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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)216 final
Brussels,6May1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafiafalling
withinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating intheACPStates (1981/82)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ProtocolNo5annexedtotheConvention betweentheACPStatesand
theEEC(LomeII)providesthattheproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingNo22.09CIoftheCCT(rum,arrack,tafia),originating
intheACPStates,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity.
Thesepreferential arrangements arerestrictedtoaquantitywhich
istobefixedannuallybytheCommunityonthebasisofthelargest
quantitiesimportedannuallyfromtheACPStatesduringthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increasedbycertain
annualgrowthrates.
f■ \ •
ButinorderthatthistariffmeasureisalsoapplicableinGreece
anadaptingprotocoltotheConvention mustbeconcludedbetweenthe
ACPStatesandtheCommunity.Becausesuchaprotocoldoesnoteifl-h
thetariffmeasureinquestionwillapplyonlytotheCommunityof
Nine.
2.Thepreferential system"inquestionshouldthereforebeputinto,
forceandaCommunitytariffquota.shouldbeopenedforrum,
arrackandtafiaoriginating intheACPStates.Becausethere
hasalreadybeentakenanidenticalmeasureuntil30June1981
thistariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheperiod1July1981to
30June1981.
3.Communityimportsofthegoodsconcernedduringthelastthree-
yearswereasfollow:
inhectolitres ofpurealcohol
1978 1979 1980
Italy
UnitedKingdomBénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland6218
1559
30566
2774
2432
343
903634897
1661
24587
2899
2337
474
94778413
8542315860
1959
34295
4194
2124
EC 134255 131633 144268

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ThequotavolumetobetakenIntoaccounton.thisbasisforthe
period1July1981to30June1982shouldbe189029hectolitres .
ofpurealcohol. '
4.Theadministration ofthistariff,measureintheformofaCommunity
tariffquotahastheaimqfensuringthat:
-importsoftheprociuct^inquestiondonotexceedtheglobal
volumefixed,
-eachCommunityimporterhas.equalandcontinuousaccesstothe
saidquota,
-thepreferential rateisappliedwithoutinterruption toall
*ImportsinalltheMemberStates,and
-inparticular,thepreferential rateisapplieduniforniyand
constantlythroughout theCommunity. ^
Ν
Thefacilityfordrawingsupplementary quota-shares fromthe
Communityreserveancjtheobligationtoreturnunusedquantities-
twofundamental rulesinthecontextofCommunity measures-
arecapableofbeingruninaccordancewiththeseprinciples .
5.ForthesereasonstheprovisionsoftheRegulation provideforthe
splittingupofthequotavolumeintotwoparts,thefirstofwhich
willbeallocated amongtheMemberStatesasquotashares,withthe
secondformingareserve..
J
-Thecalculation ofthesesharesisbase^ontheimportsofthe
productsinquestionfromACPStatesduringthepreviousthree
years,1978,1979,1980andtheeconomicoutlookfortheperiod
inquestion,respecting,however,thegrowthratesmentioned
underpoint1.
6.Theannexedtableshowsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged,
againstthetariffquotasinquestion (periods1977/78,1978/79,
1979/80and1980/81).
7.ItisproposedthatthedraftforaCouncilRegulation described
aboveshouldbeapproved(seeannex).

.'ACP-Rum-heading22.09C.1
*... 1' ■■■■'
Amountsactuallychargedagainstthetariffquotac.
opened.for;~1977/78,1978/79,"1979/80and1980/81
,1977/78-^ 1978/79 1979/80 1980/81(31.12.80)
I
Member
StateVolumeof
thequota
-hi-'Amountactual-
lycharged
-hi-Volumeof
thequota
-hi-:Amountactual-
lycharged-hi--%-Volumeof■].
thequota
--hl-Amountactual-
lycharged-hi--%-Volume0f
themotéi
IAmountactu-
allycharge«–hi.–~~/a
Benelux 5926 5143.87
•'6.000
·"581697 6912 573183.76317631100
Denmark r4000 157739 •·3.698 144839 3.722 938"25-2443 ,62627
Germany 24000'2095687 ■2470624706100*33.91928.53184 •35,714 2000056
France 11395"5509489022:3551'!'39' ■6449 1,144,18 5438.247945
Ireland 1000 682 "68 1000 -'49249'2704 1.154433.209 1131 ■35
Italy ·'■ ;658 29545 ..'424\424100.■426,35182 535 248.46
United
Kingdom1260308333766 .11695710387289122.6.45 85.25669'123 .33044.45536
E.C. v173909•1174896816180714030987176837123'10570178300-7657043

Proposal TOPa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)'
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatingintheACPStates(1981/82)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean .
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasProtocolNo5annexedtothe
SecondACP-EECConvention,signedat
Lomeon31October1979(1), ■',
providesthatproducts
originatingintheACPStateswhichfallwithin '--
subheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff '
shall,untiltheentryintoforceofacommon
organizationofthemarketinspirits,beallowedinto
theCommunityfreeofcustomsdutiesunderconditions
suchastopermitthedevelopmentoftraditionaltrade
flowsbetweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand
betweentheMemberStates;whereasthe-Community
shallfixeachyearthequantitieswhichmaybe.
importedfreeofcustomsdutiesonthebasisofthe
largestquantitiesimportedannuallyfromtheACP
StatesintotheCommunityinthepastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable,increasedbyanannual
growthrateof40%onthemarketoftheUnited
Kingdomand18%ontheothermarketsofthe
Community; \
Vnrrcai,tinceaProfocola»providedforinArticle
•i!Kofi!ie1979ActofAccessionofGreecedoesnotexist,the
Communitymuuadoptthemcaturrireferredtoin
Aisii'le11VoftlicAil;whcrea»thetariffmeasure
concernedwill,ilien-forr,applytoihcCommunity "asconstituted
priortotheaccessionofGreece;
Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedbyimports
oftheproductsconcernedintotheCommunityandthe,
MemberStatesduringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thesizeofthetariffquotaforthe
period1July1981to30June1982shouldbefixedat
189029hectolitresofpurealcohol;
(1)0JNOL347,22.12.1980,p.141.

Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromthecountriesin
questionoftheproductsconcerned:
MemberSutes 1978 19791980
Benelux 463-711.0
Denmark .1-21-31.4
Germany 22-818-723.7
France 2-02-22.9
Ireland 1-81-81.5
Italy 0-30-30.3
UnitedKingdom 67-372-059.2
IIII...Ι.Τ
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,ofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionand ofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland'
Italy
UnitedKingdom6.58
1.26
21.80
2.40
1.64
0.30
65.97

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Whereas,inordertocakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Staresandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Community quotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat00%ofthequotavolume;
WfereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
mustdrawanadditionalsharefrom'thereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostentirely
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftover.inanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
theCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,"sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1July1981to30June198£rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity >asconstitutedpriortotheaccession
ofGreecewithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof189029
hectolitres ofpurealcohol.„.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto''^^hectolitres
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil30June198?.shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres0fpurealcohol)
Bénélux 11194
Denmark 2144
Germany 37084
France 4082
Ireland .2875
'Italy .■510
UnitedKingdom 112232
18903
3.Thesecondinstalmentorhectolitresshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereserve,whereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.

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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
\
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1982•
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
thanlMareft982^theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15/1982,isinexcessof20%of/February
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthaniMarC$982,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesotthesaid
goodsimportedupto15/.1982inclusiveand
_L_.3 ,^FebruarychargedagainsttheCommunityquota,andofany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshallassoonasithasbeennotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5|V)apCh
1982,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethattnedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe-
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3,areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.Theextentto'whichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
thegoodsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation.
ArticleQ
1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissioneach
monthofimportsactuallychargedagainstthetariff
quota.
2.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformtheMember
Statesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeen
usedup.
3.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldatthe
requestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeofthe
Commission .
Article9
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensurethe
implementation ofthisRegulation..
Articlein
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1470/80of9June1980
onthesafeguardmeasuresprovidedforinthesecond
ACP-EECConvention (l)shallapplyinrespectofthe
productscoveredbythisRegulation.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981
(')OJNoL147,13.6.1980,p.4.

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ThisReguiarionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
r