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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)138 final
Brussels,27March1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforportwines,fallingwithin
headingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,andori
ginatinginPortugal (1980/81)s
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforMadeirawines,falling
withinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
andoriginating inPortugal (1980/81)A*..'A
/vi:„:A*
I(»qS?m
-- ■
administrationadministration !
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforSetubalmuscatelwines,
fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,andoriginating inPortugal(1980/81)
C0M(80)138final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1
1.Article 9oftheSupplementary Protocol totheAgreement of1972 between
theEuropean Economic Community and thePortuguese Republic ,provides
fortheopening ofCommunity tariff quotas forthewines listed below :
Conmon Customs . .. > . Annual Rate ofDescription ofgoods . ,Tariff heading volume reduction
ex22.05 CIII a)1Port wines 100 000 hi 60%
ex22.05 CIV a)1-incontainers holding
two litres orless
ex22.05 CIIIb)1Port wines # 160000hi 50%
ex22.05 CIV b)1 ,-incontainers holding
more than two litres .
ex22.05 CIII a)1Madeira wines 4000 hi 60%
ex22.05 CIV a)1-incontainers holding -
two litres orless
ex22.05 CIII b)1Madeira wines 14500 hi 50%
ex22.05 CIV b)1-incontainers holding
more than two litres
ex22.05 CIII a)1Setubal muscatel wines 2000 hi 60%
ex22.05 CIV a)1-in'containers holding .
two litres orless
ex22.05 CIII b)1Setubal "muscatel wines 1000 hi 50%
ex22.05 CIV b)1-incontainers holding
more than two litres

Thesewinesaresubjecttoprovisionrelatingtothecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinwine.
InordertomeettheCommunity'sobligations toPortugalfrom1.7.1980
regulations havetobeadoptedprovidingfortheopening,allocation
andadministration oftheseCommunitytariffquotas.
TheRegulations provide,inthenormalway,thateachofthevolumes
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstofwhichistobe
allocated amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve.
Theallocation ofthefirstinstalment isusuallybasedonstatistics for
thethreeprecedingyearsandonforecastsfortheperiodinquestion.
IntheabsenceofspecificCommunitystatistics forthesewinestheini­
tialquotas'havebeencalculated onthebasisofthemostrecentsta­
tisticsforPortuguese exportsfrom1976to1978.ThePortuguese sta-,
tisticscaninfactbeconsidered togivearoughpictureofCommunity
importsinthewinesinquestion. .
Owingtothespecialcharacteristics ofthetradeinthesewines,which
alsodifferbetweenMemberStates,theregulation,exceptionally ,does
notestablish auniformmethodofadministration .
Annex:3proposalsforRegulations oftheCouncil

IMPORTS OFWINESORIGINATING INPORTUGAL
(basedonPortuguese statistics )
-Portwines
incontainers^2Litres incontainers >2litres
1976 1977 1978 1976 1977 .1978
Bénélux 212302859432763 39206 50950 52596
Denmark 7408 8022 9187 17423 15576 14704
Germany 131291318218360 16107 25742 18530
France 429765220681499116485140015124212
Ireland 259 674 678 1547 184 101
Italy 218422373927109
UnitedKingdom 125841685722873 59661 65729 67871
EEC 119428143274192469250429298196278014
"Madeirawines'
Bénélux 107 149 186Γ3754 4852 4372
Denmark 186 138 97 4469 3595 3135
Germany 58 90 141 5288 7059 6324
France 273 31 '47 1317414.011 16458
Ireland 8 20 13 8 8
Italy 52•/162 134
UnitedKingdom 72 91 69 3556 4047 3296
EEC 756 681 674 30254 33572 33593
-SetubalmuscateLwines *
Bénélux 1 6
Denmark , 5 1 6
Germany
France5 28
Ireland
Italy 1
UnitedKincdom11 60
EEC 6 18 AQ0

ANNEX A
PROPOSAL -FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
portwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginPortugal(1980/81)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle;
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary ProtocolW)annexedtotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
PortugueseRepublic("2.),
provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbereduced: <-
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicabletoport
winesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1
andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommonCustom's
Tariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof100000
hectolitres,and
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicabletoport
winesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05CIUb)1
andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffuptoatotalannualtariffquotaof2<S0000
hectolitres;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthepriceforwines
originating initsterritorywillnotbelowerthar,the.
referencepricelessthe.customsdutiesactuallycharge#;
whereas,asaresultthereof,thewinescoveredbythoseta­
riffquotasshouldbetreatedinthesamemanneraswines
grantedpreferentialtariffconcessions,providedthe-
free-at-frontierreferencepriceisobserved;whereassuch
wines ■benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyiftheprovisions
ofArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79(^)arerespected;
whereasthoseprovisions applytoimportsunderthose
quotas;
M)0JNo.L ^
■(3)0JNo.L301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(2»)0JNo.L54,5.03.1979,p.1.

Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthe
saidproductsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity -duringthe
pastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorrespondingimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesduringthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimportsinto
theCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :

1977
Portwines:
–incontainersholdingtwolitres
orless:
–Benciux
–Denmark
–Germany–France
–Ireland^–Italy–UnitedKingdom
–incontainersholdingmorethe
twolitres:
•–Benciux
–Denmark
–Germany
–rrance
–Ireland
–Italy–UnitedKingdom17-8
6-2
110
360
0-2
18-3
10-5
15-7
70
6-4
46-5
0-6
0-0
23-820-0
5:6
9-2
363
0-5
16-6
118
17-1
5-2
8-6
47-0
0-1
22-0
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
.submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
MemberStates |Portwinesincontainersholding:
□twolitres!orlessJmorethan
twolitres
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
rrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom18.2
5.4
9.8
38.7
0.4
16.0
11.517.3
*5.7
7.3
46.0
0.2
0.1
23.4
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Community -quotasshould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat80%ofeachofthequota
volumes;-
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquota
sharefromthecorrespond !rigreserve;v/nereasthismust
bedonebveachMemberStateasandwheneachofits

_L-
. ANNEXA
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontomonitortheextent
towhichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof:
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Statesshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
ofthe■NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1980to30June1981,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproductsoriginatingin
Portugal,withinthelimitssetoutbelow:
(ht)
CCTheadingNo Description Quotaamount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1jPortwines
\Portwines100000
>260000
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:.
R.ltc«»fJlMt(ECUjht)
6.5
7.0
6.6
7.2CCTheadingNo
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1

-5- ANNEXA
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariff
quotasonlyiftheprovisions ofArticle18(3)
and(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79arerespec-
ted.
Article 2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle7
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeal­
locatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
30June1981,shallbeasfollows:
(M)
MemberStates ex22.05CIUa)11ex22.05Cmb)l
and Iand
ex22.05CIVa)ilex22.05CfVb)1
Bénélux 14560I
I35980
Denmark 432011860
Germany 784015180
.rrance 30960Iι95680
Ireand 320420
Italy 12800210
UnitedKingdom 920048670
Toral80000208000Portwinesfallingwithin
.subheadings :
(b)Thesecondinstalment *ofeach
quota,namely20000and52000hectolitres
respectively,shallconstitutethecorresponding
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheMemberState'sinitial
sharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle
5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

-6-
ANNEXA
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
9()"<>ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90"/,,ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thesemightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4.
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil30June1981
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April.1981,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15March1981,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmightnotbe
used.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan1April1981/
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March1981
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquotas
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
eachreserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeachState'
oftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5April198\informtheMember
Statesoftheamountineachreserveafterquantities
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhich'makesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsconcernedoriginatinginPortugalasand.
whenthegoodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
ArticleA0
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1980.'
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC).
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
Madeirawines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginPortugal(1980/81)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle* N -
113thereof, ( •
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
I
IcoL^Z^^d^e 01-^01™annexedtotheAgreement
PortugueseRepublic -
provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbereduced:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
Ctilla)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
4000hectolitres,and.,_
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariffquotaof
14500hectolitres;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthepriceforwines
originatinginitsterritorywillnotbeLowertha*rtthef
.•referencepriceLessthecustomsdutiesactuallycharger';
whereas,,asaresultthereof/-thewinescoveredbythoseta­
riffquotasshouldbetreatedinthesamemanneraswines
grantedpreferentialtariffconcessions,providedthe
free-at-frontierreferencepriceisobserved;whereassuch-
winesbenefitfromthetariffconcessions onlyiftheprovisions
ofArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79arerespected;
whereasthoseprovisions _'applytoimportsunderthese
quot.3£;
(A)CJNo.LT**,-^o/T2./n^^
(2)0JNo.L301,31.12.1972,p.165
O)0JNo.L54,.5.3.1979,p.1.

-2-ANNEXB
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforail
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
■totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
.Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthe
saidproductsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduringthe
pastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorrespondingimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesduringthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimportsinto
theCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :

-3-
ANNEXB
197619771978
Madeirawines:
–incontainersholdingtwolitres
orless:
–Bénélux 14221-9•27.6
14.4–Dcnmark !24-620-3
–Germany 7713-320.9
–rrance • ;3614-57.0-
–Ireland 1-02-90.0–Italy 6-923-819.9–UnitedKingdom _ 9-513-410.2 ;
–incontainersholdingmorethan
twolitres:
1^^–Bénélux 12-414-5ητ–Dcnmark 14-810-77•J
–Germany 17-521018.»;
–France 43-441-749.1i–Ireland 01
–Italy–UnitedKingdom j1181219.8|
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
MemberStatesMadeirawinesincontainersholding:
twolitres morethan
|orlessJtwolitres
Bénélux 20.813.3
Dcnmark 20.011.5
Germany 13.619.1
France 16.444.7
Ireland 1.70.1
Italy
UnitedKingdom16.4
11.10.1
11.2
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,
,inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshould,under,thepresent
circumstances ,befixedat90%ofeachofthequota
volumes;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin'continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquota
sharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismust
bedonebyeachMemberStareasandwheneachofits

ANNEXB
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administrationrequiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontomonitortheextent/
towhichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministrationofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1980to30June19$/■Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproductsoriginatingin
Portugal,andwithinthelimitssetoutbelow:
(hii
CCTheadingNo
! iDescription Quotaamount
ex22.05CIIIa)I
ex22.05CIVa)I
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)I|Madeirawines
|Madeirawines4000
14500
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:
CCTheadingNo
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIh)1
ex22.05CIVb)1Raieofduty(ECU/hl)
6.5
7.0
6.6
7.2

-5- ANNEXB
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthese
tariffquotasonlyiftheprovisionsof
Article18(3)and(4),ofRegulation (EEC)
No.337/79arerespected.
Article2 .>
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30June198^,■
shallbeasfollows:
(M)
Madeirawinesfallingwirhin
subheaa:ncs:
MemberStates jex22.05CUIa)1]Iex22.05Cinb)1
and Iand
ex22.05CIVa)11ex22.05CIVb)1
Bcneuxι
750 1730
Denmark 720 1500
Germany 490 ι2480
France590 5800
Ireland60 15
Italy 590 15
UnitedKingdom400 1460
Total 3600 I13000
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namely.400
and1500hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState'sinitial
shares?sspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle
5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawaseendshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph

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1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan,thosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil30June1981•'
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April198-1ySuchunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
as,on15March1981ASinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmightnotbeused.
I
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan1April1981^
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March198^/
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquotas
andofanyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and.
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5April1981,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountineachreserveafterquantities
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures-necessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsconcernedoriginatinginPortugaland
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1JULy
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXC
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
Setubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginPortugal'(1980/81)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,-
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle.
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(-1)annexedtotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe ..
PortugueseRepublic(2)asamendedbytheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(3),provides ;
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbereduced:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariff
quotaof2000hectolitres,and
- ./–by50%.inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings <
ex22.05CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe /
CommonCustomsTariffuptoatotalannualtariff -
quotaof1000hectolitres;
WhereasPortugalhasenvenanassurancethatthepriceforwines^
originating initsterritorywillnotbelowerthaithe.^
referencepricelessthecustomsdutiesactuallycharged;.
uhereas/dsaresultthereof,thewinescoveredbythoseta­
riffquotasshouldbetreatedinthesamemanneraswines
grantedpreferentialtariffconcession^providedthe
free-at-frontierreferencepriceisobserved;whereassuch
winesbenefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyiftheprovisions
ofArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No337/79(3)arerespected;
whereasthoseprovisions .3pplytoimportsunderthose
quotas;
(1)0JNo.LS/l.
(2)0JNo.L301,31.12.1972,p.165,
O)0JNo.L54,5.03.1979,p.1.

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ANNEXC
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbe,inproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthe
saidproductsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgiveno
informationonthesituationofSetubalmuscatelwines
onthemarkets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatistics
forexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastfewyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereasonthisbasisthecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesduringthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimportsinto
theCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned : '

ANNEXC
Iι,7<119771978!
i
:
Setubalmuscatelwines:
–incontainersholding
twolitresorless:
13 –Bcnclux 6
–Denmark 836
–Germany37
–rrnnce 2813–Ireland
–Italy 17
–UnitedKingdom 6037
–incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
–«Bénélux
–Denmark
–Germany–France
–Ireland–Italy I–UnitedKingdom
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages : ,sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumeshave
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantity'ofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
MemberStatesSetubalmuscatelwinesincontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessImorcthantwolitres
Bénélux 20 20
Denmark 5 5
Germany 20 20
rrance 20 20.
Ireand 5 5
Italy 10 10
UnitedKingdom 20 20
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends.
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserveto
coveratalaterdaterequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitial'quotashares;whereas,
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances,befixedat50%ofeachofthequota
volumes;,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
/
Article1
1.From1July1980to30June1981/Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproductsoriginatingin
Portugal,andwithinthelimitssetoutbelowi
(M)
CCTheadingNo Descnmon Quotaamount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)11Setubalmuscatel
Iwines­
}Setubalmuscatel
jwines2000
'1000
2.TheCommon .CustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinhesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesr.iaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccount.andavoidanybreakincon*nuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsiririalquota
sharesshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditionalCCTheadingN-1 .Ra-eo:dutv_
Iescu/At)
ex22.05CIIIa)i
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)I6.5
1:2■
7.2

ANNEXC
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfrom
thesetariffquotasonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18(3)and
(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No.337/79
arerespected .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashal
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30June1981r
shallbeasfollows:
m
Setubaimuscstelwinestailingwithin,
subheadings :
MemberState*ex22.05CÎUa)Iex22.05Cmb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CrVb)1
Bénélux 200-I100
Denmark I5025
(iermnny 200 ,,100
France I200100
Ireland 5''25
Italy I100 i50
UnitedKingdom 200100
Total|1000ί500
ι
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namelyl000
hectolitresand500hectolitresrespectively,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thesemightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
IbeaIlocated
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil30June1981.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April1981suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
as,on15March1981,isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan1April1981,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15March1981
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquotas
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
eachreserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5April
1981/oftheamountofeachreserveafterquantities
-havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthe.reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallindicatetheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.

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ANNËXC
Artide7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
2,TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginPortugalandentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula-
tion.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1
1980.July
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident