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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)266 final
Brussels,22May1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening/allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading 22.09
CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheACPStates
(1980/81)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

EXPLANAT0RYREMORANOUM
mAnewConventionbetweentheEECandtheACPStates
(Lom6II)'wassignedon.31dctober1979.Itwasto•-i
replaceon1March1980theConventionofLomeIwhich
7expiredon,29February1980.Thedateonwhichthisnew'1
Conventionwiltenterintoforcehasteeridelayed '\r
becauseithas-to^beratifiedbytheparticipating States.v
InspiteofthissituationtheCommunityintendstomaintainthe
commercialrelationswiththeACPStates.Toavoiddisruptingthe
tradeflowcertainprovisionsofthisconvention/especiallythose
ofProtocolNo5,Shouldthereforebeappliedautonomously andby
i .
anticipation .■'
; ^ ' -
2.ThisProtocol providesthat theproducts ,fallingwithin
'.subheadingNo22.09*CIofthebCT(rutP/arrack^tafia),
Originating -intheACP"States,"shallbeimporteddutyfreeinto;
the"Community.Thesepreferentialarrangements a'rerestricted •.j
!toaquantitywhichistobefixedannuallybytheCommunity.j
onthe'basisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannuallyj
Wf.omtheACPStates-duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichj
'statisticsareavaUable/increasedbyMrtairv^nnualgrowth;v|
TateS, .1
3.~Thepreferential systeminquestionshouldthereforebeputinto?
I,forceandaCommunitytariffquota,shouldbeopenedfor.ru?j,|
\arrackandtafiaoriginatingintheACPStates.?Becausethere
hasalreadybeentakenanidenticalmeasure*until30June1980
thistariffquotaShouldbeopenedfortheperiod1July1980to
30June1981.5

-2-
If.Communityimportsofthegoods"concerned"during"the
T i''lastthreeyearswereasfollows:
"inhectolitres ofpurealcohol-,
>■.. 1977 .1978'.1979
-Bénélux ^{4963 ■6218^897
Denmark ;. 1942 1559*1661
Germany .tI20169.'•3056624587
France . : 5802 '27742899
Ireland .' 2004 .24322337
Italy'^^v304'343474
UnitedKingdom f '74958 ,9036394778
EC ,-.110142 134255131633
Thequotavolumetobetakenintoaccountonthis.basis j
fortheperiod 1'July1980to30.June/198.1should |
beI-hectolitresofpurealcohol a► j
178loo 1 |
'''' ' ,j
/winthiscase,asanexceptiontothenormalrule,provision '
;-isnotbeingmadeto.dividethequotavolumeintotwoj
instalments oneofwhichinstitutes areserve.Instead,a\
;;methodofuseofthequotaisprovidedforbasedonan j
v!allocationindefinitive sharesamongstMemberStates.
Thecalculationoftheseshares'isbasedontheimportsofthe
productsinquestionfromACPStates'duringthepreviousthree
years,1977,1978,1979andtheeconomicoutlookfortheperiod
inquestion,respecting,however,thegrowthratesmentioned
underpoint1.
b.Theannexed'tableshowsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged,
againstthetariffquotasinquestion(periodsC1977/78,1978/79
■■and1979/80).\ ' .'j,1.I
TItisproposedthatthedraftforaCouncilRegulation j
1
describedaboveshouldbeapproved(seeannex). 'j

.ACP-Rum-heading22.09CI '•
!Amountsactuallychargedagainst'thetariffquotac.
^openedfoQ1977/78,1978/79and1979/80
1977/78 1978/791979untilFebruary1980
MemberState
>
Bénélux
Oenmark
Germany .
France
Ireland
Italy
Unitedv.
KingdomVolumeof
thequota
vhl•
5926
.4000.
24000
11395
1.000...
658
126030Amountactually
charged
hitX.
5143
1577
20956
5509
,,682
.295'
8333787
39
87
48
68
45
66'Volumeof
theouota
hl-
6000
3,698
24706
9022
.1dook
424
116957Amountactually
charged
hiiY.■
5"2U
1448
24706
'3551
;4§2
424
'1-'''
10387297
39
100'
39
49
100
89Volumeof
thequota
hl
4542
2446
22332
4238
1777
280
81789Amountactually
charged
hi X
3683
645
17826
HTS1
26
if
E.C. 17300911748968 161807 14030987117404

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor-
rum,arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustom*Tariff
andoriginatingintheACPStates(1980/81)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereason31October1979aConventionwassignedbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates;
whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofthatConvention,itis
appropriatetoapplyinadvancefortheperiod1July1980to30June1981
theprovisionsofProtocol5totheConvention;
whereasthatProtocolprovidesthat,
untiltheentryintoforceofacommonorganizationof"
themarketinspirits,productsofsubheading22.09CI
originatingintheACPStates,shallbeimported
duty-freeintotheCommunityunderconditionssuchas
topermitthedevelopmentoftraditionaltradeflows, ,
betweentheACPStatesandtheCommunityand'
betweentheMemberStates;whereastheCommunity
shalleachyearfixthequantitieswhichmaybe
importedfreeofcustomsdutiesonthebasisofthe'
largestquantitiesimportedanuallyfromtheA€PStates >
intotheCommunityinthelastthreeyearsforwhich
.statisticsareavailable,increasedbyanannualgrowth .
rateof40%onthemarketoftheUnitedKingdomand
18%ontheothermarketsoftheCommunity?
Whereasthelevelsreachedbyimportsoftheproducts
concernedintotheCommunityandtheMemberStates
duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
availableshouldbetakenintoconsideration;whereas,therefore,thevolumeofthe
tariffquotafortheperiod1July1980to30June1981shouldbe
fixedat178300hectolitresofpurealcohol;
•••9••«

ry -.
•/■•X.:v'
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•*Y. •-.ix
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall "V ^
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess "*>•s
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted ,v ,
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato,all Vv <
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember i«x
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having ;^\j'
regardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the" ' V^
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby - ^i
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe .
MemberStates;whereastoreflectasaccuratelyas- 1
possiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin/ , -
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofimportsfromtheCountriesinquestionOVePa
representativeperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlook
*forthequotaperiodconcerned;
■' ,
\ '' ' '1, •;
!
'Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof.v-
theimportsintotheCommunityfromthecountriesinquestionofthe
productsconcerned: i
MemberStata 197719*81979
Benelux 4.54.63.7
Denmark 1.9.1.21.3
Germany.'18.322.818.7
France 5.32.02.2
Ireland 1.81.81.8
Italy 0.20.30.3
UnitedKingdom 68.0-67.372.0
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,ofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages:
;Bénélux 4.28
Denmark i'1.37
Germany 20•03
France 3.05
Ireland *v1.80
Italy 0.30
UnitedKingdont 69.17;
•••/tai

•Jà %
–3 ■.« 1„ i'4^
α ι ■··'
Whereas,owingtothesj*ecialcharacteroftheproducts J
inquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommunity . if
markets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemadefora .'.K
methodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong Jf
MemberStates;Sl 1
Whereas,sincetheKimgdomofBelgium,theKingdom *
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof •»>..,a
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux ''*.7
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administrationoftheshareallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers.
a.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
<
Article1
Fro.1July1980until30June1981,rua,arrackMd
tafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff:andoriginatingintheACP
States,shallbeimportedduty-freeintotheCommunity
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof17RTHD
hectolitresofpurealcohol.
Articte2r
!•' l
• i.
;TbeCommunitytariff.quotarefeVredtoinArticleYshall^1
jbesharedamongtheMemberStates;•theshares,'•|Whichshabevaliduntil30June1981/shall'bea8follows
(inhiofpurealcohol) .•
"■■■- c
!.*<•Bénélux*..17631
DenmarkI2443
r.,- •Germanyj",;v|35714
t'v~ ■■France '■!■■■' -I-
(
.■Ireland
' t
[n- 'Italy.-.!5438
3209
535
UnitedKingdom ■-123330.
)
c
«•••
0i:

-4-
..Article3
4ν·.·.'·'1
^'•TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof*.j
Mheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory,,|
rhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothenv ■|I
:..ί
tTheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid.■'1
fgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods,arej,■,
[•enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor.;•»c2CITCUla1/
I' ''■■^•-•'.'<;j
f3-TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits"-M
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports^^;J
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph |
Article4
1-1.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission, '■'>■, ■']
..inotlaterthantheI5tlidayofeachmonth,statements ■-,!{,; j'ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduringv,.v 41- ■'>
seicheprecedingmonth.Onlyproducts_entered,with;customsauthorities j
}■'forfreecirculation-randaccom-,!"S-/> !'r:'1
[paniedbyamovementcertificateEUR1, ;.r\ *'.–|
■shallbetakeninto• /."/'*,\
t'consiairationfor-thispurpose..■^•.'t
2mTheCommissionshallregularlyinformtheMember
Statesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeen
usedup.
3.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldatthe
requestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeofthe
Commission .
ArticleS
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensurethe
implementation ofthisRegulation.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforce
on1July1980. i
•••/•••
•I

ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
' FortheCouncil
<>.■■■ ThePresident