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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C 0 M C 8 3 )  6 1 8  final 
Brussels, '1 8  October 1 9 8 3
Proposal for a  
£QUNCIL_REGyLATION_(EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a  
C o m m u n ity  tariff quota for certain wines having a  registered 
designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.5 c  of 
the C o m m o n  C ustom s Tariff and originating in Yugoslavia (1984)
(submitted to the Council b y  the C om m ission)
C O M (83) 618 final

E X P L A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
1. T he Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic C om m unity and  
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provides in Article 22 for  
the opening of an annual Com m unity tariff quota of 12 000 hi to be  
imported into the Com m unity of certain wines having a  registered desi-  
gnation of origin, of tariff headings ex 22.05 C  I a) andA C  II a) of  
the C C T , originating in Yugoslavia at customs duties of respectively  
10.1 E C U /hl and 11.8 ECU/hl.
T he nam es of the wines having a  registered designation of origin admitted  
in the limit of the tariff quota and the M odel of the certificate of  
designation of origin to be established by the Yugoslavian authorities  
are specified in the exchange of letters of 18 July 1983.
2. T he proposal for the regulation opening this tariff quota provides - as  
is customary - for the division of the quota volume into tw o instalments,  
the first being allocated am ong the M em b er States as quota shares, the  
second being held as a  reserve.
The allocation of the volume of the first instalment of the quota should  
be based on the rules generally applied. These involve calculating each  
M e m b e r  State's total imports over the last three years as a  proportion of  
total C om m unity imports during the sam e period and applying, for each  
M em b er State, the percentages thus obtained to the volume of the first  
instalment.
Because there exist no sta tistics for these wines the import figures from  
Yugoslavia for the wines of subheadings 22.05 C  I  a) and 22.05 C  II a)  
are taken as a  basis.
3. It is proposed that the proposal for a  Council Regulation opening the  
C om m unity tariff quota described above would be approved.
A N N E X : 1  proposal for a  Regulation (E E C ) of the Council.

Proposal for a  
Council Regulation (E E C )
C o·-:ning, allocating and providing for the administration of a  
C i  m m ur.ity  tariff quota for certain wines having a  registered  
dfsigration of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C  
of the C o m m o n  Custom s Tariff and originating in Yugoslavia
(1984)
T H f c  C O U N C I L  O F  T H E  E U R O P E A N  C O M M U N I T I E S ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  
Economic Com m unity, and in particular Article 113  
thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from  the Commission,
W hereas Article 22 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European  
Economic C om m unity and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1)  
stipulates that certain wines having a  registered designation of  
origin falling within subheading ex 22.05 C  of the C o m m o n  Customs  
Tariff, originating in Yugoslavia, specified inthe Agreement in the  
form  of an  exchange of letters of 18 July 1983, m a y  
be imported into the C om m unity at customs duties equal to 70 %  
of the duties of the C o m m o n  Custom s Tariff within the limits of  
an annual C om m unity tariff quota of 1 2 000 hectolitres,* whereas  
these wines m ust be put in containers holding two litres or less  
and m ust be accompagnied by a  certificate of designation of  
origin in accordance with the m odel given in the A nnex  to 
this Regulation; whereas a  ta riff quota of42. 000 hi should  
therefojae-*tee-^M ^sned for the period u p  to 3 1 December 198H-;
W hereas the wines in question are subject' to compliance with the  
free-at-frontier reference price; w h fe.reas, in"order that such  
wines m a y  benefit from  this tariff quota, Article 18 of Council Reoulatian  
(E E C ) Nr. 337/79 (2■), as last am ended by Regulation (E E C )
1595/83 (3),,  m ust be complied with;
(1) 0 J Nr. I 41, 14.2.1983, p. 1
(2) 0 J Nr. L  54, 5.3.1979, p. 1
(3) 0 J Nr. L  163, 22.6.1983, p. 48

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Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal  
and uninterrupted access for all Community importers  
to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted  
application of the rates laid down for this quota to all  
imports of the products concerned into the Member  
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,  
having regard to the above principles, the Community  
nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the  
Community tariff quota among the Member States ;  
whereas, in order to reflect most accurately the actual.  
development of the market in the products in ques­
tion, such allocation should be in proportion to the  
requirements of the Member States, assessed by
reference to both the statistics relating to imports of  
the said products from Y u gos a representative
reference period and the economic outlook for the  
quota period concerned ' ;
Whereas, in respect of the last three years for which
statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each
of the Member States represent the following percentages
of the imports into the Community from Yugoslavia o f  t h e
products concerned:
Member State 1980 1981 1982
Benelux 42,5 7,6 8,8
D enm ark 18,7 20,1 29,1
Germ any 6,5 50,0 42,4
Greece 0,0 0,0 0,0
France 3,0 3,8 3,5
Ireland 1,6 0,5 0,4
Italy 0,7 1,7 1,5
United Kingdom ;  27,0 16,3 4,3
Whereas, in view of these factors, and of market forecasts  
for the products concerned and in particular of the  
estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial  
quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following  
percentages:
Benelux 15,6
Denmark 26,3
Germany 36,4
Greece 1,4
France 3,5
Ireland 1,4
Italy 1,4
United Kingdom 14,0

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Where.is, to take into account import trends for the  
products concerned in the various Member States, the  
quota amount should be divided into two instalments,  
the first being allocated among the Member States and  
tilt second held as a reserve intended to cover at a  
later date the requirements of Member States who have  
used up their initial share; whereas, in order to  
guarantee some degree of security to importers in each 
Member State, the first instalment of the Community  
quota should be fixed at a level which cou’d, in the  
present circumstances, beg 0 % of the quota volume ;
Wnereas the initial stares of the Member States may 
be used up at different rates ; whereas, in order to take  
this into account and to i.1 '·.. ;d a break in continuity,  
any Member State which has used up almost all of its  
initial share should draw an additional share from the  
reserve ;  whereas this should be done by each Member 
State each time one of its additional shares is almost  
used up, and so on as many times as the reserve  
allows ;  whereas the initial and additional shares must  
be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas  
this form of administration requires close collaboration  
between the Member States and the Commission, and  
the Commission must be in a position to follow the  
extent to which the quota volume has been used up  
and inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a  
substantial quantity of its initial share remains unused  
in any Member State, it is essential that it should  
return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve,  
to prevent part of the Community quota remaining  
unused in one Member State when it could be used in  
others ;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the  
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of  
Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented  
by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions  
concerning the administration of the shares allocated  
to that economic union may be carried out by any one  
of its members,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1- F r o m  1  January until 3 1 December 1984 the C o m m o n  Custom s  
Tariff duties in respect of the following products  
originating in Yugoslavia shall be suspended at the  
levels shown below within the limits of a  C om m unity tariff  
quota of 12 000 hectolitres:
c c r
heading
No
22.05Description R ate of 
duty
Wine of fresh grapes;  grape must with  
fermentation arrested by the addition of  
alcohol :
C. Other:
$. O f a n  actual  alcoholic strength by volume  
not exceeding 13 %  vol, in containers  
holding :
ex a) T w o  litres or less :
- wines entitled to one of the
following designations of origin :
- Ljutomersko - Ormosko gorice, taski Rizling
- Ohrid, Merlot
- Herzegovina - Mostar,
=  Zilavka  
=  Blatina
- Fruska Gora, Talijanski Rizling
- Oplenac, Lipovac
- Istra, Merlot
- Tikves  
=  Krater  
=  Kratosija
- Srednja i juzna dalmacija  
=  Dingac  
=  K^stelet
- Crna Gora, Vranac10,1 ECU /hl

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f}-, O f an actual alcoholic strength by volume  
exceeding %  vol but not exceeding 15 %  
voi* in containers holding :  
e .<  a) T w o  litres or less :
wines entitled to one of the  
following designation of origin
- :_jutomersko - O rm osko gorice,
- Ohrid, Merlottaski Riil ing
- Herzegovina - Mostar,
=  Z  i lavka  
=  Blatina
- Fruska Gora, Talijanski Rizling
- Gplenac, Lipovac
- Istra, Merlot
- likves
=  Krater  
=  Kratosija
- Srednja i juzna dalmacija
=  Dingac  
=  Kcistelet
- C rn a Gora, Vranac11.8 EC U /hl
2. Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply  
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions
in the Act of Accession of 1979 and Council Regulation (E E C ) N o 287/82  (1).
3. T he wines in question shall be subject to compliance with the  
free-at-frontier reference price. In order that such wines  
m a y  benefit from  this tariff quota Article 1 8 of Regulation  
(E E C ) N o  337/79  must be complied with.
4. E ach of these wines, w h en  imported, shall be accompanied  
by a  certificate of designation of origin, issued by the  
competent Yugoslav authority, in accordance with the  
m odel annexed to this Regulation.
(1 ) O J  N o  L  30, 6.2.1983, p. 1.

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Article 2
1. The C om m unity tariff quota referred to in Article 1  
shall be divided into two instalments.
2. T he first instalment, amounting to 9 600 hectolitres,  
shall be allocated am on g the M e m b e r  States; the shares  
which, subject to Article 5/shall be valid until
31 Decem ber 1984 shall be as follows :
(hectolitres)
Benelux 1  500
D en m ark  2  520
G erm any 3 500
Greece 135
France 335
Ireland 135
Italy 135
United K ingdom  1  340
3. T he second instalment, amounting to 2-ifOO  hectolitres,  
shall consitue the reserve.
Article 3
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share,
as specified in Article 2 (2), or of that share less the  
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 has  
been applied, has been used up, that Member State  
shall, without delay, by notifying the Commission,  
draw a second share equal to 15 % of its initial share,  
rounded up where necessary to the next whole  
number, in so far as the amount in the reserve allows.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 %  
or more of the second share drawn by a Member State  
has been used up, that Member State shall, in accor­
dance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,  
draw a third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 %  
or more of the third share drawn by a Member State  
has been used up, that Member State shall, in accor­
dance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,  
draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall continue to apply until the reserve  
is used up.
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Member  
States may draw smaller shares than those fixed in  
these paiagra..ns if there is reason to believe that those  
fixed might not be used up. They shall inform the  
Commission of neir grounds for applying this para­
graph.

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Article 4
T he add it ic.na i  share drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid  
u n ·* i L  3 1  Decencer 1984.
Article 5
M em t  er htatei, shall return to the reserve, not later than 1  
Octoaer 19i^, the unused portion of their in itia l share which,  on 15 
September 1984,13 in excess of 2 0 %  of the in itial am m ount. They  
m a y  return a  greater quantity if there are grounds for believing  
that this quantity might r.ot be used in fu ll.
Member  States shall notify the Commission, not later than 1  
October 1984 of the total imports of the products concerned  
effected under the Com m unity quotas u p to and including 1 5  
September 1984 and,where appropriate, the proportion of their  
initial share that they are returning to the reserve.
Article 6
T he Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened b y  
M em b er States pursuant to Articles 2  and 3  and, as soon as it has  
been notified, shall inform each State of the extent to which  
the reserve has been used up.
It shall notify the M em b er States, not later than 5  October 1984,  
of the state of the reserve after quantities have been returned  
thereto pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which uses u p the reserve is  
limited to the balance available and, to this end, shall specify  
the am ount thereof to the M em b er State making the final drawing.
Article 7
1. M e m b e r  States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that  
additional shares draw n pursuant to Article 3  are opened in such a  
w a y  that imports m a y  be charged without interruption against their  
aggregate shares in the Com m unity quota.

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2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
products in question  have
free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member States shall charge the imports of  
the products concerned against their shares as and  
when the products are entered with customs authori­
ties for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up  
its shares shall be determined on the basis of the  
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
At the request of the Commission, Member States  
shall inform it of imports actually charged against  
their shares.
Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall collabo­
rate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is  
observed.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on -| January
1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Luxembourg,
For the Council

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