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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)532 final
Brussels,21September1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsub­
heading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inSpain(1983)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
openingallocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
-Nv'----•-L*■
Communitytariffquota,fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading
ex08.031ofnthe^CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain
^_r^(1983)
!-s.•• h-ih
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(82)532final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAgreement betweentheEuropeanCommunity an^Spfei,completed by
theProtocoltothisAgreementconsequent ontheaccessionofGreece,
providesfortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotasfortheimporta­
tionintotheCommunityofthefollowingproducts,originating in
Spain,atthequotadutiesspecified below:
CCTHeadingN°Product AnnualVolume QuotaDuty
ex08.03BCertaindriedfigs 200t-30%oftheCCTduty
08.04BICertaindnedgrapes 1700tExempt
2.From1July1977thequotavolumefordriedgrapeshasbeenincreased
1900tonnes.
3.TheRegulations provide,intheusu^lway,forthesplitting upofthe
tariffvolumesintotwoparts,thefirstofwhichwillbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekept
asareserve.
4.Theallocation ofthefirstpartsofthequotashasbeenundertaken
accordingtotherulesgenerallyappliedhitherto.
5.TheproposedRegulation provideforsinglemethodofadministration
tobeappliedbyallMemberStatesnamelythe"asandwhen"method.
Annexes:2proposalsforregulations oftheCouncil.

ANNEX A
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromSpainofthe
productsconcerned:
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpainwasconcludedon
29June1970(')andsupplemented ,bythePro­
tocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEu­
ropeanEconomicCommunityandSpaincon­
sequenti/ntheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity (2),hereafter
referredtoastheProtocol;
WhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualCommunitytariff
quotaof200tonnesofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopened
for198'3;MemberStates 1979 19801981
Benelux 8-0 – -
Denmark – ––
Germany 86-010097
Greece – –I-
France 6-0 –3
Ireland – – -
Italy– –
UnitedKingdom–
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligationscontracted
undertheAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairly
amongtheMemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybe
fixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 6-7
Denmark 6-7
Germany 46-7
Greece 0-7
France 200
Ireland 3-3
Italy 3-3
UnitedKingdom 12-6
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL326,13.11.1981,n.2.Whereas,inordertorakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
Slates,thequotaamounrshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata

-2- ANNEXA
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorder
togiveimportersineachMemberStateacertaindegree
ofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat75%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1983theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigsfalling
withinsubheadingex08.03B,originatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kilogramsshallbepartiallysuspendedat
3%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
200tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandin
the Protocol.Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto150tonnesofthe
Communitytariffquot.~>-ferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
sharedamongtheMeinStates,therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticl*>,shallbevaliduntil31
December1983shallbea:.-,follows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 10
Denmark 10
Germany 70
Greece 1
France 30
Ireland 5
Italy 5
UnitedKingdom 19
2.Thesecondinstalmentof50tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
ArticleJ
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(I),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

-3- ANNEXA
Article4 Article7
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1983.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas.on15September1983,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1983,oftotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1983
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6 Article8
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1982
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
roposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)*
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommit•/tariffquotafor
driedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonC-msTariffand
originatinginSpain(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequo'taperiodinQuestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromSpainofthe
productsconcerned:
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(')wasconcludedon
29June1970andsupplemented ,bytheProto­
coltotheAgreementbetweentheEu­
ropeanEconomicCommunityaridSpaincon~
sequent :ontheaccessionoftheHelle­
nicRepublictotheCommunity (2),here­
afterreferredtoastheProtocol;
WhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualCommunitytariff
quotaof1900tonnesofdriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopened
for1983;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
(1)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL326,13.11.1981,p.2.MemberStates 197919801981
Benelux 352
Denmark1 15
Germany 2 1 _
Greece – ■–-
France 588685
Ireland 21 21
Italy 92-
UnitedKingdom 637
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9-9
10
3-6
01
42-1
0-6
80
34-7
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich

-2- ANNEXB
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotamightunderthecircumstances be
fixedat80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunused111one
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article/
From1Januaryto31December1983theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04B1,originatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kilogramsshallbeentirelysuspended
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof1900
tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandin
the Protocol .Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1520tonnesofthe,
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December 1983shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 150
Denmark 15
Germany 55
Greece 1
France 640
Ireland 10
Italy 120
UnitedKingdom 529
2.Thesecondinstalmentof380tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3 .
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
1beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

-3- ANNEXB
Article4 Article7
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1983-
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1983^isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1983>>fthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1983
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.1.TheMemberStates;l>alltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditiontisharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedin'iawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterrupagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunity iffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,....1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident