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.rPROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofCommunity tariff quotas forport wines ,
falling within subheading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inPortugal (1977 )
| PROPOSAL FORA
iREGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
.opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
/ , ,ofaCommunity tariff quota forMadeira wines ,
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falling within subheading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating ^inPortugal (1977 )
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PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
V ...opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forSetubal muscatel wines ,
falling within subheading ex22.05 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inPortugal (1977 )
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EXPLANATORY_MEMgRANDUM .
1.Article 4ofProtocol No8totheAgreement of1972betweenthe
European Economic Community andthePortuguese Republic asamended by
Article 9oftheInterimAgreement of1976,provides fortheopening
ofCommunity tariffquotasforthewineslistedbelow:
CommonCustoms Annual Rateof
Tariffheading Description ofgoods Total reduction
No volume
ex22.05 CIIIa)1Portwines 35,000hi 60%
ex22.05 CIVa)1-incontainers holding
twolitresorless
ex22.05 CIIIb)1Portwines 280000hi 50%
ex22.05 CIVb)1-incontainers holding
morethantwolitres
ex22.05 CIIIa)1Madeira wines 1500hi 60%
ex22.05CIVa)1-incontainers holding
twolitresorless
ex22.05 CIIIb)1Madeira wines 14500hi 50%
ex22.05CIVb)1-incontainers holding
morethantwolitres
ex22.05 CIIIa)1Setubalmuscatel wines 1000hi 60%
ex22.05CIVa)1-incontainers holding
twolitresorless
ex22.05 CIIIb)1Setubalmuscatel wines 2000hi 50%
ex22.05CIVb)1-incontainers holding
morethantwolitres
Thesewineswillofcourseremainsubjecttoprovision relatingto
thecommonorganization ofthemarketinwine.
2.InordertomeettheCommunity 1aobligations toPortugal in1977
havetobeadoptedproviding fortheopening,allooation andadniinistrar "
tionofCommunitytariffquotas.
Thatistheobjeotoftheannexedproposals .
•■•/•••

3«TheRegulations provide ,inthenormal way ,that eiohofthevolumes
shall bedivided into twoinstalments ,thefirst ofwhioh isto "be
allocated among theMember States andtheseoond held asareserve *
Theallooation ofthefirst instalment isusually based onstatistics
forthethree preoeding years andonforecasts fortheperiod in
question .Intheabsenoe ofspecifio Community statistics forthese
wines theinitial quotas have been oaloulated onthebasis ofthe
most recent statistics forPortuguese exports from 1973 to1975 *
ThePortuguese statistics caninfaot beoonsidered to -give arough
pioture ofCommunity imports ofthewines inquestion *
k.TheMember States' experts whoparticipated intheconsultative meeting
ofthe"Economic Tariff Problems "Group (26/27April 1976 )expressed
agreement inprinciple tothescheme forallocations ofshares proposed
bytheCommission intheframework oftheregulations annexed *
ANNEXES 3proposals forRegulations oftheCouncil

ANNEX A
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)No...OFTHECOUNCIL
of••••••••••••••
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity tariff
quotasforportwines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inPortugal (1977)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement ^)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthe
Portuguese Republic,amendedbyArticle 9
oftheInterimAgreement betweenthe
European Economic Community andthe
Portuguese Republic (3),
_ providesthatcustomsdutieson
importsintotheCommunity ofcertainwines,origi­
natinginPortugal,shallbereduced:
–by60%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicable to
portwines,fallingwithinsubheadings ex22.05C
IIIa)1andex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,uptoanannualtariffquotaof
33000hectolitres ;and
–by50%inthecaseofthedutiesapplicable to
portwines,fallingwithinsubheadings ex22.05C
IIIb)1andex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffuptoanannualtariffquotaof
280000hectolitres ;
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted ,totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whepggs^thecase
ofthenewMemberStates,thisreduction
applies uptoandincluding 30June1977
tosuchdutiesastheseStatesapplyat
anygivenmomenttoimports fromthird
countries andfrom1July1977tothe
CommonCustomsTariffduties;
whereasthesewineswillremainsubjecttotheprovi­
sionsgoverning thecommonorganization ofthe
marketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
(')OJNo
(J)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(3)0JNoLapplication oftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
yihereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunity natureofthequotascanbe
respected byallocating theCommunity tariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflect
mostaccurately theactualdevelopment ofthemarket
intheproductsconcerned ,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportion totheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
WhereasavailableCommunity statisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationofportwinesonthemarkets;
whereas,however,Portuguese statisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunity duringthepastfew
yearscanbeconsidered toreflectapproximately the
situationofCommunity imports;whereasonthis
basisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages of
theimportsintotheCommunity fromPortugalofthe
productsconcerned :
i197319741975
Portwines: j
i
!–inreceptacles containing *
14-413-418.8
3-54-16.0
13-77-215.3
27127-929.0
0-40-60.4
|26-429-916.1
:14-516-914.4twolitresorless:
–Bénélux
–Denmark
–Germany–France
–Ireland
–Italy–UnitedKingdom

-2- ANNEX A
197319741975
14013.4
4-55.5
11010.4
41039.4
151.2
000.0
28030.1
Whereas ,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Portwinesin
receptacles containing
Two{itres
orlessMorethan
twolitres
Bénélux 13-2 14-6
Denmark 2-7 6-6
Germany149 91
France 29-7 42-7
Ireland 0-3 1-6
Italy 270 01
UnitedKingdom 12-2 '25-3
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimately tocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters in
eachMember State,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotasshouldbedetermined atalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts ;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditional quotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditional quotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperation between
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular ,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe–inreceptacles containing
morethantwolitres:
–Bénélux 13*4–Denmark 8-1–Germany 9-1–France 40-9–Ireland 1"'–Italy 0-0–UnitedKingdom 26-8quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partofoneorotheroftheCommunity quotas
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions concerning
theadministration afsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Fortheperiod 1Januaryto31December 1977,
Community tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproducts
originating inPortugal,andwithinthelimitslisted
below:
CCTheadingNo Description Quotavolume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1|Portwines
|Portwines35000hl
280000hl
2.TheCommon Customs Tariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo i Rateofduty
ex22.05CIIIa)1 5-4u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVa)1 5-8u.a./hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1 5-5u.a./hl
ex22.05CIVb)1 I6-0u.a./hl
anduptoandincluding 30June1977
3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas/thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculated in
accordance withtherelevantprovisions setoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreement andintheAct
ofAccession .
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle 1shallbe
dividedinto,twoinstalments .

-3-ANNEX A
2.A.firstinstalment shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December 197:>7shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts :
(mbeciolitrts)
Portwine*undersubheadings
ex22.05CIII•)!
and
ex22.05CrV«)lex22.05CIIIb)I
•nd
exlUOSCIVb)1
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom4150
860
46Ç0
9350 .
100
8500
385036:790
16630
22930
107600
4040
260
63750
Total31500 j252000
3.Thesecondinstalment ofeachquota,350Qand
28.000hectolitres respectively ,shallconstitute the
reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturned into
thereserve,wheretheprovisions ofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted ,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinpara­
graph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted ,90%ormoreofthethirdshar*drawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,that State
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereis»ny
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 1977..
Article 5
TheMember Statesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamountTheymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977.notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedupto15September
1977inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1977
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethat,whenadditional sharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunity tariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.

-4- ANNEX A
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoriginating inPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisions of
thisRegulation areobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
\

ANNEX B
REGULATION (EEC)No
of....Proposal fora
EC)No...OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity tariffquotas
forMadeira wines,fallingwithinheadingNoex22.05oftheCommon
;;ii;CustomsTariff,originating inPortugal (197?)
»>
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES , ')•;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof; ,,i ,
^->f(t>1"' _ '.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
■<**n
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('); v
WhereasArticle4ofProtocol8totheAgreement (2)
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andthe
Portuguese Republic,amendedbyArticle9i
oftheInterimAgreement betweenthe
European Economic Community andthe
Portuguese Republic (3),
providesthatcustomsdutieson
importsintotheCommunity ofcertainwines,origi-.
natinginPortugal,shallbereduced :.
–by60%inthecaseof
Madeirswines,fallingwithin
IIIa)1andex22.05C
CustomsTariff,uptoan
1500hectolitres ;and
–by50%inthefaseof
Madeirawines,fallingwithin
*IIIb)1andex22.Q5.C
CustomsTariffuptoan14500hectolitres :thedutiesapplicable to
subheadings ex22.05C
IVa)foftheCommon
'annualtariffquotaof
thedutiesapplicable to
subheadings ex22.05C
IVb)jfoftheCommon
:annualtariffquotaof
Whereasthisreductionapplies,inthecaseofthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted ,totheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereasinthecase
ofthenewMemberStates,thisreduction
appliesuptoandincluding 30June1977
tosuchdutiesastheseStatesapplyat
anygivenmoment "toimportsfromthird
countries andfrom1July1977tothe
CommonCustomsTariffduties;
whereasthesewineswillremainsubjecttotheprovi­
sionsgoverning thecommonorganization ofthe
marketinwine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
(')OINo
(')OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(3)0JNoIapplication oftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples mentioned
above,theCommunity natureofthequotascanbe
respected byallocating theCommunity tariffquota,
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflect
mostaccurately ,theactualdevelopment ofthemarket
Hitheproductsconcerned ,suchallocation shouldbe
inproportion totheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach"
State'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomic outlookforthequota
periodconcerned ; "
WhereasavailableCommunity statisticsgivenoinfor­
mationonthesituationo'fwinesonthemarkets;/Madeira
whereas,however,Portuguese statisticsforexportsof
theseproductstotheCommunity duringthepastfew
yearscan.beconsidered toreflectapproximately the
situationofCommunity imports;whereasonthis
basisthecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages of
theimportsintotheCommunity fromPortugalofthe1'''
productsconcerned :
1973
"Madeira winess:
•; I.v.
–rin"-receptacles containing
twolitresorless:1974
''.1it-1975
–Bénélux 13.3 15.8 28.7
–Denmark "•<16.8 22.5 31.5
–Germany 19.9"8.7 9.0–France 4.5 3.4 2.5–Ireland 1.5 0.8 1;1.0–Italy 23.8 35.4 17.3–UnitedKingdom 20.2 13.4 10.0

-2-ANNEXB
19731974
inreceptacles containing
morethantwolitres:
–Bénélux
–Denmark
–Germany–France
–Ireland
–Italy–UnitedKingdom13.7
18.4
17.8
39.4
0.1quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
1975hereof;
14.8
16.0
18.1
40.8
0.114.0
14.9
19.1
42.5
0.1
10.610.29.4
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :Whereas ,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amount *ofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partofoneorotheroftheCommunity quotas
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrand"Duchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions concerning
theadministration afsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof'
itsmembers ,
Madeira
ireceptaclesconfining
Twolitres
orlessMorethan
twolitres
Bénélux 18.4 ■14.0
Denmark 22.9 14.9
Germany 13.1 19.1
France I3.642.4
Ireland 1.1 0.1
Italy 25.8 0.1
UnitedKingdom 15.1l_9.4
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
Sjates,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimately tocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters in
eachMember Slate,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotasshouldbedetermined atalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts ;
WhereaitheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
n^aybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould
drawanadditional quotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperation between
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular ,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichtheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artide 1
1.Fortheperiod 1Januaryto31December 1977,
Community tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproducts
originating inPortugal,andwithinthelimitslisted
below:
ft
CCTheadingNo Description Quotavolume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)1
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)1)Madeira
Iwines
)Madeira
/ wines
i1500hl
14500h"
2.TheCommon Customs Tariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
attherateslistedbelow:
CCTheadingNo Raieotfduty
ex22.05CIIIa)I 5*4υ^ι./ηι
ex22.05CIVa)I 5-8U..1./I1I
ex22.05CIIIb)l 5-5ii.a./lil
ex22.05CIVb)I 6-0u.a./hl
anduptoandincluding30June
3*Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas/thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythe'dutiesc.ilailated in
accordance withtherelevantprovisions setoutin
Protocol8annexedtotheAgreement andintheAct
ofAccession .
Articiv2
l.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticleIshallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .

-3- ANNEX B
2.Afirstinstalment shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December 197^shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts :
(inhectolitres)
Madeira wines undcr«ubht«Hngt
Iex22.05C111■)Iex22.05CIIIb)1
and and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05CÏVb)1
Bénélux 248 1820
Denmark 309Ί1940
Germany 177 2480
France 50 5510
Ireland15 15
Italy 347 15
UnitedKingdom 204 1220
Total 1350 13000
3.Thesecondinstalment ofeachquota,150and
*1500hectolitres respectively ,shallconstitute the
reserve .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturned into
thereserve,wheretheprovisions ofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
irfitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted ,2J)%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinpara­
graph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted ,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember State
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuant to
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 1977
Article 5
TheMember Statesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
197^notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedupto15September
\97yinclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October197?
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable ,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethat,whenadditional sharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesofjheCommunity tariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.

-4-ANNEX B
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoriginating inPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisions of
thisRegulation areobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
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197319741975thereof;
inreceptacles confining
morethantwolitres:.
–Bénélux
–Denmark
–Germany–France
–Ireland
–Italy «»-■.•–UnitedKingdom2570
7530
Whereas ,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submitted bycertainMember ;States,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages : 1;i■'> --■-.i;ai--'-:Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthat.MemberStatepaysalarge
amount *ofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partofoneorotheroftheCommunity quotas
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrand'Duchy of
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxFxonomic Union,alltransactions concerning
theadministration afsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof■
itsmembers ,
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomSetubaL (nuscatèl
if!.receptacle *containingwines
:Twolitrei
orless.
20
5
20
?0
5
10
20Moretnan
twolitres
20
5
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20
5
10
20HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
.. Article 1
1.Fortheperiod 1Januaryto31December 1977,
Community tariffquotasshallbeopenedforproducts
originating inPortugal,andwithinthelimitslisted
below:
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproducts'concerned inthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimately tocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters in
eachMember State,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotasshouldbedetermined atalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts ;
WhereaStheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakjn
continuity ,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesShbuld 1
drawanadditional quotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditional quotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
!administration callsforclosecooperation between
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular ,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichtheCCTheadingNo Description Quotavolume
ex22.05CIIIa)1
ex22.05CIVa)IjSetubaI(muscatel
Swines1000hl
ex22.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)Iwines2000hl
2.TheCommon Customs Tariffdutiesonwines
importedwithinthesetariffquotasshallbesuspended
at,therateslistedbelow;
CCTheadirtfNof•;Ljil 'r>*Raieof'duty
Ai-
.ex,22.05CIlia)1
ex'22.05CIVa)1:0-^'-t
ex'iz2.05CIIIb)1
ex22.05CIVb)15-4uJi./hl
:5-8u.a./lil
-5-5u.a./lil
6-0u.a./lil
•ΛΓ)(ipijl- ;anduptoandincluding 30June
3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas/thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculated in >:
accordance withtherelevantprovisions setoutin
Protocol8annexed 1toiheAgreement andintheAct
ofAccession . h~.<■"■r.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle 1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .i■Dici

-3-ANNEX C
2.Afirstinstalment shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December 1977shallconsistof
thefollowingamounts :
(inhectolitres)
Setubal muscatel winesunder
suoneacnng *?–■ 1
ex22.05CIIIa)1!ex22.05CIIIb)1
«nd I and
ex22.05CIVa)Iex22.05CIVb)I
Bcnelux Γ180 360
Denmark 45- 90
Germany 180 360
France 180 360
Ireland 45 90
Italy -90 180
UnitedKingdom 180 360
Total 900 1800
3.Thesecondinstalment ofeachquota,100^6
200hectolitres respectively ,shallconstitutethe
reserve .
Article34.Notwithstanding paragraphs I,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 1977.
Article!.-
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedupto15September
1977inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisions ofArticle5have
beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,thatMemberState
shallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
irlitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshave
beenexhausted ,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinpara­
graph1todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupitothenextunitwhereappro­
priate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted ,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .■Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October 1977
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Artide7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethat,whenadditional sharesarc
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunity tariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.

-L- ANNEX C
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoriginating inPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse. ■
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Artide9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisions of
thisRegulation areobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonIJanuary
1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident