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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)38 final.
Brussels,6February1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
I
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforRum,ArrackandTafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.09
CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheoverseascountries
andterritories associated withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.DecisionN076,/L'®/EECoftheCouncildated .providesthat
rum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheoverseascountries
associatedwiththeEECshallbeimportedfreeofcustomsdutyinto
theCommunitywithinthelimitsofatariffquota.Thevalidityofthisdecision
isextendedbyDecision80/..../EECof15January1980.
Owingtocertaincharacteristic featuresinherentintheproduction
andmarketingoftheproductsin'question,thequotaperiodshallbe
from1Julyto30June.Thesystemshouldthereforeinthiscase,inthe
firstinstance,endon30June1980,afterwhichdatethenormalannual
periodicity shouldbe'resumed. ,
1.1.Thevolumeofthetariffquotaistobedetermined byreference'toanannual
basicamount,calculatedinhectolitres ofpurealcohol,equaltothe/.
amountoftheimportseffectedduring'thebestofthelatestyearsfor
whichstatistics areavailable /.Thisbasicamountistobesubject
toarateofgrowthof18%.Inviewofthefactthattheproratatemporis
\clauseisapplicablethevolumeofthetarif^amountstofour-twelfths v
ofthisquantity.
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1.2.ThetariffquotaistobesharedamongtheMemberStatestakinginaccount
actualtrendsonthemarkets,theneedsoftheMemberStatesandtheeconomic
prospectsfortheperiodconcerned.
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2.Theimportsoftheproductsinquestionduringthelastthreeyearswere
asfollows:
-inhiofpurealcohol- _
1976 1977 1978
Bénélux ' . 3,903 367
Denmark 2-- .
Germany 48,18734,871 70,285-
France --
Ireland 37 2
Italy 5- .-
UnitedKingdom 1- 64
52,13535,240 70,349
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2.1.Itfollowsfromthesefiguresthatthequantitiesrelativetothe
year1978shouldbetakenasdetermining theannualbasicamount.
Havingregardtothepresentover-allpositionconcerningthe
productsinquestiontherateofgrowthapplicabletothebasicamount
maybetakenas"18%.
2.2.Inthesecircumstances andapplyingtotheproratatemporisclause,the
volumeoftheCommunitytariffquotafortheperiodfrom1March1980
to30June1980shouldbefixedat27.670hectolitres ofpurealcohol.
2.3.TheRegulationprovidesintheusualway,forthesplittingupofthe
tariffvolumeintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekeptasa
reserve,(seeannex).
3.ItisproposedthatthedraftregulationoftheCouncilontheopening,
allocation andadministration oftheCommunitytariffquotaoutlined
abovebeapproved.

•Proposalfora
'COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)r ''■ ' '■.––'
opening,allocatingandprovidingfordieadministration ofaCommunitytariff
1quotaforrum,arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterrito­
riesassociatedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity (1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean v
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle136
thereof," '.
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/198/EECof9
February1976onimportarrangements forrum,
arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CI- '
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe' %r•
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociatedwithther v'p•
EuropeanEconomicCommunityasextendedby,Decision80/../EEC,
~Having"regjardto"theproposarfromth^CommissTonT -"~~■'r~r"" .
WhereasDecision76/198/EECstipulatesthatrum,
arrackandtafiashallbeimportedintotheCommu­
nityfreeofcustomsdutieswithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;whereastheannualsizeof
thequotafortheperiod1Julyto30Juneistobe
fixedonthebasisofabasicannualquantity,calcu­
latedinhectolitresofpurealcohol,,towhicharateof
growthof13%istobeapplied,equaltotheamount
ofimportsduringthebestofthelastthreeyearsfor
whichstatisticsareavailable;
Whereastheabovementioned countries andterritories shouldbeaccordedthesame
importsystemfortheseproductsasthataccordedtotheACPStatesbyRegulation
(EEC)No/80•whereas,consequently,therateofgrowth .forthequota
periodinquestionmaybe./fixed,at:18%;
WhereasCommunitystatisticsfortheyears1976to
1978showthatthehighestvolumeofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginthesaidcountriesandterritoriesoccurredin
1978,namely70349hectoliiresofpurealcohol;
Whereasthefirstquotaperiodshouldbe-limitedto30June1980andwhereas,there 1
fore,aproratatemporisreduction -ofthequotavolumetofourtwelfthsshouldbeintroduced;whereasthesizeofthetariffquotafortheperiod1March1980to
30June1980shouldthereforebefixedat27,670hectolitresofpurealcohol;
1O.J.No.L37,..12.2.1976,p.24
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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
to.theabove-mentioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates*
Whereas,takingintoaccountactualtrendsonthe
marketsfortheproductsinquestion,theneedsofthe
MemberStatesandtheeconomicprospectsforthe
periodunderconsideration ,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecouldbeasfollows:
Bénélux 5*25%
Denmark ; 0-02%
Germany 94-55%'
France 0-0?%
Ireland 0-05%
Italy 002%
UnitedKingdom ■,0-Q9%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
.instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances,befixedat9q%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStateA'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoacccJuntandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;.
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod'
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremain^unusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,toprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;.

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whereasthedevelopment ofimportsintothe
Communityoftheseproductsshouldberecordedand
importsshouldaccordinglybemonitored;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgiumthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Marchuntil3QJune1980,rum,
arrackandtafia,fallingwithinsubheading22.09CI
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle 1of
Decision76yi-9&/EECshallbeimportedfreeof
customsduty-intotheCommunitywithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof£7670hectolitresof
purealcohol.
2.Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
referredtoinparagraph 1shallbethosementionedin
Article.-.ofDecision^./J?§/ECC.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments . . •
2.Afirstinstalment,amounting to24900hectolitres,shalIbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbe'validuntil3qjune \
1980,shallbeasfollows:
(hectolitres )
Bénélux 1307
Denmark 5
Germany23542
France5
Ireland 13
Italy5
UnitedKingdom23
3.Thesecondinstalmentof2770hectolitres
shaLLconstitute thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,

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drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil3nJune1980-
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1(][Y|ay1980>suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on1May19gQ^isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10May
1980,notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto1May
1930andchargedagainstthetariffquota,andofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedupassoonasitreceivesthenotifications.

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ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
15May1980^>ftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereserve :doesnotexceedthebalance
available,andtothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthe
balancetotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesfor.f
circulation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports i
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.

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Articleg
1.InaccordancewithArticle.ofDecision
76-./fJgEEC,theCommunityshallmonitorimports
oftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginthesaid
countriesandterritories.
2.MemberstatesshallforwardtotheCommission
..notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth.Onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailablefor.-.•rr,,i
■•li .tC'.'cuiationandaccom*pantedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe ^
rulesreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbetakeninto
consideration forthispurpose.
3.TheCommissionshallregularlyinformthe
MemberStatesoftheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedup.
4.Wherenecessary,consultations maybeheldat
therequestofaMemberStateorontheinitiativeof
theCommission . >
1
Articlea
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensure
theimplementation ofthisRegulation.
ArticleIfi
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1t'lafch-]980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident