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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)139 final
Brussels .23March1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ONTHEOPENING,ALLOCATION ANDADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAFORRUM,ARRACK AND
TAFIAFALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.09 CIOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMS TARIFF ANDORIGINATING INTHEACPSTATES
(1979/80)
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM v.
1.a)TheConventionbetweentheACPStatesandtheEECtogetherwith •
ProtocolNo7providesthattheproductsfallingwithinsubheading
No22.09CIoftheCCT(rum,arrack,tafia),originating inthe.
ACPStates,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity.
Thesepreferential arrangements arerestricted,however,toa
quantitywhichistobefixedannuallybytHeCommunityon'the'
basisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually.fromtheACP.
Statesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,increasedbyanannualgrowthrateof40%onthe
Britishmarketand13%ontheotherCommunitymarkets.'
Thedeclarationcontainedinthe(CouncilMinutes(Meetingof
13-15January1975)providesfortheallocationoftheannual
quantityamongtheMemberStatesunderCommunitytariffquota
arrangements . •
b)Article91oftheabovementionedConventionprovidesthatthe
Convention endson1March1980.AsProtocol No7formsan
integralpartofthisConventionitsprovisionswillonlybe
validuntil29February1980.Consequently forthevolumeofthe
quotatobefixedfortheperiodof1July1979to29February
1980,theproratatemporisclauseisapplicable (eighttwelfths
oftheannualquota).
Thecurrenttariffquotaopenedforthegoodsinquestionin
favouroftheACPStatesendson30June1979.Itisnecessary,
therefore,toopenacorrespondingtariffquotafo'r^period
of1July1979to29February1980."

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2.Communityimportsofthegoodsconcernedduringthelastthree
.yearswereasfollows: "
-inhectolitres ofpurealcohol
1976 •1977 1978
Bénélux 4,979 4,963 6,218
Denmark 3,349 1,942 -•1,559
Germany 19,666 20,169 <30,566
France 5,233 5,802 2,774
Ireland 1,345 2,004 .2,432
Italy 1 384 304 343
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UnitedKingdom85,474 . 90,363
EC 120,430stlOlUT .. .134,255
Thequotavolumetobetakenintoaccountonthisbasisforthe
periodfrom1July1979to29February1980shouldbe117,404hecto
litresofpurealcohol(eighttwelfthsof176,106).
■'"..Inthiscase,asanexceotiontothennrma.l...ri.jle,provisionis""t
•beingmadetodividethequotavolumeintotwoinstalments oneof
which'ins't'itutes areserve."""Instead,amethodofuseofthequota;
isnrovided .forbasedon.an.allocationindefinitive shares -–■■
amongstriemberstates. •.' .
Thecalculation ofthesesharesisbasedonthelargest
quantitiesimportedannuallyintoeachMemberStateduring\-
thethreeyearsreferredtoabove,respecting,however,the.'''
twogrowthratesmentionedunder,point1..Thismethodof- '
calculation hasalreadybeenusedfortheallocationofthe'''
tariffquotaatpresentinforce. .
4.Theannexedtableshowsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged/.
againstthetariffquotasinquestion(periods-1975/76/'
■1976/77and1977/78).
5.ItisproposedthatthedraftforaCoun-ciIRegulation .
describedaboveshouldbeapproved(seeannex).

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening ,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating intheACPStates(197WoU)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
*
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasundertheACP-EEC Convention ofLome
signedon28February1975,andinparticularunder
Protocol7thereto,productsoriginating intheACP
Stateswhichfallwithintariffsubheading 22.09CI
(rum,arrack;tafia),shall,untiltheentryintoforceof
acommonorganization ofthemarketinspirits,be
importedintotheCommunity freeofcustomsduties
underconditions suchastopermitthedevelopment
oftraditional tradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesand
theCommunity andbetweentheMemberStates;
whereastheCommunity shallfixeachyearthequanti­
tieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustomsdutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesintotheCommunity inthelast
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increased
byanannualgrowthrateof40%onthemarketof
theUnitedKingdomand13%ontheothermarkets v
oftheCommunity ,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedon
foreseeable internaldemandineachMemberState
WhereasArticle 91oftheabovement ionedConvention
provides fortheexpiry ofthat Convention on1March
1980 ;whereas ,since .Protocol No7forms anintegral
part ofthat Convention ,itsprovisions areapplicable
only until 29February 1980 ;whereas itfollows that
theprorata temporis clause isapplicable forfixing
thevolume oftheCommunity tariff quota tobeopened
fortheperiod 1July 1979 to29February 1980 ;
Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedby
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheCommu­
nityandtheMemberStatesduringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable ,thesizeofthetariff
quotafortheperiod1July1979to29February 1980
shouldbefixedat hectolitres ofpurealcohol;
'117404

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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovemcntioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereasinthiscasethetar
quotashouldbeallocatedamongstthe
MemberStatesonthebasisofthe
largestquantitiesimportedannuallyintoeachoftheMemberStateduring
thethreelastyearsandtakinginto
accounttheabovementioned growthrates;
Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacterofthe
productsinquestionandtheirsensitivityonCommu­
nitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbemade
foramethodofusebasedonasingledivisionamong
MemberStates;
Whereasthedevelopmentofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheseproductsshould
berecordedandimportsshouldaccordingly
bemonitored;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgiumtk
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any™easur®
concerningtheadministrationoftheshareallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
_February 1980,
From1July1979until29/rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09C1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
117404hectolitresofpurealcohol.

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Article 2
heCommunity tariff quota referred toinArticle 1shall beshared
among theMember States .asfollows ;theshares ,which shall bevaliduntil 29February 1980 ,shall beasfollows (inhi)•
Bénélux 4542
Denmark 2446
Germany _22332
France 4238
Ireland 1777
Italy 280
United Kingdom 81789
Article 3
'•TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
•TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
*shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.

Article4
1.TheCommunityshallmonitorimportsofthe
/productsinquestionoriginatinginthe
ACPStates»
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission,
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonth,statements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth.Onlyproducts suanitted tothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateEURI
shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
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4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensure that this
Regulation iscomplied with .
Article '"
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
ForthéCouncil
ThePrésident

MemberState
BeneLux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United
Kingdom
E.C.1975/76ACP-Rum-heading 22.09 CI
Amountsactually chargedagainstthetariffquota*
openedfor1975/76,1976/77and1977/78
1976/77
Volumeofthe
quota
hl
3500
2Ç00
26000
6000
1000
600
123.000
163-000.Amountactually
charcsed
hl
3,500
1943
21076
6000
839
201
62676
96241
Basascesser%ijVol-umeofthe
'iquota
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(
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100
67
"81
100
84
35
49
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R4827
2700
24643
12.051
1.000
550
125395
171,166
s«c:c3s=s=sacszcAmountactually
charged
ht
4,827
2.115
23188
4881
891
216
79617
115.7357.
100
78
94
41
89
39
63
68'1977/78 1978/79
VolumeofAmountactually Volurae
tnequota charged ofthe
quota
i
iUi■hl !%hl
5926 5143 87 6000
4,000 1577.39 3896
24000- 20956 87 24706
11395 5509 48 9022
1000 682 68 1000
658 295 45 424
126.030 83337 66116957'
173009 117489 68161807