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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)145 final
Brussels/23thMarch1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ONTHEOPENING,ALLOCATION ANDADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORRUM/ARRACK
ANDTAFIAFALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING 22.09CI
OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF ANDORIGINATING
INTHEOVERSEAS COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES ASSOCIATED
WITHTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (1979/80)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
''A
C0M(79)145final

EXPLANATGRY MEMORANDUM
Decision No76/198/ZEC oftheCouncil dated -9.2.1976provides that
rum ,arrack andtafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIofthe
Coruion Customs Tariff andoriginating intheoverseas countries
associated with theEEC shall beimported free ofcustoms duty 'into
theCommunity within thelimits ofatariff quota forwhich thequota
period shall befrom 1July to30June .According to ,article 8ofthis
decision theapplicability ofthis measure islimited until 29February
1980 .Inconnection with theprovisions ofarticle 3(1)ofthis decision ■?
Thevolume of .the tariff quota isto .'bedetermined byreference toan
annual basic amount ,calculated inhectolitres ofpure alcohol ,equal
totheamount oftheimports effected during thebest ofthelatest
years forwhich statistics areavailable .This basic amount' isto.be
subject toarate ofgrowth of13% . .Inview ofthefact that theprorata
temporis clause isapplicable thevolume ofthetariff amounts toeight ,
twelfth ofthis quantity .,- ...
The tariff quota istobeshared among theMember States taking
inaccount actual trends onthemarkets ,theneeds oftheMember
States and theeconomic prospects for theperiod concerned .
The imports oftheproducts inquestion . ■during the last three
years were asfollows : • '
-inhiofpure alcohol -
'. ■1976 ; . 1977 1973
Bénélux .• 3^903 367
Denmark . o "
Germany V , -48.187 -.34,871 70.285
erance ' . ■,. • . -
Ireland ^ . 37 ■2
Italy '• ^ . '5 •. .- '•
United Kingdom . \ "1 -
' 52,135 '35,240 70,349
+itfollows that the.j prorata temporis clause isapplicable .

-2-
2.1 Itfollows from these figures that thequantities relative totheyear
1978 should betaken asdetermining theannual basic amount .
Having regard tothepresent over-all position concerning the :products
inquestion therate ofgrowth -applicable tothebasic amount maybe
taken as13% . ; ■.
2.2 Inthese circumstances ,the -volume of .theCommunity tariff quota for ■
theperiod from 1July 1979 .to .29Feb .1980 should befixed as..52,996
hectolitres ofpure alcohol .
2.3 'The Regulation' provide intheusual way/forthesplitting upo.f
the tariff volume into twoparts ,ofwhich the first will be '
allocated among theMember States asquota share 'sandthesecond .....
will bekept asareserve . ,fsp .p.'annP Y)
! . « ' .
3. 'Itisproposed that the :draft regulation oftheCouncil onthe , .
opening ,allocation and'administration oftheCommunity tariff quota
outlined above beapproved . : ,v..' : .

PROPOSAL rw <H
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )No
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
rum ,arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIoftheCommon
Customs Tariff andoriginating intheoverseas countries andterritories associ­
ated with theEuropean Economic Community (197<J/£o)
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
,Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 136
thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 76/198/EEC of9
February 1976 onimport arrangements forrum ,
arrack andtafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIof
theCommon Customs Tariff and originating inthe
' overseas countries and territories associated with the
European Economic Community (*), (
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission , ■
Whereas Decision 76/198/EEC stipulates that rum ,
arrack and tafia shall beimported into theCommu­
nity free ofcustoms duties within thelimits ofa
Community tariff quota ;whereas theannual size of -
thequota fortheperiod 1July to30June istobe
fixed onthebasis ofabasic annual quantity ,calcu­
lated inhectolitres ofpure alcohol ,towhich arateof
growth of13%istobeapplied ,equal totheamount
ofimports during thebest ofthelastthree years for
which statistics areavailable ;whereas thisratemay be
modified inthelight ofcertain criteria ;
Whereas Community statistics fortheyears 1976 to ■ <
197??show that thehighest volume ofimports into
theCommunity oftheproducts inquestion origi­
nating inthesaidcountries andterritories occurred' in
1978 ,namely Ij-Q hectolitres ofpure alcohol ;
whereas ,inthelight ofconsumption andproduction '
within theCommunity and ofthedevelopment of '
trade both within theCommunity and between the
Community ,thesaidcountries andterritories and the
ACP States ,therate^of growth forthequota period in
question should be13% ;
Whereas Article 8ofDecision -76/198/EEC ,
limits theapplicability ofthetariff mea­
suremquestion until 29February 1980 ;whereas it
JLOIIOWS ,onthebasis also ■ofArticle 3(1)ofthat
Decision ,thattheprorata temporis clause is
applicable forcalculating thevolume ofthe
tariff quota ;
Jrr.Sin !iZe°fthe1uota fortheperioduly1979to29February 1980should there-"H "52996 ofpurf
(?? V oL-Z *2»

Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure forall
Community importers equal anduninterrupted access
tothe abovementioncd quota and uninterrupted
application oftherates laiddown forthatquota toall
imports oftheproducts concerned into allMember
States until thequota hasbeen used up;whereas ,having
regard totheabove principles ,theCommunity nature
ofthe quota can berespected byallocating the
Community tariff quota among theMember States }
Whereas ,taking into account actual trends onthe
markets fortheproducts inquestion ,theneeds ofthe
Member States /andtheeconomic prospects forthe
period under consideration ,theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume could beasfollows :
Bénélux : 5•25
Denmark :* . 0.01
Germany : • .9454
Whereas ,inorder totake into account import trends
fortheproducts concerned inthevarious Member
States ,thequota volume should be-divided into two
instalments ,thefirst being shared among theMember
States andthesecond constituting areserve tocover ata
later date therequirements oftheMember States which
have used uptheir initial quota shares ;whereas ,in
order togive importers ineach Member State acertain
degree ofsecurity ,the first instalment ofthe.
Community quota should ,under the present
circumstances ,befixed at00% ofthequota volume ;
Whereas theMember States' initial shares may beused
upatdifferent times ;whereas ,inorder totake thisfact
into account and avoid any break incontinuity ,any
Member State which hasalmost used upitsinitial share
should draw anadditional share from thereserve ;
whereas thismust bedone byeach Member State as
and when each ofitsadditional shares isalmost used
up,andrepeated asmany times asthereserve allows ;
whereas theinitial and additional shares must bevalid
until theendofthequota period ;whereas thismethod
ofadministration requires close cooperation between
Member States and theCommission and thelatter must
beinaposition tomonitor theextent towhich the
quota volume hasbeen used upand toinform the
Member States thereof ;
Whereas •if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
substantial quantity remains unused inany Member
State ,itisessential that that Member State should
return asignificant proportion tothereserve ,toprevent
apart ofanytariff cruota from
remaining unused inoneMember State
when itcould beused inothers ;France :
Ireland :
Italy :
United Kingdom : 8:?i0.01
0.05

Whereas the development ofimports into the
Community ofthese products should berecorded and
imports should accordingly bemonitored ;
Whereas ,since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshare allocated
tothat economic union may becarried outbyany
one ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From iJuly 1979 until 29February 1980frum,
arrack andtafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIof
theCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inthecoun­
tries and territories referred toinArticle 1ofDecision
76/198/EEC ,shall beimported free ofcustoms duty
into theCommunity within thelimits ofaCommu­
nity tariff quota of52996hectolitres ofpure alcohpl .
2.The rules oforigin applicable totheproducts
referred toinparagraph 1shall bethose mentioned in
Article 5ofDecision 76/198/EEC .
Article 2
1.The tariff quota referred toinArticle 1shall be
divided into two instalments . '
\
2.Afirst instalment amounting to47696 hectolitres shall be
allocated among theMember States ;theshares ,which ^
subject toArticle 5,shall bevalid until 29February
19$o,shall beasfollows :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
'France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom ' 62hi
3.The second instalment of5300 hectolitres
shall constitute the reserve .
Article 3
1.If90% ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share as
specified inArticle 2(2),or90% ofthat share minus
theportion returned tothereserve where Article 5has
been applied ,hasbeen used up,then ,totheextent
permitted bytheamount ofthereserve ,that Member
State shall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,2504 hl
5hl
45091 hl
5hl
24hl
5hl
62hl

draw asecond share equal to15% ofitsinitial share ,
■rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
2.VIf,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90% or
more ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State has
been used up,then that Member State shall ,in
accordance with theconditions laiddown inparagraph
1,draw athird share equal to7-5% ofitsinitial share ,
rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90% or
1more ofthethird share drawn byaMember State has
been used up,that Member State shall ,inaccordance
with theconditions laiddown inparagraph .1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird .
This proccss'shall continue until thereserve isused up.
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and3,a
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed
inthose paragraphs ifthere isreason tobelieve that
they might not beused up.Itshall inform the
Commission ofitsreasons forapplying thisparagraph .
Article 4
Each oftheadditional shares drawn pursuant toArticle
3shall bevalid until 29February 1980#
Article 5
The Member States shall return tothereserve ,notlater
than 1Dec emb epfsuch unused portion oftheir
initial shares as,on15Movembg pf~tisinexcess
of20% oftheinitial volume .They may return alarger
quantity ifthere aregrounds forRelieving that itmay
not beused .
I
 
The Member States shall ,not later than 1December
1979 ,notify theCommission ofthetotal quantities of
theproducts inquestion imported upto15November
1979 andcharged against thetariff quota ,andofany
quantity oftheinitial shares returned tothereserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States-pursuant toArticles 2and
3and shall ,assoon asitisnotified ,inform each
Member State oftheextent towhich the reserve has
been used up ,assoon asitreceives thenotifications .'1979 ,
ΓΊ979 ,

5-
Itshall inform theMember States ,notlater than 5
December ,1979 ofthe' amount inthereserve alterquantities have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article J.
The Commission shall ensure that anydrawing which
exhausts the reserve does not exceed the balance
available ,andtothisend,shall notify theamount ofthe
balance totheMember State making thelastd:awing .
Article 7
1.TheMember States shall take allmeasures necessary
toensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to
Article 3areopened insuch away thatimports may be
charged without interruption against their accumulated
share oftheCommunity quota .
2.Hie Member States shall ensure that importers of
theproducts inquestion established intheir territory
have freeaccess fotheshares allocated tothem .
3.The Member States shall charge imports ofthe
products inquestion against their share asandwhen the
goods areentered with customs authorities forhome
use .
4.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upits
share shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheimports
charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
Inaccordance with Article 6ofDecision 76/198/EEC ,
theCommunity shall monitor imports oftheproducts
inquestion originating inthesaidcountries andterri­
tories .
2.Member States shall forward totheCommission ,
notlater than the15th dayofeach month ,statements
ofimports oftheproducts inquestion effected during
thepreceding month ;only products submitted tothe
customs authorities under cover ofadeclaration that
they arerobemade available forhome useandaccom­
panied byamovement certificate conforming tothe
rules referred toinArticle 1(2)shall betaken into
consideration forthis purpose .
3.The Commission shall regularly inform the
Member States oftheextent towhich thetariff quota
hasbeen used up.
4.Where necessary ,consultations may beheld at
therequest ofaMember State orontheinitiative of
theCommission .

Article 9
TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely inorder toensure that this Regulation is
complied with .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on1July
1979 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , -
For theCouncil
The President