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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0MC83) 517 Jin?)
B ru ssels, 8 5ieptembr êb\1983
Proposal for a  
C O U N C IL  R E G U L A T IO N  (E E C )
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a  
Com munity ta riff quota for certain wines having a  registed designation 
of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C  of the C o m m o n  
Customs Tariff and originating in Yugoslavia (1983)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C O M (83) 517 final

E X P L A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
. The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic C o m m u n ity  and 
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provides in Article 22 for 
the opening of an annual Com m unity tariff quota of 1 2  000 hi to be 
imported into the Com m unity of certain wines having a  registered desi­
gnation of origin, of tariff headings ex 22.05 C  I a) and C  II a) of 
the C C T , originating in Yugoslavia at customs duties of respectively 
10.1 ECU/hl and 11.8 ECU/hl.
However, because this Agreement has entered into force on 1  April 1983 
the ta riff quota has to be opened prorata temporis, i.e. with a volume 
of 9  000 hi.
The names of the wines having a registered designation of origin admitted  
in the limit of the tariff quota and the Model of the certificate of  
designation of origin to be established by the Yugoslavian authorities  
are specified in the exchange of letters of ...... 1983.
!.
 The proposal for the regulation opening this tariff quota provides - as is  
customary - for the division of the quota volume into two instalments, the  
first being allocated among the Member States as quota shares, the second  
being held as a reserve.
The allocation of the volume of the first instalment of the quota should
be based on the rules generally applied. These involve calculating each
Member State's total imports over the last three years as a proportion of
total Community imports during the same period and applying, for each
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Member State, the percentages thus obtained to the volume of the first  
instalment.
i ;
Because there exist no statistics for these wines the import figures from
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Yugoslavia for the wines of subheadings 22.05 C I ‘ a) and 22.05 C II a)  
are taken as a basis.
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3. It is proposed that the proposal for a Council Regulation opening the  
Community tariff quota described above would be approved.
1
ANNEX: 1 proposal for a Regulation (EEC) of the Council.

Proposal for a
Council Regulation (E E C ) N o  .../83 
of .......................
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ening, allocating and providing for the administration of a  
Com m unity ta riff quota for certains wines having a registered 
designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C  
of the C o m m o n  Customs Tariff and originating in Yugoslavia
(1983)
T H E  C O U N C IL  O F  T H E  E U R O P E A N  C O M M U N IT IE S ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 22 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1) 
stipulates that certain wines having a  registered designation of 
origin falling within subheading ex 22.05 C  of the C o m m o n  Customs 
Tariff, originating in Yugoslavia, specified in an Agreement in the 
form of an exchange of letters of 1983 (2), shall
be imported into the Community at customs duties equal to 70 %  
of the duties of the C o m m o n  Customs Tariff within the limits of 
an annual Community ta riff quota of 1 2  000 hectolitres,* whereas 
these wines must be put in containers holding two Litres or less 
and must be accompagnied by a certificate of designation of 
origin in accordance with the model given in the annex of the 
present regulation; whereas, however, a  declaration annexed to the 
Final Act of the Cooperation Agreement provides for that this 
mesaure has to be applied pro rata temporis from the date of 
entering into force ; whereas a  ta riff quota of 9  000 hi should 
therefore be opened for the period up to 3 1  December 1983;
Whereas the wines in question are subject to compliance with the 
free-at-frontier reference price; whereas, in order that such 
wines m ay  benefit from this ta riff quota, Article 18 of Regulation 
(E E C ) Nr. 337/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (E EC ) Nr.
1595783 (4) , must be complied with;
(1) 0J Nr. L  4 1  of 14.2.1983, p. 2.
(2) 0J Nr. L
(3) 0J Nr. L  54 of 5.3.1979, p. 1  .
(4) 0J Nr. L  163 of 22.6.1983, p. 48

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Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal 
and uninterrupted access for all Community importers 
to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted 
application of the rates laid down for this quota to all 
imports of the products concerned into the Member 
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas, 
having regard to the above principles, the Community 
nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the 
Community tariff quota among the Member States ; 
whereas, in order to reflect most accurately the actual 
development of the market in the products in ques­
tion, such allocation should be in proportion to the 
requirements of the Member States, assessed by
reference to both the statistics relating to imports of 
the said products from ^u9o s * - aô^l?a representative 
reference period and the economic outlook for the 
quota period concerned ;
Whereas, in respect of the last three years for which
statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each
of the Member States represent the following percentages
of the imports into the Community from Yugoslavia of the
products concerned:
Member State 1980 1981 1982
Benelux 4 2 ,5 7 ,6 8 ,8
D enm ark 1 8 ,7 2 0 ,1 2 9 ,1
Germany 6 ,5 5 0 ,0 4 2 ,4
Greece 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0
France 3 ,0 3 ,8 3 ,5
Irelandi  1 ' 60 ,5 0 ,4
Italy 0 ,7 1 ,7 1 ,5
United Kingdom I  2 7 ,0 1 6 ,3 A ,3
Whereas, in view of these factors, and of market forecasts  
for the products concerned and in particular of the  
estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial  
quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following  
percentages:
Benelux 1 5 ,6
Denmark '  2 6 ,3
Germany 3 6 ,4
Greece 1 ,4
France 3 ,5
Ireland . 1 ,4
Italy 1 ,4
United Kingdom 1 4 ,0

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Whereas, to take into account import trends for the  
products concerned in the various Member States, the  
quota amount should be divided into two instalments,  
the first being allocated among the Member States and  
tne second held as a reserve intended to cover at a  
later date the requirements of Member States who have  
used up their initial share ;  whereas, in order to  
guarantee some degrèe of security to importers in each  
Member State, the first instalment of the Community  
quota should be fixed at a level which could, in the  
present circumstances, be8 0 % of the quota volume ;
Whereas the initial shares of the Member States may  
be used up at different rates ;  whereas, in order to take  
this into account and to r^cid a break in continuity,  
any Member State which has used up almost all of its  
initial share should draw an additional share from the  
reserve ;  whereas this should be done by each Member  
State each time one of its additional shares is almost  
used up, and so on as many times as the reserve  
allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares must  
be valid until the end of the quota period ;  whereas  
this form of administration requires close collaboration  
between the Member States and the Commission, and  
the Commission must be in a position to follow the  
extent to which the quota volume has been used up  
and inform the Member States thereof ;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a  
substantial quantity of its initial share remains unused  
in any Member State, it is essential that it should  
return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve,  
to prevent part of the Community quota remaining  
unused in one Member State when it could be used in  
others ;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the  
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of  
Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented  
by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions 
concerning the administration of the shares allocated  
to that economic union may be carried out by any one  
of its members,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
A rticle 1
1. Until 3 1  December 1983 the C o m m o n  Customs Tariff
duties in respect of the following products originating 
in Yugoslavia shall be suspended at the levels show n 
below within the limits of a  Com m unity ta riff quota
of9 000 hectolitres :
C C Th e a d i n g Description Rate of
Noduty
22.05 W ine of fresh g ra p e s ;  grape m ust with 
ferm entation arrested by the addition of 
alcohol :
C .  O th e r:
i. O f an acutal alcoholic strength by volume 
not exceeding 1 3  % vol, in containers 
holding :
ex a) T w o  litres or less :
- wines entitled to one of the
following designations of origin :
- Ljutomersko - Orm osko gorice, taski Rizling
- Ohrid, Merlot
- Herzegovina - Mostar,
= Zilavka 
= Blatina
- Fruska Gora, Talijanski Rizling
- Oplenac, Lipovac
- Istra, Merlot
- Tikves
= Krater 
= Kratosija
- Srednja i juzna dalmacija 
= Dingac
= K^stelet '10,1 ECU/hl
- Crna Gora, Vranac

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£- O f an actual alcoholic strength by volume 
exceeding 13 %  vol but not exceeding 1 5  %  
vol in containers holding :  
ex a) T w o  litres or less :
wines entitled to one of the 
following designation of origin
- Ljutomersko - Ormosko gorice, Haski Rizling
- Ohrid, Merlot
- Herzegovina - Mostar,
=  Zilavka 
=  Blatina
- Fruska Gora, Talijanski Rizling
- Oplenac, Lipovac
- Istra, Merlot
- Tikves
=  Krater 
=  Kratosija
- Srednja i juzna dalmacija
=  Dingac 
=  Kcistelet
- Crna Gora, Vranac1 1  .8 ECU/hl
2. Within the limits of this ta riff quota, Greece shall apply 
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions
in the Act of Accession and the Regulation (E E C ) N o  287/82 CD.
3. The wines in question shall be subject to compliance with the 
free-at-frontier reference price. In order that such wines 
m ay benefit from this ta riff quota Article 18 of Regulation 
(E E C ) Nr. 337779, as last amended by Regulation (E E C )
Nr. 1595/83 f must be complied with.
4. Each of these wines, w hen imported, shall be accompanied 
by a  certificate of designation of origin, issued by the 
relevant Yugoslavian authority, in accordance with the 
model annexed to this Regulation.
(1) O J  N o  L  30 of 6.2.1983, p. 1.

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ArticLe 2
1. The Com m unity tariff quota referred to in Article 1  
shall be divided into two instalments.
2. The first instalment, amounting to 7  200 hectolitres 
shall be allocated am ong the M em ber States; the shares 
which subject to Article 5  shall be valid until
3 1  December 1983 shall be as follows :
(hectolitres)
Benelux 1  120
Denm ark 1  890
Germany 2  630
Greece 100
France 250
Ireland 100
Italy 100
United Kingdom  1  010
The second instalment, amounting to 1  800 hectolitres, 
shall consitue the reserve.
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share,A rticle 3
as specified in Article 2 (2), or of that share less the  
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 has  
been applied, has been used up, that Member State  
shall, without delay, by notifying the Commission,  
draw a second share equal to 15 % of its initial share,  
rounded up where necessary to the next whole  
number, in so far as the amount in the reserve allows.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 %  
or more of the second share drawn by a Member State  
has been used up, that Member State shall, in accor­
dance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,  
draw a third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 %  
or more of the third share drawn by a Member State  
has been used up, that Member State shall, in accor­
dance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,  
draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall continue to apply until the reserve  
is used up.
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Member  
States may draw smaller shares than those fixed in  
these paragraphs if there is reason to believe that those  
fixed might not be used up. They shall inform the  
Commission of their grounds for applying this para­
graph.

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Article 4
The addiconal share drawn pursuant to Article  
be valid until 3 '· December 1983»
A rtide  5
Memi t States shall return to the reserve, not later  
th a n  15 fiovsirb er Ì983 unused portion of their initial  
shat-' ;  ;, on '  N overche; ls 'n excess of 20 % of  
the ini. tal amount. They may return a greater quantity  
if there are grounds for believing that this quantity  
might rot be used in full.
Member States shall notify the Commission, not later  
han 15N ovem ber 1 9 8 3 . of hie total imports of the products  
concerned effected under the Community quotas up  
to and including"! N ovem j^g^ and where appro­
priate, the proportion of their initial share that they  
are returning to the reserve.
Artide 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares  
opened by Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3  
and, as soon as it has been notified, shall inform each  
State of the extent to which the reserve has been used  
up.
It shall notify the Member States, not later than 80  
N ovem ber 1983, of the state of the reserve after quantities  
have been returned thereto pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which uses up the  
reserve is limited to the balance available and, to this  
end, shall specify the amount thereof to the Member  
State making the final drawing.
A rtid e 7
1. Member States shall take all measures necessary  
to ensure that additional· shares drawn pursuant toshall
Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may  
be charged without interruption against their aggregate  
shares in the Community quota.
2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
products have
free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member States shall charge the imports of  
the products concerned against their shares as and  
when the products are entered with customs authori­
ties for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up  
its shares shall be determined on the basis of the  
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
A rtide 8
At the request of the Commission, Member States  
shall inform it of imports actually charged against  
their shares.
A rtid e  9
The Member States and the Commission shall collabo­
rate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is  
observed.
A rtid e  10
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third  d ay follon'  
i t  Spublication in the Official Jou rnal of the European  
Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member  
States.
Done at Luxembourg,
For the Council  
The President

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