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COMMISSION OF.THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)186 final.
Brussels,10April1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcertainwineshavingaregistered
designation oforigin,fallingwithinsubheading ex22.05C
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inTunisia
(1979/80)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0PU79)186final.

Explanatory memorandum
1.a)Article20oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicof
TunisiaprovidesfortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffqaota
of50000hifortheduty-freeimportation intotheCommunityofcer­
tainwir.eshavingaregistered designation oforiginfallingwithin
subheading ex22.05CoftheCCToriginating inTunisia.Thesewines,
mustbeputupincontainers holdingtwolitresorless.
b)TheCommunity has,however,declareditselfwillingtoapplytheabove-
mentionedprovisions towinesexportedinbulkduringtheperiod
concerned andforavolumenotexceeding10000hi.
Toqualifyforsuchtreatment,winesinbulkmustsatisfycertain
packagingrequirements stipulating ,inparticular,thattheymaybe
transported onlyincontainers holdingnotmorethan25hi.Given
presenttransportconditions,however,thisstipulation iscausing
difficulties liabletopreventTunisiafromusingitsallottedtariff
quotaforbulkwines.ThisiswhytheCommission proposesincreasing
their.axi.nuir .limitforthecontainers to200hU'
2.OnthebasisoftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforintheAgreementin
questiontheabove-mentioned tariffmeasuresshallbeappliedfrom
1November1978.Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobe
opened•
3.Tr.eRegulation makesprovision-asisusual-forthedivisionofeach
ofthequotavolumesintotwoinstalments,thefirstofwhichisallocated
bysharesamongstallMemberStates,whilethesecondconstitutes a
reserve.
Theallocationofthefirstinstalmentisusuallybasedonthestatistical
dataoftheLastthreeyearsandestimatesfortheperiodinquestion.

Inthis case ,however ,neither Community nornational statistical data
split upbythetypes ofthe wines inquestion areavailable andno
estimates can beput forward .Inthese circumstances initial shares should
beestablished for taking into account thepossibilities ofconsumption
ofthese wines ineach ofthe Member States .
Itisproposed that theproposal for aCouncil Regulation opening the
Community tariff quota described above should beapproved .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcertainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheadinge*22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia
(1979/80)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES , ....
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and153thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasArticle20oftheCooperationAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofTunisia(?), stipulatethat
certainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,
fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia,specifiedintheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeofLettersof16October
1978^andproducedfromthe1977andsubsequentharvests, .„,' shallbe
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of50000hectolitres;whereasthesewinesmustbe
putupincontainersholdingtwolitresorless;
whereas,however,theCommunityhasdeclareditself
wiilmgtoapplytheabovenientioned provisionsfor
theperiodandforavolumenotexceeding
20(ii)0hectolitrestowineexportedinbulk;whereas
winesinbulkmustbeputupinaccordancewith
specificrequirements ;whereas
thatthewinesinbulkmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding25hectolitres;
whereas,however,temporarilyandforatransitional
period,thesewinesmaybetransportedincontainers
ofacapacitynotexceeding200hectolitres;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldthere­
forebeopenedfortheperiodfrom1November1979
to31October1980;
(■)OJNoC
(')OJNo127•9.1978,p.2.
(')OJNoL296,21.10.1978/p.2.

Whereas ,u«_
, *"eïniportpricefor
newinesmustatanygivenmomentbenotlessthan
theCommunityreferencepricesforthem;whereas
thesewinesmustbeaccompaniedbyacertificateof
designationoforigininaccordancewiththemodel
giveninAnnexDtotheAgreementsinquestion:
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2506/75of29,975l,y,„8d„w„sp'ec|a,niks'»
importationofproductsinthewine-growingsectorongmatingincertainthirdcountries(»Las
-Ofafree-at-front,erreferentZ
crencepricelesscustomsdutiesactuallylevied•
hereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureeaual
nduninterruptedaccessforallComunityimporterstheabovementionedquotas,anduninterrupted
,np '"dd°""<"w.0
MemberStatesuntilthequotashaveb^^edu"
hereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciplesthe
aliocatlne'The3CfC°'CanberesP«te'dbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamon*theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketInthe"
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
?:°POrtr,nt0!herequirementsoftheMember
assessedbyreíerencebothtothe
importsofthesaíH ífromTunisiaoverarepre-andtotheprnnnmi/.outlookforthequota'penodconcerned!CC°n°m,C
Whereasinthiscase,howeverneither
of°rthneI0"81TtiSdCSSh°Wingt!^ebreakdown'foTeachOtthetVDeSofa/in»c... •....rcl,,huT^' WmeS,""t,,,CSt,0n3rc'Pliableandnoreliableestimatesof
whereasin<•;, wherpac *l ""oemade;
.ho.UU q'""*'aiiocatedininitialshares,takineinrnaccounr <.L '"""«ginto
£1%î-256'2',0-"75.p.2.'•.
()OJNoL13.5,24.5.1976,p.41.

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I
Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe?
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,'
eachotthequotaamountsshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeofsecurity
toimportersineachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunityquotasshouldbefixedata
levelwhichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be
50%ofeachofthequotavolumes;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereasinorderto
takethisintoaccountandavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedalmostallofoneofits
initialsharesshoulddrawasupplementary sharefrom
therelevantreserve;whereasthisshouldbedoneby
eachMemberStateeachtimeoneofitssupplemen­
tarysharesisalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftotherelevant
reserve,topreventapartofoneorotherofthe
CommunityquotasremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article/
1.Fortheperiod1November1979to31October
1980community tariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductsoriginatinginTunisiawithinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
CCT I
he»dingNojDescriptionQuotavolume
{hectolitres)
1
22.0î iWineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbythe
additionofalcohol:
C.Other:
–Winesentitledtooneofthefollowingdesignationsof
origin:
CoteauxdeTebourba,Sidi-Salem,Kelibia,Thibar,Mornag,
GrandcruMornag hyvolume
ofanactualalcoholicstrength'notexceeding 15%VOII
–incontainersholdingtwolitresorless
–incontainersholdingmorethantwolitres40000
10000
2.WithinthesetariffquotastheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended.
Winesproducedfromthe1977and
subsequentharvestsshallbeaccorded
thebenefitofthetariffquotasref­
erredtoinparagraph 1.
4.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthese
tariffquotasonconditionthatthepricesonimportintotheCommunityarenotatanytimelessthanthe
free-at-frontierreferencepricesreferredtoinRegula­
tion(EEC)No2506/75andsubsequenttextswhich
applytosuchprices.
5.Wineincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres
mustbeputupinaccordancewiththefollowing
requirements :
(a)thecontainersmustbesuitablefortransporting
wineandbeusedsolelyforthatpurpose;

(b)thecontainersmustbecompletelyfilled;
(c)themeansofclosingthecontainersmustbesuch
thattheycannotbetamperedwithandmust
ensurethatnooperationscantakeplaceduring
transportation orstorageotherthanthosecarried
outunderthesupervisionoftheauthoritiesof
eitherTunisiaoroftheMemberStates;
(d)eachcontainermustbelabelledinsuchawayas
topermitidentification ofthequalitywineit
contains;
(e)thewineinquestionmaybetransportedonlyin
containersofacapacitynotexceeding200hectoli-
tres.
6.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe
accompanied byacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantTunisianauthority,inaccor­
dancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegulationand
certifyinginbox16thatthesewineshavebeen
producedfromthe1977andsubsequent
harvests.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidupto31October
1980shallbeasfollows:
(htetolitrts)
wineshaving•registereddesignation
oforiginincontainer*holding;
MemberSlates
fwolitre»
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Bénélux 3330 830
Denmark 2000 500
Germany 4000 1000
France 4000 1000
Ireland 1300 340
Italy 2000 500
UnitedKingdom 3330 830
Total|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%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
theseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
EachadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31October1979.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1September1980,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichon15August1980isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1September198Qofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15August1980,and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshallinformeachStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeennoti­
fied.

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TheCommission shallnotifytheMemberStates,not
Ja:«-riii.in5September19oQ,ofthestateofeach
reserveAfterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
ArticleAareopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againstthetraggre­
gatesharesintheCommunity quotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginTunisiaandenteredforhome
use.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon)November
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
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tunesischemGesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung „. "zuerkanntwird.
DerdiesemWeinzugefugteAlkoholistausWeingewonnenerAlkohol.
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consideredbyTunisianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
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