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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofa
Community tariffquotaforcertain wineshavingaregistered
designation oforigin,fallingwithinsubheading ex22.05 Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff-originating inTunisia (1981/1982)
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)314final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article 20oftheCooperation Agreement betweentheEuropean Eco­
nomicCommunity andtheRepublic ofTunisia completed bytheAdap­
tionProtocol consequent ontheaccession ofGreeceprovides forthe
openingofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof50000hifortheduty
freeimportationinto theCommunity ofcertainwineshavingare--
gistered designation oforiginfalling withinsubheading ex22.05 C
oftheCCToriginating inTunisia.Thesewinesmustbeputupincon
tainersholding twolitresorless.,
Accordingly thistariffquotahastobeopened.
"V ■.
2.TheRegulation' makesprovision -asitis1usual-forthedivision of
thequotavolumeintotwoinstalments ,thefirstofwhichisalloca-
-tedbysharesamongstallMemberStates,whilethesecondconstitutes a
reserve ..
Theallocation ofthefirstinstalment isusuallyonthestatistical
dataof-thelastthreeyearsandestimates fortheperiodinquestion .
Inthiscase,however,neither Community notnationalstatistical data
splitupbythetypesofthewinesintoquestion areavailable andno
estimates canbeputforward.Inthesecircumstances initialshares
shouldbeestablished fortakingiatoaccountthepossibilities ofcon­
sumption ofthesewinesineachoftheMemberStates.
3.Itisproposedthattheproposal foraCouncilRegulation openingthe
Communitytariffquotadescribed aboveshouldbeapproved ..

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotaforcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignation oforigin,failingwithin
subheading cx22*35CcitheCommon CustomsTariffandoriginating in
Tunisia (1981/82)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITJES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle20oftheCooperation Agreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthe
RepublicofTunisia(' ),Supplement edbythe
Adaptation Protocol consequent onthe
accession ofGreecetotheEuropean
Economic Community (2),Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallCommunity importers
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intotheMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereasa
systemofusingaCommunity tariffquota,basedon
allocationamongtheMemberStates,appearslikelyto
complywiththeCommunity natureofthesaidquota
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples ;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion ,such
allocationshouldbeinproportion totherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaid
productsfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned :
stipulates thatcertainwines
havingaregistered designation oforigin,falling
withinsubheading ex22:05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia,specifiedin
theAgreement intheformofanexchange ofletters
of16October1978(J),andproduced fromthe1977
andsubsequent harvests,shallbeimportedintothe
Community freeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimits
ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof50000hecto­
litre;whereasthesewinesmustbeputincontainers
holdingtwolitresorless;
whereasthesewinesmustbeaccompanied byacerti­
ficateofdesignation oforigininaccordance withthe
modelgiveninAnnexDtotheAgreement inques­
tion;whereastheCommunity tariffquotainquestion
shouldtherefore beopenedfortheperiod 1
November 1981to31October1982;
Whereasthewinesinquestionaresubjecttocompli­
ancewiththefree-at-frontierreferenceprice;whereas
thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariff
quotaoncondition thatArticle18ofRegulation
(EEC)No337/79(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No.c'§0.(5),iscompliedwith;
(')OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.2.
(2)OJn0.L
(3)OJNo.L296,21.10.1978,p.2.
(4)0JNo.L54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(5)OJNo.L360,22.12.1980 ,p.18.Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdown foreach
ofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailableandno
reliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;
whereasinthesecircumstances thequotavolumes
shouldbeallocatedininitialshares,takinginto
accountdemandforthesewinesonthemarketsofthe
variousMemberStates;
Whereas ,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned inthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments ,
thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondheldasareserveintendedtocoverata
laterdatetherequirements ofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
guarantee somedegreeofsecuritytoimporters in
eachMember State,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotashouldbefixedatalevelwhich
could,inthepresentcircumstances ,be50%ofthe
quotavolume ;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption ,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallitsinitial
shareshoulddrawasupplementary sharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Stateeachtimeoneofitssupplementary sharesis
almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires

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closecollaboration betweentheMember Siatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommission mustbeina
positiontofollow'theextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof; "
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderable quantityofthe
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificant proportion thereoftothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunity quotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,alltransactions
concerning theadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomic unionjnaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
.1.From1November 1981to31October198?»
Community tariffquotaof50000hectolitres shallbe
openedfortheproductsindicatedbelowandorigi­
natinginTunisia:
CCT
heading
No
.22.05Description
Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwith
fermentation arrestedbytheadditionof
alcohol :
C.Other:
.–winesentitled tooneofthe
followingdesignations oforigin:
CoteauxdeTebourba ,Sidi-Salem ,
'Kelibia,Thibar,Mornag,grandcm
Mornagofanactualalcoholic
strengthof15%volorlessandin
containers holdingtwolitresorless
2.Withinthetariffquotareferredtoinparagraph
1,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable to
thesewinesshallbetotallysuspended .
Withinthistariffquota,Greeceshallapply
.thedutiescalculated inaccordance with
therelevantprovisions oftheActofAccession ,of
1979andofth*Adaptation Protocol .
3.Winesproducedfromthe1977andsubsequent
harvests shallbeaccorded thebenefitofthetariff
quotareferredtoinparagraph 1.4.Thewinesinquestionaresubjecttocompliance
withthefree-at-frontierreferenceprice.
Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariff
quotaonconditionthattheprovisions ofArticle18of
Regulation (EEC)No337/79arecomplied with.
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported ,shallbe
accompanied'by acertificate ofdesignation oforigin,
issuedbytherelevantTunisianauthority,inaccor­
dancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulation and
certifying inbox16thatthesewineshavebeen
producedfromthe1977andsubsequent harvests.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotalaiddowninArticle 1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ofthequotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle5shallbevalidupto31October\9?2,fha\\
beasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece .
France '
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(hectolitres)
4500
2500
5000
800
5000
1000
χ000
4200
3.Thesecondinstalment ofthequota,amounting
to25000hectolitres ,shallconstitute thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMember States
-initialshare,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
.Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
2..If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessary tothenextwhole
number,insofarastheamountinthereserveallows.

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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinaccor­
dancewithparagraph 1,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
theseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission oftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuant toArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31October 1982.
*
Article 5
Member Statesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1September !982,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15August1982ysinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1September 1982/>fthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcerned effectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding 15Augustl982hnd ,where
appropriate ,theproportion oftheirinitialsharethat
theyar.ereturning tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall.informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeennoti­
fied.TheCommission shallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5September 1982,ofthestateofthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing .
Article 7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
■Article3areopenedinsuchawaythaiimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraggre­
gatesharesintheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters cfthe
productsconcerned established intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.
MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshailbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1November
1981.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
Doneat .....1981.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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berettiget tiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :)) «
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstillet afvin.
Wirbestätigen ,daßdermdieserBescheinigung bezeichnete WeinimBezirk gewonnen wurdeundihmnach
tunesischem GesetzdieUrspamgsbezeichnung "zuerkannt wird."
DerdiesemWeinzugefügte AlkoholistausWemgewonnener Alkohol .
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribed inthiscertificate iswineproducsd wiihinthewinedistrictof andis
considered byTunisianlegislation asentitledtothedesignation oforigin'. '.
Thealcoholadded?othiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
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tunis.enne ,commeayantdroitàiadénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinesîdsl'alcoold'originevinique .
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laleggetunisina ,comeeventedirittoaiiadenominazione diorigine« ».
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deTunesische wetgeving debenaming vanoorsprong „ "erkendwordt.
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