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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)164final.
Brussels,21April1978.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafia
fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating intheACPStates
(1978/1979)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0Ii(78)164final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheConventionbetweentheACPStatesandtheEECtogetherwith
ProtocolNo7providesthattheproductsfallingwithinsubheading
No22.09CIoftheCCT(rum,arrack,tafia),originatinginthe
ACPStates,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity.
Thesepreferential arrangements arerestricted,however,toa
quantitywhichistobefixedannuallyby.theCommunityonthe
basisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannuallyfromtheACP
Statesduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,increasedbyanannualgrowthrateof40%onthe
Britishmarketand13%ontheotherCommunitymarkets.
'Thedeclaration containedintheCouncilMinutes(Meetingof
13-15January1975)providesfortheallocationoftheannual
quantityamongtheMemberStatesunderCommunitytariffquota
arrangements .
Thecurrenttariffquotaopenedforthegoodsinquestionin,
favouroftheACPStatesendson30June1978.Itisnecessary,
therefore,toopenacorresponding tariffquotaforafurther
periodof12monthsfrom1July1978to30June1979,taking
intoaccounttheaccessionofnewStatestotheabovementioned
Convention (inparticularSurinam).
2.Communityimportsofthegoodsconcernedduringthelastthree
yearswereasfollows:
-inhectolitres ofpurealcohol-
1975. 1976 '1977
Bénélux 3,914 4,979 4,963
Denmark 2,720 3,349 1,942
Germany 21,724 19,666 20,169
France 8,169 5,233 5,802
Ireland 1,654 1,345 2,004
Italy 103 384 304
UnitedKingdom 84,676 85,474 71,984
EC 122,960 120,430 107,168

-ι-
Thequotavolumetobetakenintoaccountonthisbasisforthe
periodfrom1July1978to30June1979shouldbe161,807hecto-
litresofpurealcohol.
Inthiscase,asanexceDtiontothenormalrule,provisioni?n"t
■beingmadetodividethequotavolumeintotwoinstalments oneof
whichinstitutes areserve.Instead,amethodofuseofthequotd
isnrnvidedforhasedonanallocation inHp-fioitive shares ----
amongstmemDerstates.
Thecalculation ofthesesharesisbasedonthelargest
quantitiesimportedannuallyintoeachMemberStateduring 1
thethreeyearsreferredtoabove,respecting,however,the
twogrowthratesmentionedunderpoint1.Thismethodof
calculation hasalreadybeenusedfortheallocationofthe
tariffquotaatpresentinforce.
4.Theannexedtableshowsindetailtheamountsactuallycharged
againstthetariffquotasinquestion (periods1975/76and
1976/77).
5.ItisproposedthatthedraftforaCouncilRegulation
describedaboveshouldbeapproved (seeannex).

ACP~Rhum -pos .tarif .22.09 CI
Utilisation effective descontingents tarifaires
ouverts pour 1975 /76et1976 /77
1975 /761976 /77
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AllemagneI" 26.000 21.076 ' 81n
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H24.643 23 .188 94
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II12.051 4.881 41
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.Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../78
•of.....
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
-CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheACPStates(1978/79)
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN .
COMMUNITIES , i
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean '
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113^1 ,
thereof, , •
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission, .
I
WhereasundertheACP-EECConvention ofLome
signedon28February1975,andinparticularunder
Protocol7thereto,productsoriginatingintheACP
Stateswhichfallwithintariffsubheading22.09CI
(rum,arrack,tafia),shall,untiltheentryintoforceofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinspirits,be 1
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties
underconditionssuchastopermitthedevelopment
oftraditionaltradeflowsbetweentheACPStatesand > ' ,
theCommunityandbetweentheMemberStates;
whereastheCommunityshallfixeachyearthequanti- .
tieswhichmaybeimportedfreeofcustomsdutieson
thebasisofthelargestquantitiesimportedannually
fromtheACPStatesintotheCommunityinthelast '
threeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,increased -
byanannualgrowthrateof40%onthemarketof
theUnitedKingdomand13%ontheothermarkets
oftheCommunity,thesegrowthratesbeingbasedon
foreseeableinternaldemandineachMemberState;
Whereas,havingregardtothelevelsreachedby
importsoftheproductsconcernedintotheCommu­
nityandtheMemberStatesduringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,thesizeofthetariff
quotafortheperiod1July1978to30June197.9
shouldthereforebefixedat/-hectolitresof,''
purealcohol; 161807 •
Whereasitisinparticularnecessaryto'ensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted acecss •
tothe•".bovemcntioncd quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheabovementioned principles,the,
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inthiscasethetariffquotashouldbeallocated
amongsttheMemberStatesonthebasisofthelargestquantitiesimported
annuallyintoeachoftheMemberStateduringthethreelastyearsand
takingintoaccounttheabove-mentiioned growthrates;

Whereas,owingtothespecialcharacteroftheproductsinquestionand
theirsensivityonCommunitymarkets,exceptionalprovisionshouldbe
madeforanarrangementbasedonasingleallocationamongstMember
States;-
WhereasthedevelopmentofimportsintotheCommunity
oftheseproductsshouldberecordedandimportsshould
accordinglybemonitored;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration of.sharesgrantedtotheabove-
mentionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article/
From1July197ountil30June1978rumtarrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheACP
States,shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommu­
nitywithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
161807hectolitresofpurealcohol.

i Article 2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1shallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhichshallbevalid
until30June1979-shallbeasfollows(inhi):.
') ..
Bénélux 5499
ν
Denmark 3698
Germany 23993
France s '9022 •
Ireland 2214
Italy . -424
UnitedKingdom 116957.

5-
Article3
T,TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Articlek
1.Theimportations–
oftheproductsinquestionoriginatingintheACP"~States
shallbemonitored.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificate EUR1.
3.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.~
4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
Article5
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperation.withtheMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation.
Article°
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonIJuly1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,
/FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIERE
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12arc .1-0
2.Base juridique :Articie113
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :
Proposition d'unrèglement (CEE )duConseil portant ouverture ,
répartition etmode degestion d'uncontingent tarifaire courr.unautaire
pour lesproduits relevant delasous-position 22.09 CIdutarif
douanier commun ,originaires desEtats ACP (année 1978 /1979 )
4.Objectif :
Exécution d'uneobligation'contractuelle (Convention deLomé )
5.Mode decalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volume du/d^contingenté ^
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C..22.09 CT.
161 .807 hl
exemption
1UCl'hlpardegré d'alcool
6.Perte derecettes s
1.161.807 hlx100degré -16.180.700 UCperte maximale ;
2.Selon l'utilisation ducontingent encours desdernières années ,
laperte peut être estimée à12mioUCenviron .
V.