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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)177final
Brussels/10thApril1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
CONCERNING THEALLOCATION OFACOMMUNITY QUOTA
OFWINEOFFRESHGRAPES,INTENDED TOBEFORTIFIED
FORDISTILLATION -ORIGINATING INALGERIA(1979-1980)
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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COM(79)177final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
• ' ■' •'.'•'"•
TheCooperation AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePeoplesDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria,signedon26April'976
andwhichentered'intoforceon1stNovember197$makesprovisionfora'
tariffconcession,forfouryears,consistingofan80%reductioninthe
customsdutiesfor-importsofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying
andoriginatinginAlgeria,subjecttoanannualquotaof.500.000hecto-};<
-litres,onconditionthat,aspecialimportpriceisobserved.
Article.3(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1516/76onimports!,
intotheCommunityofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedtobefortifiedfor|
distillation,originating inAlgerialaysdownthattheallocationoftheiy
quotaistobeeffectedbytheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityon!
aproposalfromtheCommission.Suchallocation mustbeeffectedin
proportiontoMemberStates*requirements,calculatedonthebasisof i
statisticsofimportsofthesaidwinesoriginating inAlgeriaandthe
economicprospectsforthequotaperiodunderconsideration .However,-in;,,
thisparticularcase,therearenostatistics-eitherCommunityornatio­
nal-forthewinesinquestion.Inthesecircumstances ,itwouldseemj
• i• * ';
advisableonthebasisofthisregulationtoreviewthequotasharesfor:
theMemberStatesforafourthperiodfor1July1979to30thJune1980.
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCounciIshouldadopt
thefollowingproposalforaregulationconcerningtheallocationofa
quotaofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedforfortifying,'originatingin
Algeria.' •^: ';VV:.'/V;;'vf :;ii\•V'''
FINANCIALIMPLICATION ..' \.M-'
Thisregulationdoesnotinvolveanyfinancialimplication *

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC),'
concerningtheallocationofaCommunityquotaofwineoffreshgrapes,intendedtobe'
fortifiedfordistillation,originatinginAlgeria.(1979/80)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,allocatingthetotalquotaintoshareswhichtakeac­
countofthecapacityofthemarketsoftheMember
Statestoabsorbthesaidwines;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1516/76of24June1976onimportsofwineoffresh
grapes,intendedtobe'fortifiedfordistillation,origi­
natinginAlgeria('),andinparticularArticle3(1)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1516/76laysdownthat,
pursuanttotheCooperationAgreement(2)
signedon26April1976bytheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofAlgeria,winesoffreshgrapes,intendedfor
fortifying,fallingwithinsubheadings22.05C1exb)
andCIIexb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginAlgeria,maybeimportedintotheCommunity
withatariffconcessionconsistingofan80%reduction
inthecustomsdutiesandwithinthe.limitsofaCom­
munityquotasubjecttoobservanceofaspecialprice;
whereastheannualquotais500000hectolitresper
yearforfouryearsfromtheentryintoforceon1July
1976oftheInterimAgreement;whereasthefourth
annualCommunityquotashouldbeallocatedforthe'
period1July1979to30June1980';
Whereas,inordertofollowascloselyaspossiblethe.
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationmustbeeffectedinproportion
toMemberStates'requirements,calculatedonthebasis
ofthestatisticsonimportsofthesaidproductsfrom
Algeriaduringarepresentativeperiodandalsoonthe
basisoftheeconomicprospectsforthetariffperiod
underconsideration ;Whereas,inordertotakeaccountintheseconditionsof
theuncertaintyintrendsinimportsintotheMember
Statesoftheproductconcerned,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirsttobeallocated
amongalltheMemberStatesandthesecondtoforma
reserveintendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitialshares
atdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthiseventuality
andtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthis
shouldbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofits
additionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnittothereservesoastopreventapartof
thequotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
/oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingto
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
.unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,however,inthiscase,therearenoCommu­
nityornationalstatisticsforthewinesinquestion;'
whereas 1provisionshouldconsequentlybemadefor
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.29.
(J)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.2.Article1
The500000hectolitresquotaopenedforwineoffresji
grapesintendedforfortifying^originatinginAlgeria,
undertheconditionslaiddownbyRegulation (EEC)
No1516/76,shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongthe
MemberStatesfortheperiod1July1979to30June
11980:;!

Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(inhectolitres)
30000
1250
115000
100000
1250
100000
7500
Theremaining145000hectolitresshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article2
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle1isusedforfortifyingaspartofits
initialshare,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondsharewhichmayamounttothetotalquantitiesactuallyusedfor
fortifying,totheextentthatthereservesopermits.
2.Othersharesmaybedrawninaccordancewiththe
sameconditionsuntilthereserveisusedup.
3.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1980,theunusedshareoftheirquota.The
reserveshallbeusedinaccordancewithparagraph(2).
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1July^979'
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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