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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMAAUNITIES
COM(80)525final
Brussels,23.9.1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating and.providingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain -wineshavinga
registereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheading
ex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Tunisia(1980/81)
,(PresentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
CCW(80)525finalX\'

Explanatory memorandum
1.a)Article 20oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofTunisiaprovides fortheopeningofanannualCommunity tariff
quotaof50000hifortheduty-free importation intotheCommunity
ofcertain wineshavingaregistered designation oforiginfalling
withinsubheading ex22.05 CoftheCCToriginating inTunisia.These
winesmustbeputupincontainers holding twolitresorless.
b)Inaccordance withtherelevant provisions oftheActofAccession
andtheAdditional Protocol totheabovementioned Agreement ,Greece ^
shallapplyasfrom1stJanuary 1981theprovision ofthisAgreement .
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,GreeceshalL'apply .duties
calculated inaccordance withtherelevant provisions intheAct
ofAccession andtheAdditional Protocol .
c)Accordingly thistariffquotahas"tobeopened.
2.TheRegulation makesprovision -asisusual-forthedivision ofeach
ofthequotavolumes .intotwoinstalments ,thefirstofwhichisallocated
bysharesamongstallMemberStates,whilethesecondconstitutes areserve.
Theallocation ofthefirstinstalment isusually basedonthestatistical :
dataofthelastthreeyearsandestimates fortheperiodinquestion .
Inthiscase,however,neither Community nor'nationalstatistical data
splitupbythetypesofthewinesinquestion areavailable .andno
estimates .canbeputforward.Inthesecircumstances initial shares
shouldbeestablished fortakingintoaccountthepossibilities ofcon­
sumption jofthesewinesineachoftheMemberStates.
3.Itisproposed thattheproposal foraCouncilRegulation openingthe
Communitytariffquotadescribed aboveshouldbeapproved .

I
1
L
.PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,failingwithin
subheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Tunisia(1980/81)" ''
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN ,
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
-113thereof,.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle20oftheCooperationAgreement i
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe i
RepublicofTunisia(!)stipulatesthatjcertainwines
havingaregistereddesignationof^origin,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia,specifiedinthe
Agreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersof16
■October1978(2),andproducedfromthe1977andi
subsequentharvests,shallbeimportedintothe
Communityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimits
ofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof5000Qhecto-
litres;whereasthesewinesmustbeputincontainers
•/._holdingtwolitresorless; ..^..c
{whereas,underArticles118to120of
itheActofAccessionofGreece~~(3)~and
"v_theprovisionsof~TheProtocolonadapt­
/„_.ationtotheAgreementbetween "Community"
■'andTunisia(4),Greeceisrequiredto
(applythe_provisionsofthatAgreement
jasfrom1January1981;whereasthe
vdutiestobeappliedbyGreece,asregards"Tthisquota,mustbeinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionslaiddowninthe""
'ActofAccession andtheProtocoIonadaptation;-■ ■whereas ;
thesewinesmustbeaccompaniedbyacertificateof;
designationoforigininaccordance -withthemodel
giveninAnnexDtotheAgreementsinquestion;
(1)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.I.
•(2)OJNoL296,21.10.1978,p.2.Î3)0JN°L291,19.11.1979,p.17
(4)0JN°L

whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion'
shouldthereforebeopenedfortheperiod1
November1980to31October1981:'
Whereasthewinesinquestionaresubjectto
compliancewiththefree-at-frontierreferenceprice;
whereasthewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthis
\tariffquotaonconditionthatArticle.18ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No337/79(D,as.lastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No459/800,iscompliedwith;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessfor(allCommunity
importerstotheabovementioned quota,and
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thisquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned .
,intotheMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereasasystemofusingaCommunitytariff
quota,basedonallocationamongtheMemberStates,'
■appearslikelytocomplywiththeCommunitynature
..ofthesaidquotahavingregardtotheabove
principles;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
.accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinj
theproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbeinj
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,;|
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingto.'
importsofthesaidproductsfrorfTunisiaoverai
vrepresentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic [
'outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned; i
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity •
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownfor!
'eachofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable .
andhoreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbe;
•made;whereasin/thesecircumstances thequota
volumesshouldbeallocatedininitial-shares,taking
intoaccountdemandforthesewinesonthemarkets'
ofthevariousMemberStates;
(1)0JN°L54,5.3.79,p.1
(2)0JN°L57,29.2.80,p.32

■Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,
thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareserveintendedtocoverat
alaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
guaranteesome'degreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,the.firstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbefixedatalevelwhich
could,inthepresentcircumstances,be50%ofthe
quotavolume;
whereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption,any.
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallitsinitial
shareshoulddrawasupplementarysharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Stateeachtimeoneofitssupplementary sharesis
almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastf^einitialandsupplementary
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof; ' ■
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofthe
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin,
others;•
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,.
'■I.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :--

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Article 1
From1November1980to31October1981aCommunitytariffquotaof
50000hectolitresshallbeopenedfortheproductsindicatedbelowand
originating 1nTunisia:
CCT
heading
No
22.05Description
Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemust
withfermentationarrestedbythe
additionofalcohol:
C,Other:
'–winesentitledtooneofthe
followingdesignations of
origin:
CoteauxdeTebourba,Sidi-
Salem,Kelibia,Thibar,
Mornag,grandcruMornag
■-ofanactualalcoholic
strengthof15%volor
lessandincontai­
nersholding _two_
Ilitresorless
i
2.Withinth1StariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewines shallbetotally
suspended..-•'■
Withinthistariffquota,Greeceshallapplyasfrom1January1980duties
calculatedinaccordance withtherelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession
andtheProtocolonadaptation.••
3.Winesproducedfromthe1977andsubsequent
harvestsshallbeaccordedthebenefitofthetariff
quotareferredtoinparagraph 1.
4.Thewinesinquestionaresubjecttocompliance
withthefree-at-frontierreferenceprice.
Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariff
quota,onconditionthattheprovisionsofArticle18,
ofRegulation(EEC)No337/79arecompliedwith.
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe
.accompaniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantTunisianauthority,inaccor­
dancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulationand
certifyinginbox16thatthese-wineshavebeen
'producedfromthe1977andsubsequentharvests.

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Article2 k ■,
1.ThetariffquotalaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofthequotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle 5shallbevalidupto31October 1981 ,shall
beasfollows:
(hectolitres)
4200 •
2500 .
5000
5000 '
1600\.
2500
4200
3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequota,amounting
to25000hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
4.Ifthe need should arise for theproducts
inquestion inGreece asfrom 1January 1981 ,
the latter shall draw anappropriate share ,
from the reserve ,providing that the size
ofthe reserve sopermits .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialshare,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15°/oof
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,insofarastheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallin
accordancewithparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.Bénélux '
Denmark
Germany(FR)
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom

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Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
i
4.•Ndtwlthiundirig paragraph*1,2And
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedintheseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph..
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31October1981.
Article5
MemberStatesShallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1September1981,theunusedportionoftheir_
_Jnitialsharewhich,on15August1981,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn.a._^
_greaterportionifthereare_groundsforbelieving-;
-jthatsuchportionnightnot.beused.injFu.ll..j
MemberStatesshallnoti.fytheCommission,notlater.
_than1September1981,ofthetotalimportsofthe•
productsconcernedeffectedunderthe.Communiiy
quotasuptoand..includingJ.5August,1981..a.nd,_vhere _
appropriatettheproportionoftheirInitialshare
thatthey_arereturningtothereserve..TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingvwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
;3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
-.enteredforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
' Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
"shallInformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
'theirshares-.•"
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares.
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles .2and'
3andshallinformeachStateoftheextenttowhich ■
thereservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeen
notified.
TheCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
Jaterthan5September1981,ofthestateofthe~_
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
'Article5. ~'Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
collaboratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. '
DoneatLuxembourg,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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ANNEX
1.jJ–£ujLEksportsr-Ausfûhrer-Exporter-Exporta­
teur-Ësportatore -cxporîaur :
i .2.f–'-Nammer-Numrner-
Number-Numôro-Numero-
Nummer00000
I
3.(Nameofauthorityguaranteeing thedesignation
oforigin)
4. I-Modtager-Empfanger-Consignée-
Destinataire -Destinatario -Geadresseerde :
5.)lI Iój
CERTlFi;<AT FOROPR1NDELSESBETEGNELSE
BESCHEJiMSGU^G DERURSPRUNGSBEZEiCHNUNG
CERTIFICATE CFDES5GWATIOW OFORJGI.M
CERTIF1CAT D'AP?ELLAT;OM D'ORIGINE
CERTIFICATO DIDENOMINAZIONE D!ORIGINE
CERTIFICAAT VANBENAMING VANOORSPRONG 6. -Transportmiddel -Beforderungsmittel
-Meansoftransport-Moyendetransport-Mezzodi
trasporto-Vervoermiddel :1
7.(Designation oforigin)
8.t.J3^ü-Losningssted-Entladungsort-Place
ofunloading-Lieudedéchargement -Luogodisbarca-
Plaatsvanlossing :
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Maerkerognumre,kollienesantalogart • Bruttovaegt Liter
ZeichenundNummern ,AnzahlundArtderPackstucke Rohgewicht Liter
Marksandnumbers ,numberandkindofpackages Grossweight Litres
Marques etnumeros ,nombreetnaturedescolis Poidsbrut Litres
Marcaenumero ,quantita enaturadeicolli Pesolordo Litri
Merkenennurrwners ,aantalensoortdercolli Brutogewicht Liter
12.L)^'>^-1~'-'ter('bogstaver )-Liter(inBuchstaben )-Litres(inwords)-Litres(enlettres)-Litri(inlettere)-
Liter(voluit):
-.... e
-Påtegning fraudstedende organ-Bescheinigung dererteilenden Stelle-Certificate ofthe
issuingauthority-Visadel'organisme émetteur-Vistodell'organismo emittente-Visumvandeinstantievanafgifte:
_ 9
14.jL->JI<ib-Toldstedetsattest-Sichtvermerk der
Zoilstelie-Customsstamp-Visadeladouane-Vistodella
dogana-Visumvandedouane(Overssettelse senr.15-Über­
setzungsieheNr.15-seethetranslation underNo15-
Voirtraduction aun°15-Veditraduzione aln.15-Zievoor
vertaling nr.15)

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15.Detbekræftes,atvinen,derernævntidettecertifikat,erfremstillet iområdetogifølgemarokkansklovgivninger
-berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :».„. «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstilletafvin.,
Wirbestätigen ,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichneteWeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
marokkanischem GesetzdieÜraprungsbezälehnjng "luorksnntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefügteAlkoholistausWeingewonnenerAlkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyMoroccanlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin'
Thealcoholaddedtothi_swineisalcoholofvinousorigin. 1
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataeteproduitdanslazonedeetestreconnu,suivantlaloi
■marocaine,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiédericonosciuto ,secondo
laleggemarocchinetcome aventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica*
Wijverklarendatdeinditcertificaatomschreven wijn•isvervaardigd inhetwijndistrictvan endatvolgens
deMarokkaanse wetgevingdebenamingvanoorsprong„;..."erkendwordt.
Deaandezewijntoegevoegde alcoholisalcohol,uitwijngewonnen.
16.(')
•'~ - ■I-' -'7,".
P)Rubrikforbeholdteksportlandets andreangivelser.
0)DieseNummeristweiterenAngabendesAusfuhrlandes vorbehalten .
0)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
0)Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur.
0)Spazioriservatoperaltreindicazionidelpaeseesportatore .
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FICHEFINANCIERE
1.Lignebudgétaire concernée :Cnap.12art.120
2.Basejuridique :Article 113
3.Intitulé delamesuretarifaire :
Proposition derèglement duConseilportantouverture ,répartition et
modedegestion decontingents tarifaires communautaires decertains
vinsd'appellation d'origine,delasous-position ex22.05 'Cdutarif
douanier commun,originaires deTunisie <1980/81)
4.Objectif :. '
Exécution d'uneobligation contractuel le.(Accord CEE/Tunisie )
5.Modedecalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volumeducontingent
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C. ,:ex22.09 C
:50.000hl
zexemption
./m.-DkBruè/kl
6.Pertede'recettes :
Unmemecontingent tarifaire aétéouvertpourl'exercice 1979/80.
Doncpasdepertederecettes àinscrire aubudget1980/81.
(Pourmémoire :droitmoyen=15ECUS •
donc15x50000=750000ECU)