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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COAÀMUNITIES
COM(77)681final.
Brussels ,16December1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION CEEC)
opening ,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforcertainwineshavingaregistered
designationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco(1978/1979)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COK(77)681final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1 TheInterim Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheKinndom ofMorocco provides inArticle 14forthe
opening ofanannual Community tariff quota of50000hifor
thedutyfree importation into theCommunity ofcertain wines
ofdesignation oforigin falling within subheading ex22.05 C
oftheCCToriginating inMorocco .These wines must beputup
incontainers holding twolitres orless .TheCommunity has,
however ,declared itself willing toapply theabove-mentioned
provisions intheperiod 1978/79 andforavolume not
exceeding 10000hitowine exported inbulk .Thewines in
bulk must beputupinaccordance with aseries ofrequirements .
1.2 Onthebasis oftheexchange ofletters provided for inthe
Agreement inquestion theabove -mentioned tariff reduction shall
beapplied from 1April 1977 .Accordingly thetariff quota in
question hastobeopened for asecond period from 1April
1978 until 31March 1979 .
2.1 TheRegulation makes provision -asisusual -for thedivision of
each ofthequota volumes into twoinstalments ,thefirst ofwhich is
allocated byshares amongst allMember States ,while the second
constitutes areserve .The allocation ofthe first instalment is
usually based onthestatistical data ofthelast three years and
estimates for theperiod inquestion .
2.2 Inthis case ,however ,neither Community nornational statistical data
split upbythetypes ofthewines inquestion areavailable andno
estimates canbeputforward .Inthese circumstances initial shares
should beestablished fortaking into account thepossibilities
ofconsumption ofthese wines ineach oftheMember States .
3.Itisproposed that theproposal foraCouncil Regulation opening the
Community tariff quota described above should beapproved .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithin
subheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereastheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuro-'
peanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco(J),signedon27April1976stipulatesin
Article14thatcertainwineshavingaregistereddesig­
nationoforiginfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05C
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Morocco,shallbeimportedintotheCommunityfree
ofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofanannual
Community tariffquotaof50000hectolitres;
whereasthesewinesmustbeputupincontainers
holdingtwolitresorless;whereas,however,the
Communityhasdeclareditselfwillingtoapplythe
abovementioned provisionsintheperiod1978/79
foravolumenotexceeding10000hectolitresto
wineexportedinbulk;whereaswinesinbulkmust
beputupinaccordancewithspecificrequirements ;
Whereastheimportpriceforthewinesmustatany
givenmomentbenotlessthantheCommunityrefer­
encepricesforthem;whereasthesewinesmustbe
accompanied .byacertificateofdesignationoforigin
inaccordanceWiththemodelgiveninAnnexDto
theAgreementinquestion;
Whereas,on-thebasisofanagreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersprovidedforinArticle
14of_theInterimAgreetentandsignedon12Harch
1977,thetariffreductionshallapplyfron
\April1977;whereastheCommunitytariffquota
inquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfora
secondperiodfrot1April1978until31KarchT979;
whereastheagreenentinthefornofanexchangeof
lettersprovidesthatthewinesinbulknaybetrans­
portedonlyincontainersofacapacitynotexceeding
25hectolitres;whereas,however,teaporarilyand;
foratransitionalperiodthesewines«iaybetrans­
portedincontainersofa-capacity-not9»Geeilw»9 .,
200hectolitres; "i'
•WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2506/75of29
September1975layingdo^nspecialrulesfortheimportationofproductsinthewine-growing sector
originatingincertainthirdcountries(*),introduced
theideaofafree-at-frontierreferenceprice,beingthe
referencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallCommunityimporters
totheabovementioned quotas,anduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintothe
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsrelatingto
importsofthesaidproductsfromMoroccoovera
representative referenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownforeach
ofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailableandno
reliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;
whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thequotavolumes
shouldbeallocatedininitialshares,takinginto
accountdemandforthesewinesonthemarketsofthe
variousMemberStates;
Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,
eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeofsecurity
toimportersineachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunityquotasshouldbefixedata
levelwhichcouldinthepresentcircumstances ,be
50%ofeachofthequotavolumes;
{«)OJNoL256,2.10.1975,p.2.
(')OJNoC
(0OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.98.
<'>0JNoL65,J1.3.1977,o.2'

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WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisintoaccountandtoavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofoneof
itsinitialsharesshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtherelevantreserve;whereasthisshouldbe
donebyeachMemberStateeachtimeoneofits
supplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftotherelevantreserve,topreventapartofoneorotherofthe
CommunityquotasremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtotheabove-
mentionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1April197oto31March
1979Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductsoriginatinginMoroccowithinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
CCT
heading DescriptionQuota
volume
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrestedby
theadditionofalcohol:
C.Other:
–Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignationsof
origin:
BERKANE,SAIS,BENIMTIR,GUERROUANE ,
ZEMMOUR ,ZENNATA
ofanactualalcoholicstrengthnotexceeding 15>:
–-Incontainersholdingtwolitresorless 40000
hectolitres
i•–Incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres 10000
hectolitres
2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended.
3.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthese
tariffquotasonconditionthatthepricesonimport
intotheCommunityarenotatanytimelessthanthe
free-at-frontierreferencepricesreferredtoinRegula­
tion(EEC)No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhich
applytosuchprices.
4.Winein^containersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustbeputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements :
(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransporting
wineandbeusedsolelyforthatpurpose;(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmust
ensurethattheycannotbethesubjectofopera­
tionsduringtransportation orstorageotherthan
thosecarriedoutunderthesupervisionofthe
authoritiesofeitherMoroccoortheMember
States;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchawayas
topermitidentification ofthequalitywineit
contains;
(e)thewineinquestionmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding20Qiecto-
litres.
5.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe•
accompaniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantMoroccanauthority,inaccor­
dancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulation.

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Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidupto31March
1979,shallbeasfollows:
(inhectolitres)
MemberStatesWineshaving•
origininregistereddesignationof
containersholding:
twolitres
orlessmoretnan
twotitres
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3330
2000
4000
^S28
2000
3330840
500
1000
1m
500
840
Toial 20000 5000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amounting
to20000and5000hectolitresrespectively,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberStates
initialshares,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtotherelevantreserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,insofarastheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshadeshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsh^redrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
theseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
EachadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31March1979.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1February1979,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15January1979,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1February1979,ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15January1979and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2an-!?
andshallinformeachStateoftheextenttowhich"
reservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeenno">•
fied.
TneCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5February1979,ofthestateofeachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andtothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatessh?i!takeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggre­
gatesharesintheCommunityqu.Us.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishediniheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.

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3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginMoroccoandenteredforhome
use.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. 1
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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FICHE FINANCIERE
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12art .120
2.Dase juridique :Articles 43et113
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :
Proposition derèglement (CEE )duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition
etmode degestion decontingents tarifaires connur.autai.res decertains
vins d'appellation d'origine ,delasous-position ex22.05 dutarif douanier
commun ,originaires duMaroc (1978 /1979 ).
4.Objectif :
Execution d'uneobligation contractuelle (Accord CEE-Maroc )
5.Mode decalcul :
-NduT.D.C.
-Volume Xi/V/descontingente ^/
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.ex22.05 C
40.000 hlet10.000 hl
exemption dedroits
divers de9UC/hlà14UC/hl
6.Perte derecettes :
Mathématiquement elle peut atteindre 620.000 UC,nais vu 1évolution
actuelle decesimportations ,elle peut être estimée à100.0O0 UC
environ pour lapériode considérée .