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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)346
Brussels,6final
July1981
Draftfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainers ofanetcapacity
of15kilogramsorlessfallingwithinsubheading 08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1.ThedraftRegulation annexedheretoconcerns'theorgaomr.es
Communitytariffquotatobeopenedfor1982inrespectof
\ i• »
driedgrapesinimmediatecontainers of.;anetcapacityof
15kgorlessfallingwithinsubheading No08.04B1ofthe
•CommonCustomsTariff.
Provision wasfirstmadeforsuchquotainthetradeagreement
concludedbetweentheCommunity andIran.'Since,however.
thatagreementexpiredon30November1973andwasnotrenewed,
theCommunityconsidereditdesirablesince1974toopenan
autonomoustariffquotaonthetermsandconditions .fixedfor
thatagreement. \
* ,"Attheconsultation meetingheldinApril1981
thedelegations oftheMemberStatespronounced themselves in
favouroftheopeningfortheyear.1982ofanautonomoustariff\
quotaatadutyof1.2%ofwhichtheamountis'limitedto15%
i
ofactualCommunityimportsin1973,comingfromthirdcountries
notassociated withtheCommunitynorlinkedwithitbyapre­
ferential agreement ." ,
2.SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisrelatively small
comparedwithtotalimportsintotheCommunity andsinceallthe
MemberStateswillundoubtedly exhausttheirsharesrapidly,a
divisionofthequotaintosharesallocateddefinitively to
•eachMemberStatewouldnotappearto:compromise theCommunity
natureof;thequota.Thissolution :hasbeenadoptedinsimilar
.situations inthepast. ':
• 1·ι,1
3.The-sharestobeallocated onthisbasistotheMemberStates,
andtheirrespectivetotal1973i.:nport 1s:fromnon-associated ,
thirdcountries,areshowninthefollowingtable;itbeing
understoodthat,tosafeguardtheCommunitycharacterofthequota,■
itisnecessarytoallocate asharetoGreecebyremovingan
equivalent amountfromthesharesoftheetherMemberStates.

(inmetrictons)
Total1973imports ! :Quotashare
Bénélux 5275 . .-790
Denmark 2236 334
Germany 15567. 1.<14.2334
Greece " . 0 ' 1 7
France 3 571
Ireland 1868 279
Italy 205 'N •30
UnitedKingdom 26859 . 4028-
55821 8373

DRAFT FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
···-·V '' '·
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityofISkilogramsorlessfallingwithinsubheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff<1982)
THKCOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,:
Havingregardtothe-draftRegulation submittedby
theCommission ,; ■
WhereasaCommunity tariffquotafordriedgrapesin
immediate containers ofanetcapacityofIFkilo­
gramsorless,fallingwithinsubheading 08.0413Iof
theCommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedforlV82atadutyof1-2%thevolumeofwhichshallbe
limitedto15%ofCommunity importsin1973from
thirdcountriesnotassociatedwiththeCommunity or
linkedtoitbyapreferential agreement ;whereas,on
thisbasis,thevolumeofthequotaisfixedat8373
tonnes ; . .
Whereas,inviewofthenegligible
sizeofsuchaquotaincomparison
withtheCommunity'srequirements,.
asystemofutilization should,
withoutderogating fromtheCommuni­
tynatureofthetariffquota,be
provided,basedonasinglealloca-.
tionbetweentheMemberStates;
whereasthisallocation shouldbe
calculated by,thesamemethodasis
usedtoestablish atotalquotaof
15%oftheimports'of each
MemberStatefromthesamethird
countries ;whereas,inorderto
safeguard theCommunity natureof
thequota,ashareshouldbeallo­
catedtoGreecebylevyingthesame
percentage' ontheshareallocated -
toeachoftheotherMemberStates;
whereas,calculated insucha.
manner,this"allocation shouldbe
assetoutinArticle 2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ,ofBelgium,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasure
<concerning theadministration ofthequotasallocated
tothateconomic unionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artide!
1.Duringtheperiod 1Januaryto31December1982aCommunity tariffquotaof8373tonnesshall
beopenedfordriedgrapesinimmediate containers of
anetcapacityof15kilograms orlessfallingwithin
subheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
i2.Withinthelimitsof'thistariffquota,the
ICommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbesuspendedat
Ithelevelof1-2%.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquot
■quota,GreeceshaLlapplyduties .
Calculated inaccordance withthe
relevant provisions laiddowninthe'
ActofAccession 1- ■.
3..Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefiting
fromthesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderother'
preferential arrangements shallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquota.
Article2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticle 1shallbedivided
among'theMemberStatesasfollows :
1■■ !" ■■: 1.... •.-
:■*'y1. _tonnes- ,.
!'•'Bénélux 790
!Denmark "... 334
.Germany ., 2334
Greece 7
France : 571
Ireland 279
V'Italy . 30
UnitedKingdom 4028 .
! .. ..
; ArticleJ
1.Member Statesshaijtakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablished intheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem, ■ ._

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2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsOfthep.oductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthorities forfreecirculation .
Artide4
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Artnie5
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith. . - r
Article6
1hisRegulation shallenterintoforce'on1lanuarv1982= J1
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable -inallMember
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident