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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C O M (83) 510 final  
Brussels, 8 September 1983
Proposal for a  
C O U N C I L  R E G U L A T I O N  (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a  
Com m unity tariff quota for certain dried grapes falling  
within subheading 0 8 .0 4  B  I  of the C o m m o n  Customs Tariff  
and originating in Cyprus (1 9 8 4 )
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C O M (83) 510 final

E X PL A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
1. The supplem entary P rotocol to th e Agreement e s ta b lis h in g  an A sso cia tio n  
between the E E C  and Cyprus came to  an end on 31 December 1 9 8 0 .  In 
order to avoid in te r r u p tio n  o f i t s  commercial r e la tio n s  with t h is  
country, th e Community has made a p p lic a b le  for 1 9 8 3  th e p ro v isio n s o f  
the abovementioned P rotocol in R egulation (EEC) No / i T ^ / 8 3  laying  
down the arrangem ents a p p lic a b le  to  trad e with Cyprus.
Pending the d e f in it io n  o f arrangem ents a p p lic a b le  beyond 31 December  
1 9 8 3  it  is  n ecessa ry  to  extend p r o v is io n a lly  for 1 9 8 4  the arrangements  
which the Community a p p lie s cu r r e n tly  to  trade with Cyprus on the b a sis  
o f th e abovementioned supplem entary P r o to c o l.

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This Protocol provides for the opening of an annual duty-free C om m unity  
tariff quota of 500 tonnes for certain dried grapes in immediate containers  
of a  net capacity of 15 k g  or less, falling within subheading 08.04 B  I  of  
the C C T  and originating in Cyprus.
In consequence, it is advisable to open the Com m unity tariff quota described  
above for the period from 1  January to 3 1  December 1984.
2. T he provisions of the Regulation lay dow n that the quota volume shall
be divided into two instalments, the first to be allocated am ong the M em b er  
States and the second to constitute the Comm unity reserve.
A s regards the allocation of the volume of the first instalment of the  
tariff quota; it should be pointed out that this was carried out on the  
basis of the rules generally applied so far. Thus the su m  of the imports  
by each M em b er State during the period from 1980 to 1982 w as proportional  
to the C om m unity imports over the sam e period. The percentages resulting  
from this were applied - per M em b er State - to the volume of this in itial  
quota by rounding u p  the last figures expressed in tonnes.
3. A s regards the method of administration to be applied by all the M em b er  
States, the Commission proposes the "Greyhound system".
4. Such is the purpose of the appended proposal.

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N O T E
T h e  tariff quota in question is still likely to be modified in the light  
of the results of the proposed negotiations with Cyprus. Until these  
results are available, the Regulation proposed will be the instrument w h ich  
will m a k e  it possible to fulfil the com m itm et entered into b y  the C o m m u n ity .
T h e  C om m ission thus reserves the right to a m e n d  its proposal while it is  
still going through channels in order to adapt it, if necessary, to the  
n e w  arrangements.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /83
of
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
certain dried grapes falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff and
originating in Cyprus (1984)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
W hereas the supplementary Protocol to the Agreement establishing an  
Association between the E E C  and Cyprus (1) cam e to an end on 3 1  
Decem ber 1980 J
W hereas to avoid interruption of its commercial relations with  
this country, the Com m unity has m ade applicable for 1983 the provisions of  
the abovementioned Protocol in Regulation (E E C ) N o  /W X  /83  
laying d ow n  the arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus (2)
W hereas pending the definition of arrangements applicable beyond  
3 1  Decem ber 1983 it is necessary to extend provisionally for 1984  
the arrangements which the Com m unity applies currently to trade  
with Cyprus on the basis of the abovementioned supplementary  
Protocol;
C D  0 J  No. L  172, 28.6.1978, p. 2  
(2) 0 J  No. L  A^ A , 4s.'T. jo. A

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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 as 
accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the 
products in question, such allocation should be in 
proportion to the requirements of the Member States, 
calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from 
Cyprus over a representative reference period and also to 
the economic outlook for the quota period in question;
Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics 
are available, the corresponding imports by each of the 
Member States represent the following percentages of the 
import into the Community from Cyprus of the products 
concerned:
Member States 1980 1981 1982
Benelux 11 7 10
Denmark. - - 1
Germany - - 15
Greece - - -
France 5 21 11
Ireland , - - -
Italy - - -
United Kingdom 84 72 6 3
Whereas the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol 
provides for the opening of an annual duty-free 
Community tariff quota of 500 tonnes of certain dried 
grapes falling within subheading 08.04 BI of the 
Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus; 
whereas this Community tariff quota should be opened 
for the period 1  January to 31 December 1984;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application 
of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the 
products concerned into all Member States until theWhereas, in view of these factors of market forecasts for 
the products in question and in particular of the estimates 
submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares 
may be fixed approximately at the following 
percentages:
Benelux 1 3 .0
Denmark 1 .3
Germany 2 .5
Greece 0 .5
France 3 .7
Ireland 1 .3
Italy 0 .7
United Kingdom 7 7 .0
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for
the products concerned in the various Member States, the

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quota amount should be divided into two instalments, the 
first being shared among the Member States and the 
second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the 
requirements of the Member States which have used up 
their initial quota shares; whereas, in order to give 
importers in each Member State a certain degree of 
security, the first instalment of the Community quota 
should under the circumstances be fixed at 80% o f  t h e  
quota volume;
Whereas the Member States’  initial shares may be used up 
at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into 
account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member 
State which has almost used up its initial quota share 
should draw an additional share from the corresponding 
reserve; whereas this must be done by each Member State 
as and when each of its additional shares is almost used 
up, and repeated 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 method of 
administration requires close cooperation between the 
Member States and the Commission, and the latter must 
be in a position to monitor the extent to which the quota 
volume has been used up and to inform the Member 
States thereof;
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a 
substantial quantity remains unused in any Member 
State, it is essential that that Member State should return 
a significant proportion to the reserve to prevent a part of 
any tariff quota from 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, any operation relating to the 
administration of the quota shares allocated to that 
economic union may be carried out by any of its 
members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article l
From 1  January to 31 December 1984, the Common 
Customs Tariff duty for dried grapes, in immediate 
containers of a net capacity of 15 kilograms or less, falling 
within subheading 08.04 B  I of the Common Customs 
Tariff and originating in Cyprus shall be totally 
suspended within the limits of a Community tariff quota 
of 500 tonnes.
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply 
duties calculated in accordance with the relevantprovisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and the Protocol 
of Adaptation.
Article 2
1. The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1  
shall be divided into two instalments.
2. A first instalment amounting to 400 tonnes shall b e  
allocated among the Member States; the respective 
shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until
31 December 198 4 shall be as follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 5 3
Denmark 5
Germany 10
Greece 2
France 15
Ireland 5
Italy 3
United Kingdom 307
3. The second instalment of 100 tonnes shall 
constitute the reserve.
Article 3
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share as 
specified in Article 2 (2) or 90 % of that share minus the 
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 has been 
applied, has been used up, then, to the extent permitted 
by the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall 
forthwith, by notifying the Commission, draw a second 
share equal to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up where 
necessary to the next unit.
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, then, to the extent permitted by the amount 
of the reserve, that Member State shall, in accordance 
with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a 
third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share, rounded up 
where necessary to the next unit.
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 accordance with the 
conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share 
equal to the third.
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1,2 and 3, a 
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed 
in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that they

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might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of 
its reasons for applying this paragraph.
Article 4
The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be 
valid until 31 December 1984.
Article 5
The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later 
than 1  October 1984, such unused portion of their initial 
share as, on 15 September 1984, is in excess of 20% of 
the initial volume.. They may return a larger quantity if 
there are grounds for believing that this quantity may not 
be used.
The Member States shall notify the Commission, not later 
than 1  October 1984, of the total quantities of the 
products in question imported up to 15 September 1984 
and charged against the tariff quota and of any quantity 
of the initial shares returned to the reserve.
Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares 
opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 
and, as soon as it is notified, shall inform each Member 
State of the extent to which the reserve has been used 
up.
It shall inform the Member States not later than 5 October 
198+ , of the amount in the reserve after quantities have 
been returned thereto pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve 
does not exceed the balance available and, to this end, 
notify the amount of that balance to the Member State 
making the last drawing.Article  7
1. The Member States shall take all measures 
necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn 
pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that 
imports may be charged without interruption against 
their accumulated shares of the tariff quota.
2. The 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 authorities 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 Commission’s request, the Member States shall 
inform it of imports of the products concerned actually 
charged against their shares.
Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1  January 
198 4 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council/
The President