(1S80)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Cyprus(*)providesfortheopeningofanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnesof
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Cyprus;whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedfortheyear1980:
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthese
circumstances ,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedin
(>)OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.2.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedampngtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiv$importersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
share,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,dieKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
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MASADOI'TI.DTHISKKGULAt'IONi
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1980/heCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforthefollowingproducts,
originatinginCyprus,shallbetotallysuspendedwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
(XT
hc.iüing ! Description
No I
08.04 Grapes,freshordried:
B.Dried:
I.Inimmediatecontainersofanet
capacityof15kilogramsorless
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto375tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31
December1980,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bcnclux 10
Dcnmark ,10
Germany 20
France 10
Ireland 10
Italy 2
UnitedKingdom 313
3.Thesecondinstalmentof125tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.|
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionalaid downInparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis"paragraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1980•
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September19C0,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1980,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1S60
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallioformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1980,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7 Articli8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
. Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforcpon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.FortheCouncil
ThePresident