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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROE3ANCOMMUNUEBS
COM(75)160final
Brussels,16Aprii1975
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotafortheproductsfallingwithin
subheading No22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheACP
States
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0îî(75)160final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article 2(l)oftheConvention between theACPStates andtheEEC
together with Protocol No7provides that theproducts falling within
subheading No22.09 CIoftheCCT (rma ,arrack ,tafia ),originating inthe
ACPStates ,shall beimported duty free into theCommunity *These preferential
arrangements arerestricted ,however ,toaquantity which istobefixed
annually bytheCommunity onthebasis ofthe largest quantities imported
annually from theACPStates during the last three years forwhich statistics
areavailable ,increased byanannual growth rate of40%ontheBritish
market and13%ontheother Community markets .
2.Although thedate ofimplementation oftheConvention isnotyetknown ,
theexohange ofletters between theparties atLom£ on28February 1975
provides for'theautonomous advance implementation ofthis tariff measure
during theperiod 1July 1975 to29February 1976 .Inorder nottodisturb
seasonal fluctuations inthetrade inthass prodt-.cts ithashowever been
proposed that theapplication efthis meas -.reshould beextended autonomously
to30June 1976 .
3.Inthese circumstances thevolume ofimports fortheperiod concerned
shall be2045°3hectolitres ofpure alcohol .
Thedeclaration contained intheCouncil Minutes (meeting of13-15 January
1975 )provides fortheallocation oftheannual quantity among theMember
States under Community tariff quota arrangements ,
4.Theproposal foraRegulation opening this tariff quota provides ,asis
usual inthis type ofcase ,forthedivision ofthequota volume into two
tranches ,thefirst being allocated inshares amongst theMember States and
the second held asareserve .The first tranche shall beallocated onthe
basis ofthelargest quantities imported annually into each Member State
during the last three years .

5.ItisproposedthattheiproposalforaCouncilRegulationopeningthe
Communitytariffquotadescribedaboveshouldbeapproved ^
Annex:1proposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC).

Proposalfora
REGULATION(EES)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotafortheproductsfallingwithin
subheading No22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheACPStates
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheConventionbetweentheACPStatesandtheEuropeanEconomic
Community,signedon28February1975»providesinArticle2(1),together
withProtocolNo7annexedthereto,thatuntiltheentryintoforceofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinspirits,productsfallingwithintariff
headingNo22.0901(rum.,arrack,.tafia),originatingintheACPStates,
shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunityunderconditionssuchasto
permitthedevelopmentoftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACPStates
andtheCommunityandbetweentheMemberStates;whereastheCommunityshall
fixeachyearthequantitieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustoms .dutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannuallyfromtheACPStates
intotheCommunityinthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable
increasedbyanannualgrowthrateof4055onthemarketoftheUnited .
Kingdomand1yfoontheothermarketsoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
whereastheexchange .oflettersatLom5on28February1975relatingtothe.
advanceimplementation ,ofcertainprovisionsof.thesaidConventionprovides
inparticularthattheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallapplyautonomously
between1July1975and29February197^thesaid.ProtocolNo7» -

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Whereas,however,inordernottocausedisturbancesintheseasonal
fluctuations peculiartothetrade,intheseproducts.,,thefirstperiodof
applicationshould "beextendedto30June1916',
Whereasimportsoftheproductsconcernedduringthelactthreeyearsfor
whichcompletestatisticsareavailablewereasfollows:
-inJiectolitres ofpurealcohol-
1971 1972 1973
Bénélux 982 1852 2420
Denmark 2203 3243 2604..
Germany 78968904 10493
Prance 12291 5249 5397
Ireland ,1300 -1900 3100
Italy 231 416 496
unitedKingdom 9513010964012629Ο
TOTALEC ,120033131204'150800
Whereap,mthesecircumstances andapplyingthegrowthratesprovidedfor
inPrptocolNo7»theCommunitytariffquotaforthe-,periodconcernedshall'
befixedat204503hectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereasequal.andcontinuousaocesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimporters .andtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisusedup;whereasaCommunitytariffarrangement basedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity'
natureofthequota;whereas,torepresentascloselya.spossiblethe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductinquestion,theallocation !
shouldfollowproportionately therequirements oftheMemberStatescalculated
frombothstatisticsofimportsfromtheACPStatesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;;

Whereas,however,in"thiscasethetariffquotashouldbeallocatedamongst
theMemberStatesonthebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
intotheCommunityduringthethreeyearsreferredtoabove;whereas,in
thesecircumstances ,theinitialsharesinthequotavolumeshallbeas
follows:
Benelux 1»5 Ireland 2.0
Denmark 2.0 Italy 0„3
Germany 6.6 UnitedKingdom 79»8
France 7.8
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsinthevariousMember
Statesfortheproductsconcerned,eachquotavolumeshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongsttheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements ofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporters
somecertainty,thefirsttrancheofeachCommunitytariffquotacouldbe
fixedataboutJCifoofthequotavolumes;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,
therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialsharemustdrawasupplementary sharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofits
supplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereaseachinitialandsupplementary sharemustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariff
quotashavebeenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;

Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderablequantityof
theinitialshareisleftoverinaMemberState,itisessentialthateaoh ■
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserveto"preventa
partoftheCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhen
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thatEconomioUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers;

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
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*
Article 1
. α£
Prom1July1975until30June197°rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithin
subheading No22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
AC?States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof204503hectolitresofpurealcohol.
Theseproductsc:.raconsideredasoriginatingintheACPStatesiftheyfulfil
theconditions "laiddowninQouncilRegulation(EEC)
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof181000hectolitresofpurealcoholoftheCommunity
tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall "beallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5»shallbevaliduntilthe
endoftheperiodstipulatedinArticle 1shallbeasfollows:
Benelux2J60hiofpurealcohol Ireland 3680hiofpurealcohol
Denmark3630hiofpurealcoholItaly 56Ohiofpurealcohol
Germany12140hiofpurealcohol UnitedKingdom146830hiofpurealcohol
France14350hiofpurealcohol
2Asecondtrancheof20503hectolitres ofpurealcoholshallconstitute
:( . ''•■•areserve.'
Article3
.i 1
1If9070ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareasspecifiedinArticle
2(1),orofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15$ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

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2If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,SOfoormoreoftheseoond
sharedrawn "byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionsimpose^byparagraph 1,drawathirdshare,
equalto7*5%itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,9<Jfoormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththesameoonditions,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydraw
shareslowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthattheymaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionof
itsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph* ^
Article4'
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
30June1976*
Article5
fheMemberStatesshallreturatothe-reserve^tnotlat^rthan1April"£975,tho
unuaodportionoftheirinitial.sharewhicti^idn15'Kar«Ja1975,isin«so€s6"of
20%oftheinitialamount.Thejitshali,ye^u;r^greaterportionifthere
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall^notlaterthan1April1976notifytheCommissionof
'• *
thetotalquantitiesofthesaidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15,March
1976andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesofthe
initialsharereturnedtothereserve.

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5April197^1ofthe
amorjitstillinreserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5*
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveislimitedto
thebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethatsupplementary
sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulatedsharesinthe
Communityquota. ,
2.MemberStatesshallensurethat'importersofthesaidgoodsestablished
intheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoodsagainsttheir
sharesasandwhensuchgoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4»TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshallbe
determinedonthebasisofimportschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3-

Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregularintervalsofimports
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares, •
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorderto
ensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July.1975«
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,fortheCouncil
ThePresident