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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)191 final
Brussels,16May1978
Proposalfora ..,
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading
22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inthe
overseascountries andterritories associated withtheEuropean
EconomicCommunities (1978/79)
(submitted bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(78)191final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Decision No76/198/EEC oftheCouncil dated 9.2.1976 provides that
rum ,arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIofthe
Common Customs Tariff andoriginating intheoverseas countries
associated with theEEC shall beimported free ofcustoms duty into
theCommunity within thelimits ofatariff quota forwhich thequota
period shall befrom 1July to30June .
Thevolume ofthetariff quota isto .'bedetermined byreference toan
annual basic amount ,calculated inhectolitres ofpure alcohol ,equal
totheamount oftheimports effected during thebest ofthelatest
years forwhich statistics areavailable .This basic amount isto.be
subject toarate ofgrowth of13% .This rate maybemodified esch
year ,either upwards ordownwards ,-inthe --light .o£certain criteria .
Theannual tariff quota istobeshared among theMember States "taking
inaccount actual trends onthemarkets ,theneeds oftheMember
States and the ,economic prospects fortheperiod concerned .
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Theimports oftheproducts inquestion . •during thelast three
years were asfollows
-inhiofpure alcohol -
'• 1975 , 1976 : 1977
• •!'
Bénélux 100 3,903 367
Denmark 137 2 ~
Germany V • 63.088 48,187 34,871
France • •••. .' . ~ . ~ '■< •~
Ireland . 7 37 2
Italy . .!' ■ • : 5 5
United Kingdom • -\ "" 1 7
63,337 52.135 35,240

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1Itfollows from these figures that thequantities relative totheyear
1975 should betaken asdetermining theannual basic amount .
Having regard tothepresent over-all position concerning theproducts
inquestion therate ofgrowth applicable tothebasic amount maybe
taken as13% .
2Inthesei circumstances ,thevolume oftheCommunity tariff quota for
theperiod from 1July 1978 to30June 1979 should befixed as71^571
hectolitres ofpure alcohol .
3'The Regulation' provide intheusual way/forthesplitting upo_f
thetariff volume into twoparts,_of which jthe first will be v
allocated among theMember States asquota shares andthesecond ....
will bekept asareserve .
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« .
Itisproposed that the :draft regulation oftheCouncil onthe
opening ,allocation and :administration oftheCommunity tariff quota
outlined above beapproved . .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1978/79)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof9
February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ('),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasDecision76/198/EECstipulatesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommu­
nityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;whereastheannualsizeof >
thequotafortheperiod1Julyto30Juneistobe
fixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,calcu­
latedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,towhicharateof.
growthof13%istobeapplied,equaltotheamount
ofimportsduringthebestofthelastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthisratemaybe
modifiedinthelightofcertaincriteria;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1975to
1977showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1975,namely63337hectolitresofpurealcohol;
whereasinthelightofconsumptionandproduction .
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopmentof
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community,thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandthe
ACPStates,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodin
questionshouldbe13%; t
Whereasthesizeofthequotafortheperiod1July
1978to30June.1979shouldthereforebefixedat •
71571hectolitresofpurealcohol;
(')OJNoL37,12.2.1976,p.24.

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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
tothe.-.bovementioncd quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheabovementioned principles,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondinstalment
formingareserveintendedtocoverthesubsequent
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertoen­
sureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe90%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmosten­
tirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthere­
serveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
used,andinformMemberStatesthereof;Benelux:
Denmark' :
Germany:5-80,
0-23,
93-80,
0-01Γ
0-01,
001,
014;France:
Ireland:
Italy:
UnitedKingdom

conSJMI?SPCC1darCinthe*uotaP«iod,aconsiderablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoVZlt^lrLQf«.thct3,riffqUOta'srerr>ainingunused ^,, - oiciudimng unusecmoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinother"
Whereasthedevelopmentofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored •
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,'anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
1.From1July1978until30June1979rum,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle1of
Decision76/198/EECshallbeimportedfreeof
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof71571hectolitresof
purealcohol.
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article5ofDecision76/198/EEC..
1.TnetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto64,414hectolitres
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,'
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil30
June1970,shallbeasfollows:ArticleÎ
Article2
Germany
France
IrelandDenmarkBénéluxhectolitres
3744
135
60420
Italy7
7
7
UnitedKingdom 91

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7,157hectolitres
3.Thesecondinstalmentof/shallconsti­
tutethcreserve.
Article3
1.Jf90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMem­
berStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthatthereserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMem­
berStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallpro­
ceed,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
J'
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,■
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.!
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1 ■.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,aMem-'
berStatemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthey/nightnotbeusedup.Theyshallin­
formtheCommissionofthereasonswhichledthem
toapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1979•
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1ApriI1979,theunusedportionof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15March1979,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returngreaterportionsiftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April
1970,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof

thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15
March1979andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionsof
theirinitialsharesthatarebeingreturnedtothere­
serve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachStateoftheex­
tenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5April
1979,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoAr­
ticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveinlimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthe
lastdrawing.
;
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccu­
mulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave,
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse..
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.

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Article8
1.InaccordancewithArticle6ofDecision
76/198/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimports
oftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup. :.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .
/,
> Article9
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation.
Article1Q'
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July197g..
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.,
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
- - ThePresident