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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)360 final
Brussels-8July1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforwinesoffreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation
arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05of
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating entirelyinGreece(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)360final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(1>Incompliance with Articles 25and64oftheActofAccession ,
customs duties onimports between the Community asatpresent consti­
tuted andtheHellenic Republic shall beprogressively abolished in
accordance with atimetable which provides for areduction of
20%on1January 1982 tobemade onthebasic duty ,asdefined in
Article 24,namely ,ontheduty actually imposed on1July 1980 .
Theoasic duty inrespect ofwines originating entirely inGreece'
isequivalent :
-to15%oftheduties included inthe Common Customs Tariff upto
»
amaximum quantity of430 000 hectolitres asprovided for in
(2)Regulation (EEC)N°2634 /79of20November 1979 .ontheCommunity
tariff quota opened for 1980 ;
-tothe Common Customs Tariff duties inrespect ofadditional
quantities . ^ '
Therefore asfrom 1January 1982 .theduties tobeimposed inthe
Community asatpresent constituted onimports ofwines originating ,
entirely inGreece must beequivalent to80%oftheabovementioned
basic duties ,namely ,to12%oftheCommon Customs Tariff duty ,L
uptothemaximum quantity of430 000'hectolitres andto80Xof
theCommon Customs Tariff duty forthesurplus quantities .' ,
Although theCommission isoftheopinion that itshould notbe
necessary totake strict measures toprevent thepossibility of
this quantity ofA30000hectolitres being exceeded ,itis
nevertheless putting forward thesolution adopted bytheCouncil
■for1981 ,namely theopening 'ofaCommunity tariff quota inthe
Community ofNirve with avolume of430000hectolitres wh";ch ,
aft»r constitution ofaCommunity ressrve of10%,would oeshared
among theMember States concerned according tothepercentages
apDl ied in1981 -

Proposal fora.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
openvng,allocating andproviding fortheadministrat ionofa
Communitytariffquotaforwinesoffreshgrapesandgrape
mustwithfermentation arrested bytheadditionofalcohol,fallingwithinheading No22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating entirely inGreece (1982)
THECOUNCIL Of-THEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Havingregardtothe1979ActofAccession ,andin
particular Article72thereof.Community natureofthequotacanwr,»«pectedby.
allocating theCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopment ofthemarketintheproducts
concerned ,suchallocation shouldbeinproportion to
theneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromGreece
overarepresentative period,andtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,onthebasisofthe-statisticsatpresent;
available,importsfromGreeceintotheCommunity
ofNinein1977,1978and1979oftheproduct
concerned havedeveloped asfollows ,andrepresent
thefollowingpercentages oftotalimportsintothe
Community :HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,,ouiiookrortnequotapenoaconcernea ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticles 25and64Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
Oftheabovementioned Act,customs Ij,available,importsfrom£reeceintotheCommunity
• u»4. ofNinein1977,1978and1979oftheproductdutiesonimportsbetweentheCommunity ,,i',,,•, ,v-.,. ..... .... 'concerned havedeveloped asfollows ,andrepresentofNineandtheHellenicRepublicaretolhefol!owipetcent^e5oflotalimportsinKwthe
beprogressively abolished inaccor-'|Community :
dancewithatimetable whichprovides ,'j ■ -
forareduction of20%asfrom1January McmWrSutes H1977-197s 1979
1982tobemadeonthebasicduty,as :–~–;–~–: * :
definedinArticle24ofthesaidAct;Benelux 68-57 -63-5751-21
whereasforwinesfromfreshgrapesandDenmark ,....001o-oi0-29
grapemustwithfermentation arrested Germany 25-2329-3837-62
bvtheadditionOfalcohol,falling France - 5-235-43 .7-88
withinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon_;Ireland 0-010-020-02
CustomsTariffandoriginating entirely Italy 0-060110-13^
inGreece,theCustomsdutiesappli-UnitedKingdom ,0-891-382-85cableintheCommunity ofNinefrom/;–< *–= ; -J
1January1982willbeequivalent tothe
dutiesappliedwithinthelimitsOftheWhereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
tariffquotaopenedfor1980byRegulatio^oreseeablcdevelopment ,ofthemarketintheMemberStates ,1977*1978'1979
Benelux 68-57 -63-57 51-21 .
Denmark ,· 0-01 0-01 0-29
Germany 25-23 29-38 37-62
France -. 5-23 5-43 .7-88
Ireland 0-01 0-02 0-02
Italy 0-06 0-li 0-13-
UnitedKingdom 0-89 1-382-85
(EEC)No2634/79(1),reducedby20%,
uptoamaximumquantityof430000 :
hectolitres andto80%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforthesurplus
quantities ;whereasitistherefore
necessary *inordertodetermine the
dutyapplicable onimportsofsuchwines,
toopenfortheproductsconcerned,from
1January1982,aCommunitytariffquota
of430000hectolitres attheratesof
dutyshowninthe-tableappearing in.
Art1cle1.
^iu'FO..siiisinparticularnecessarytoguarantee all,
inirv)nrr.sof[lieC.'oinniiifiiiy ofNineequaland
unmici 1uptcd .iocs'to<!,«•saiii'quota "and
utiintcnifj'i' /il (jf-theraitc'laid-downfor
tliM tha'i sft'f..I*?saidCommunity of
U\rpií>vín•;;ir t'-.'qu'otaW;i~u.w.'jproductsconcerned during1982theinitialsharesin
thevolumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximately
atthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark -
'Germany
France ;
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom62-91
0-52
29-35
4-43
0-35
0-35
2-09
Whereas inordertotake,intoaccounttheimport
trendsforthe•productconcerned mitheMember
Slates,thequoinvolumeshouldbpdividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallocated
amongth<_;MemberStatesa.-idthe.secondlori'ninp ;fi
reserveintended .v!?iniau-lytocovertherrouiVciror.ts
x-.r'i.hf i-vtia!s!•.1•^te

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usedup;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree*Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
ofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstilmentoftheKingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
CommunityquotashouldbedeterminedataofLuxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresented
relativelyhighlevel,whichunderpresentcircum-bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
stancescouldbe90°/oofthequotavolume;^concerningtheadministrationofthequotashares
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofbyanyofitsmembers,
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,should-drawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunity reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupp-HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
lemcntarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmany
timesasthereserve,allows;whereastheinitialand Article1
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration '
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMember'•From1Januaryto31December1982,a
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission .Communitytariffquotaof430000hectolitresshall
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichbeopenedintheCommunityofNineofwineof
thetariffquotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthefreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation
MemberStatesthereof- arrestedbytheadditionofalcoholwiththeexception
ofresinatedwines(retsina)fallingwithinheadingNo
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a.22.05oftheCommonCustoms.Tariff,originating
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashareentirelyinGreece,
remainsinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthe
MemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportion .withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
thereoftothereserve,inordertoavoidpartofthedutyshallbcre<juccatothelevelsindicatedinthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMembertablebelow*
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers; '
OCT
heading
NoDescriptionNIMEXE
code
(1981)Rate
of
duty
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentation arrestedbytheaddition
ofalcohol: .
\A.Sparklingwine 22.05-01,0?.4.8ECU
perhi
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroom' -stoppersheldinplacebytiesor
fastenings,andwineotherwiseputupwithanexcesspressureofnotless
than1barbutlessthan3bar,measuredatatemperatureof200C 22.05-154.8ECU
perhi
C.Other:
I.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumenotexceeding13e,incon­
-tainersholding:/
a)2litresorless *;·22.05-16,
17,18,191„6ECU
perhi(')
22.05-20,
22,23,241.2ECU
perhi(')
'II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding13°butnotex-
ceedingi5°,incontainersholding:.
' A22.05-26,,
27,28,29.2ECU
perhi(')
* 22.05-32,
33,34,3^1.5ECU
perhi(')
(')Theexchangeratetobcappiirdinconvertingintonat:onsicurrenciestheECU»nwhkhthecustomsdutytsexpressedshall
bctherepresentativerateapplicabletowine,sfSi-'charateisfixedforthepurpeseo*th-ecommonagriculturalpolicy.

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CCI'
hc.-ulirig
NoDescriptionNIMF.XE
(i§81)Rate
of
duty
22.05
(continued)C.III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding i5°butnotex-
ceeding18°,incontainers holding :
a)2litresorless:
2.Other
b)Morethan2litres:22.05-39 2.4ECU
perhi(!)
3.Other . 22.05-49 2ECU
perhi(')
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding Ιδ*butnotex-
ceeding22°,incontainers holding:
a)2litresorless:
2.Other : 22.05-54 2.7ECUperÍ.Iβ
b)Morethan2litres:
3.Other 22.05-68 2.7'ECU
perhi(')
V,Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding 22°,incontainers
holding :'··
a)2litresorless
(22.05-91 0-1ECU
perhiand
per%vol.
+1ΛëCU
perhl(')
-b)Morethan2litres 22.05-98 0-1ECU
perhland
jer"/avol.(')
(')Theexchangeratetobeappliedinconverting intonationalcurrencies theECUinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressed shall
betherepresentative rateapplicabletowine,ifsucharateisfixedforthepurposeofthecommonagricultural policy.
3.Thesecondinstalment of43000hectolitres shall
constitute thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormore
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequaito15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythatArticle2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to387000
hectolitres ,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid,
until31December 1982shallbeasfollows :
hectolitres
Bénélux 243450
Dcnmark 2000
Germany 113600
rrance 17150
Ireland 1350
Italy 1350
UnitedKingdom 8100

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MemberStatehasbeenexhausted ,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoftofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph I,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs S,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission oftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .Article7
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedDyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent ,
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotification .
TheCommission shall,notiaterthan5October1982
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shahspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article8
Article4
Eachottheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1982.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notiater
than1October1982,theunusedportion -
oftheirinitial sharewhich,on15September 19S2,is.
inexcessof20%oftheinitialTmounuTheymay
returna:greatcrportioniftherearegroundsfor,
believingthat.'suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
The^MemberStatesshall,riotiaterthan1October
198£.notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderandcharged
againsttheCommunity quotauptoandincluding
15September1982at)d.whereappropriate ,ofthe
proportion oftheirinitialsisaresthattheyare
returningtothereserve.1..MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatcharges
maybemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
combinedsharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfrom
thereserve.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionsubmittedtothe
customsauthorities underthecoverofdeclarations
thaitheyhavebeenmadeavailableforfreecircu­
lation.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberSites'
shallinfor.-rfitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.'
Articte6
TheMemberStatesshallbeauthorized todividethe
sharesallocatedtothemorwhichthe/havedrawn
frointhereserveintotwoparts,accordingtotheir
foreseeable use,reservingonepartforwinesintended
fordirectconsumption anddv;otherforT.'ines
intendedforprocessing .
However,duringthemarketingyearandaccording
totheactualneedswhichs.rist,ir.cyshall;n:ke
necessaryadjustments tctheoriginalallocations .Article10 ••
TheMember StatesandtheCommission 'shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Artide11
R?g»j!.aiicn shallenterintoforceor?IJanuary
1982.

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ih'?RegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates. ' '
DoneatBrussels,
■ FortheCouncil
ThePresident