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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)586 final
Brussels ,12Aprii 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION (ESC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating and .providing for "theadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forPort wines falling within
sub-heading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,origi­
nating inPortugal
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forMadeira wines falling
within sub-heading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
originating inPortugal
Proposal for a
REGULATION (CEE)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forMoscateldeSetubal wines ,
falling within sub-heading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inPortugal
(Submitted bytheCouncil totheCommission )
cc:.:(73)586final

EXPLANATORY lET'ORAl® UM
1.Article 4ofProtocol LTo8totheAgreement "between theEuropean
ι
Economic Ccrcrrurity zr.itio'Pcrt'-igtiase Republic provides fortheopening
ofCommunity tariff quotas f?rthewines listed "below :.
Comiîion Customs
Tariff 'heading
NoDescription oigoods
ex22.05 CIIIa)1
ex22.05 CIVa)1(Port –
(incontainers holding
(twolitres orless
ex22.05 CIIIa)2'aa)(Port-
ex22.05 CIVa)2aa) (incontainers holding
two litres ormore
ex22.05 CIIIa)1
ex22.05 CIÎIa)2 ex22.05 CIIIa;2aa
ex22.05 CIVa)1ex22.05 CIVa)2aa)aa)(•(Madeira
ex22.05 CIIIa)1
ex22.05 CIIIa)2ecia)
ex22.05 CIVa)2aa)(Setubal muscat el
ex22.05 CIVa)1
ex22.05 CIVa)2Annual
Total
VolumeRate of
réduction
20000 hl
285,000 h2
15000hl
3000 hl50%
30%
30% '
These wines will ofcourse remain subject toprovisions relating tothe
common organization ofthemarket inwine .. .... """ '
2.Theaforementioned Agreement entered into force on 1January 1973 •
Nevertheless ,tariff quotas can "beopened only forsninitial period
beginning on,1 July 1973 *This istheeffect ofArticle 6oftheProtocol
inquestion j^ead inconjunction with Article 59(0(c )of'theActof
Accession .Under these provisions also inthefirst 'quota period up •'
until 31December 1973 duties canbereduced "by20%only .Infact ,
under Article 6ofProtocol Ho8,theduties onthequotas arenotto "be
lower than those applied bytheKember States among themselves .Pursuant

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toArticle59(l)(c)oftheActofAccession,thefirstreductionof
dutiesinintra-Community tradewillnottakeplaceuntil1July1973
andwillamounttoonly20%ofthebasicduties.
3../Asregardsthevolumeofquotas,theProtocolinquestionstipulates
thattotalannualvolumesareinvolved.Itdoesnot,however,,include
a"proratatemporis"clause,*whichwouldreducetheseVolumes
proportionately shouldquotasheopenedafter1January.Thusthe
quotacanheopenedforthetotal'annualvolumefortheinitialperiod
runningfrom1Julyto31December 1973* "
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TheRegulationsprovide,inthenormalway,thateachofthevdlumes
shallbedividedintotranches,thefirstofwhichistobeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve.
*
Theallocationofthefirsttrancheisusuallybasedonstatistics-
forthethreepreceding -yearsandonforecastsfortheperiodinquestion
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatisticstheinitialquotashavebeen
calculatedonthebasisofthemostrecentstatisticsforPortuguese
exportsfrom19^9"to1971-ThePortuguesestatisticscaninfactbe
consideredtogivearoughpictureofCommunityimportsofthewines
inquestion. ;
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4.TheRegulationsprovideforonlyoneformofadministration ,namely.
the"gradual"method,tobeapplied "byeachMemberStatetothesequotas.
5.CONCLUSION * ~„
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InordertofulfiltheobligationsoftheCommunitytowardsPortugal,
Regulations shouldbeadoptedtoopen,allocateandprovideforthe
administration oftheseCommunitytariffquotas.-
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Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalsannexedhereto.

..ANNEX
•' .Proposalfora
REGULATION (aaC)OFTHECOUNCIL
%
*
opening,allocating andproviding
fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforp
winesfallingwithinsub-heading ex22.05of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin"^cjrtugal
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAITCOIffiUMITIES ,
HAVIITG?JBGARDtotheTreaty'-establishing theEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticles43and113.
thereof;
HAVIITGHEGAPDtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HAVIITGHEGAIH)totheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament :

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AENEX I
Whereas Article 4of -Protocol Ho8totheAgreement "between the
1European Economic Community andthePortuguese Republic provides
+h°+ rhitifi *?nnimports into theCommunity ofcertain wines
originating inPortugal ,shall "bereduced :
–"by60%inthecase oftheduties applicable toport falling within ■
subheadings Nosex22.05 CHI&)1andex22.05 CIVa)1of
theCommon Customs Tariff ,uptoatotal annual tariff quota of
20000hi;and -
–by50$inthecase oftheduties applicable toport falling within
subheading Noex22.05 0IIIa)2AAandNoex22.05 CIVa)2aa)
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,uptoatotal annual tariff quota of
285000hi;
Whereas ,however ,under Article 6ofProtocol No8andArticle 59of
theAct concerning theConditions ofAccession andtheAdjustments to
2....theTreaties ,thefirst quota period istort£honly from 1July to
31December 1973 andthereduction induties islimited to20$ ;
whereas this reduction applies ,inthecase oftheCommunity as
originally constituted totheCommon Customs Tariff duties ,and ,In
thecase ofthenewMember States ,tosuch duties asthese States may
from time totime apply toimports from third countries ;whereas these
wines will remain subject toprovisions governing -the -common
organization ofthemarket inwine ; -
10JNoL301,31December 1972 ,p.I65.
20JNoL73,27Karch 1972 ,p.14. I:

Y/HEREAS -itisinparticular necessary toensure toall
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Community importers equal andunint erru.pt odaccess tothe
abovementioned quotas anduninterrupted application of
.*
therates laid down for these quotas toall -jnnports of
theproducts concerned into allMember States until the
»
quotas have been .used up ;whereas ,having regard tothe
principles mentioned above ,theCommunity nature ofthe
r
quotas can berespected byallocating theCommunity
tariff quota among theMember States ;whereas ,inorder
toreflect most accurately the actual development ofthe
market intheproducts concerned ,such allocation should
beinproportion tothe .needs oftheMember States ,
assessed byreference both tothestatistics ofeach
State 'simports from?ortugalover ..arepresentative period
and tothe economic outlook fcJr :thequota period
concerned ;
WHEREAS available Community statistics give ^ko-
information onthe situation ofPort ...wines onthe markets
whereas ,however port acuese statistics for exports ofthese
products totheCommunity during thelast fewyears can

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beconsidered toreflect approximately the situation of
Community imports whereas onthis basis the
corresponding iaports byeach oftheMember States
represent the following percentages ofthe imports into
theCommunity from Spain oftheproducts concerned :
1
■1969 1970 1971
Port wines :4
φ
–mreceptacles
contaming twolitres •
orless : . ..
IGermany 19,6 19,* • 16,3 -
jBénélux 9,9 10,2..-.-12,«
IFrance 39,8 35,1 33,-6
Italy • 23,6 27,4 27,5 - |
IDenmark!3,1 . 2A•2,2' I
Ireland I 0.0 -.0.3 . •0,2
JUnited Kingdom |3,6 S9 7,2
~inreceptacles
containing more than
two litres : .' ■
IGermany j - 9,2 9,V
f ■Bénélux "" '• r15,8 1V.8 ■ '.15,3
fFrance '^5,9- ^5,2 -. !Mf,8 ■
[Italy .• 0.0 0,0 0,0
Denmark -5,7 6,2 5,5
iIreland 1,9 ...IL.?..1,6
IUnited Kingdom 22,3 '*I-'22^9 I'23 ,*
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ANNEX' I
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Y/HERSAS ,inview ofthese data andtheestimates submitted "by-
certain Ilcr.ber States ,initial quota shares nay befixed
approximately atthefollowing percentages :
Port wines inreceptacles containing
» j
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i
l-fcwolitres -orless j
I
' lnore than two litres
ucrrnany •18,1 ] -9,0 . __
Bénélux j 11,3 ■: .
France 35> ^5,3
.Italy 26.7 0,1-
Domnark 5,7
IIreland I 0,2 1,7 - ••
.United Kingdom 5,6 22,9 ..
WHEREAS ,inorder totake into account import trends for
theproducts concerned inthedifferent Member States' ,each ■
ofthe q.uota amounts should bedivided into twoinstalments ,
the first instalment being allocated among theMember
States ,andthesecond forming areserve intended ultimately
tocover therequirements oftheMember States which'have
used uptheir intial .quota shares;' whereas ,inorder to
ensure acertain degree ofsecurity toimporters ineach
Member State ,thefirst instalment of"theCommunity quotas
should bedetermined atalevel which ,under present
circumstances ,may be90yoofeach ofthequota amounts ;
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V/HEREAS the' initial quota shires oftheMember States may be .
used upatdifferent times ;whereas ,inorder totake this
fact into account andavoid anybreak incontinuity ,itis
important that anyMember State having used upalmost the
whole 'ofitsinitial quota 'share should draw anadditional
quota share from thereserve ;whereas -this must bedone by
each Member State asandwhen each ofitsadditional quota ,
shares isalmost entirely used up,andrepeated asmany
times asthereserve allows ;whereas the "intial 'and
additional quqta shares must beavailable foruseuntil the .
endofthequota period ;;whereas this method ofadministration
calls for close cooperation between Member States anathe
Ciommission ,which must ,inparticular beable toobserve the
extent towhich the quota amounts areused and inform Member
States -thereof ; - .■
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WHEREAS if,ataspecified date inthequeta period ,a
considerable balance remains inone orother Member State it
isessential that that Member State pays alarge amount ofit
back into thereserve ,inorder toavoid apa.rt ofoneor.
other oftheCommunity quotas remaining unused inoneMember ...
State when itcould beused inothers ;
V/HEREAS ,since theKingdom of .Belgium ,theKingdom offile
Netherlands andtheGrand Duchy o.fLuxembourg areunited inand
*
represented ojtheBenelux Economic Union ,alltransactions
concerning theadministration ofshares granted tothe
ab'ovementioned Economic Union may becarried 'out bjrany of
itsmembers ; :: . - .

HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 ^ •
' •' . ' *
1.Fortheperiod from 1July 1973 "to31December 1973»Community
tariff quotas shall "beopened within theEuropean Economic Community
forproducts originating inPortugal ,andwithin thelimits listed
«
below :
Common Customs Tariff
heading No •Description ofgoodsVolume ofthe
quota
ex22.05 CIIIa)1 )
\Port 20000 KL
ex22.05 CIVa)1
.
ex22.05 CIIIa)2aa) )
\..<& '·
Port 285 000 hl
ex22.05 CIVa)2aa)U
2.The Common Customs Tariff duties onwine simported under these tariff
quotas shall "besuspended attherates listed "below : \
Common Customs Tariff
heading lío-Rate -ofduty
ex22.05 CIIIa)1
ex22.05 CIVa)1
ex22.05 CIIIa)2aa)
ex22.05 CIVa)2aa).10.8 u.a./hl
11.6 u.a./hl
8.8u.a./hl
9í6u.a./hl.

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ANNEX I
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3.Thecustoms duties tobeapplied tothese wines "byDenmark ,
Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom shall besuch duties asthese States
mayfromtimetotimeapply toimports fromthird countries ,less20$..•
4.These tariff quotas shall .beallocated andadministered as
provided hereunder . .
*
Article 2
1. 'The quotas laid down inArticle 1shall "bedivided -
'into two instalments * £; .
2. The first instalment shall beshared among theMember
States ;theproportions which ,subject "toArticle 5,shall
bevalid until 31December 1973 shall consist ofthe ', ..
following amounts:' - •
(inhecto litres )
Port „.wines under sub-headings
ex22.05 CIir a)1...ex22.05 CIII a)2(aa )
and and
ex22.05 CIVa)'1ex22.05 -CIVa)2(aa )
IGermany 3.250 I ' •25.-1C0
jr.'*ne1v*~ '-fO 39»£G 0--
jFrance1 -6.410 115.ÇCO
IItaly k.tCO 200
(L'tjn.-nark ^0 . i In.6co -
[Ireland ko k.bCO
IUnited KingdomI 1.C10
!| 58.600
i
i
Total ! "18.000 -- :
I :'!■...256.coo
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Thesecond instalment ofeach quota ,2,000hectolitres
or .000hectolitres respectively ,constitutes thereserve
Article 3
If90yaormore of^theinitial share ofaMember State ,
aslaid down inArticle 2(2),of90?oofthat share less
the -amount returned into thereserve ,where theprovisions
ofArticle 5have "been applied ,hasbeen exhausted ,that
Member State shall proceed without delay ,'bynotifying
theCommission ,todraw asecond share equal to"15$of
its initial share ,rounded uptothenext unit where
appropriate ,tothe extent that theamount inthereserve
allows . / .
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If,after one orother ofitsinitial -shares have
been exhausted ,90$ormore ofthesecond share drawn by
aMember State hasbeen used ,.that Member State shall
proceed inthemanner specified inparagraph 1todraw a'
third share equal to7.5f° ofitsinitial share ,rounded -
uptothenext unit where appropriate ,tothe extent
that the amount inthe reserve allows .
If,after one orothers ofitssecond .shares have been
exhausted ,90foormore ofthe ;;third share .drawn by.,a
Member State hasbeen used ,that Member State shall
proceed inthemanner specified inparagraph 1,todraw a
fourth share equal tothethird .
t
Ihis process shall beapplied until the reserve is . .
exhausted . "

4. Notwithstanding ;theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,2
and 3, "the Ilcrnbor States mayproceed todraw shares
smaller than those fixed inthose paragraphs ,ifthero is
reason to "believe that those shares might not "beused up.
They shall inform theCommission ofthereasons which led
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them toapply this paragraph *
9 *
Article 4
■'i*
Each .oftheadditional shares drawn pursuant to -
Article 3shall bevalid until 31December 1973 »
Article 5 *■
If,by15November -1973 ,aMember State hasnotused
upitsinitial shares ,itshall ,tiotlater than
30November 1973 *return tothereserve theunused portion of
these shares inexcess of20$oftheinitial amount .Itmay
return alarger quantity ifthere arereasons toconsider
that such quantity might notbeused .
» .*
TheMember Ste.tes shall ,not ;later than
30November 1973 notify theCommission ofthetotal imports
oftheproducts concerned effected upto .15"i^ovember -1973
inclusive ,andcharged against theCommunity quotas and ,
where appropriate ,theproportion oftheir initial shares
that isbeing returned toeach reserve .

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles1'
and3~h?.llinformeachofthemoftheextentto
whichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonaaitreceives• * *
thenotifications »
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TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5December 19-73
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachPreserve
..afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5#
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing#
Article7
1,TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
'measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalshares
aredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas#
* *
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteeto-importers
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryfreeaccessto:;theshares.allocatedtothem.
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ANNEX I
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3.. TheMember States shall charge imports ofthe
products concerned against their shares according
astheproducts -have been presented forCustoms
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.have been made available for consumption .r
4» *'The extent towhich theMember States' shares
have been used upshall berecorded onthe basis
oftheimports charged under 'the conditions laid
«,down inparagraph 3#
Article 8
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■Member States shall inform "the Commission at
regular -intervals ofimports ofthe products' concerned
actually charged against their shares# "*
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'Article 9 *'
The Member' States and the Commission shall co-operate
closely inorder toensure that 1theprovisions ofthis
Regulation are observed »
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Articïe 10 *
This Regulation shall enter into force "on 1stJuly 1975
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ANNEX T
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This Regulation shall "bebinding mitsentirety
anddirectly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
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ANNEXII
Proposalfora. „
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
-ofaCommunitytariffquotaforMadeirawines '•
fallingwithinsub-heading ex22.05oftheCommonCustoms'
Tariff,originatinginPortugal
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOEKTJKITIES ,.
HAVINGREGARDtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityaridinparticularArticles43and*
113thereof; 1■' •
1-
HAVINGREGARDtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HAVIITGREGARDtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament --
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AMEX II
Whereas Article 4ofProtocol No8totheAgreement between the
1European Economic Community andthe .Portuguese Republic ,provides
• *
that customs duties onimports into theCommunity of Madeira
originating inPortugal ,falling within subheadings Nosex22.05 CIIIa)
* -ιΛ
ex22.05 CIIIa)2aa),ex22.05 CIVa)1andex22.05 CIVa)2aa)
oftheCommon Customs Tariff aretobereduced by'30$uptoatotal
annual tariff quota of15000hi;whereas ,however under Article 6of
Protocol No8andArticle 59of "theActconcerning theConditions of
2Accession andtheAdjustments totheTreaties ,thefirst quota period .
istorunonly from 1July to31December 1973 »and "thereduction in
duties islimited to20$ ;whereas this reduction applies ,inthecase
oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,totheCommon Customs Tariff
duties and ,inthecase ofthenewMember States ,-tosuch duties as
these States mayfrom time totime apply toimports from third countries ;
whereas these wines will remain subject to"theprovisions governing the
common organization ofthemarket inwine ;
î •
0JNoL301 ,31December 1972 ,p*165.
0JNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.14."

WHEIiEASitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall'•
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
cyc-t2n*ti.cl^11o?.vjt.1grmt)*t0d£i*o"olics."tionof"t^c
rates,laiddownforthatquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
"concernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup>whereas,havingrega.rdtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureof■thequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota-among'theMember
States;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelythe
actualdevelopment ofthemarketintheproductsconcerned ,
-Ouchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatistics
ofeachState;simportsfromPortugslovcr arepresentative •
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned : ■" •
WHEREASavaii.aoleCommunitystatistics -givenoinformation
011thesituation ,ofMadeirawinesonthemarkets;whereas,..h
howeverPortuguesestatisticsfor.exportsoftheseproducts
totheCommunityduringthelast-fewyears "cmbeconsidered
toreflectapproximately thesituationofCommunity .imports;
whereas ,onthisbasisthecorresponding importsbyeachof
tlieMember'Statesduringthelastthreeyears-represent
thefollowingpercentages ofthe:importsintotheCommunity
fromToriufaafth'cproductsconcerned :•"
f
1959 1970 ·!I■■•;1971■•
•Germany i'3,2 21Λ. 2s-,5
Bénélux 12,6 1m-,o
rrar.ee 4.1,6. kO,27.0C, I
itnlv 0,3 0,9
Denmark 17,3' !■13,9 13,8Ireland ,.I0,1 L-o,c •lc,1 !
JunitedKinedori 10,08,7 |o7
■>%<

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V/H2REAS ,inview ofthese data andthe estimates submitted
bycertain Member States ,initial quota shares maybefixed
ot;jLy ai i/uefollowing percentages ! ,
Germany * 20,-' -V
Bénélux . '-, 131- :
• France - • 40,-
' Italy ' 1
Denraark 15
Ireland 1 ,
United Kingdom 10v-"
WHEREAS ,inorder totake into account import trends forthe
products concerned inthedifferent Member States ,the quota'
amount should bedivided into two ;instalments ,the first „
instalment being allocated among ithe Kember States ,and
the second forming areserve intended ultimately tocover the
requirements ofthelumber States !which have used uptheir
initial quota shares ;whereas ,inorder toensure acertain .
degree ofsecurity toimporters ineach Kember State ,,the first
instalment oftheCommunity quota should bedetermined ata
level which ,under present' circumstances ^maybo907*pf •
the quota amount ; ' • .-,. : . .• 1 t ■
» •* .
V/I-IERSAS the initial quota shares ;oftheMember States maybe •
used upatdifferent times ;whereas ,inorder totake this
fact into account andavoid anybreak incontinuity ,itis ■
important that anyMember State^having used upalmost the
whole ofitsinitial quota share 'should draw anadditional
quota share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone by
each Kember '.State asandwhen each ofi'tsadditional quota ,
shares isalmost entirely used up,andrepeated asmany tiYnes
asthe reserve allows :whereas the initial and additions 1.!quota
shares must beavailable foruseuntil the end ofthequota
period ;v.'horcas this method ofadministration calls' forclose
co-operation between ICember States and the Commission ,which
must ,in •©articular beable toobserve the extent towhich

ANNEX II .
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WIlHRBAS if,ataspecified date inthe quota period ,a'
considerable balance ofthe initial share remains inone or
other.' lier-foer State itisessential that 'shat Member State
pays alargo amount ofitbo.c]£ into thereserve ,inorder to
.avoid apart ofthe Comnraiiity quota regaining -uriused inone
Member State when itcould beused inothers :
i
WHEREAS ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,the .Kingdom 01the
φ
Netherlands andtheGrand Duchy ,ofLuxembourg areunited m ;
andrepresented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,all trans - ■
actions concerning the admini strati onofshares granted to
theabovementioned Economic Union maybecarried outby
any ofitsmembers ; ' ■ '■
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Fortheperiod from 1July 1973 "to31December 1973 ,aCommunity
tariff quota of15000hishall "beopened within theEuropean Economic
Community ,forMadeira originating inPortugal ,falling within _
subheadings Kosex22.05 CIIIa)1,ex22.05 CIIIa)2aa),
ex22.05 CIVa)1andex22.05 CIVa)2aa)oftheCommon -Customs
Tariff . 1
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2.TheCommon Customs Tariff duties applicable towines imported under
this -tariff quota' shall besuspended attherates listed below :
Common Customs
Tariff heading
Kof •Rate ofduty
ex22.05 CIIIa)1 10.8 u.a./hl
ex22.05 CIVa)2aa •' 8.8u.a./hl
ex22.05 CIVa)1 11.6 u.a./hl
ore22.05 CIVa)2aa 9.6u.a./hl

ANN2XII­
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3.Thecustomsdutiesto"beappliedtothesewines"byDenmark,
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomshall "besuchdutiesasthese
Statesmayfromtimetotimeapplytoimportsfromthirdcountries,
less20$.
4.Thosetariffquotasshall"beallocatedandadministered asprovided
hereunder.
* *
•
••Article2
TheCommunityTariffquotareferredtoinArticlel.is
dividedintotwoinstalments .
Afirstinstalment ,amountingto13*500hectolitres of
thisquotaslis.llbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the.
proportions which.,subjecttoArticle5>shallbevalid,
until31December1973shallconsistofthefollowingamount
inhectolitres
Germany 2.700,-.....
Bénélux '1.750,-
France 5.^00,-
Italy iho,-
Denmark !"2.020,-
:Ireland ^ %140,-
UnitedKingdom 1«350,-

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1 ––
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3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequotato1.500hecto-
litres,shallmakeupthereserve.
Article _}
1,If90$ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMemberState
aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90$ofthatshareless
theamountreturnedintothereserve,wheretheprovisions
ofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbe'en-exhausted ,that
KemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,.todrawasecondshareeoxu3.1to15$of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe•'
0»
reserveallows. ■-
»
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90$
ofthesecondsharedrambyaKember-Statehasbeenused,
thatKemberStateshallproc.eed,in'themannerspecified :
inparagraph "2,todraw*athirdshareequalto7.5$of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhore. ■
appropriate ,totheextentthat.theamountinthereserve
allows,: ";
.1 '
3.If,afteritssecond -sharehasbeene'xliaustod ,.90c/jor
moreofthethirdsharedrawn -byaKemberStatehas-bec-n
used,thatI.'cmberStateshall :proceed,inthemanner
specifiedinparagraph 1todraw'afourthshareequalto
thethird. i: '.
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ΑΓΙίΙΕΧ II
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This process shall beapplied until thereserve is
..J-r-A
4i Notwithstanding theprovisions 01pe.ragrc.phs 1,2ana 3>
'the ria.'.iber States may proceed' todraw shares smaller than
those fixed inthose paragraphs ,ifthere isreason -to
believe that those shares might notbeused up.They shall
i:\form the Commission ofthereasons which led them toapply
»this paragraph .
Article 4 '''
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The additional shares drawn .1pursuant toArticle 3shall
bevalid until 31December 1973 . ' .
Article 5
If,by15November 1973 >aMember State has notused
upits initial share ,itshall ,notlater than 30November 1973 >
return theunused portion ofthis share inexcess of20yo of
theinitial amount .Itmayreturn alarger .Quantity ifthere
arereasons toconsider that such quantity might not beused .
The Iileniber States shall ,not later than 30November 1973 > •
notify theCommission ofthetbt&l imports oftheproducts
concerned effected upto15november 1973 "inclusive ,and
charged against theCommunity quota and ,where appropriate ,
theproportion oftheir initial share that isbeing returned
tothe reserve . ' *•

ANNEX II
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Article 6
TheCommission shall Iceep account ofthe share opened
by .Member States inaccordance v/ithArticles 2and 3and
sna -LJLlm'ora eacn oixnem orthe extent to v/hich the
reserve has been used assoon asitreceives ?the notification
'The Commission shall ,'not later than 5December 1973
notify Member States ofthe amount inthereserve -after the
*
•return ofshares pursuant toArticle 5.* .
·» ,.
The Commission shall ensure that aiaydrawing which
uses tipthereserve islimited tothebalance available
and ,forthis purpose ,shall specify theamount thereof ,
totheMember State v/hich maires the final drawing .
Articre 7
The Member States shall talce allmeasures necessary
toensure that ,when additional shares are drawn pursuant
toArticle 3,itispossible for charges tobemade without
interruption against 'their accumulated shares ofthe •.
Community ouota .
• » # •–
TheMember States shall guarantee toimporters -of
theproducts concerned established intheir territory
free access tothe shares allocated tothem . .
The Member States shall ^charge imports of .theproducts
concerned against their shares inso-far astheproducts •
have been presented forCustoms clearance under cover of
declarations that they have' been 'made available for
consumption . " ;iL'

ANNEX II
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The en".'"t?v.'hicli the Member States' shares have been
used .upshall berecorded ,onthe'basis ofthe .imports charged
'intheconditions laid down inparagraph 3.
T
Article 8
Φ ·
„Member States shall inform the Commission atregular -
intervals ofimports from Malta actually charged against
their shares .
Article 9
.The Member States and theCommission shall co-operate :
closely inorder toensure that theprovisions ofthis
Regule.tion are observed .
Article 10 ^
This Regulation shall enter :into force on1stJuly 1S73.
(
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and -
directly applicable inall Member States .
Done at .Brussels ,
v For the Council
The President

ANNEX' III
Proposal for a
•- -REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
t
opening ,allocatzuig andproviding for theadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota
for Moscatel deSetuhal wines , .. ' *
falling within sub-heading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs
-•Tariff ,originating inPortugal
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ,
HAVING REGARD totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community andinparticular Articles "43and 113thereof ;
HAVING REGARD tothe -p'roposal from theCommission ;
HAVING REGARD totheopinion ,oftheEuropean Parliament ;

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Uhcreas Article 4ofProtocol ITo3tothe 1Agreement "between theEuropean
1Economic Community andthePortuguese Republic provides that customs ^duties
cm 'itupux'lo i«tc theCcm£ur.ity cf5?gtv .v?.l originating inPortugal ,
falling j-ri.thin subheadings Nose^22.05 CIII .a)1,andex22.05 Cilla)2.aa),
ex22.05 VIVa)1andex22.05 CIVa)2aa),oftheCommon Customs Tariff are
to "bereduced "by30$uptoatotal annual tariff quota of3000hi;whereas ,•
however ,under Article 6ofProtocol ITo8andArticle 59oftheActconcerning
2theConditions ofAccession andtheAdjustments to.theTreaties ,thefirst quota
period istorunonly from 1July to31December 1973 ,'and thereduction
induties islimited to20$ ;whereas this reduction applies ,in-thecase
oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,totheCommon Customs Tariff
duties and ,inthecase ofthenewMember States ,tosuch duties asthese
Member States mayfrom time totime apply toimports from third countries ;
whereas these wines will remain subject totheprovisions governing the
common organization ofthemarket inwine ; ~ '
:Π · *
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• ■ « » »
0JL301 ,31December 1972 ,p.165.iv
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20JL73,27March 1972 ,p.14.

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I
WHEREASitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovfirier+T^rvfiflrnin+«uninterrupted application ofthe
rateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimporteofthe,
m
productsconcernedintoallMemberotatesuntilthequota
has-Tieenusedup;whereas,'havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,*inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe.
productsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferenceboth
tothestatisticsofeachState'simportsfromPortuga&vera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned : ; ~"
WHEREASavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinformation on
thesituationofMoscateldeSetubal wines
onthemarkets;whereas,however;Portuguese
statisticsforexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthela.stfew3rearscanibeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityjmports;whereason
thisbasisthecorresponding import'sbyeachofthe'ilember
Statesrepresentthefollowingpercentages oftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugalof theproductsconcerned :;

ANNEX III
1969 . 1970 1971
Germany
rfenelux
France
JLt*ly
Denmark
Ireland
Unitoci Kingdd33,1
*30,8
0,0
0,0r■' 195o I
7,0
■m 11.539,8
20,7
0,0
0,0
14,5
7,9
17,1 ·12,1 -
6,3
0,1
0,1
28,6
17,5
35,3
Y/HSREA d,inview ofthese data end the estimates submitted
bycertain Member States ,initial quota shares may befixed
approximately atthefollowing percentages : •-
Germany >1,-
Bénélux ' 2.7
France 1«-
.Italy 1,.-
Denmark 1^,~
Irelnnd 9,-
,United Kingdom 17,-
WHEIffiAb inorder totake into account import trends for the
products concerned inthedifferent Member States ,thequota
amount should bedivided into two instalments ,the fiv-it
instalment being allocated among theMember States ,and the
second forming areserve intended ultimately tocover the'
requirements oftheMember States which have used uptheir
initial quota shares ;whereas ,inorder to'ensure acertain
degree ofsecurity toimporters ineach -Member State ,the
first instalment oftheCommunity quota should' bedetermined
atalevel which ,under present circumstances ,may be90
ofthequota amount ;

WHEREAS theinitial quota shares ,oftheMer/oerStates nay be .,
used upatdifferent tines;' whereas ,inorder totake this ....
fact into account and avoid any "break incontinuity ,itis
important that any'Member State having used upalmost ,the
whole ofitsinitial quota shares should draw anadditional
quota share from thereserve ;"whereas this must bedone br­
each .Member State asalidwhen each ofitsadditional quota
sharps isalmost entirely used up,andrepeated asmany times
asthereserve allows ;whereas the initial' andadditional
quota shares must beavailable foruseuntil the endofthe
quota period ;whereas this method ofadministration calls for .
"close cooperation between Member States and theCommission , ■
which must ,in .particular ,beable toobserve the extent to
which thequota amount is'used andinform Member States
thereof ; . .. -... _ •
WHEREAS if,ataspecified dat,e inthequota period ,a
considerable balance remains inone orother Member State it
isessential that that Member State pays ala.rge amount ofit
back into therreserve ,inorder toavoid apart ofthe ;
Community quota remaining unused inoneMember State when it
could beused inothers ; 'V • ....
WHEREAS ,since theKingdom of "Belgium ,theKingdom ofthe
Netherlands and theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited in
andrepresented bythe Benelux' Econ'omic Union ,-alltransactions
concerning theadministration ofshares granted to .theabove -
mentioned Economic Union may "becarried outbyanyofits
members ,'

ANNEXIII
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
i."ForxneperiodironiJuly <973"to3'December1973,aCommunitytariff
quotaof3000hishallbeopenedwithintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
forSetnbr?.!T^ascateloriginatinginPortugal,fallingwithsubheading
Uosex22.05CIIIa)1,ex22.05C1IIIa)2aa),ex22.05CIVa)1and
ex22.05CIVa)2aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
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*.m
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicabletowinesimportedunder
thistariffquotashallbesuspendedattherateslistedbelow:
CommonCustomsTariff . 1,Rateofduty'
headingno
I
ex22.05CIIIa)1 10.8'u.a."/hl
ex22.05CIIIa)2;aa\ .8.8u".a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 11.6jtuâ./111
ex22.05CIVa)2aa 9.6u.a./hl
3.ThecustomsdutiestobeappliedtothesewinesbyDenmarkIreland
andtheUnitedKingdomshallbesuchdutiesasthese.Statesmayfromtime-to
timeapplytoimportsfromthirdcountries,less207*.
4.Thesetariffquotasshallbeallocatedandadministered asprovided
hereunder .

ANNEX III
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Article 2
1. The Community tariff cuota referred toinArticle 1
isdivided into two instalments .
,2. 'Thefirst instalment ,amounting to 2.700 .hectolitres ,
shall beshared sunone Member States ;theproportions
which ,subject toArticle 5,shall bevalid until
31December 1973 shall consist ofthefollowing amounts :
(inhectolitres )
Germany 8l>0
Bénélux -- .720
■France --30
Italy _ JO
Denmark , ■ ■' ->£.0
Ireland ■ ■ . 250
United Kingdom .* ;kbC
3. Thesecond instalment /amounting to ,300 hectolitres ,
shall make up'thereserve , • .
Article 3 ;^ –––– .ri •- ,
1. If '90l7<>ormore ofthe initial share ofaMember State ,
aslaid down inArticle 2(2),or90$ofthat share less the
rrnount returned into thereserve ,where theprovisions of
Article 5have been applied ,hasbeen exhausted ,that
Member State shall proceed .without delay ,bynotifying the
Commission ,todraw asecond share equal to15$ofits
initial share ,rounded uptothenext -unit where appropriate ,
tothe extent that the amount inthe reserve allows .
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III
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2m.,If,afteritsinitialshare .hasbeenexhausted,90
uriuoiuoxi/iitisauuiiuaixaxedrawnbyaMemberSta.tehas
■beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceedinthemanner
•• i •
specifiedinparagraph 1todrawathirdshareequalto
7.55/3ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
éreserveallows*
* •
3.If,eJTteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90yo
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember.Statehas
beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthemarines,
specifiedinparagraph 1todrawafourthshareequalto
thethird-
i
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis,
exhausted.
4»Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,'.2•
and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,ifthereisreasonto
believethatthosesharesmightnotbeused-up.They
shallinformtheCommission .ofthereasonswhichledthem
toapplythisparagraph, '
Article4 ,*
» '*
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1973*
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ANNEX III
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»
Article 5
If,by15November 1973 >aMember State hasnotused
Upitsinitial share ,*itshall ,notlater than 30November 1973 /
return tothe reserve theunused portion ofthis share in
excess of20y' oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn alarger
quantity ifthere arereasons toconsider '.that such quantity
might not beused .
* *
Each Member State shall ,notlater than 30November 1973 *
notify theCommission ofthe total imports oftheproducts
concerned effected upto 15November 1973 inclusive ,and
charged against the Community quota and ,where appropriate ,
theproportion ofitsinitial share that isbeing returned
tothe reserve .
Article 6
TheCommission shall keep account oftheshares opened
byMember States inaccordance with Articles 2and 3andshall
inform each ofthem ofthe extent towhich the reserve has
been used assoon asitreceives thenotifications .^
TheCommission shall ,notlater than *5 .December 1973 *
notify Member States ofthe amount inthereserve after the
return ofshares pursuant toArticle 5.'
TheCommission shall ensure that anydrawing which uses
upthereserve islimited tothebalance available and .,
forthis purpose ,shall specify the amount thereof tothe
Member State' which makes the -final drawing , ."
•♦*/ •••

1. TheMember States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that ,when additional shares are
drawn pursuant toArticle 3,itispossible for charges
tobemade without interruption .against their - .- •
-accumulated shares ofthe Community quota .
» •
2. TheMember States shall guarantee to .importers
ofthe products concerned established intheir territory
free access tothe shares allocated tothorn ,
3. TheMember States shall charge imports ofthe
products concerned against their shares according as
theproducts have been presented for Customs clearance
under -cover ofdeclarations that they .have been made'
available forconsumption , '„
4# The extent towhich the Member States' shares have
been used upshall berecorded ontheb%sis oftheimports
charged inthe conditions laid down inparagraph 3.
Article 8
Member States shall inform the Commission atregular
intervals ofimports from Malta actually charged against
their shares .
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Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
closely inorder toensure that theprovisions ofthis
Regulation are observed .

Article10'
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1stJuly1973
ThisRegulationshallbe"bindinginitsentirety ,and
directlyapplicableinalltlemberStates,
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident