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DRAFTFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORDRIEDGRAPESINIMMEDIATE CONTAINERS
OFANETCAPACITY OF15KILOGRAMS ORLESSFALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING
08.04BIOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1981)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ThedraftRegulationannexedheretoconcernstheorgaomnes
Communitytariffquotatobeopenedfor1981inrespectof
driedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof
15kgorLessfallingwithinsubheading No08.04B1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
Provisionwasfirstmadeforsuchquotainthetradeagreement
concludedbetweentheCommunityandIran.Since,however,
thatagreementexpiredon30November1973andwasnotrenewed,
theCommunityconsidereditdesirablesince1974toopenan
autonomoustariffquotaonthetermsandconditionsfixedfor
thatagreement.
Attheconsultation meetingheldinMay1980,themajorityof
thedelegations oftheMemberStatespronouncedthemselvesin
favouroftheopeningfortheyear1981ofanautonomoustariff
quotaatadutyof1.2%ofwhichtheamountislimitedto15%
ofactualCommunityimportsin1973,comingfromthirdcountries
notassociatedwiththeCommunitynorlinkedwithitbyapre­
ferentialagreement.
SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisrelativelysmall
comparedwithtotalimportsintotheCommunityandsinceallthe
MemberStateswillundoubtedly exhausttheirsharesrapidly,a
divisionofthequotaintosharesallocateddefinitively to
eachMemberStatewouldnotappeartocompromisetheCommunity
natureofthequota.Thissolutionhasbeenadoptedinsimilar
situationsinthepast.
ThesharestobeallocatedonthisbasistotheMemberStates,
andtheirrespectivetotal1973importsfromnon-associated
thirdcountries,areshowninthefollowingtable;itbeing
understoodthat,tosafeguardtheCommunitycharacterofthequot
itisnecessarytoallocateasharetoGreecebyremovingan
equivalent amountfromthesharesoftheotherMemberStates.

(inmetric tons )
Total 1973 imports Quota share
Bénélux , 5275 790
Denmark 2236 334
Germany 15567 • 2334
Greece > 0 7
France 3811 571
Ireland 1868 279
Italy 205 30
United Kingdom 26859 4028
55821 8373
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DRAFTFORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityofISkilogramsorlessfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff<1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof, >
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission , '■
WhereasaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapesin:
immediatecontainersofanetcapacity,erf15kilo­
gramsorless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedforj
1981atadutyof1-2%thevolumeofwhichshallbej
limitedto15%ofCommunityimportsin1973from
thirdcountriesnotassociatedwiththeCommunityor
linkedtoitbyapreferentialagreement ;whereas,on
thisbasis,thevolumeofthequotaisfixedat8373
tonnes;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligible
sizeofsuchaquotaincomparison ,
withtheCommunity'srequirements,
asystemofutilizationshould,
withoutderogatingfromtheCommuni­
tynatureofthetariffquota,be
provided,basedonasinglealloca­
tionbetweentheMemberStates;
whereasthisallocationshouldbe
calculatedbythesamemethodasis
usedtoestablishatotalquotaof
15%oftheimportsofeach
MemberStatefromthesamethird
countries;whereas,inorderto
safeguardtheCommunitynatureof
thequota,ashareshouldbealio-.
catedtoGreecebylevyingthesame
percentageon>theshareallocated
toeachoftheotherMemberStates;
whereas,calculated insucha
manner,thisallocationshouldbe
assetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdornofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministrationofthequotasallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1981aCommunitytariffquotaof8373tonnesshall
beopenedfordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersof
anetcapacityof15kilogramsorlessfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbesuspendedat
thelevelof1-2%.,
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquot
quota,Greeceshallapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionslaiddowninthe
Act_ofAccession .
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefiting
fromthesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderother
preferentialarrangements shallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquota.
Anide.2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticleIshallbedivided
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
tonnes
Bénélux 790
Denmark 334
Germany 2334
Greece 7
France 571
Ireland 279
Italy 30
UnitedKingdom 4028
ArticU3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductin
>questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtotherp. .■M

2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article4
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.ArticleS
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
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