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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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X>>^;Proposalfora^COUNCIL REGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafordriedfigs,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain
(1980)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafordriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading'
08.04.BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inSpain
(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)*•
C0M(79)457final

1.Artiolo2of'theA^roornont -oo+wgoufhoAvroporui
•Ooiiironr.itypjir\Spain,roadvitllAr*iolc»«2and9AnnexIthoroto,
provide*forthooponiiv;ofComrmmitytariffq^-otasforth©importation
intoihoCommunityofthofollowingprod.uota,originating Spjxin,a»
thocuotn,dutiesopooified "bolows •
CGTllo.-ulinsNoProduot Annu&lVolumo QuotaDuty
^jnju,fjj_Ciitu1L--■j■t_j|_--|xiiW–Ti*"rur-|--">"frirri■–■■■>–««.4_ lj
ox00,03B •Cortttiivdried;..200 30/«oftheCCTauty
fx^a
OBoO.'JBIGortalndriod'1700tEaconipt
Cmpofj •
2.However,thisregimehasbeenprovidedonlyfortheimportation ofthese
productsintothesixoriginalMemberSta-tes,whereasthethreenewMember
Stateshaveapplieddifferentregimes.
Inthissituation,auniformregimeofimportation shouldbeestablished .
Hencetheforemen*ionedquotavolumesshouldbeincreasedinsuchamanneras
totakeaccountofthetraditional quantities importedinthenewMemberState
Thisleadstoanincreaseto1900tonnesinthequotafordriedgrapesandfo
driedfigsxtokeepattheleveloftheinitialquota.

rsiiu i«t'no #<f«»•wwewrt *ww^o'l horn-to .
3.v;-vjRoH.lal.innn nrnvido ,inthoucpual war,forthowUrttm ?»!>of
*h,i»M«voW.on intotwom-rtr .,thofimt ofwhinh trtll fco .-.Uor.vtnd
thoKombw St«K >»«ot«ota «»«•««. wi'thoMoon-1 will l.o w;
rcnorvo .
4.Vhs i».1.1oon:tioa oftho f.irrj1 >parts of*h9f^tas .
hr.nIx.on vm.'orb^con' aooorrlinft tothorulon ;;onorally arnliml
hi.I:horim«Thototal iwporio offlftOh WamW St/vfeofor1976 to1978
boonc^r^ood.An aproportion oftotal Community imorbo overthefuuao ^
norioO .ThoronuUin /TT>oroent«?«o hav«*«enapplied "Gtato oySt*fc«t 'botho
V,l,,nm ofthefirst part ,thoriaflt (Utfit ofthe-nuiribor ofwotrio ions "oei»v :.
romiiky !off .
• , ,
5.Theproposed Regulation provide forasingle method ofadministration
tobeapplied byallMember States ,namely the "asandwhen"method .
(
Annoxos :
2propooala forregulations ofthoOounoil#

ANNEXA
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedfigs,failingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(')providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonnesofdriedfigs,fallingwithin
subheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthedutytobeappliedunderthequotahas
beenfixedat30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duty;whereasthesepreferentialtariffarrangements
werelaiddownonlyforimportsoftheseproductsinto
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted;whereas,undertheActofAccession,
importsofthdseproductsintothethreenewMember
StatesaresubjecttoCommonCustomsTariffduties
witheffectfrom1January1978;whereastheimport
arrangementsfortheseproductsshouldbeuniform
throughouttheCommunity;whereasthisCommunity
tariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheyear1980;•Whereas,duringthelastthre.eyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromSpainofthe
productsconcerned:
%
MemberStates
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom197
961977-
10096,7
3,3
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligationscontracted
undertheAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairly
amongtheMemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybe
fixedapproximately -atthefollowingpercentages:
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainovera
(«)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.Bénélux */»
Denmark 8%
Germany 46fa
France 23fa
Ireland 4%
Italy 4%
UnitedKingdom 11%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbe.dividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in

ANNEXA
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat65%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto130tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1980shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto70tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.5
10
60
30
5
5
15
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificationproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%of-itsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,
drawathirdshare'equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecond-sharehasbeenusedup,90%or
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1980theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigs,falling
withinsubheadingex08.03B,originatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kilograms,shallbepartiallysuspendedat
3%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
200tonnes.Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed-
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve'that
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

-3-
ANNEXA
Article4
\
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1980-
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September1980isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1980ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1980oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethat>thisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
/DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXEB
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromSpainofthe
productsconcerned:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(')providesfor
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof1700tonnesofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthesepreferentialtariffarrangements werelaid
downonlyforimportsoftheseproductsintothe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted ;whereasundertheActofAccession,
importsoftheproductsintothethreenewMember
StatesaresubjecttoCommonCustomsTariffduties
witheffectfrom1January1978;whereastheimport
arrangements fortheseproductsshouldbeuniform
throughout theCommunity ;whereasthe
abovementioned quotaamountshouldthereforebe
increasedto1900tonnes;whereasthisCommunity
tariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1980.
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforail
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements -oftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainoveraMemberStates[1976I1977I197R
Bénélux 11.49.94
Denmark 0.6
Germany 7.23.27
France 38.338.452
Ireland 0.34.632
Italy 8.443.3 4
UnitedKingdom 34.4 1
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Bénélux 9-9%
Denmark 10%
Germany 3-6%
France 42-7%
Ireland 0-6%
Italy 80%
UnitedKingdom 34-2%
(»)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotamightunderthecircumstances be
fixedat80%pfthequotavolume;

ANNEXB
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefomthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclose.cooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof:
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothe
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1980theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheadingex08.04BI,originatinginSpain
andimportedinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacity
notexceeding15kilogramsshallbeentirelysuspended
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof1900
tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1520tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1980shallbeasfollows:(tonnes)
Bénélux 150
Denmark 15
Germany 55
France 650
Ireland 10
Italy ■120
UnitedKingdom 520
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto380tonnes
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,'then,tothe extent-
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordant^withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31-December1980,

-3-
ANNEXB
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September19gQisinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1980ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
/
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1980oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.-4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshajl
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyafiddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident