ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(79)489
Vol.1979/0169

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)489final
Brussels/20thSeptember 1979
DRAFTFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ONTHEOPENING,ALLOCATION ANDADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORDIEDGRAPESINIMMEDIATE
CONTAINERS OFANETCAPACITY OF15KILOGRAMS
ORLESS,FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING 08.04B1
OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF <1980)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(79)489final

' ' EXPLAMA WHY KSKOffANINTM
«»^ni iniw»w iimu <imm *
.\
.£he draft Peculation annoxod hereto concorno tho crrra .onncs
Oc,r ,:,canity tariff quota .toboopened for1980 inrespect of
dried grapes immediate containers ofanot capacity of
15 orIocs falling within Gubhoading HoC8.0 **BIoftho
Common Customs Tariff .
I ;- .
Provision was "first made for _such quota a.nthe trado cvgrecraont
concludod betweon the Community and Iran .Sinco ,however ,
that acrcemont expired onJ>0November 1973 and wasnotremoved ,.
' • . ►
theCommunity considered itdesirable since 1974 toopon anautonomous
tariff quota onthotormo andoonditions fixod forthat acroement •
Atthoconsultation mooting held inApril 1979 (-thedelegations of
theMember States pronouncod theinoolvos infa,vour ofthoopening for
thoyear 1980of anautonomous tariff quota ataduty of1.2$ofv/hioh
the amount islimited to15*%' ofactual
Community imports in1973 »coming frora third countries notassociated
*•'
with theCommunity norlinked with itbyapreferential agreement .
' • *
« *
Since theCommunity tariff quota inquestion isrelatively email
compared with total imports into thoCommunity andsince all
theMember States will undoubtedly exhaust their shares rapidly ,
adivision ofthoquota into shares allocated definitively to
each Member State would notappear tocompromise thoCommunity
nature ofthoquota® This solution hasbeen adopted iasimilar
* . * .•situations inthopast® ' •
Thecharoc toboallocated onthis basic totlx©Member States ,
andthoir respective total 1973 .imports from non-assoei&ted
third countries ,•areshown intho -following table ;•

(innotaiotono)
Total1973importo Quotanhnro
Bonclux
Donmark
Corni,any
Franco
Ireland
Italy
*
UnitodJCin/jdom5275
223S-
155<S7
3811'
1868
205.
26859'791
.335
2335
572
280
31
4029
55621 6373

DRAFTFORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless,
fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapesin
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kilo­
gramsorless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,shouldbeopenedfor
1980atadutyof1-2%;whereasthevolumeofthis
quotahasbeenlimitedto15%ofCommunity
importsin1973fromthirdcountriesnotassociated
withtheCommunityorlinkedtoitbyapreferential
agreement;whereas,onthisbasis,thevolumeofthe
quotaisfixedat8373tonnes;
Whereas,inviewofthecomparatively lowvolumeof
thequotacomparedwiththeneedsoftheCommu­
nity,asystemforitsutilizationbasedonasingleallo­
cationamongMemberStatesshouldbeprovided,
withoutderogatingfromtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquota;whereas,inaccordancewiththe
needsforecastbyeachMemberState,thesharesmay
bedeterminedassetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure,
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1980
aCommunitytariffquotaof8373tonnesshallbeopenedfordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofa
netcapacityof15kilogramsorless,fallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbesuspendedat
thelevelof1-2%.
3.Importsoftheproductinquestion
benefitting fromthesameorLower
customsdutiesunderotherpreferential
arrangementsshallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquota.
Article2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticle1shallbedivided
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 791
Denmark 335
Germany2335
France 572
Ireland 280
Italy31
UnitedKingdom4029
Article3
1.MemberStates,shalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductsin
questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.

Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.■
/
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatArticle5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident