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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)110 final
Brussels , March 1979
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
OPENING ,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE
ADMINISTRATION OFCOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS
FOR CERTAIN WINES HAVING AREGISTERED DESIGNATION
OFORIGIN ,FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX22.05 C
OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ,ORIGINATING
INALGERIA (1979 /80)
(presented bythe Commission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and thePeople 'sDemocratic Republicof Algeria provides inArticle 20
fortheopening ofanannual Community tariff quota forthedutyfree
importation into theCommunity ofcertain wines ofdesignation of
origin falling within subheading ex22.05 CoftheCCToriginating in
Algeria .Thevolume ofthequota fortheperiod from 1July 1979 to
30June 1980 isfixed bytheAgreement and isA50000hectolitres of
which 150000 hiisforwines inbulk and 300000 hiforwines in
bottle .Inorder toqualify for this system thewines inbulk must
beputupinaccordance with aseries ofrequirements .According to
theprovisions thewines inbulk may betransported -only incontainers
ofacapacity notexceeding 25hectolitres .However ,onaccount ofvarious
'difficulties encounted byAlgerian exporters ,theCommunity has
conceded forthepreceding periods ofapplication ,toraise this maximum
content to200 hi,asatemporary measure .
Asthedifficulties continue ,theCommission proposes thesame derogation
forthequota period 1979 /80.Wines inbottle must beincontainers
holding 2litres orless .
2.1 TheRegulation makes provision -asisusual -forthedivision of
each ofthequota volumes into twoinstalments ,thefirst ofwhich is
allocated byshares amongst allMember States ,while thesecond
constitutes areserve .The allocation ofthe first instalment is
usually based onthestatistical data ofthelast three years and
estimates fortheperiod inquestion .
2.2 Inthis case ,however ,neither Community nornational statistical -
data split upbythetypes ofthewines inquestion areavailable
andnoestimates canbeputforward .Inthese circumstances initial
shares should beestablished fortaking into account thepossibilities
ofconsumption ofthese wines ineach oftheMember States .
3.Itisproposed that theproposal foraCouncil Regulation opening
theCommunity tariff quota described above should beapproved .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
certainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05C
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginAlgeria(1979/80)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
DemocraticRepublicofAlgeria(2)
stipulatesinArticle20thatcertainwineshavinga
registereddesignationoforiginfallingwithinsubhead­
ingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginAlgeria,shallbeimportedintothe
Communityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsof
anannualCommunitytariffquota;whereasthequota
volumefortheperiod1July1979to30June1980is
■450000hectolitres,consistingof150000hectolitresof
wineinbulkand300000hectolitresofwineinbottles;
whereaswineinbulkmustbeputupinaccordance
wiihcertainconditions;whereas,however,becauseof
certaindifficultiesforthetransportofwineinbulk,a
derogationshouldbemadefromtherelevantprovisions
oftheAgreementsothatthetransportmaybeeffected
incontainersofacapacitynotexceeding200hec-
tolitres;whereaswineinbottlesmustbeincontainers
holdingamaximumoftwolitres;whereastheimport
pricesforthewinesmustatanygivenmomentbenot
lessthantheCommunityreferencepricesforthem;
whereasthesewinesmustbeaccompaniedbyacertifi­
cateofdesignationoforigininaccordancewiththe
modelgiveninAnnex.DtotheAgreement;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotasinquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedfortheperiodconcerned;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2506/75of29
September1975layingdownspecialrulesfortheim­
portationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries5)introducedthe
ideaofafree-at-frontierreferenceprice,beingtherefer­
encepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;
(')OJNoC
(2)0JN0L263r28.9.1978,p.2
(3)0JN0L256<2.10.1975,p.2

Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovemcntioncd quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthe
saidproductsfromAlgeriaover arepresentative
referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunitynor
nationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeachof
thetypesofwinesinquestionareavailableandnoreli­
ableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;whereas
inthesecircumstancesthequotavolumesshouldbeallo­
catedininitialshares,takingintoaccountdemandfor
thesewinesonthemarketsofthevariousMember
States;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat50%ofeachofthequota
volumes;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquota
sharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismust
bedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits

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additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereservealiows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontomonitortheextent
towhichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministrationofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1July1979to30June1980
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollow­
ingproductsoriginatinginAlgeria,withinthelimitsset
outbelow:
(inM)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
volume
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentation
arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol:
C.Other:
■–Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignations
oforigin:
AINBESSEM-BOU1RA ,MEDEA,COTEAUXDU
ZACCAR,DAHRA,COTEAUXDEMASCARA,
MONTSDUTESSALAH,COTEAUXDE
TLEMCEN,ofanalcoholicstrengthby
volumenotexceeding 15%vol:
–Incontainersholdingtwolitresorless i300000
–Incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres 150000

2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshailbetotally
suspended.
3.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthesetariff
quotasonconditionthatthepricesonimportintothe
Communityarenotatanytimelessthanthefree-at-
frontierreferencepricesreferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhichapplytosuch
prices.
4.Wineincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements .
(e)thewineinquestionmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding200hec-
tolitres.
.5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbeaccom­
paniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,issued
bytherelevantAlgerianauthority,inaccordancewith
themodelannexedtothisRegulation.(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransportingwine
andbeusedsoielyforthatpurpose;
(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmustensure
thattheycannotbethesubjectofoperationsduring
transportation orstorageotherthanthosecarried
outunderthesupervisionoftheauthoritiesof
AlgeriaoroftheMemberStates;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchawayasto
permitidentificationofthequalitywineitcontains;
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments.
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30June1980,
shallbeasfollows:
(inM)
MemberStatesWineshavingaregistered
designationoforigin,incontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessImorethan
Itwolitres
Bcnciux
Denniark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom24900
15000
30000
30000
10200
15000
2490011'820
7770
15880
15880
4060
7770
11820
Total15000075000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namely
150000and75000hectolitresrespectively,shallcon­
stitutethereserve.

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Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState'sinitial
sharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle
5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil30June1980.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April1980,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
as,on15March1980,isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmightnotbeused.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan1April1980,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March1980
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquotas
andofanyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.

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Artide6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5April1980,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountineachreserveafterquantities
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7 Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoi
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle i
3arcopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybes
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shares/theCommunityquotas.
OT
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollabo­
ratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1979•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen :« «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstilletatvin.
Wirbestätigen,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichneteWeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
algerischemGesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung "zuerkanntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefügteAlkoholistausWeingewonnenerAlkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin'
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonede...etestreconnu,suivantlaloi
algérienne,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiedèriconosciuto ,secondo
laleggealgerinacomeaventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica.
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