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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)149 final
Brussels-28April1977
Propsoalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningtheallocationofaCommunityquota
ofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedtobefortified
fordistillation -originating -inAlgeria(1077-1978)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(77)149final/

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCooperation Agreementsignedon26April1976andthe
InterimAgreementtheperiodofvalidityofwhichwasextendedon
bytheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandAlgeriamakeprovisionforatariff
concession,forfouryears,consistingofan80$reductioninthecustoms
dutiesforimportsofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifyingandori­
ginatinginAlgeria,subjecttoanannualquotaof500*000hectolitres ,on
conditionthataspecialimportpriceisobserved. ',
Article3(l)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1516/76on
importsintotheCommunityofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedtobeforti­
fiedfordistillation ,originatinginAlgerialaysdownthattheallocation ,
ofthequotaistobeeffectedbytheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajori­
tyonaproposalfromtheCommission.Suchallocationmustbeeffectedin
proportiontoMemberStates'requirements ,calculatedonthebasisofst'atis-iV
ticsofimportsofthesaidwinesoriginatinginAlgeriaandtheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodunderconsideration .However,inthisparti­
cularcase,therearenostatistics-eitherCommunityornational-forthe
winesinquestion.Inthesecircumstances ,itwouldseemadvisable,forthe
firstyearofapplication ,tolaydowntheMemberStates'quotasharesonthe ■
basisofthecapacityofthemarketsoftheMemberStatestoabsorbthesaid
wines.
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCouncilshouldadopt,
thefollowingproposalforaregulationconcerningtheallocationofaquota
ofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,originatinginAlgeria.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION
'• I
Thisregulationdoesnotinvolveanyfinancialimplication.

.Proposglforq
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningtheallocationofaCommunity quotaofwineoffreshgrapes,
intendedtobefortifiedfordistillation,originatinginAlgeria(1977.1978)
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,MemberStatesoftheproductconcerned,thequota
shouldbedividedintotwoinstalments;thefirsttobe
allocatedamongalltheMemberStatesandthesecond
toformareserveintendedtocoveranysubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshares;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1516/76of24June1976onimportsofwineoffreshWhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
grapes,intendedtobefortifiedfordistillation,origi-sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
natinginAlgeria('),andinparticularArticle3(1)eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
thereof, MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalshareshasbeen
Mherea£Regulation(££CjNo1516/76laysdownthat,almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
pursuanttotheCooperationAgreeoentsignedon ■reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
25April1976andtheInterinAgreement(2)piried.sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
ofvalidityextendedonbetweenthe *period;EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople1®
democraticRepublicotAlgeria,winesoffreshgrapes,
intendedforfortifying,fallingwithinsubheadings Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
22.05CIexb)andCIIexb)oftheCommonconsiderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
CustomsTariff,originatinginAlgeria,maybe■remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
importedintotheCommunitywithatariffconcession shouldreturnittothereservesoastopreventapart
consistingofan80%reductioninthecustomsdutiesGfthequotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
andwithinthelimitsofaCommunityquotasubjectStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
toobservanceofaspecialprice;whereastheannual
quotais500000hectolitresperyearforfouryears
fromtheentryintoforceoftheInterimAgreement;Whereas,sincetheKingdomof.Belgium,the
whereasthesecondannualCommunityquotashouldbe•KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
allocatedfortheperiod1July1977to30June1978;•Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBenelux -EconomicUnionanymeasure
Whereas,inordertofollowascloselyaspossibletheconcerningtheadministrationofthesharesallocated
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsint0thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
question,suchallocationmustbeeffectedinpropor-oneltsmembers,
tiontoMemberStates'requirements,calculatedon /
thebasisofthestatisticsonimportsofthesaid '
productsfromAlgeriaduringarepresentativeperiod ;
andalsoonthebasisoftheeconomicprospectsfor.•
thetariffperiodunderconsideration ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,however,inthiscase,therearenoCommu-,
nityornationalstatisticsforthewinesinquestion;
whereas,provisionshouldconsequentlybemadefor ''
allocatingthetotalquotaintoshareswhichtake Article1
accountofthecapacityofthemarketsoftheMember'■ .
Statestoabsorbthesaidwines;.
The500000hectolitresquotaopenedforwineof
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountintheseconditions freshgrapesintendedforfortifying,originatingin
oftheuncertaintyintrendsinimportsintotheAlgeria,undertheconditionslaiddownbyRegulation
, (EEC)No1516/76,shallbeallocatedasfollows
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.29. amongtheMemberStatesfortheperiodIJuly197?0OJNo' ;' to30June197b.

Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(inhectolitres)
30000
1250
115000
100000
1250
100000
7500
Theremaining145000hectolitresshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article2
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberStatesinitial
shareasfixedinArticle1isusedforfortifyingaspart
ofitsinitialshare,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare
whichmayamounttothetotalquantitiesactually
usedforfortifying,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits.
2.Othersharesmaybedrawninaccordancewith
thesameconditionsuntilthereserveisusedup.
3.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1978,theunusedshareoftheir
quota.Thereserveshallbeusedinaccordancewith
paragraph2.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallbeapplicablefrom1July1974*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident