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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)341final.
Brussels .July19,1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrape
mustwithfermentations arrested "bytheadditionofalcool
fallingwithinheadingHo22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingentirelyinGreece
(PresentedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0H(77)341final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
PendingadecisionbytheAssociation CouncilunderArticle35
36(1)oftheEEC-GreeceAssociation Agreement,theCouncilhas
laiddownthearrangements applicableasfrom29April1977to
importsofwinesoffreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation
arrestedbythea'dditionofalcohol,fallingwithinCCTheading
No22.05andwhollyobtainedinGreece.Thearrangements provide
fortheopeningfortheseproductsofaCommunitytariffquota
ofanannualvolumeof420000hectolitres,atratesofduty
corresponding to15%ofthosespecifiedintheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
Thepurposeoftheproposalforaregulationannexedheretois
torenewfor1978arrangements laiddownfor1977.
Thedetailsofthearrangements proposedremainthesameas
thoseadoptedforthe1977tariffquota,save,however,for
thevolumeoftheCommunityreserve,whichisraisedfrom1%
toapproximately 10%,andtheauthorization grantedtothe
MemberStatestodivide,asaguide,theirsharesintotwo
parts,onefortablewinesandtheotherforwinesintended
forthemanufacture ofvermouth,suchauthorization notbeing
renewedintheproposal.
AsfortheCommunityreserve,theCommissionfeelsthata
volumecorresponding tosome1%ofthequotacannotenablethe
reserve,toplay,fromthetimethequotaisopened,therole
asabufferstockwhichitwasintendedtohave.Althoughthe
reserveisusually20%ofthequotavolume,theCommission
proposesthatasanexperimentthelevelofthereservebe
fixedat10%for1978.
Asregardstheauthorization giventotheMemberStatesto
dividetheirshares,theCommissionfeelsthatsuchameasure,
whichmoreoverseemstoservenousefulpurpose,isjustified
onlyinatransitional phasebetweenpurelynationalandwholly
Communityarrangements .

Moreover,toassisttheCommissionincarryingoutthe
supervisorytaskentrusedtoitundertheTreaties,
Article10oftheproposalstipulatesthattheMember
Statesmustinformit,withinacertainperiod,ofthe
measurestheyhavetakentoimplementthetariffarrangement.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforwinesfromfreshgrapesandgrapemustwithfermentation arrestedby
theadditionofalcoholfallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingentirelyinGreece
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposalfrom-theCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment
Whereas,pendingadecisionbythe
Association Councilpursuantto
Article35or36(1)oftheEEC-
GreeceAssociation Agreement,
thespecialimportarrangements
decidedinthecourseof1977should
bereintroduced in1978forwinesfrom
freshgrapes,andgrapemustwith
fermentation arrestedbythe
additionofalcoholoriginating
entirelyinGreece;whereasa
Communitytariffquotaof420000
hectolitres perannumshould
accordingly beopenedatareduced
dutyfor1978;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsintosuchMemberStatesoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates:
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned ,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatis­
ticsrelatingtoimportsfromGreeceoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavail­
able,importsfromGreeceintotheMemberStatesin
1974,197.Sand1976oftheproductconcernedhave
developed asfollowsandrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity :
Mi-mK-rSlitti** Il"4
Beni'lux 55-02 66-66 7Ml
Dcnmnrk (1050-1110-11
Germany .17-0426-46 22-15
France 6-21 6 .1.(5
Ircinoii 0-05 0-02 (M)
Italy 0-14 01)2 0-02
UnitedKingdom I•I-4V0-71 0-Κ5
Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresamithe
foreseeabledevelopment ofthemarketintheproduct

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concernedduring1978,theinitialsharesinthe
volumeofthequotamaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
Bcnclux 64-06
Denmark 0-53
Germany29-89
France 267
Ireland 0-36
Italy0-36
UnitedKingdom 213
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbe-dividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebe,
usedup;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Community quotashouldbedetermined atarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichunderpresentcircumstances
couldbeapproximately90%ofthequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof'
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtheCommunity reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupple­
mentarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupple­
mentarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thetariffquotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable quantityoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthe
MemberStateshouldreturnacertainproportion
thereoftothereserve,inordertoavoidpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arcunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArtideI
Duringtheperiodfrom1JanuaryI.to31December19/8,aCommunitytariff
of420000hectolitresshallbeopenedinthe
Community forwineoffreshgrapesandgrapemust
withfermentation arrestedbytheadditionofalcohol
fallingunderheadingNo22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingentirelyinGreece.
Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbereducedtothelevelsindicatedinthe
tablebelow: -
CCTheadingNo Descriptionoflootis
IRaivofduly
22.05 Wineoffreshgrapes;grapemustwithfermentation arrestedby
theadditionofalcohol:
A.Sparklingwine . 6u.a.perni
i
B.Wineinbottleswith'mushroom stoppersheldinplaceby
tiesorfastenings ,andwineotherwiseputupwithanexcess
pressureofnotlessthanIatmospherebutlessthan3atmos­
pheres,measuredatatemperatureof20"C 6u.a.perhl
C.Other
'I.OfanActualalcoholicstrengthnotexceedingl.),in
containersholding:
(a)2litresorless.. .
(b)Morethan2litresI-Ku.a.perht
I*.)u-n.perhl
II.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding13°butnot
exceeding \S°tincontainersholding:
(a)2litresorless
(b)Morethan2litres .,.2*1u.n.perhl
I6u-a.perhl

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CCThcMinxNo IX'H'nnlton olgotxk K*iroltlun
22.05CIII.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding15butnoti
(i'UUtlt) exceeding18,incontainersholding:
(a)2litresorless:
2.Other..'... 2*5u.a.perhl
(b)Morethan2litres:
3.Other ...2*1u.a.perhl
IV.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding18°butnot
exceeding22°,incontainersholding:* I
ι(a)2litresorless:
2.Other \.....j2'Ku.a.perhl
I(b)Morethan2litres: ' i
3.Other 2-Ku.a.perhl
V.Ofanactualalcoholicstrengthexceeding22°,in;
containersholding:
(a)2litresorless 0-2u.a.perhl
I . i'andperdegree
+1Su.a.per
hl
(b)Morethan2litres 0-2u.a.perhl
•■ iandperdegree
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2-.-If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbythat
MemberStatehasbeenexhausted ,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph I,drawathird
shareequalto7-S%ofitsinitialshare.
.VIf,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythat
MemberStateliasbeenusedup,itshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph I,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs I,2and.1,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission oftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph ..,
AÌtùie3
1.If90"/«ormoreofanyMemberStatesinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ormore
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedto,thereserve
whereArticleSliasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted.Anide2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1(I)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto380000hectoli-
tres,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryuntil31December1978,shallbe
asfollows: –"»–
Bénélux 243450
Denmark 2000
Germany .113600
France 10150
Ireland 1350
Italy 1350
UnitedKingdom 8100"
40000
3.Thesecondinstalmentof'hectolitresshall
constitute thereserve.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article.1shallbevaliduntil.ilDecember1978.

Artide5
MemberStole*shallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978^isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedunderandcharged .
againsttheCommunityquotaupto15September
1978inclusiveand,whereappropriate,ofthepropor­
tionoftheirintialsharesthattheyarereturningtothe
reserve.
Artide6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares ■\.u/!«•'. 9
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles 1nOfficialJournaloftl
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent EuropeanCommunities ,,thepr<
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasittheyhaveadoptedwithaViei
receivesthenotification. ,application.
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5OctoberI978,A•
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable . •
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing. ArticleJ1
;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
Article7 ' '
1January1978.
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatcharges"
maybemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
combinedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfrom'
thereserve.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare,
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup:
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe■
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Arttde8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStales
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Artide9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethecorrectapplication
ofthisRegulation.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardto
theCommissionwithin45daysof
thepublicationofthisRegulation
intheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities,theprovisions
theyhaveadoptedwithaviewtoits
application.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheConnu'/
ThePrésident

Date:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.Budgetlineconcerned 5Ch.12Art.120
2.Leqalbasis:Articles43and113oftheTreaty
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure:
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)opening,allocatingandproviding
fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforwinesfromfresh
grapesandgrape,mustwithfermentationarrestedbytheadditionof
alcoholfallingwithinheadingNo22.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingentirelyinGreece
4.Objectives :
'Toassure,forGreekwines,apreferential treatmentinthecontext
ofaninterimregimebetweenthenationalregimesprovidedforin ;
Protocol14totheAgreementEEC-Greeceandtheregimetobedefined
inaccordancewithArticle35orArticle36(1)oftheAgreement.
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT
-^uotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
-DutyrateCCT22.05
420000hl
15%ofCCTdutyrates
from9to40UA/hl
6.Lossofreceipts:6,300,000 UCE