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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)277 final
Brussels/28May1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforRum,ArrackandTafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.09
(IIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheoverseascountries
andterritories associatedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1980/81)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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"""""EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ..- .■
DecisionNo76./L9.8./EECoftheCouncildate!C^ffprovidesthat
rum,..arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe 1
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheoverseascountries
associatedwitntheEECshallbeimportedfreeofcustomsdutyintoi
the.Communitywithinthelimitsofatariffquota/'
Owingtocertaincharacteristi cfeaturesinherentintheproduction ~
andmarketingoftheproductsinquestion,theannualperiodofap­
plicationshallbefrom1Julyto30Juneoftriefollowingyear.
1.1.Thevalidityofthisdecisioncomeshoweverto<£nendon31De­
cember1980.Atpresentanewdecisiononthissubjectisbeing
examinated bytheCommunity services.Untilentryintoforceof
thisdecisiontheCommunityintendsnaturallytomaintainitSx
specialcommercialrelationswiththesecountries,beyond31De­
cember1980,andtoavoiddisrupting theexistingtradeplans.
•1.2.Theprovisions ,ofDecision76/198/EECsliouldtherefore beapplied
autonomously beyond31December1980.Becausethetariffquotawhich
isatpresentinforcefortheproductsinquestionisvalidun­
til30June1980,thissystemshouldbereconducted foranew
period1July1980to30June1981. "
Thevolumeofthetariffquotaistobedetermined byreferencetoanannu
basicamount,calculatedinhectolitres ofpurealcohol,equaltothe/
amountoftheimportseffectedduring'thebestof.»t.he-.latestyearsfor.
whichstatistics areavailable/.Thisbasicamount *istobesubject V-•
'.'to-arateofgrowthof.18%.;

Theimportsoftheproductsinquestionduringthelastthreeyearswere
asfoLLows:• ' ■"
-inhiofpurealcohol-
1978
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy:
UmtedKingdom •1977
367
34,871
270-285 ■"979
19
32
59.723
64 22
35,240 70,349 59,796
Itfollowsfromthesefiguresthatthequantitiesrelativetothe ,
year1978shouldbetakenasdetermining theannualbasicamount.
Havingregardtothepresentover-allpositionconcerning the
productsinquestiontherateofgrowthapplicable tothebasicamount
maybetakenas18%.
Inthese'circumstances - - _•,.the
volumeoftheCommunitytariffquotafortheperiodfrom1July1980•
to30June1981'shouldbefixedat83,011 .hectolitres ofpure-alcohol...
TheRegulation providesintheusual.way,forthesplitting upofthe
tariffvolumeintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocated among
theMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekeptasa
reserve.
Theallocation ofthefirstinstalment isusuallybasedonthestatistics
forthepreviousthreeyearsandtheforecastsforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned.However,inthiscase,thisprinciplecannotbeappliedtothepro
ductsinquestion.For,duringthepastthreeyearstherewerenoimports
incertainMemberStates,andinotherMemberStatestheywereinsignifi­
cant.Toallocatethequotasinquestionnevertheless ,equitably among
MemberStates,itappearsdesirabletoprovideforasignificant share
ofthequotaamountforeachoftheMemberStates.
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ItisproposedthatthedraftregulationoftheCouncilontheopening,
allocationand.administration oftheCommunitytariffquotaoutlined
abovebeapproved(seeannex). .

.PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)'
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginth«overseaseOUHfrieifindterritoriesassociatedwiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (1980'/81)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle136'
thereof, '
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof
9February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafia,'fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity(*),asamendedby
Decision80/251/EEC(2), ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasDecision76/198/EECprovidesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommunity
freeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquota;whereastheannualsizeofthequota
■istobefixedonthebasis •
ofabasicannualquantity,calculatedinhectolitresof
purealcohol,towhichagrowthrateof18%istobe
applied,equaltotheamountofimportsduringthebest
ofthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable;
whereasthisratemaybemodifiedinthelightofcertain
criteria;whereas"thequotaperiodisfrom
1Julyuntil30Juneofthefollowing ,_
year;whereastheperiodofvalidityoftheabove
mentioned Decisioncomestoanendon
31December1980;whereas,however,until
entryintoforceofanewdecisiononthis
subjecttheCommunityintendstomaintain
itsspecialcommercialrelationswiththe
countriesinquestionandtoavoiddisrup­
tingtheexistingtradeflows.:whereasthe
presentsystemshouldthereforebere­
newedfortheperiod1July1980to30June
1981;*
(»)OJNoL37,12.2.1976,p.24.
vC2)'0JNo.L55,28.2.1980,P.26.

WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1977to
1979showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsintothe
Communityoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
thesaidcountriesandterritories,namely70349
hectolitresofpurealcohol,occurredin1978;whereas,
inthelightofconsumptionandproductionwithinthe
Communityandofthadevelopmenteftradebath
withintheCommunityandbetweenthe,Community,
thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandtheACPStates,
therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodinquestionmay
befixedat18%;whereastheCommunitytariff
quotafortheperiod1July1980to;
30June1981shouldthereforebefixed
at83,077hectolitres ofpurealcohol;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity .nature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,thepercentagesharesinthe
quotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Bénélux 6,66'/o
Denmark 0-13%
Germany -92,80%
France' 0-07%
Ireland ,0-07%
Italy 007%
UnitedKingdom 0?0%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolume,shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,under.thepresent
circumstances ,befixedat90%ofthequotavolume;

WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofit*Additionalsharesiialmostused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,toprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereasthedevelopmentofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand-
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored;■
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
Economic ~Union,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration oftheshareallocatedtothateconomic
unionmayhecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1980
1.From1JuLyuntil30June198",rum,arrackand
tafia,failingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle1of
Decision76/198/EEC,shallbeimportedfreeof
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof83011hectolitresofpure
alcohol.
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph1shallbethosementionedin
Article5ofDecision76/198/EEC.

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Article2
*:jhf.tarifrquorareferredtoinArticle1shallbeaividedintotwoinstalments.
2Afirstinstalmentamountingto75000hectolitresshallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,whlch
•ubjeettoArticleSshallbevaliduntil30j,,.,I981,shailbeasfollows: 0Jljn4,
000-
100■' (hectolitres )
-Bénélux' 5Q00.
Denmark -inn-'
Germany 69600'
France *",50
Ireland .50
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 150
3.Thesecondinstalmentof8011hectolitres
shallconstitutethereserve
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,hynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
,beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
74.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed'inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymight"notbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil30June1981-
ArtideS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1March1981,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15Februar>^981>is'nexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1March
1981/lotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15February
1981andchargedagainstthetariffquota,andofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6 '^
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,'assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beeriusedupassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
March1981,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalance
availableand,tothisend,shallnotifytheamountof
thatbalancetotheMemberStatewhichmakessuchlast
drawing.
t
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota. s
2.-TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.

3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircu~lation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
TheCommunityshallmonitorimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories.,
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2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnot
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsof
importsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduringthe
procedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforfreecirculationand
accompaniedbyamovementcertificateconformingto
therulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformtheMember
Statesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeen
usedup.,■
4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldatthe
requestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeofthe
Commission .
Article9
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,m
.closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensurethe
implementation ofthisRegulation.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,........1980. ,.'
- FortheCouncil
■-.' ThePresident