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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)473 final
Brussels,28September1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION _(EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertainwines,having
aregistered designation oforigin,fallingwithin
subheading ex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inAlgeria(1981/82)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)473final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAgreementbetweentheCommunityandAlgeriaprovidesinArticle20(3)
fortheduty-freeimportationinto'theCommunityofcertainwineshaving
aregistereddesignationoforigin,withinthe__limitsofannualCommunity
tariffquotas.Thesearrangements arevalidforatransitional periodof
fiveyearsfromthedateoftheirfirst.application .Beingappliedfor
thefirsttimeoh1stJuly1976onthebasisoftheInterimAgreement
betweentheCommunityandAlgeria,theycometoanendon30June1981.
, MHZ ,Pendingentryintoforceofthe>arrangements andtoavoidinterruption
.ofthecommercialrelationswithAlgeriaforthewinesinquestion,the
arrangements whichtheCommunityhasappliedintheperiodof1stJuly
1980to30June1981shouldbeextendedautonomously .Thesearrangements
providefortheopeningofaduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaforthe
importation of450000hectolitres ,ofcertainwineshavingaregistered
vdesignationoforigin,incontainersholdingamaximumoftwolitres*
Itisproposedtoextendthistariffmeasurefortheperiodof1stJuly
■'1981to30June1982.
2.TheRegulationmakesprovision-asisusual-forthe
division ofthequotavolumeintotwoinstalments,
thefirstofwhichisallocated bysharesamongstall
MemberStates,,whilethesecondtonsititutes areserve.
Theallocationofthefirstinstalmentisusuallybased
onthestatisticaldataofthelastthreeyearsand
estimatesfortheperiodinquestion.
2.Inthiscase,however,neitherCommunity .nornational
.statisticaldatasplitupthetypesofthewines,in
:questionareavailableandnoestimatescanbeputforward..
"Inthesecircumstancesinitialsharesshouldbeestablished
fortakingintoaccountthepossibilitiesofconsumption :
ofthesewinesineachoftheMemberStates. x
ItisproposedthattheproposalforaCouncilRegulation
openingtheCommunity ,tariffquotadescribedaboveshould ''
beapproved. •
ButinorderthatthistariffmeasureisalsoapplicableinGreeceanadapting
protocolmustbeconcludedbe^enAlgeriaandtheCommunity.Becausesucha
protocoldoesnotexistthetariffmeasureinquestionwillapplyonly
totheCommunityofNine.'

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../81
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certainwineshavingaregistereddesignationoforigin,fallingwithinsubheading
ex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginAlgeria(198^'87)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
DemocraticRepublicofAlgeria(')providesinArticle20forpreferential
arrangements fortheimportation ofcertainwineshavinga
amidesignation oforiginfallingwithinsubheading ex22.05C;whereasthe
application ofthesearrangements islimiteduntil30June1981;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No..../81<2)providesfor
thearrangements whichtheCommunityhasapplied from 1July
^1980to30June1981tobeextendeduntil30June1982whereasthesearrangements
stipulatethat"certainwineshavinga designation oforigin,
fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommdnCustomsTariffand
originating inAlgeriashallbeimportedintotheCommunityfreeof
customsdutieswithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
450000hectolitres;whereasthewinesmustbeputupin
containersholdingamaximumoftwolitres;whereas
thesewinesmustbeaccompaniedbyacertificateof
designationoforigininaccordancewiththemodel
giveninAnnexDtotheAgreement;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotainquestionchouldtherefore
beopenedfortheperiod i
30June1982.
Vhereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle
118ofthe1979ActofAccessiondocsnotexist,the"
Communitymustadoptthemeasuresreferredtoin
Article119oftheAct;whereasthetariffmeasure
concernedwill,therefore,applytotheCommunityof*
Ninc; '■
0JNoL263,28.9.1978,p.2.
20JNo

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Whereasthewinesinquestionaresubjectto
compliancewiththe.free-at-frontierreferenceprice;
whereasthewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthis
tariff-quotaonconditionthatArticle18ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No337/79(1>,aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No345&/800,itcompliedwith;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallCommunity
importerstotheabovementioned quota,and
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor_
thisquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intotheMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereasasystemofusingaCommunitytariff
quota,basedonallocationamongtheMemberStates,
appearslikelytocomplywiththeCommunitynature
ofthesaidquotahavingregardtotheabove,
principles;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates^
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingto
importsofthesaidproductsfromAlgeriaovera
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsshowingthebreakdownfor
eachofthetypesofwinesinquestionareavailable
andnoreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbe
made;whereasinthese,circumstances thequota
volumesshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,,taking
intoaccountdemandforthesewinesonthe,markets
ofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,
thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareserveintendedtocoverat
alaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStateswho
'haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
guaranteesomedegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbefixedatalevelwhich
could,inthepresentcircumstances ,be50%ofthe
quotavolume;.
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisIntoaccountandavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostaliitsinitial
shareshoulddrawasupplementary sharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Stateeachtimeoneofitssupplementary sharesis
,almostusedup,andsoonasmaftytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
I
(1)OJNoL54,5.3.1979,p.1.
<3OjNoL360/22.12.1980,-p.18.

-3-
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministrationrequires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheC&fnmissienmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofthe
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiodto30June1982,a
Communitytariffquotaof450000_hectolitresshall
beopenedforthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Algeria:
CCTheading
NoDescription
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwith
fermentationarrestedbytheadditionof
alcohol:
C.Other:
–Winesentitledtooneofthe
followingdesignationsoforigin:
/AïnBessem-Bouira ,Médéa,Coteaux
duZacear,Dahra,CoteauxdeMas­
cara,MontsduTessalah,Coteauxde
Tlemcen,ofanactualalcoholic
strengthbyvolumenotexceeding
15%vol,incontainer?holdingtwo
litresorless
2.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms-
Tariffdutiesapplicabletothesewinesshallbetotally
suspended .
3.Thewinesinquestionaresubjecttocompliance
withthefree-at-frontierreferenceprice.Thewinesinquestionshallbenefitfromthistariff
quotaonconditionthatArticle18ofRegulation
(EEC)No337/79shallbecompliedwith.
4.Eachofthesewines,whenimported,shallbe
accompaniedbyacertificateofdesignationoforigin,
issuedbytherelevantAlgerianauthority,in
accordancewiththemodelannexedtothisRegu­
lation.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotalaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofthequotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle5shallbevalidupto30June1982^shallbe
asfollows:
(hectolitres)
Benelux 37350
Denmark 22500
Germany 45000
France 45000
Ireland 15300
Italy 22500
UnitedKingdom 37350
3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequota,amounting
to225000hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialshare,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthat
sharelesstheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,withoutdelay,bynotifyingthe'
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,insofarastheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallin
accordancewithparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.

Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs _1,"2and3,
Member ,Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedintheseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
The^additionalsharesdrawnpursuanttcKArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1982*-
Article3
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1982,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15March1982,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1April1982,ofthetot.ilimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotasup
toaridincluding15March1982and,whereappro­
priate,theproportionoftheirinitialsharethatthey
arereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshallinformeachStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeen
notified.
TheCommissionshallnotifytheMemberStates,not
laterthan5April198gofthestate'ofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
&hd|tothilend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforfreecirculation .
4kTheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.*
Article8
.♦
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactually,chargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
collaboratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
1.J 1-Ekspor.jr-AusfOhrer-Exporter-Exporta­
teur-Esportatela-Exporteur :2.'-Nummer-Nummer-
Number-Numéro-Numero-
Nummer00000
3.(Nameofauthorityguaranteeingthedesignation
oforigin)
4.4,>J1J–"1-Modtager-Empfänger-Consignee-
Destinataire-Destinatario-Geadresseerde :
5_4^-11«éit,11ÛJL^..^
CERTIFIKAT FOROPRINDELSESBETEGNELSE
BESCHEINIGUNG DERURSPRUNGSBEZEICHNUNG
CERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OFORIGIN
CERTIFICAT D'APPELLATION D'ORIGINE
CERTIFICATO DIDENOMINAZIONE DIORIGINE
CERTIFICAAT VANBENAMING VANOORSPRONG 6.»Jä-J'_Transportmiddel-Beförderungsmittel
-Meansoftransport-Moyendetransport-Mezzodi
trasporto-Vervoermiddel :
7.(Designationoforigin) ,
8.¿!λ*^'ύ^-Losningssted-Entladungsort-Place
ofunloading-Lieudedéchargement-Luogodisbarco-
Plaatsvanlossing:
øÏji^ij^i
Mærkerognumre,kollienesantalogart
ZeichenundNummern ,AnzahlundArtderPackstücke
Marksandnumbers,numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnuméros,nombreetnaturedescolis
Marcaenumero,quantitàenaturadeicolli
Merkenennummers,aantalensoortdercollilO.f'uj>J'
Bruttovægt
Rohgewicht
Grossweight
Poidsbrut
Pesolordo
Brutogewicht11.e^l>^J
Liter
Liter
Litres
Litres
Litri
Liter
12.L)I-Liter(ibogstaver)-Liter(inBuchstaben )-Litres(inwords)-Litres(enlettres)-Litri(inlettere)-
Liter(voluit):
*
.γJ1b-Påtegningfraudstedendeorgan-BescheinigungdererteilendenStelle-Certificateofthe
issuingauthority-Visadel'organismeémetteur-Vistodell'organismo emittente-Visumvandeinstantievanafgifte:
14.«JiUj«Jlb-Toldstedetsattest-Sichtvermerkder
Zoflstelie-Customsstamp-Visadeladouane-Vistodella
dogana-Visumvandedouane(Oversættelsesenr.15-Über-
setzungsieheNr.15-seethetranslationunderNo15-
Voirtraductionauη"15-Veditraduzionealη.15-Zievoor
vertalingnr.15)

15.Detbekræftes,atvinen,derernævntidettecertifikat,erfremstillet iområdetogifølgealgerisklovgivninger
berettigettiloprindelsesbetegnelsen ;» «.
Alkoholtilsatdennevineralkoholfremstilletafvin.."
Wirbestätigen,daßderindieserBescheinigung bezeichneteWeinimBezirk gewonnenwurdeundihmnach
algerischemGesetzdieUrsprungsbezeichnung "zuerkanntwird. '
DerdiesemWeinzugefügteAlkoholistausWeingewonnenerAlkohol.
Weherebycertifythatthewinedescribedinthiscertificateiswineproducedwithinthewinedistrictofandis
consideredbyAlgerianlegislationasentitledtothedesignationoforigin''.
Thealcoholaddedtothiswineisalcoholofvinousorigin.
Nouscertifionsquelevindécritdanscecertificataétéproduitdanslazonede...*etestreconnu,suivantlaloi
algérienne,commeayantdroitàladénomination d'origine« ».
L'alcoolajoutéàcevinestdel'alcoold'originevinique.
Sicertificacheilvinodescrittonelpresentecertificatoèunvinoprodottonellazonadiedèriconosciuto,secondo
laleggealgerina,comeaventedirittoalladenominazione diorigine« ».
L'alcoleaggiuntoaquestovinoèalcoledioriginevinica.
Wijverklarendatdeinditcertificaatomschrevenwijnisvervaardigdinhetwijndistrictvanendatvolgens
deAlgerijnsewetgevingdebenamingvanoorsprong„ "erkendwordt-
Deaandezewijntoegevoegdealcoholisalcohol,uitwijngewonnen.
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0)Spacereservedforadditionaldetailsgivenintheexportingcountry.
0)Caseréservéepourd'autresindicationsdupaysexportateur.
0)Spazioriservatoperaltreindicazionidelpaeseesportatore .
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