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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrum,arrakandtafiafallingwithin
subheading 22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
intheoverseascountries andterritories associated withthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (1981/1982)COM(81)204 final
Brussels,29April1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)' ^ ilbytheCommission )'AI
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1.AnnexIX-ofDecision80/1186oftheCouncilof16December1980
providesthatrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseas
countriesassociatedwiththeEECshallbeimportedfreeofcustoms
dutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimitsofatariffquofa,theannual
periodofapplicationofwhichshallbefrom1Julyto30Juneofthe
followingyear.
/
Thevolumeofthetariffquotaistobedeterminedbyreferencetoan
annualbasicamount,calculatedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,equalto
theamountoftheimportseffectedduringthebestofthelatestyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable.Thisbasicamountistobesubjectto
arateofgrowthof18%.^ '
2.'Theimportsoftheproductsinquestionduringthelastthreeyearswere
asfollows:
(inhiofpurealcohol)
1978 1979 1980
Bénélux - 19 •10
Denmark - 32 51
Germany' 70,285 59,723 55,625
Greece , - -
France - -
Ireland - - 100
.Italy -
UnitedKingdom 64 22 2
70,349 59,796 55,788
Itfollowsfromthesefiguresthatthequantitiesrelativetotheyear
1978shouldbetakenasdeterminingtheannualbasicamount.Having
regardtothepresentoverallpositionconcerningtheproductsin
questiontherateofgrowthapplicabletothebasicamountmaybe
takenas1896.

Inthesecircumstances ,thevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotafor
theperiodfrom1July1981to30June1982shouldbefixedat
83,011hectolitresofpurealcohol-
TheRegulationprovidesintheusualway,forthesplittingupofthe
tariffvolumeintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekeptasa
reserve.
Theallocationofthefirstinstalmenthastobedeterminedbytaking
intoaccountactualtrendsonthemarketsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandeconomicprospectsfortheperiodunder
consideration .
However,inthiscase,thisprinciplecannotbeappliedcompletely.For,
duringthepastthreeyearstherewerenoimportsincertainMember
States,andinotherMemberStatestheywereinsignificant .Toallocate
thequotasinquestionnevertheless ,equitablyamongMemberStates,it
appearsdesirabletoprovide,forasignificantshareofthequotaamount
foreachoftheMemberStates.
ItisproposedthatthedraftregulationoftheCourulontheopening,
allocationandadministration oftheCommunitytariffquotaoutlined
abovebeapproved(seeannex).

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrum,arrakandtafiafallingwithin
subheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
theoverseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(1981/1982).
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle136thereof,
Havingregardto iCouncilDecision80/1186/EECof
16December1980ontheassociation oftheoverseascountriesand
territorieswiththeEuiopeanEconomicCommunity(1),andinparticular
AnnexIXthereto,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
^ " '
WhereasAnnexIXofDecision80/1186/EECprovidesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimr>r?dintotheCommunity
freeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquota;whereastheannualsizeofthequotaisto
befixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,
-calculatedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,towhicha
growthrateof18%istobeapplied,equaltothe
amountofimportsduringthiOcstofthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthisratemay
bemodifiedinthelightofcertaincriteria;whereasthe"
quotaperiodlastsfrom1Julyuntil30Juneofthe
followingyear;whereasthisCommunitytariff
quotashouldbeopenedfortheperiod
1July1981to30June1982;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears197<?to
1980showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsintothe
Communityoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingfin
thesaidcountriesandterritories,namely70349
hectolitresofpurealcohol,occurredin1978;whereas,
inthelightofconsumptionandproductionwithinthe
Communityandofthedevelopmentoftradeboth
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witnintheCommunityandbetweentheCommunity,
thecountriesandterritoriesandtheACPStates,
therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodinquestionmay
hefixedatIK"«>;whereastheCommunitytariffquota
fortheperiod1July1984to30June1982.should
thereforebefixedat83Oilhectolitresofpurealcohol;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveusedliptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe.
Communityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat$0%ofthequotavolume;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration,thepercentagesharesinthe
quotavolumemaybelaiddownasfollows:
Bénélux 0.13
Denmark 0.20
Germany 99.04
Greece 0.08
France 0.08
Ireland 0.26
Italy 0.02
UnitedKingdom 0.13
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
mustdrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostentirely
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenuseduparid
inform,theMemberStatesthereof;

Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof,
theCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhencouldbeusedinothers;
Whereasthedevelopmentofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration oftheshareallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
/ ArticleÎ
1.From1July1980to30June1981rum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritories referredtoinArticle 1ofDecision
80/1186/EECshallbeimportedfreeofcustomsdutyintothe
CommunitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
83011hectolitres ofpurealcohol.'
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbethosesetoutinAnnexIIofDecision80/1186/EEC•
Article2"
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoinstalments .

2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto74700hectolitres,shallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil30dune1982,shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitresofpurealcohol)
Bénélux '00
Denmark 150
Germany 73970
Greece " 60
France - 60
Ireland 200
Italy 60
UnitedKingdom 100
3.Thesecondinstalmentof8311hectolitresshallconstitutethereserve,
i Article.1
I
,1.If90"A,ormoreof.1MemberState'sinitialshareas;
«specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereserve,whereArticle5is'
'applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall.
withoutdelay,hynotifyingtheCommission,drawa;
secondshareequalto15"oofitsinitialshare,rounded :
upwherenecessarytothenextunit,totheextent ■
permittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance "
withthe'conditionshuddowninparagraph 1,drawa'
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenciessarytothenextunit.
3..If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas .• >.
_beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird. '
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup. '
ί
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

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Article4
'AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June*1V83L*
Artide5 \
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater;
'thanIApril19851,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
-sharewhich,on15March1982,isinexcessof20%of;
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif■
,therearcgroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymay
notbeused.
"}
•• I
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1982*'•
'notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthesaid■
'goodsimportedupto15March1989.inclusiveandi
iliiitj'.fil tin-C't>iiiiimn>«i>'i|u<>i.it.iikIofany-
.quantitiesoftheinitialsliaretreturnedtothereserve,.'[
* '
,■''.1
Anùle6
TheCommissionshallkeepan.tccountortheshares^-
opened-bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2andj
.1amishallassoonasithasbeennotified,informd.u'b'
Staleofdieextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
"IV "... i
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notl.ut'rthan5April ;
'1981,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave1
beenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5. ■
.TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich'
usesupthereserveisliiyitcdtothi;balanceavailable>.andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe;
Memhcr*State whichmakesthelastdrawing..*.•.I
T ■ V' .y
.. '
• Article-7 "5
•' ' . .'.i
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary-
.toensure(hatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto.
.Article1,arcopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
:slurpedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated i
sharesoftheCommunityquota. ,:<
:2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof.;
:thesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
.accesstothesharesallocatedto-them.-' »y
.3.'HieextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
.shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof.:
thegoodsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms -
authoritiesforfreecirculation.•

Artideg
a'n/VicI'cewitl1Ar,icIc*iofAnnexIXtoDecision
OJ/iloo/l-.liC,theCommunityshallmonitorimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnot'
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsof
importsoftheproducts-inquestioneffectedduringthe
precedingmonth;onlyproductsenteredatcustomsin
declarationsforfreecirculationandaccompaniedbya
:movementcertificateconformingtotherulesreferredto
inArticle1(2)shallbetakenintoconsiderationforthis
purpose.
3.rheCommissionshallregularlyinformtheMember
Statesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeen
usedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldatthe
requestofaMemberStateoron.theinitiativeofthe
Commission .
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
'Thi*Regulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident