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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)1final
Brussels-14January.1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsugheading22.09CI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheACPStates
(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)1final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ThenewConvention betweentheEECandtheACPStates
(Lom£II)wassignedon31October1979.Itwasto.
replaceon1March1980theConventionofLomeIwhich
expireson29February1980.Thedateonwhichthisnew
Conventionwillenterintoforcewiltbedelayedbecause
becauseithastoberatifiedbytheparticipating States.
TheseConventionsprovidethattheproduct^fallingwithin
subheading No22.09CIofthe'CCT(rum,arrack,tafia),
originating -intheACPStates,shallbeimporteddutyfreeinto
theCommunity.Thesepreferential arrangements arerestricted
toaquantitywhichistobefixedannuallybytheCommunity-
onthebasisofthelargestquentitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,increasedbycertainannualgrowth
-ate*, - .
WhilewaitingforthenewConventiontocomeintoforceitis*
advisabletoapply,mticipatively ,theprovisionsofProtocol
N°5annexedtothatConvention,which-fixestherulesof
importationfortheproductsinquestion.,
7
Thepreferential systeminquestionshouldthereforebeputinto.~
forceandaCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedforrum,
arrackandtafiaoriginatingintheACPStates.Howeve^thissystem
shouldbelimitedatthismomentto30June1980totakeup
afterwardstheannualperiodicityappliedbefore.

Communityimportsofthegoodsconcernedduringthe
lastthreeyearswereasfollows:
-inhectolitres ofpurealcohol-
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
EC1976.
4979
3349
19666
5233
1345
384
85474
1204301977
4963
1942
20169
5802
2004
304
74958
1101421978
6218
1559
,30566
2774
r.2432
•343
90363
134255
Thequotavolumetobetakenintoaccountonthisbasis
fortheperiodfrom1March1980to30June1980should
be59433hectolitres ofpurealcohol(fourtwelfthsof
178300).
Inthiscase,asanexceptiontothenormalrule,provision
isnotbeingmadetodividethequotavolumeintotwo
instalments oneofwhichinstitutes areserve.Instead,a
methodofuseofthequotaisprovidedforbasedonan
allocation indefinitive sharesamongstMemberStates.
Thecalculation ofthesesharesisbasedonthelargest
quantities importedannuallyintoeachMemberStates
duringthethreeyearsreferredtoabove,respecting,
however,thegrowthratesmentioned underpoint1.This
methodofcalculation hasalreadybeenusedfortheallocation
ofthetariffquotaatpresentinforce.
TheannexedM:able showsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged,
againstthetariffquotasinquestion (periods1976/77,
1977/78and1978/79).
ItisproposedthatthedraftforaCouncilRegulation
described aboveshouldbeapproved (seeannex).

ACP -Rum -heading 22.09 CI
Amounts actually charged against thetariff quota ^
opened for 1976 /77,1977 /78and 1978 /79
1976 /77 •1977 /78 1978 /79 '
Member State .Volume of
the quota
hlAmount actually
charged
hi %'Volume of
thequota
hl ,Amounl
cf
hl ltactually
larged
,y./οVolume of
the quota
'hlAmount
eh
hl:actually
larged
L1
Bénélux 4827
I4827 100 5926 5143 87 6000 6"S/6 97
Denmark 2700 2115 78 4000 1577 39 698 1448 ■39 I
IGermany 24643 23188 94 24000 20956 87 - 24706 24706100
France 12051 4881 41 11395 5509 : 48 9022 3551 39
Ireland 1000 891 89 000 682 68 1000 492 49
Italy 550 216
l39 658 295 45 424 424100
United .
Kingdom 125 395 76617 63 . 126 030 83337 66 116 957
iI103 872 89
E.C. 171 166 115 735 68 173 009 117 48968 161 807 : 140 309 87

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrum,arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(198C)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN • .
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, '
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheConventionsignedatLomeon28February1975expireson
29February1980;whereaspendingtheentryintoforceoftheConvention
signedatLome,on31October1979,itisappropriatetoapplyinadvances
from1March1980,'theprovisionsofProtocolNo5tothelatterConvention
whereasthatProtocolprovidesthqt.productsoriginatingintheACPStatiswhich
fallwithinsubheading22.09CI(rum,arrack,tafia),
shall,untiltheentryintoforceofacommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinspirits,beimportedintothe
Communityfreeofcustomsdutiesunderconditions •
suchastopermitthedevelopmentoftraditionaltrade
flowsbetweentheACPStatesandtheCommunity
andbetweentheMemberStates;whereastheCommu­
nityshallfixeachyearthequantitieswhichmaybe
importedfreeofcustomsdutiesonthebasisofthe
largestquantitiesimportedannuallyfromtheACP '•
StatesintotheCommunityinthelastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable,increasedbyanannual
growthrateof40%onthemarketoftheUnited
Kingdomand1%ontheothermarketsofthe
Community,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedonfore-•
seeableinternaldemandineachMemberState;
V
Havingregardtothelevelsreachedbyimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheCommunityandthe
MemberStatesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable;

-2-
Whereasthefirstquotaperiodshouldbelimited(to30June1980
and aproratatemporisreductionofthequotavolume
tofourtwelfthsshouldbeintroduced ;whereasthesizeofthe
tariffquotafortheperiod1March1980to30June1980should
therefore befixedat59433hectolitres of.purealcohol;
V/.i'.Te.'iSitjVinpaniculnrnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
to!!ic^nWosncntioncd quotannduninterrupted
•.tpj-.nc-.itioi!'-'f«Jicratelaiddownforchatquotatoa!l
itiijv-rjsnfi'hcproductsconcernedintoallMember
.Sm.v.nrm:till,qrn.rajrjsbc'uur.cdup;whereas,having
rc::-.(!-tothe-,principlesmentioned •above,.the•'
C.<m.inatureof'thequotacanberespectedby■:
jlUu-tfiii;^ik-Community ^tariffquota.amoiigthe-•
M'-i;-!..!-.'•i.v.cs;v.-hercas'inthiscasethetariff
quot2shouldbeallocatedamongstthe
Hemo!,'rStates-onthebasisofthe■
tarnquantrt'iesimportedannually
>ntoSdclv-MemberStateduring
thethreetastyearsandtakinginto
accounttheabovementioned growthrates;
•>vner<"as,owingtothespecialcharacterof"the
pro-Mu.Ti-'i!questionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nis'/markets,exceptionalprovisionshould'bemade
.orsov.ihodofusebasedonasingledivisionamongMemberStates; •'
■\\Jiete&s,sincethe'KingdomofBelgium,the
oftheNetherlandsandtheOrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareun-jtedin~andrepresented
ihe-Benelux -Economic "Union,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration'of'shares .ailocated
tothatecoiiorn:cunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneotitsmembers, .» :
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION •
Article1
ro,:.1March1?d0intiliuJyHE1980,rum,arrack
andtatia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACP
StatesshallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
5?-'t33hectolitresofpurealcohol.

-3-
Article2
i
TbeC6mmunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;the■shares,'
whichshallbevaliduntil30June1980,shallbeasfollows
(inhiofpurealcohol)
Bénélux 2370 '<
Denmark 1276
Germany '11647
France 2211
Ireland 927
Italy' 146
UnitedKingdom 40856
i
Article3
'■TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havetreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2-TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods_areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor."f^caCirculation
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph2. ■

Article4
.1^MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission , ,
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonth,statements -■ '
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring i
theprecedingmonth.Onlyproducts^enteredwithcustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation ■'andaccom-,
paniedbyamovementcertificateEUR1
shallbetakeninto.
considerationforthispurpose...- '
1Commissionshallregularlyinformthe•~'
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup. .
3.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission . •
ArticleS
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in.
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation .
Artkle7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1980
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil..
ThePresident

FIC1LE FINANCIERE IDate :
, •«»
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap.' 12art .120
> • -• *
2.Base juridique :Art.113 ",
3.Intitulé délamesure tarifaire : ' , •
Proposition derègLement CCEE )duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition -
et rr.cdedegestion d'uncontingent tarifaire communautaire pour lerhum ,
l'arak etletafia ,relevant delasous-position 2.2.09 CIdutarif
douanier commun ,originaires desEtats ACP (1980 ). ■ '
«
4.Objectif : - _ - .,•
Application anticipative d'unedisposition delaConvention Lomé II
5.Mode decalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volume du/descontingent(s )
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.
ί
6.Perte derecettes ;22.09 eI
/
59.433 hta.p. (période 1.3-30.6.80 )
exemption
-1UCE/hlpar '/.vol +5UCE/hl
-1UCE/hlpar '/.vol . ' • ,
Unemesure tarifaire analogue était appliquée en1979 donc pas de
perte derecettes àinscrire pour 1980 . '-,