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COUNCIL REGULATION ^(EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofa
Community tariff quota for certain dried grapes ,falling
within subheading 08.04 BIoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inCyprus (1983 )
(submitted tothe Council bythe Commission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
'!.Article 1oftheProtocol concerning thearrangements tobeapplied
during1981intheframeiwork oftheDecision adopted bytheAssociation
Council on24November 1980establishing theprocessintothesecond
stageoftheAssociation Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofCyprus,assupplemented bytheProtocol ofAdaptation
tothatAgreement totakeaccountoftheaccession oftheHellenic
Republic,laysdown
-ontheonehand,thattheprovisions ofthe1978Supplementary
Protocol shallbeapplicable during1981,and­
-ontheotherhand,thatthecontracting partiesshallenterinto
negotiations earlyin1981forthepurposeofestablishing thetrade
arrangements tobeappliedin1982and1983.
Pendingtheconclusion ofthesenegotiations andtheentryintoforce
ofthetradearrangements tobeappliedin198Zy.itisimportant toextend
thevalidity ofthearrangements laiddownintheabovementioned
Supplementary Protocol .TheProtocol provides fortheopeningofan.
annualduty-free Community tariffquotaof500tonnesofcertaindried
grapesinimmediate containers ofanetcapacity of15kgorless,falling
withinsubheading 08.04BIoftheCCTandoriginating inCyprus.
Inconsequence ,itisadvisable toopentheCommunity tariffquota
described abovefortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December 1983.
2.Theprovisions oftheRegulation laydownthatthequotavolumeshall
bedividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirsttobeallocated amongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondtoconstitute theCommunity reserve .
Asregardstheallocation ofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ofthe
tariffquota,itshouldbepointedoutthatthiswascarriedoutonthe
basisoftherulesgenerally applied sofar.Thusthesumoftheimports
byeachMemberStateduringtheperiodfrom1979to1981wasproportional
totheCommunity importsoverthesameperiod.Thepercentages resulting
fromthiswereapplied –perMemberState–tothevolumeofthisinitial
quotabyrounding upthelastfiguresexpressed intonnes.
3.Asregardsthemethodofadministrationtobeappliedby=>U.th,-.I*
States,theCommission proposesthe"Greyhound syste.n".
4.Suchisthepurposeoftheappendedproposal .

The tariff quota inquestion isstill likely tobemodified inthe
light oftheresults ofthe negotiations .Until these results
areavailable ,theRegulation proposed will bethe instrument which will
make itpossible tofulfil the commitment entered into bythe Community .
The Commission thus reserves the right toamend itsproposal while itis
still going through channels inorder toadapt it/ifnecessary ,tothe
new arrangements .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaindriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(198^
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle1oftheProtocolconcerningthe
arrangementstobeappliedduring1981inthe
frameworkoftheDecisionadoptedbytheAssociation
Councilon24November1980establishingtheprocess
intothesecondstageoftheAssociationAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(')assupplementedbytheProtocol
totheAgreementestablishinganAssociationbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofCyprusconsequentontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity(2),hereinaftercalledthe
ProtocolofAdaptation,laysdown,ontheonehand,
thattheprovisionsoftheSupplementaryProtocoltothe
AgreementestablishinganAssociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Cyprus(3)shallbeapplicablefor1981and,onthe
otherhand,thatthecontractingpartiesshallenterinto
negotiationsearlyin1981forthepurposeof
establishingthetradearrangementstobeappliedin
1981and1983;
Whereas,pendingtheestablishmentofsuch
arrangements,itisadvisabletoextendprovisionallyfor
1983thetradearrangementsapplicablein1981;applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromCyprusofthe
productsconcerned:
MemberStates19791980
Benelux211
Denmark– –
Germany– –
Greece–
France– 5
Ireland-––
Italy– –
UnitedKingdom9884
Whereastheabovementioned SupplementaryProtocol
providesfortheopeningofanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof500tonnesofcertaindried
grapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus;
whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopened
fortheperiod1Januaryto31December198,
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupte
(»)OJNoL174,30.6.1981,p.28.
(*)OJNol.174,30.6.1981,p.2.
(')OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.2.Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsofmarketforecastsfor
theproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe'... i •. 1-inih'll
quotasharesmaybe'fixedapproximately
followingpercentages :
Benelux10.3
Denmark1.3
2.6
Germany
Greece0-5
France0
Ireland1βj
Italy''.1
UnitedKingde79

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Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat77%ofthequotavolume;containersofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless,
fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprusshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof500tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapply
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandthe
ProtocolofAdaptation.
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Wliereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1Januaryto31December1983,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfordriedgrapes,inimmediateArticle2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto387tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December198J.shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 40
Denmark 5
Germany 10
Greece e
France 15
Ireland£.
Italy 3
UnitedKingdom 307
3.Thesecondinstalmentof''bonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2)or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,
inaccordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.

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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticleshall
bevaliduntil31December1983.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1983,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1983,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1983
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
DoneatBrussc'sItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,oftheamountii'thei.serveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothis
end,notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident