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Proposalfora
tCOUNCILREGULATION ■(ESCV
concerningtheallocationofaquota
ofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,
originatinginAlgeria..
(transmitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY Kl^ORMIXJM
TheCooperation AgreementandtheInterimAgreementsigned
on26April1976 "theEuropeanEconomic .CommunityandAlgeriamakeprovi­
sionforatariffconcession,forfouryears,consistingofan80reduc­
tioninthecustomsdutiesforimportsofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedfor
fortifyingandoriginatinginAlgeria,subjecttoanannualquotaof500.000
hectolitres,onconditionthataspecialimportpriceisobserved.
Article3(l)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No/70on
importsintotheCommunityofwineoffreshgrape3,intendedforfortifying,
originatinginAlgerialaysdownthattheallocationofthequotaistobe
effectedby'theCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfrom
theCommission.SuchallocationmustbeeffectedinproportiontoMember
States'requirements ,calculated onthebasisofstatisticsofimportsof
thesaidwinesoriginatinginAlgeriaandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotaperiodunderconsideration .However,inthisparticularcase,there
arenostatistics-eitherCommunityornational-forthewinesinquestion.
Inthesecircumstances ,itwouldseemadvisable,forthefirstyearofappli­
cation,tolaydowntheMemberStates*quotasharesonthebasisofthecapa­
cityofthemarketsoftheMemberStatestoabsorbthesaidwines.
1
TheCommissiontherefore -proposesthattheCouncilsnould
adoptthefollowing'proposalforaregulationconcerningtheallocationof
aquotaofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,originatingin
Algeria.
FINANCIAL H"PLICATION
Thisregulationdoesnotinvolveanyfinancialimplicationn.

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PropoBalfor
COUNCILREGULATICST (BEC)NO..a./76
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concerningtheallocationofaquota
ofwineoffreshgrapes,intended ,forfortifying,
originatinginAlgeria.
THECOUNCILCPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
*
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No/l&ofonimports
ofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,originatinginAlgeria1,
andinparticularArticle3(l)thereof,
»
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
*
tfhereasRegulation(EEC)NofaSlaysdownthat,pursuanttotheCoopera-
*tionAgreementandtheInterimAgreementsignedon26April1976"bythe
t
ropoanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria,
winesoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,fallingwithinsubheadings „
22.05CIexb}-andCIIexb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Algeria,maybeimportedintotheCommunitywithatariffconcessionconcic-
tingofan8OJ0reductioninthecustomsdutiesan<^withinthelimitsofa
Communityquotasubjecttoobservanceof.aspecialprice;whereaGtheannualquota
is500000.hectolitresperyearforfouryearsfromtheentryintoforceof-theInte­
rimAgreement;whereasthe-firstannualCommunityquotashouldtherofcrcran
from1July1976"to30June1977J
VJhereasitis .necessarytoensuretheequalanduninterrupted
accessofallCommunityimporterstotheabovementioned quotaandtheuin-
torruptodapplicationoftheconcessionsattachingtothisquotatoallim­
portsintotheMemberStatesoftheproductsconcerneduntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,havingregard'totheprinciplesmentionedabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunityquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertofollowascloselyaspossible
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationmustbeeffectedinproportiontoMember-States 1requirements ,calcu-
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lated onthebasis ofthestatistics onimports ofthesaid products from
Algeria during arepresentative period andalso on "the "basis ofthe econo­
micprospects forthetariff period under consideration ;
Whereas ,however ,inthis case ,there arenoCommunity ornational statioLic ."
forthewines inquestion ;whereas ,inthese circumstances ,provision shou ?<3
bemade forallocating thetotal quota according tothecapacity ofthemar­
kets oftheMember States toabsorb thesaid wines ;
Whereas ,inview ofthespecial uses oftheproducts concerned ,itispos­
sible ,without however derogating from theCommunity nature ofthat quota ,to
establish inthis case asystem ofusebased onasingler allocation ;
Whereas since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and the
Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited inandrepresented bytheBenelux Eco­
nomic Union ,alltransactions relating totheadministration ofallocations
granted totheabovementioned Economic Union maybecarried outbyanyoneof
itsmembers , -■
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Fortheperiod from 1July 1976 to30June 1977 »aCommu­
nity quota shall beopened forwine offresh grapes intended forfortifying ,
originating inAlgeria ,under theconditions laid down inRegalation (EIJC)
No-h6.t.
/

Article2
ThequotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeallocatedas
followsamongtheMemberStates:
hectolitres
Bénélux t 60,000
.Deninark • 2,500
Germany 250,000
Prance 85,000
Ireland 2,500
Italy 85/000
UnitedKingdom 15/000
Art,inie3
1.MemberStatesshallguaranteetoimportersoftheproductconcerned,
established ontheirterritory,freeaccesstotheirallocation.
2.Theeybenitowhichtheallocations oftheIlcraberStat®have"beenused
upshall"beascertained onthebasisoftheimportsoftheproduct
concerned.-clearedthroughcustomsaccompaniedby-customs^authoritiesfor
homeuse. *
Article4
.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission,atitsrequest
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirallocation.
Artiolo5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclo-
toensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Artiolo6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July197"•

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ThisRegulationshall"be"bindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil,
ThePrésident