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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)584 final
Brussels ,17September 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forwines offresh grapes andgrape
must with fermentation arrested bytheaddition ofalcohol ,
falling within heading No22.05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff
andoriginating entirely inGreece (1983 )
I*
(submittedP -lsubmitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(82 )58^final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.IncompliancewithArticles25and64oftheActofAccession (1),
customsdutiesonimportsbetweentheCommunity asatpresentconsti­
tutedandtheHellenicRepublicshallbeprogressively abolishedin
accordance withatimetablewhichprovidesforareductionof40%on
1January1983tobemadeonthebasicduty,asdefinedinArticle24,
namely,onthedutyactuallyimposedon1July
Thebasicdutyinrespectofwinesoriginating entirelyinGreece
isequivalent :
-to15%ofthedutiesincludedintheCommonCustomsTariffupto
amaximumquantityof430000hectolitres asprovidedforin
Regulation (EEC)N°2634/79of20November1979(2)ontheCommunity
tariffquotaopenedfor1980;
-totheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofadditional
quantities .
Therefore asfrom1January1983thedutiestobeimposedinthe
Community asatpresentconstituted onimportsofwinesoriginating
entirelyinGreecemustbeequivalentto60%oftheabovementioned
basicduties,namely,to9%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty
uptothemaximumquantityof430000hectolitres andto60%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforthesurplusquantities .
2.AlthoughtheCommission isoftheopinionthatitshouldnotbe
necessarytotakestrictmeasurestopreventthepossibility ofthis
quantityof430000hectolitres beingexceeded,itisnevertheless
puttingforwardthesolutionadoptedbytheCouncilfor1981and1982,
namelytheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaintheCommunityofNine
.withavolumeof430000hectolitres which,afterconstitution ofa
Communityreserveof10%,wouldbesharedamongtheMemberStates
concernedaccordingtothepercentages appliedin1981and1982.
(1)0JN°L291,19.11.1979,p.17.
(2)0JN°L306,3.12.1979,p.3.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariff
quotaforwinesoffreshgrepesandgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheadditionofalcohol,failingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
Custom?TariffandoriginatingentirelyinGreece(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Havingregardtothe1979ActofAccession,andin
particularArticle72thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposalfrom"SeCoirmission,
Whereas,pursumttoArticles25a■64oftheabove-
mentionedAct,customsdutiesor,importsbetween
theCommunityofNineandth<--.ilier.icRepublic
aretobeprogresiveiyabolishedi.;accoidancewitha
timetablewhichprovidesforareductionof40%as
from1jann?ry1983tobemadeonthebasicduty,as
definedinArticle74ofthesau,Act;whereasfor
winesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermen­
tationarresuc*bytheadditionofalcohol,falling
withinheadingNo22.05oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatingentirelyinGreece,thecustoms
dutiesapplicableintheCommunityofNinefrom1
January1983wil!beequivalenttoti>edutiesapplied
withinthelimitsofthetariffquotaopenedfor1980
byRegulation(EEC)No2634/79('),reducedby40%,
uptoamaximumquantityof430000hectolitresand
to60%oftheCommonCustomTariffdutyforthe
surplusquantities;whereasitisthereforenecessary,in
ordertodeterminethedutyapplicableonimportsof
suchwines,toopenfortheproductsconcerned,from
1January1983,aCommunitytariffquotaof430000
hectolitresattheratesofdutyshowninthetable
appearinginArticle1;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheCommunityofNineequalandunin­
terruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsintothesaidCommunityoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup,whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,such
•/'locationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyrelerencebothtothestatis-tre-atir.;,toimportsfromGreeceoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod,anc!totheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereasonthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavail­
able.importsfromGreeceintotheCommunityof
D4incin19791980and1981oftheproduct
cticernedhavedevelopedasfollowsandrepresentthe
:;?Uowingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
MemberStates197919801981
Benelux 51.2129.8129.18
Denmark 0.290.030.95
Germany 37.6257.5159.26
France 7.889.297.05
Ireland0.020.030.04
Italy 0.130.160.11
UnitedKingdom 2.853.173.41
Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentofthemarketintheproducts
concernedduring1983theinitialsharesinthe
volumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximatelyatthe
followingpercentages :
OOJNoL306,\1P-(■■■Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom62-91
0-52
29-35
4-43
0-35
■r\ci

Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebeusedup;
whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
toimporters,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevel,
whichunderpresentcircumstances couldbe90%of
thequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly'
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupple­
mentarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommissionmust
beinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariff
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinanyMemberState,isisessentialthattheMemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportion
thereoftothereserve,inordertoavoidpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcer­
ningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983a
Communitytariffquotaof430000hectolitresshallbe
openedintheCommunityofNineofwineoffresh
grapesandgrapemustwithfermentationarrestedby
theadditionofalcoholwiththeexceptionofresinated
wines(retsina)fallingwithingheadingNo22.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingentirelyin
Greece.
Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbereducedtothelevelsindicatedinthe
tablebelow:
CCT NIMEXE
heading Description code Rateofduty
No (1981)
22.05Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentationarrestedbytheaddi­
tionofalcohol:
A.Sparklingwine 22.05-01,093.6ECU
perhi
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroom'stoppersheldinplacebytiesorfasten-
ings,andwineotherwiseputupwithanexcesspressureofnotlessthan
1barbutlessthan3bar,measuredatatemperatureof20°C22.05-15 3.6ECU
perhi
C.Other
I.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumenotexceeding13°,in
containersholding:
a)Twolitresorless 22.05r16,17,1.2ECU
18,19 perhl(')
b)Morethantwolitres 22.05-20,'22,0.9ECU
23,24 perhi(')
(')TheexchangeratetobeappliedinconvertingintonationalcurrenciestheECUinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressedshall
betherepresentativerateapplicabletowine,ifsucharateisfixedforthepurposeofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.

3-*
CCT NIMEXE
heading Description code RateofdutyNo(1981)
22.05C.II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding13°butnot
(cont'd)exceedingIS",incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless 22.05-26,27,1.5ECU
28,29 perhi(')
b)Morethantwolitres 22.05-32,33,1-1ECU
34,36 perhl(')
III.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding15°butnot
exceeding18°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorlest:
2.Other 22.05-39 1.8ECU
perhi(')
b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other 22.05-49 1.5ECU
perhi(■)
TV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding18sbutnot
exceeding22°,incontainersholding:
a)Twolitresorless:
2.Other 22.05-54 2ECU
perhi(')
b)Morethantwolitres:
3.Other 224)5-68 2ECU
perhi(')
V.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthbyvolumeexceeding22°,in
containersholding:
a)Twolitresorless 22.05-91 01ECU
perhiand
per%vol.
+1ECU
perhi(')
b)Morethantwolitres 22.05-98 01ECU
perhiand
per%vol.(')
(')TheexchangeratetobeappliedinconvertingintonationalcurrenciestheECUinwhichthecustomsdutyisexpressedshall
betherepresentative rateapplicabletowine,ifsucharateisfixedforthepurposeofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto387000hecto-
litres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1983shallbeasfollows:hectolitres
Benelux 243450
Denmark 2000
Germany113600
France 17150
Ireland 1350
Italy1350
UnitedKingdom 8100
3.Thesecondinstalmentof43000hectolitresshall
constitutethereserve.

Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberStatesinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormoreof
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythatMember
Statehasbeenexhausted,itshall,inthemanner
providedforinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1983,
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1983isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1983notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderandcharged
againsttheCommunityquotauptoandincluding15
September 1983and,whereappropriate,ofthepropor­
tionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningto
thereserve.
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtodividethe
sharesallocatedtothemorwhichtheyhavedrawnfromthereserveintotwoparts,accordingtotheirfore­
seeableuse,reservingonepartforwinesintendedfor
directconsumptionandtheotherforwinesintended
forprocessing.
However,duringthemarketingy?arandaccordingto
theactualneedswhicharise,theyshallmakethe
necessaryadjustmentstotheoriginalallocations.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceives
thenotification .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1983
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatchargesmay
bemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheircombined
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproducts havefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfrom
thereserve.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionsubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesunderthecoverofdeclarations
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforfreecirculation.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tioniscompliedwith.
ArticleII
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
19S3.

ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident