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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)223final.
Brussels -,28April1982
Proposaltora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforrum,arrackandtafiafalling
withinsubheading ,22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
A.
andoriginating intheoverseascountriesandterritories
/-... Α'associated withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1982/83)associa
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isubtoittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)223final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.AnnexIXofDecision80/1186oftheCouncilof16December1980
providesthatrum,arrackand-tafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseas
countriesassociatedwiththeEECshallbeimportedfreeofcustoms
dutyintotheCommunitywithinthelimitsofatariffquofa,theannual
periodofapplicationofwhichshallbefrom13ulyto30Juneofthe
followingyear.
Thevolumeofthetariffquotaistobedeterminedbyreferencetoan
annualbasicamount,calculatedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,equalto
theamountoftheimportseffectedduringthebestofthelatestyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable.Thisbasicamountistobesubjectto
arateofgrowthof18%.
2.Theimportsoftheproductsinquestionduringthelastthreeyearswere
asfollows:
(inhiofpurealcohol)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Itfollowsfromthesefiguresthatthequantitiesrelativetotheyear
1979shouldbetakenasdeterminingtheannualbasicamount.Having
regardtothepresentoverallpositionconcerningtheproductsin
questiontherateofgrowthapplicabletothebasicamountmaybe
takenasIS96.1979 1980 1981
19 10
32 51
59,72355,62552,261
100
22 222
59,79655,78852,283

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Inthesecircumstances ,thevolumeoftheCommunitytariff
quotafortheperiodfrom1July1982to30June1983should
befixedat70.559hectolitres ofpurealcohol.
3.TheRegulation providesintheusualway,forthesplitting
upofthetariffvolumeintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirst
willbeallocated amongtheMemberStatesasquotasharesandthe
secondwillbekeptasareserve.
Theallocation ofthefirstinstalment hastobedetermined by
takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthemarketsinquestion,
theneedsoftheMemberStatesandeconomicprospectforthe
periodunderconsideration .
However,inthiscase,thisprinciplecannotbeappliedcom­
pletely.For,duringthepastthreeyearstherewerenoimports
incertainMemberStates,andinotherMemberStatestheywere
insignificant .Toallocatethequotasinquestionnevertheless ,
equitably amongMemberStates,itappearsdesirabletoprovide
forasignificant shareofthequotaamountforeachofthe
MemberStates.
4..ItisproposedthatthedraftregulationoftheCouncilonthe
opening,allocation andadministration oftheCommunitytariff
quotaoutlinedabovebeapproved (seeannex).

PROPOSAL EOSA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterrito­
riesassociatedwithdieEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1982/€>)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision80/1186/EECof
16December1980ontheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Community('),andinparticularAnnexIXthereto.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasAnnexIXofDecision80/1186/EEC
providesthatrum,arrackandtafiashallbeimported
intotheCommunityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquota;whereasthe
annualsizeofthequotaistobefixedonthebasisof
abasicannualquantity,calculatedinhectolitresof
purealcohol,towhichagrowthrateof18%istobe
applied,equaltotheamountofimportsduringthe
bestofthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available;whereasthisratemaybemodifiedinthe
lightofcertaincriteria;whereasthequotaperiodlasts
from1Julyuntil30Juneofthefollowingyear;
whereasthisCommunity tariffquotashouldbe
openedfortheperiod1July1982to30June1983;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1979to
1981showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritories,namely
59796hectolitresofpurealcohol,occurredin1979;
whereas,inthelightofconsumptionandproduction
withintheCommunityandofthedevelopment of
tradebothwithintheCommunityandbetweenthe
Community ,thecountriesandterritoriesandtheACP
States,therateofgrowthforthequotaperiodinques­
tionmaybefixedat18%;whereastheCommunity
tariffquotafortheperiod1July1982to30June
1983shouldthereforebefixedat83011hectolitresof
purealcohol;
(MOJNoL361,31.12.1980,p.I.

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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaand
uninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,
theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossibletheactualtrendofthemarket
intheproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
States,calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidproductsfromOCTovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromthe
countriesinquestionoftheproductsconcerned:
MemberStates 19791980198'1
Benelux 0.030.02–
Denmark 0.050.09-
Germany 99.8899.7099.96
Greece - - -
France _ _ _
Ireland -0.18-
Italy- - -
UnitedKingdom 0.040.010.04
whereas,inviewofthesefactorsofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximatelyatthefollowing
percentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.020
0.010
99.890
0.005
0.010
0.020
0.005
0.020

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Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat9O%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialsharemustdrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesand–theCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministrationofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,

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HASADOPTEDTHIS'REGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1982to30June1983rum,arrack
andtafiafallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthecoun­
triesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle1ofDecision
80/1186/EECshallbeimportedfreeofcustomsduty
intotheCommunitywithinthelimitsofaCommu­
nitytariffquotaofhectolitresofpurealcohol. ylaniiuuuiaM70559
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosesetoutin
AnnexIIofDecision80/1186/EEC.
asindicatedinArticle2,
3.'Withinthelimitofitsshare,/theHellenic
Republicshallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe1979
ActofAccessionandofRegulation (EEC)No
439/81(1).'
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto63000
hectolitresshallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;
therespectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shall
bevaliduntil30June1983,shallbeasfollows:
-(inhiofpurealcohol.)
–Benehix:
–Denmark:■ 60
–Germany:62.400–Greece: ^
–France:
–Ireland:
–;Italy:
–UnitedKingdom:30
60
120
30
120
3.Thesecondinstalmentof"59hectolitresshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountof
thereserve.
(1)0Jn0L53,27.2.1982,p.19.

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2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90°/p
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1983
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April198jtheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,onMarch1983,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimportedupto15March1983inclusive
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,andof
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.-

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshallassoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1925oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsofthegoodsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Articleg
1.InaccordancewithArticle6ofAnnexIXto
Decision80/1186/EEC,theCommunityshallmonitor
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthe
saidcountriesandterritories.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductsenteredat
customsindeclarationsforfreecirculationandaccom­
paniedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommission shallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission ,

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ArticleS
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshal
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
ArticleIL
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Julv
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMembei
States.
DoneatBrussels,1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident