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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)243 final
Brussels,6thMay1982
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafiafal­
lingwithinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating intheACPStates(1982/1983)
(presented -bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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MEMOFORTHEATTENTION OFTHECOUNCIL -
TheCommission notesthatcertainprovisions adopted -bytheCouncil
intheregulation*openingCommunitytariffquotasfortheimportation
oftheproductsofsubheading 22.09CIoftheCCToriginating inthe
African,Carribean andPacificStatesareincompatible withtherules
oftheEECTreaty.
ItinformstheCouncil'ofitsfirmintention tohaverecoursetothe
« i •
provisionsofArticle -169oftheTreatyshouldthefouncilagainadept
suchprovisions.'
TheCommission isreadytoseekappropriate solutionstopreventany
disturbance ofthemarketfortheproductsinquestion.

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
v1.ProtocolNo5annexedtotheConvention betweentheACPStatesand
theEEC(LomeII)providesthattheproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingNo22.09CIoftheCCT(rum,arrack,tafia),originating
intheACPStates,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity.
Thesepreferential arrangements arerestrictedtoaquantitywhich
istobefixedannuallybytheCommunity onthebasisofthelargest
quantities importedannuallyfromtheACPStatesduringthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatistics areavailable,increasedbycertain
annualgrowthrates.,
2.Jhepreferential systeminquestionshouldtherefore beputinto
forceandaCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedforrum,
arrackandtafiaoriginating intheACPStates.Becausethere
*hasalreadybeentakena„„measureuntil30June1982
thistariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheperiod1Julyx1982to
.30June1983.' ■~
3.Communityimports ,ofthegoodsconcernedduringthelastthree
yearswereasfollow:
-mhectolitres ofpurealcohol-
41979 1980 1981
Benelux 4897 15860 5.656
Oenmark 1661 1959 2004
Germany 24587 34295 38971
Greece 38 41 35
France 2899 4194 2705
Ireland 2337 2124 2619
Italy 474 413 328
UnitedKingdom 94778 85423 93888
EC 131671 144309 146206

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;Thequotavolumetobetakenintoaccountonthisbasisfortheperiod
1July1982to30June'1983shouldbe193178hectolitres ofpurealcohol.
4.Theadministration ofthistariffmeasureintheform'ofaCommunity
tariffquotahastheaimofensuringthat:
-importsoftheproductsinquestiondonotexceedtheglobalvolume
fixed,
-eachCommunityimporterhasequalandcontinuous accesstothesaid
quota,
-thepreferential rateisappliedwithoutinterruption toallimports
inalltheMemberStates,and
-inparticular,thepreferential rateisapplieduniformly andconstan­
tlythroughout theCommunity.
Thefacilityfordrawingsupplementary quota-shares fromtheCommunity
reserveandtheobligation toreturnunusedquantities-twofundamental
rulesinthecontextofCommunitymeasures-arecapableofbeingrunin
accordance withtheseprinciples .
5.Forthesereasonstheprovisions oftheRegulation provideforthe
splitting upofthequotavolumeintotwoparts,thefirstofwhich
willbeallocated amongtheMemberStatesasquotashares,withthe
secondformingareserve.
Thecalculation ofthesesharesisbasedontheimportsoftheproducts
inquestionfromACPStatesduringtheprevaousthreeyears,1979,1980,
1981andtheeconomicoutlookfortheperiodinquestion,respecting,
however,thegrowthratesmentionedunderpoint1.
6.Theannexedtableshowsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged,against
thetariffquotasinquestion(periods1978/79,1979/801980/81
•umum)
7.ItisproposedthatthedraftforaCouncilRegulationdescribedabove
shouldbeapproved (seeannex).
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ACP-Rum-heading22.09CI
Amountsactuallychargedagainstthetariffquotas
openedfor1978/79,1979/80,1980/81and1981/82
1978/79 1979/80 1980/81 1981/82Cmi.gl)
Member
StateVolumeof
thequota
-hl-Amountactual
lycharged
-hi- %"Volumeof
thequota
-hl-Amountactual-
lycharged
-hi- %Volumeof
thequota
-hl-AmountActua
lycharged
-hl-%"Volumeof
thequota
-hl-Amountactual-
lycharged
-hi- %
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italie
UnitedKingd.6000
3698
¿4706
9022
1000
424
116957581697
144839
24706100
355139
49249
424100
103872896912
,3722
33979
6449
2704
426
122645573183
93825
2853184
114418
115443
35182
85256697631
2443
35714
5438
3209
'.535
;1233307631100
123550
3219490
423678
200863
42980
780976315262
2157
45000
49
4585
•2678
522
118825350023
106349
2140948
00
94821
117644
14728
6024650
C.E. 16180714030987;1768371231057017830012583071
I189078
r–·8848947

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of1982
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrum,arrackandtafiafailingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(1982/3)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasProtocol5annexedtothesecondACP-EEC
Convention,signedatLomeon31October1979(1)^
providesthatproductsoriginatingintheACPStates
whichfallwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffshall,untiltheentryinto
forceofacommonorganizationofthemarketin
spirits,beallowedintotheCommunity freeof
customsdutiesunderconditionssuchastopermitthe
development oftraditionaltradeflowsbetweenthe
ACPStatesandtheCommunityandbetweenthe
MemberStates;whereastheCommunityshallfix
eachyearthequantitieswhichmaybeimportedfree
ofcustomsdutiesonthebasisofthelargestquantities
imp6rtedannuallyfromtheACPStatesintothe
_j_Q5mmunityinthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
'areavailable,increasedbyanannualgrowthrateof
40%onthemarketof.theUnitedKingdomand
18%ontheothermarketsoftheCommunity ;
Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedby
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheCommu­
nityand'theMemberStatesduringthepastthree
yearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,thesizeofthe
tariffquotafortheperiod1July1982to30June
1983shouldbefixedat193178hectolitresofpure,
alcohol;
(1)0JNo347,22.12.1980,p.141.

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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrrupted
accessto1theabovementioned quotaand
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,
theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossibletheactualtrendofthemarket
intheproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
States,calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidproductsfromthecountriesinquestion
Overa.representative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromthe
countriesinquestionoftheproductsconcerned :
MemberStates197919801981
Benelux · 3.7111.004.04
Denmark 1.2611.351.23
GermanyGreece '18.6723.7724.00
0.030.030.03
France 2.2C2.901.93
Ireland 1,77j1.461.46
Italy 0.3d ■0.290.23
UnitedKingdom'72.OC59.2067.08
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux 6.25
Denmark 1.33
Germany 23.18
Greece 0.03
trance 2.32
Ireland 1.68
Italy 0.28
UnitedKingdom 64.93

Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequot^volumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat90%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialsharemustdrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereas'thismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesand–theCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant'proportiontothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunused'inoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers:
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanypneofitsmembers,

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1982to30June1983rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof19378hectolitresofpurealcohol.
asindicatedinArticle2
2.'Withinthelimitofitsshare,/theHellenic
Republicshallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe1979
ActofAccessionandofRegulation (EEC)No
439/81(").).
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
_Article1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto174000
hectolitresshallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;
therespectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shall
bevaliduntil30June1985shallbeasfollows:
-inhectolitres ofpurealcohol-
–Bénélux: 10870
–Denmark: "2320
–Germany:
–Greece:
–France:
–Ireand: "X"–i»ly; A9°–UnitedKingdom:112980
3.ThesecondinstalmentofIhectolitresshall
constitutethereserve.19178
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareykspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
-miptt#theportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountof
thereserve.
(1)0JNoL53,27.2.1981,p.19.10870
~~2320■"
40330
50
4030
2930
490
112980
ι

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2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessaryto.thenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,.drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
I/'
4.By.wayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
.paragraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1983.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1983l^eunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,onl£March1983/sinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
ι
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimported,upto15March1983inclusive -
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,andof
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.'.
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheiMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshallassoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1983oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
:ofthesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsofthegoodsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
eachmonthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthe
tariffquota.
2.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
3.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article9
Thelumber'StatesandtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.

Article10
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1470/80of9June1980
onthesafeguardmeasuresprovidedforinthesecond
ACP-EECConvention(')shallapplyinrespectofthe
productscoveredbythisRegulation.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1982,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1982.
FortheCouncil
., ThePresident
V)OJNoL147/12.6.1980,p.4.