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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)293 final
Brussels,June1982.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforportwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05of
theCommonCustomsTariff,andoriginating inPortugal(1982/83)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforMadeirawines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05of
theCommonCustomsTariff,andoriginating inPortugal(1982/83)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allcoating andprovidingfor/theadministration ofCommunity
ytariffquotasforSetubalmuscatelwines,lingwithinheadingNoex
22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,andoriginating inPortugal(1982/83)
u ^.a,r­
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(submittedtotheCouncilby.theCommission )
C0M(82)293final

EXPLANATORY .-'.EMORANDUM
1.Article9oftheSupplementary Protocol "totheAgreementof1972
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthePortuguese
Republic 'fcompletedbyRegulation (EEC)No2370/81layinq
downthearrangements applicable totradebetweenGreeceand
Portugal,providesfortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotasfor
thewineslistedbelow:
CoMmonCustoms
TariffheadingDescription ofgoodsAnnual
volumeRateof
réduction
ex22.05CIIIa)1Portwines 100^ûQhi 60X
ex22.05CIVa)1-incontainers holding
twolitresorless
ex22.05CIIIb)1Portwinesr
160000.hi *50X
ex22.05 CIVb)1-incontainers holding %
morethantwolitres**
ex22.05cIIIa)1Madeirawines 4ΟίΓΟhi 60%
ex22.05cIVa)1-incontainers holding\
-twolitresorless'
ex22.05cIIIb)1Madeirawines 14500hi 50%
ex22.05cIVb)1-incontainers holding
morethantwolitres
ex22.05cIIIa)1Setúbalmuscatelwines .2000hi 60'/.
ex22.05cIVa)1-in'containersholding
•twolitresorless
ex22.05cIIIb)1Setúbalmuscatelwines 1000hi 50%
ex22.05cIVb)1-incontainers holding
morethantwolitres

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Nevertheless ,theDeclaration bytheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
'onArticle.9oftheSupplementary Protocolreservestherighttothe
Communityfrom1stJuly1981toincrease,inthelightofthepattern •
oftradeflows,thetariffquotaforPortwinesincontainersholding
2litersorlessbyaquantityequaltotheamountnotutilizedinthe
tariffquotaforPortwinesincontainersholdingmorethan2liters
openedfortheprecedingperiod;theglobalvolumehastobeheld
unchangedat360400hi. '..
Thetariffquotaof240000hiforPortwinesincontainersholdingmore
than2litersopenedfortheperiodfrom1stJuly1981to30June1982will
beusedtotheextentof230OOOhl.Itmaybeestimatedthatthe
tariffquotaof230000hiforthesamewinesopenedfortheperiod
from1stJuly1982to30june1983couldbesufficienttocover
importneeds.Undertheseconditions,itseemsadvisibletofixthe
quotaforPortwinesincontainersholdingtwolitersorlessat
l3C400hlfortheperiodfrom1July1982to30June1983andto
reducethequotaforPortwinesincontainersholdingmorethantwo
litersto230000hi. ,
!
2.Thesewinesaresubjecttoprovisionrelatingtothecommon'
organization ofthemarketinwine. <
3^InordertomeettheCommunity'sobligationstoPortugalfrom ,
1.7.1982regulations havetobeadoptedprovidingforthe
opening,allocation andadministration oftheseCommunity-
tariffquotas.
4.TheRegulationprovides,inthenormalway,thateachofthe
volumesshallbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstof
whichistobeallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareserve.. 1

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Theallocation ofthe first instalment isusually based on
statistics fop the three preceding years and onforecasts for
theperiod inquestion .Intheabsence ofspecific Community
statistics forthese wines the initial quotas have been calcu­
lated onthebasis ofthemost recent statistics forPortuguese
exports from '1979 to198 1.ThePortuguese statistics can in
fact beconsidered togive arough picture ofCommunity imports
inthewines inquestion .
5.Owing tothespecial characteristics ofthetrade inthese
wines ,which also differ between Member States ,the regulation ,
.exceptionally ,does notestablish auniform method of .
administration . • ' . I
V .'
Annex :3proposals forRegulations ofthe Council!
i
1

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/
IMPORTS OFWINESORIGINATING INPORTUGAL
(basedonPortuguesestatistics )
-Portwines
!incontainers^2Litres incontainers 2Litres
1979 1950 1981 1979 1980 1981
I
iBeneLux437055484458693 62592 69144 48237
Denmark 9676 10335 12235 18.342 16988 10507
bermany 24396 1760119.867 20.244 16687 17984
¡Greece14 250 35 - - -
Franee 140535151o18150546 114,019 103124 78081
IreLand 590 841 1.683 6 - 5
Italy 35532 3105429,905m» - -
UnitedKingdom 286082546722556 79.252 65390 48125
EEC 283042 ¿92510295520 294455271333202939
-Madeirawines
BeneLux 244 275 368 4811 2779 3773
Dean ,r' 79 34 52 3237 2586 1874
Germany 40 63 62 6113 5-775 3,704
Grep"e - - 19 - - -
France 55 44 19 18204 11004 15463
IreLand 11 5 17 9 -
ItaLy 115 55 279 - - •-
UniteciKingdon 105 127 66 3497 2743 3'001
EEC 649 603 865 35879 24896 27815
-MoscateL deSetúbalwines
3eneLux 13 46 24•- - -
Dennar., 3 4 9 - - -
Gerrany 10 - - - -
Greece - - - - -
France 4 9 • – -
IreLand – •a» - - -
ItaLy .- - – - - tm
UnitedKingdom 20 49 49 * •
EEC 50 1-08 82 • . -
1

ANNEXA
ProposaLfora
COUNCILREGULATiON (EEC) "
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forportwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginPortugal(1982/83)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(2)^
completedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2370/81
layingdownthearrangements applicabletotrade
betweenGreeceandPortugal(3),provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
reduced:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of100400hectolitres,and
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
portwinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of260000hectolitres:
WhereastheDeclarationbytheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityonArticle9oftheSupplementary
Protocol(4)reservestherighttotheCommunityto
increase,asfrom1July1981,thevolumeofthetariff
quotareferredtounder(a)insofarasthetariff
quotareferredtounder(b)hasnotbeenexhausted
(')OJ.NoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
OOJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(>)OJNoLZ3ó,21.8.1981,p.1
(«)OJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.61.

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completelyduringtheprecedingperiod,thetotal
volumeremainingat360000hectolitres;whereas
duringrecentyearanaveragequantityof30000
hectolitresofportwinesreferredtounder(b)hasnot
beenexhausted;whereas,onthebasisofthe
developmentoftheimportationsofthewinesin
questionduringthetwolastquotaperiods,itis
necessarytofixthetariffquotasforthesewines
atrespectively 130400hectolitresand23O000
hectolitresfortheperiod1July1982to30June
1983;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthev
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No337/79(s),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3577/81C),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthosequotas;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
C)OJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(')OjNoL359,15.12.1981 ,p.1

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periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofportwinesonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunityduringthepast
threeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflectapproximately
thesituationofCommunityimports;whereas,onthis
basis,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesforthepastthreeyearsrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintothe
Community fromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
- 197919801981
Portwines:
–incontainersholdingtwo
litresorless:
Benelux 15-418-719.9
Denmark 3-53-74.1
Germany 8-66-16.8
Greece- -0.1
France 49-751-851.0
Ireland 0-20-30.6
Italy 12-510-610.2
UnitedKingdom 10-18-77.3
–incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
Benelux 21-325-523.7
Denmark 6-26-35.2
Germany 6-96-28.8
Greece--
France 38-738-038.5
Ireland – –0.1
Italy– –
UnitedKingdom 26-724-023.7
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
"MemberStatesPortwinesincontainers
holding:
iwolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 18.05 23.41 .
Denmark 3.76 5.96
GermanyGreece
Francem·
50.83hit
38.40
Ireland 0.36 0.01
Italy 11.07 0.01
UnitedKingdom8.80 25.06Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproducts .concernedinthevariousMember
St&tei,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhich(haveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentcctheCommunityquotas
should,underthepresentcircumstances ,befixedat
around90%ofeachofthequo-.aamounts;
.Whereastheinitialquotasharesofth<»MemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
•totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
quotasharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedupand
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermust,inparticular,beinapositiontomonitor
theextenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeenused
upandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofoneoftheinitialshares
remainsunusedinoneorotherMemberStateitis
essentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereserve,topreventapart
ofanyCommunityquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1982to30June1983,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopened,intheCommunity
forproductsoriginatinginPortugalwithinthe
limitssetoutbelow:

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(fxctolitrei)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
cx22.05Cma)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1J·Portwines
^Portwines130400
230000
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:
(ECU/hl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 6-5
ex22.05CIVa)1 7-0
ex22.05CIIIb)1 6-6
ex22.05CIVb)1 7-2
Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsofthe1979ActofAccession
andofRegulation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No337/79arerespected.
Article2
1.EachofthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.(a)Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocated ■amongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil30June198j,shallbeas
follows:
(hectolitres)
Portwinesundersubheadings :
MemberSutesex22.05CIIIa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.35CIVa)1ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 2112048460
Denmark 440012340
Germany8310 14780
Greece
France40 20
5947079490
Ireland420 20
Italy 12950 20
United
Kingdom1029051870
Total117000207000ANNEXA
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5itapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondshare.drawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall,
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
'Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1983
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1985,theunusedportionoftneir
initialsharewhich,on15March1983,'smexcessof
20o/ooftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatit
mightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March19ii£
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesoftheinitia.sharesreturnedtoeach
(b)Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namely
13400and23OOOhectolitres respectively,
shallconstitutethecorrespondingreserve.

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Ankle6
*
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5April198^
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterquantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upiwshallbedeter-nineaonthebaniiofthe
importsoftheproductsconcernedoriginatingin
Portugalasandwhenthegoodsareenteredwith
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Articled
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1July1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
/
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ΑΝ!ΚΕΧΕ
Proposition fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
Maoeirawines,failingw»tkLjkeauingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginPortugal(1982/S3)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingihe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementaryProtocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(J),
completedbyCouncil.Regulation (EEC)No2370/81
layingdownthearrangements applicabletotrade
betweenGreeceandPortugal(3),provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
red.:ed:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIa)1andex22.C5CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoatotalannualtariffquota
of4O53hectolitres,
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Madeirawinesfallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05
CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)ioftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptcatotalannualtariffquota
of14500hectolitres :
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwiaesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepriceless:hecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
OOJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
OOjNoL301,M.12.1972.p.165.oOTNoL256,21.8."981,-p.1

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inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No337/79(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3577/81('),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthesequotas;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
.Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofMadeirawinesonthe
markets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatisticsfor
exportsoftheseproductstotheCommunityduring
thepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredtoreflect
approximately thesituationofCommunityimports;
whereas,onthisbasis,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesforthepastthreeyears
representthefollowingpercentagesoftheimports
intotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned :
(4)OJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(»)OjNoL359,15.12.1981,p.1

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197919801981
Madeirawines:
–incontainersheldingtwo
litresorless:
Benelux 37-545-942.5
Denmark 12-25-7õ.U
Germany 6-210-07.2
Greece– -2.2
France 8-57-32.2
Ireland 1-70-1-
Italy17-79-232.3
UnitedKingdom16-221-37.6
–incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
Benelux 13-411-213.6
Denmark 9-010-46.7
Germany17-023-213.3
Greece- --
France 50-844-255.6
Ireland 0-1–-
Italy– –-
UnitedKingdom 9-711-010.8
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sh~r'smaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
perctntages :
MemberStatesMadeirawinesincontainers
holding:
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 41.9 12.7
Denmark 7.3 9.0
GermanyJ3reece
rrance7.8
1.0
5.517.5
0.1
50.1
Ireland 1.0 0.1
Italy '21.0 0.1
UnitedKingdom 14.0 10.4
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotasshould,undertnepresent
circumstances ,befixedat90%ofeachofthequota
volumes:
Whereasthe.MemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaceountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhich
thequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandtoinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1982to30June198->,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
forproductsoriginatinginPortugalwithinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
(hectolitres'
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1"1fMadeirawines 4CÇ0
ex22.05CIVa)1J
ex22.05CIIIb)1}fMadeirawines 145GC
ex22.05CIVb)1J
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquciasshallt>esuspended
attheratessetoutbelcw:

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(ECVihl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIII»)I 6-5
ex22.05CIVa)1 7-0
ex22.05CIIIb)1 66
ex22.05CIVb)1 7-2
Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsofthe1979ActofAccession
andofRegulation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No337/79isrespected.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferedtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30June
1983shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres)
Madeirawinesundersubheadings :
MemberSutesex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)I
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 1,5CO 1670
Denmark ■2i*0 1120
GermanyGreece
France
Ireland280
40-
200
402290
10
6550
10
Italy 750 10
UnitedKingdom500 13Ó0
'Total 3590 13080
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,460and
1420hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitute,the
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto-]j°/oof
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
"permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththecondition*laid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
.5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,in.accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 12and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1983.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15March1983,is'nexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatit
mightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimportedupto15March1983
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserves !iavebeen
usedup.

-5- ANNEXB
Itshall,notlaterthan5April19!%,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountineachreserveafter
thereturnofquantitiespursuanttcArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechangedwithoutinterruption,against
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariff
quotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upiusharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsoftheproductsconcernedoriginatingin
Portugalandenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1July1932.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX C
Proposition fora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
Setubalmuscatelwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginPortugal(1982/85)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol(')
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(J),
completed byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2370/81
layingdownthearrangements applicabletotrade
betweenGreeceandPortugal(3),provides
thatcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainwinesoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
reduced:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof2000hectolitres,
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicableto
Setubalmuscatelwinesfallingwithinsubheadings
ex22.05CIIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,uptoatotalannual
tariffquotaof1000hectolitres;
WhereasPortugalhasgivenanassurancethatthe
priceforwinesoriginatinginitsterritorywillnotbe
lowerthanthereferencepricelessthecustomsduties
actuallycharged;whereas,asaresultthereof,the
winescoveredbythosetariffquotasshouldbetreated
(')OJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
(')OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(>)OJNoL236,21.8.1981,p.1

-2- ANNEXC
inthesamemanneraswinesgrantedpreferential
tariffconcessions,providedthefree-at-frontier
referencepriceisobserved;whereassuchwines
benefitfromthetariffconcessionsonlyifthe
provisionsofArticle18ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No337/79(4),aslastamendedby(EEC)
No3577/81(s),arerespected;whereasthose
provisionsapplytoimportsunderthosequotas;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtothea,boveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeink
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromPortugaloverarepresentativereference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
WhereasavailableCommunitystatisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofSetubalmuscatelwineson
themarkets;whereas,however,Portuguesestatistics
forexportsoftheseproductstotheCommunity
duringthepastthreeyearscanbeconsideredto
reflectapproximately thesituationofCommunity
imports;whereas,onthisbasis,thecorresponding
importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesforthepast
threeyearsrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :
(')OJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
(s)OJNoL35915.12.1981,p.1

-3- ANNEXC
197919S31981
Setúbalmuscatelwines:
–incontainersholdingtwo
litre»orleu:
Benelux 264329
Denmark 6411
Germany_ 20 – -
Greece- ■- -
France 88 -
Ireland – – -
Italy– –_
UnitedKingdom 404560–incontainersholding
morethantwolitres:
Benelux – –
Denmark – –|
Germany–
Greece- - -
.France – –
Ireland – – «
Italy–-r
UnitedKingdom–
/«continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
Upitsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthecorresponding reserve!whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhich
thequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandtoinfoiii.
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthrquotaperiod,a
substantialquantityof,aninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberStateStisessentialthatthatMembe:
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
MemberStatesSetubalmuscatelwinesin
containersholding:
twolitres morethan
orless twolitres
33 2C
7 5
4 20
1 1
5 20
1 5
1 9
48 20Bénélux
Denmark
Ireiand
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
•States,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdaterequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat50%ofeachofthequota
volumes;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandspndtheGrandDuc'iy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequcu
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.From1July1982to30June1983,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
forproductsoriginatinginPortugalandwithin
thelimitssetoutbelow:
(hectolitres)
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
amount
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)ISetubalmuscatel
wines
Setubaimuscatel
wines}
}2000
1000
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attheratessetoutbelow:

-4- ANNEXC
(ECU/hl)
CCT
headingNoRateofduty
ex22.05CIIIå)i 6-5
ex22.05CIVa)1 7-0
ex22.05CIIIb)1 6-6
ex22.05CIVb)1 7-2-
Withinthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsofthe1979ActofAccession
andofRegulation(EEC)No2370/81.
3.Thewinesshallbenefitfromthesetariffquotas
onlyifArticle18(3)and(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No337/79isrespected.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
30June1983.shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres)
Setúbalmuscatelwinesunder
subheadings :
MembcrStatesex22.05CIIIa)I
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CIIIb)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 330 100·
Denmark 70 25
GermanyGreece
France40
10
50100
5
100
Ireland 10 25
Italy 10 45.
UnitedKingdom '470 100
Total 990 500
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota^O^Oand
50Qhectolitresrespectively,shallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountof.thereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedupsthen,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused-
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1983•
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15March1983,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15March1983
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandof
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtoeach
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateofthe.extenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.

-5- ANNEXC
!
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1983'heofeachreserveafter
quaniitie«havebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthe.reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallindicatetheamountthereofto
theMemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
Portugalandenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommissiontheMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurerhatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon*
1July1982
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident