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PROPOSAL FORA
\REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafordriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacity
of15kgorless
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(73)1690final

EXPLANATORY MTMORANDUH
1•ThedraftRegulationannexedheretoconcernsthenon-discriminatory
Communitytariffquota,fordriedgrapesprovidedforinthefirst
paragraphofArticleIIoftheTradeAgreementbetxveenthe-European
EconomicCommunityandIran.Thesemeasuresstipulatethatthe
Communityshallopenannually,andshallallocateamongtheMember
Statesonconditionstohefixedbyit^anon-discriminatory Community
tariffquotafordriedgrapesinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacity
of15kgorless,ofavolumeequalto15i°ofannualimportsfrom
non-membercountriesnotassociatedwiththeCommunity,"basedonthe
latestavailablestatistics.
Furthermore,thesecondparagraphofthesameArticle,amendedbythe
CouncilDecisionof3October19^7(OfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities No309,19December 19^7)givesquotadutyat1.2L/o.
2.Theabovementioned Agreementisduetoexpireon30Novembernext,but
asitsrenewalwillprobablyberequestedbytheGovernmentofIran,
itseemsadvisabletodrawupstraightawayaproposalonthetariff
quotainquestionfortheperiod1December1973to30November 1974•
3.ThetariffquotainquestionwaslastopenedbyRegulation(EEC)
ITo2435/72of29November 1972(OJNoL269,30November1972)to
covertheperiod1December1972to30November1973.
SincethenewMemberStatesareundernoobligation,asregardsthe
productinquestion,toaligntheirowncustomstariffdutiesonthose
oftheCommonCustomsTariffbefore1January19747itwasspecified
inthatRegulationthatthenewMemberStatesdidnothavetoparticipate
inuseofthetariffquotaopenedandthatproductsimportedfrom
thoseMemberStatestotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted should
becountedagainstthesharesallocatedtotheMemberStatesofthe
CommunityoftheSix.

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Sincethesecircumstances willremainvaliduntil31December1973,the
* .>.draftRegulationannexedheretocontainsthesameprovisionsforthe
periodbetxveen1and31December1973.andprovidesforparticipation
bythenewMemberStatesonlyfrom1January .1974,tocoversuchof
theirimportneedsascannotbesatisfiedundersomeotherimport
arrangements . t,
4.SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisofarelatively low
volumeinrelationtototalCommunityimportsandsincethereisno
doubtthatitwillbeexhaustedinashorttimeinalltheMember
StatesttheallocationofindividualquotastoallMemberStateson
adefinitivebasisinproportiontotheirimportsoverthesame
referenceperiodwouldnotseemtodetractfromtheCommunitynature
ofthetariffquotainquestion.Suchasolutionhasalreadybeen
f , ' '.!
appliedinsimilarcases,andeachMemberStatehasbeenlefttochoose
itsmethodofadministering itsquota.

Draft
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
onthe.opening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafordriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,in
immediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgorless
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtothoproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPrrliament ;
1Whereas,byitsDecisionof ,theCouncilrenewed,for
theperiod1December1973to30November1974>theTradeAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandIran,signedatBrussels
on14October1963andamendedbytheexchangeoflettersof'
8November 1967j
\
Whereas,pursuanttoArticleIIofthisAgreement,asamendedbythe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoabove,theCommunityundertookto
openannually,andallocateamongtheMemberStatesunderconditions
tobefixedbyit,anannualnon-discriminatory tariffquotafor-
driedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08»04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15kgorless
atadutyof1.2c/oandofavolumeof15$ofannualimportsintothe
Communityofdriedgrapesfromnon-associated thirdcountries,onthe
basisofthelatestavailableCommunitystatistics ;
OJNo
OJNo309»19December19^7»P»6

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Uhereas,asregards -theproductinquestion,thenewMemberStatesdonot
havotomakeanymovementtowardsalignmentoftheirnationaltariffson
theCommonCustomsTariffbefore1January1974?whereas,therefore,the
openingofaCommunitytariffquotaduringtheperiodprecedingthatdate
involvesnoobligationforthenewMemberStatestomodifytheircustoms
tariffsasregardsthirdcountries;vrhereas,consequently ,fortheperiod
from1to31December1973,itshouldbeprovidedthatonlytheMember
StatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedshouldusethetariff
quotaandcountagainsttheirsharesproductsimportedbothfromthird
countriesandfromthenewMemberStates;whereasthefirstmovementby
thenewMemberStatestowardsalignmentoftheircustomstariffsonthe
CommonCustomsTariffinvolvesanobligationtocover,undertheCommunity
tariffquotainquestion,theimportneedsofthoseMemberStatesover
theperiod1Januaryto30November1974;whereastheabovementiohed
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopened,undertheconditionsdefined
above,forthe"periodfrom1December1973to30November1974,ata
duty–rateof1.2%fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted,and,for
thenewMemberStates,ataduty-rateconformingtotheprovisionsofthe
ActannexedtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnewMemberStates
totheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
1
Community,signedon22January1972;whereas,asatemporarymeasure,
differentsystemsshouldbelaiddownfortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted ontheonehandandthenewMember
Statesontheotherhand;
10JNoL73,27Mnrch1972,p.14.

Whereas,regardingthoCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :
–aCommunitytariffarrangement "basedonanallocation amongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
development ofthemarketintheproductinquestiontheallocation
shouldfollowproportionately importsfromnon–associatedthird
countriesintoeachoftheseMemberStatesoveraperiodforwhich
Communitystatisticsarefullyavailable;whereas,owingtothe:
openingoftheCommunitytariffquotainquestionon1December 1973*
thepartofthequotavolumeallocatedtothoseMemberStatesshould ,
befixedonthebasisofthestatisticaldatafor1971"totheamountof
onetwelfth,andofthosefor1972totheamountofeleventwelfths;
whereas,overthetworeferenceyearsconsidered,importsintothose
MemberStatesfromnon-associated thirdcountrieshaverisentothe
followinglevels:
-inmetrictons-
1911 2912
Germans' - 12250 19.302
Bénélux 27^1 2604
France 2933 2905
Italy -278_.556,
"18222 25367
–Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,thebasisforcalculationofthe
quotavolumeallocatedtothoseMemberStatesis24773metrictons,
which,whentheaforementioned 15/^isapplied,bringsthisvolumetotho
levelof3716metrictonsandthequotasofthoseMemberStatesto
thefollowinglevels:
Germany - 230Jmetrictons
Benelux 393metrictons
France 436metrictons ,
Italy 80metrictons

–Whereas,since"thequotainquestionisofarelativelylowvolume,it
appearsfeasible,withoutdetractingtherebyfromtheCommunitynature
ofthetariffquota,toprovide,atthisjuncture,forasystemof
applicationbasedsolelyonallocationamongtheabovemcntioncd
MemberStates;
–Whereasthisallocationseemsfeasibleonthebasisofthefigures
appearinginthetableabove;
–Whereas,inthiscase,inviewoftherelationbetweenthequota
volumeandtheimportneedsoftheMemberStatesinquestion,the
quotasformingtheCommunitytariffquotaallowequalaccessfor
importerstotheCommunitytariffquota;forthissanereasonit
seemsdesirabletoleavethoseMemberStatesthechoiceofasystem
forthoadministration oftheirquota,allthemoresinceitis
probablethatthisquotavolumewillbeexhaustedinashorttime;
–Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andthoGrand-DuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented t>ythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthoadministration of
thequotasallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyone
ofitsmembers;
Whereas,withparticularreferencetothenewMemberStates:
–owin^totheparticipation oftheseMemberStates,from1January1974}
inapplicationofthetariffquotainquestion,thepartofthequota
volumeallocatedtothemshouldbefixedsolelyonthebasisofdata
for1972,totheamountofeleventwelfths;whereasduringthat
referenceyear,importsfromnon-associated thirdcountrieshaverisen
inthoseMemberStates,tothefollowinglevels:
inmetrictons-
Dcnninrk
Ireland
UnitedKingdom3173
2803
43789
49770

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–Whereas ,inview of "these factors ,the "basis forcalculation ofthe
quota volume allocated tothose Member States is45623metric tons ,
which ,when theaforementioned 15foisapplied ,Tarings this volume to
thelevel of6843metric tons ajidthequotas ofthose Member States
tothefollowing levels :
Denmark 437metric tons
Ireland 385metric tons
United Kingdom 6021metric tons
–Whereas thequota duties aretobedetermined "bythe .newMember States
inaccordance with theprovisions oftheActmentioned above ,andin
particular with those ofArticle 595
–Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured
forallimporters •andtherate ofduty forthequota should beapplied
consistently torllimports oftheproduct inquestion until thequota
isexhausted ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ":
Article 1
1,Fortheperiod from 1December 1973 to30November 1974 ,aCommunity
tariff quota of10559metric tons shall beopened intheEuropean
Economic Community for imports from third countries ofdried grapes
falling within subheading 08.04 BIoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,in
immediate containers ofanetcapacity of15kgorless . '
2.Ofthis Community tariff quota ,3716metric tons shall beallocated
totheCommunity asoriginally constituted and6843metric tons tothe
new Member States .Itshall beadministered inaccordance \ri.th the
* .-following provisions :

PROVISIONS CONCERNING THECOMMUNITY ASORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED :
Article2
AsregardsthevolumeallocatedtotheoriginalMemberStates
theConmonCustomsTariffdutyshallhapairttallysuspended
atthelevelof1.2/5.
Article3
Thevolumeof3716metrictonsmentionedinArticle1(2)shall,bedivided
betweentheMemberStates -asfollows:
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
TheextenttowhichMemberStates*quotashavebeenusedupshallbe
established onthebasisofimports ,ofthoproductinquestionpresented
for;customsclearanceunderdeclarations forconsumption .:
(i)fromnon-membercountriesandnewMemberStatesforimports
carriedbutduringDecember1973;
(ii)fromnon-Httembercountriesonlyforimportscarriedoutfrom
1January1974*
Article5
Theabovementioned MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionperiodically
ofimportsactuallycountedagainsttheirshares.
Article6
ThoMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.2807metrictons
393metrictens
'436metrictons
80metrictons

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PROVISIONS COITCEEtTHTG THEITEWMEMBERSTATES
Article7
1.ThequotavolumeallocatedtothenewMemberStatesunderArticle1
shallbedividedbetweenthoseMemberStatesasfollows:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom437metrictons
385metrictons
6021metrictons
2«withoutprejudetotheabilitytomakeanalignmentatamorerapid
rate,asprovidedforunderArticle59(4)oftheActofAccession,
thenewMemberStatesshallapply,withintheframeworkofthese
quotas,thedutiesindicatedincolumn1ofthefollowingtable,
inplaceofthoseapplicableregardingthirdcountriesasfrom
1January1974»referredtoincolumn2:
QuotadutiesDutiesofthird ,
countries
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom0,2%
0,1574i/100kg+0,2',$
0,8267i/100kg+8,2io
0,08,i/cwt+0,2io
0,16t/cwt+0,2io1,2%
0,1574i/lOOkg1-lv2fo
0,82674/100kg+9,?
0,08i/cut+1,2.fî
0,16ï/cwt+1,2fi
Article8
Articles4»5and°shallapplytothenewMemberStates.Importsintothese
MemberStatesthatareexemptfromcustomsdutiesundersomeotherpreferential
tariffsystemmaynot,however,becountedagainstthequotasallocatedpursuant
tothisRegulation.

Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December1973*
ThisRegulationshallbe"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicabl
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident