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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)182final
Brussels,18May1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrum,arrackand
tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheover­
seascountriesandterritories associated withthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunities(1977/78)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCM(77)182final/

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Decision No76/198/EECoftheCouncil dated 9.2.1976 provides that
rum ,arrack andtafia falling within subheading 22.09 CIofthe
Common Customs Tariff andoriginating intheoverseas countries
associated with theEECshall beimported free ofcustoms duty into
theCommunity within thelimits ofatariff quota forwhich thequota
period shall befrom 1July to30June .
1.1 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 istobe
subject toarate ofgrowth of13% .This rate maybemodified each
year ,either upwards ordownwards ,-inthe -light ,ofcertain criteria .
1.2 Theannual tariff quota istobeshared among theMember States taking
inaccount actual trends onthemarkets ,theneeds oftheMember
States and theeconomic prospects fortheperiod concerned .
2.Since some ofthese OCT (particularly Surinam )have acceded totheLom6 /
imports oftheproducts inquestion during thelast three
years were asfollows :Convention
-mhiofpure alcohol
1974 1975 1976
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy152
14,9324 100
137
63.0883,903 L;
'2
48.187 I
United Kingdom13
67
537P
5
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1iJ
07 63.337 52.135 U

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2.1 Itfollows 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% .
2.2 Inthese circumstances ,thevolume oftheCommunity tariff quota for
theperiod from 1July 1977 to30June 1978 should befixed as71^571
hectolitres ofpure alcohol .
r
2.3 TheRegulation provide ,intheusual way/forthesplitting upof
thetariff volume into twoparts ,ofwhich jthe first will be
allocated among theMember States asquota shares andtheseconds
will bekept asareserve . ^
i
3. Itisproposed that thedraft regulation oftheCouncil onthe
opening ,allocation and'administration oftheCommunity tariff quota
outlined above beapproved .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (F.EC),
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterritoriesassoci­
atedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1977/78)
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;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1974to
1976showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1975,namely63^337hectolitres ofpurealcohol;
whereasinthelightofconsumptionandproduction
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopment of
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community ,thesaidcountriesandterritoriesandthe
ACPStates,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodin
questionshouldbe13%;
Whereasthesizeofthequotafortheperiod1July
1977to30June1978shouldthereforebefixedat
71,571hectolitresofpurealcohol;Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom5,80
0.23
93.80
0.01
0.0]
0.01
0.14
(')OJNoL.57,12.2.1976,p.24.Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,the'firstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssome
certainty,thefirstoftheCommunityquotamightbe
fixedat90%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreor'lessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
.mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaborationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,-andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasi^,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthateach
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhile
itcouldbeusedinothers;'•...

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Whereasthedevelopment ofimpartsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordingly bemonitored ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationoftheshareallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July197funtil30June1975rum,,
arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle 1of;
Decision76/198/EECshallbeimportedfreeof;
customsdutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof71,571hect0''tresof.'f
purealcohol....
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article 5ofDecision76/198/EEC. ,i
Article2 -
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto64,414hi
;oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember .
States;therespectiveshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil30June1978,'j
shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres ofpurealcohol)
Bénélux 3,724
Denmark 144
Germany 60,435
France 7
Ireland 7
Italy 7
UnitedKingdom 90.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof7,157hishall
constituted thereserve.

Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
seconds'hare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
3.If,afteritsseconds'harehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceedin
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June1978.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1978,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15March1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1ApriI
1978,notifytotheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15March197S^andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,dieproportion
oftheirinitials'harethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve.

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachoftfyemofthe-
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5April1978
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance;
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
a/mountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare.
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
1.Inaccordance withArticle6ofDecision
76/198/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimports
oftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories .
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbe.takeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultationsmaybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission .

Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtothe
Commission,withinthe45daysfollowing
thepublication ofthisRegulation in
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities, ]
theprovisions theyhavemadeinorder
toapplyit.
ArticleiV >
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonIJuly1977/
RegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember j
s. . .
catLuxembourg ,
FortheCouncil
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ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.BudgetLineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120
2.Legalbasis:Art.133
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure:
Proposalforaregulation (EEC)oftheCouncilopening,allocating
andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forproductsfa'llingwithinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating intheoverseascountries andterritories
associated withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (year1977/1978)
A.Objectives :falfilmentofanobligationunderCouncilDecision76/198EEC
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT
-Quotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
DutyrateCCT.22.09CI
;71,571hiofpurealcohol
.free
!105UA/hl
6.Lossofreceipts:3,600,000,to7^500,000 EURaccordingtotheuse
ofthequota