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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)400 final
Brussels,8September 1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesand
grapemustwithfermentations arrestedbytheadditionof
alcoholfallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingentirelyinGreece
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(78)400final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
PendingadecisionbytheAssociation CouncilunderArticle35
36(1)oftheEEC-Greece Association Agreement,theCouncilhas
laiddownthearrangements applicable asfrom29April1977to
importsofwinesoffreshgrapesand-grapemustwithfermenta ^-1
tionarrestedbytheadditionofalcohol,fallingV/ithinCCT
headingN°22.05andwhollyobtainedinGreece.Thearrangements
! . - . .' " .-.
\providefortheopeningfortheseproductsofaCommunitytariff
quota,atratesofdutycorresponding to15%ofthosespecified
intheCommonCustomsTariff. y "
TheannexedproposedRegulation hasasitsaimtorenew^for 1979
theregimedecidedonfor1978,thatisaCommunitytariffquota,
whosevolumeshallbethatproposedfor1978,thatis440.000hi,
dividedintotwotranches.Thisshallbethefirst,of88%ofthe
volume,beingdividedbetweentheMemberStatesonthebasisof
thepercentages usedin1978,th$second,of12%ofthevolume,'
beingtheCommunityreserve.
•' * *
"'- " i * •»
Themethodofadministration proposedisthesameasthatysedin
thecontextofthe1978quota.Theauthorization giventotheMember
Statestodivideonahindicativebasisthreequotasharesintotwo
parts,onefortablewinesandtheotherforwinetobeusedfor
makingvermouth,hasalsobeenincludedinthisproposal.'

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of/78
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedby
theadditionofalcohol,.(ailingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingentireiyinGreece •
THECOUNCIL -OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
and113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment ,
whereas,pendingadecisionbytheAssociation
CouncilpursuanttoArticle35or36(1)oftheEEC-
GreeceAssociationAgreement,aCommunitytariff
quotaofW'.IUUhectolitresshouldbeopenedata
reduceddutyin1S79forwinesfromfreshgrapesand
grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddition
ofalcohol,originatingentirelyinGreece,complying
withRegulation(EEC)No816/70andinparticular
withArticle9thereof;whereasitisnecessaryinthese
circumstances toopentheCommunitytariffquotaas
from1January »•
Whereasitisinparticularnecessaryto.guaranteeall
importersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsintosuchStatesoftheproductsconcerned
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates;assessedbyreferencebothtothestatis­ticsrelatingtoimportsfromGreeceoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;'
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavail­
able,importsfromGreeceintotheMember -Statesin
1S?501576and1S77oftheproductconcernedhave
developedasfollowsandrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity:.
MemberStates
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
l-rance
Iretand
Italy._
UnitedKingdom1ë?5
56,01
0,06
W.35
2,42
0,02
0,06
1,051S76
71,69
0.17
1S.90
*,06
0,0
2.631977
@8,57
0,01
25,23
5,23
0,01
0,06
Û«89
whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe,
foreseeabledevelopmentofthemarketintheproduct
concernedduring^S7S,,(heinitialsharesinthe
volumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :.
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
ItaiyUnitedKSngdoa62-91
0-52
29-35
4-43
0-35
0-35
2-09
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebeusedup;

whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeotsecurity
toimporters,thefirsttrancheottheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevel?
whiehunderpreheateireumstsnceacouldb*%.of
thequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybe,usedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption -of
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupple­
mentarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmany,times
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thetariffquotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportion
thereoftothereserveinordertoavoidpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,che
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxemburgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxBeenemieUnion,#riymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1979,a
.Communitytariffquotaof440.000hectolitresshallbe
openedintheCommunityforwineoffreshgrapes
andgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddi­
tionofalcohol,fallingwithinheadingNo22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingentirelyin
Greece.
Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbereducedtothelevelsindicatedinthe
tablebelow:
CCT
heading
NoDescription Rateofduty
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrested
bytheadditionofalcohol:
A.Sparklingwine
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroom'stoppersheldinplace
bytiesorfastenings,andwineotherwiseputupwithan
excesspressureofnotlessthanoneatmospherebutless
thanthreeatmospheres,measuredatatemperatureof
20°C.
C.Other:,
I.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding13°,in
containersholding:'
(a)Twolitresorless
(b)Morethantwolitres
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding13sbut
not.exceeding15°,incontaineisholding:
(a)Twolitresorless
(b)Morethantwolitres
III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15°but
notexceeding18°,incontainersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other
(b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other6e.u.a.perhi
e.u.a.perbl
e.u.a.perhl
i.ie.u.a.perbl
2i'-e.u.a.perhl
16e.u.a.porhl
2-5.e.u.a.perhl
21e.u.a.perhl
\

CCT
.heading
NoDescription Rateofduty
22.05
(cent'd)IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°but
notexceeding22°,incontainersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other
(b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other
V.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding22°,in
containersholding:
(a)Twolitresorless
(b)Morethantwolitres28e.u.a.perhl
2-8e*u.a.perhl
02e.u.a.perhl
andperdegree+15e.u.a.perhl
02e.u.a.parhl
andperdegree
.Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)snail
bedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttranche,amountingto387000hecto-
litres,shallbe-sharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1979,shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres)
Benelux 243450
Denmark 2000
Germany 113600
France 17150
Ireland 1350
Italy 1350
UnitedKinedom 8100■
hectolitresshall
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberStatesinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormore
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenexhausted,itshali,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeen,usedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Bachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1979.
ArticleÎ
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1979,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1979,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1979,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderandcharged
againsttheCommunityquotauptoandincluding15
September1S79and,whereappropriate,ofthepropor­
tionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningto
thereserve.Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondtrancheof53*000
constitutethereserve.
Article3

Article6
TheMemberStatesshalibeauthorizedtodividethe
sharesallocatedtothemorwhichtheyhavedrawn
fromthereseiveintotwoparts,accordingtotheirfore­
seeableuse,reservingonepartforwinesintendedfor
directconsumptionandtheotherforwinesintended
forprocessing.
However,duringthemarketingyearandaccordingto
theactualneedswhicharise,theyshallmakethe
necessaryadjustmentstotheoriginalallocations.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshaflinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotification. V
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1&79t
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuant-toArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,for-thispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article8
1-MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementarysharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatcharges
maybemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
combinedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
-2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfrom
thereserve.
/
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshalibedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionsubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesunderthecoverofdeclarations
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforhomeuse.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
<
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationarecompliedwith.
ArticleÎÎ
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberMates.
DoneatBrussels.
Forthe'Council
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
I
Budget tine concerned ;Ch,12Art .120
2,Leqal basis ;Articles 43and 113 -oftheTreaty
3.Title ofthe tariff measure :
Proposal foraCouncil Regulation (EEC)opening ,allocating andprovidi
fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota forwines from fresh
grapes andgrape ,must with fermentation arrested bytheaddition of
alcohol falling within heading No22.05 ofthe .Common Customs Tariff ,
originating entirely inGreece
4.Objectives :
'>oassure ,forGreek wines ,,apreferential treatment inthecontext
ofaninterim regime between thenational regimes provided forin
Protocol 14 -totheAgreement EEC~Greece andtheregime tobedefined
inaccordance with Article 35orArticle 36(1 )oftheAgreement .
5.Method ofcalculation . .,
-NoofCCT :22.05 . '
-Auotâ volume :440.000 hl
-Quota duty rate :J5%ofCCTduty rates-Duty rate CCT ; "from 9to40UA/hl
6.Loss of'.receîpts ;6.600.000 EUA