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• PROPOSALFORA ,
.REGULATION(ESC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationand.administration ofa1977Communitytariff
quotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingNo08.04BI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffinimmediatecontainersof
,■anetcapacityof15kgorless
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1,Thedraft [Regulation annexed hereto concerns the erira onnes
Community tariff quota tobeopened for1977 inrespect of
dried grapes inimmediate containers ofanetcapacity of
15kgorless falling within subheading No08.04 BIofthe
Common Customs Tariff .
Provision was first made for such quota inthe trade agreement
concluded between theCommunity andIran .Since ,however ,
that agreement expired on30November 1973 and wasnotrenewed ,
theCommunity conGiderod itdesirable since 1974 toopen anautonomous
tariff quota ontheterms andconditions fixed forthat agreement .
Attheconsultation meeting held inApril 1976 ,thedelegations of
theMember States pronounced themselves infavour oftheopening for
theyear 1977 ofanautonomous tariff quota ataduty of1.2$ofwhich
theamount should ,toavoid thepreliminary agreement oftheCouncil
ofAssociation provided forbytheAssociation Council decision IT0l/75
onthoallocation oftheprovisions ofparagraph 3ofProtocol N°10
oftheEEC-Greece Association Agreement ,belimited to15%ofactual
Community imports in1973 ,coming from third countries notassociated
with theCommunity norlinked with itbyapreferential agreement .
2.Since theCommunity tariff quota inquestion isrelatively small
compared with total imports into theCommunity andsince all
theMember States will undoubtedly exhaust their shares rapidly ,
adivision ofthequota into shares allocated definitively to
'each Member State would notappear tocompromise theCommunity
nature ofthequota .This solution hasbeen adopted insimilar
situations inthepast .
Theshares tobeallocated onthis basic totheMember States ,
andthoir respective total 1973 imports from non-associated
third countries.' areshown inthefollowing table :-
«

(inmetriotons)
Total1973imports Quotanharo
Bénélux 5275 . 791
Denmark 2236 335
Germany 155°7 2335
Franco 38.11 572
Ireland 1868 280
Italy 205 31
UnitedKingdom 26859 4029
55821 8373

REGULATION (I-EC)No.../76OFTHECOUNCIL
01,.!·····
011tlicopening,allocationamiadministration ofaComiminitytnriflquotafordried
grapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgorless,fallin'j*withinsubheading
0S.041$1oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOKTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingrepaidtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articlc43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasaCommunitytariffquotafordriedgrapes
inimmediatecontaineisofanetcapacityof15kg
orless,fallingwithinsubheading08.04B1ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifl,shouldbeopenedfor1977
atadulyofl-2"'n;whereasthevolumeofthisquota
shouldbelimitedto15%ofCommunityimportsin
1973fromthirdcountriesnotassociatedwiththe
Communitynorlinkedtoitbyapreferential
agreement;whereas,011thisbasis,thevolumeofthe
quotaisfixedat8.373metrictons;whereasthe
dutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberSlateswithin
the-saidtaiilfquotashouldbecalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession;tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1977,aCommunitytariffquotaofS373metrictons
shallbeopenedfordriedgrapesinimmediate
containersofanetcapacityof15kgorlessfalling
withinsubheading08.04B1oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshallbesuspendedatthelevel
of1-2%.
3.NewMemberStatesshall,withinthesaidtariff
quota,applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
ThetariffquotasetoutinArticle1shallbedivided
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
Whereas,inviewofthecomparatively lowvolume
ofthequotacomparedwiththeneedsofthe
Community,asystemforitsutilizationbasedon
asingleallocationamongMemberStatesshouldbe
provided,withoutderogatingfromtheCommunity
natureofthetariffquota;whereas,inaccordance
withtheneedsforecastbyeachMemberState,the
sharesmaybedeterminedassetoutinArticle2;inmetrictons
Bcnclux 791
Dcnmnrk 335
Germany 2335
France 572
Ireland 280
Italy 31
UnitedKingdom 4029;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasallocatedArticle3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductsin
questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
lipitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe

importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
ctiHtomn (Hithnriiiu*forhomenice*
Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article5
Mi'mlvrSt.Ui'KniultlwCommUftiunohnilatnivrm?
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBru&ss.i.'S
FortheCouncil
ThePresident