Council Regulation (EC) No 2718/95 of 20 November 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1827/94 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, taffia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with the European Community (1994 to 1995)
Date: 1995-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: association agreement (EU), liqueur, overseas countries and territories, spirits, tariff quota













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31995R2718

Council Regulation (EC) No 2718/95 of 20 November 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1827/94 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, taffia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with the European Community (1994 to 1995)  


Official Journal L 283 , 25/11/1995 P. 0001 - 0002 





COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2718/95 of 20 November 1995 amending  Regulation (EC) No 1827/94 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota  for rum, taffia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated  with the European Community (1994 to 1995)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas  countries and territories with the European Community  (1), and in particular Annex V thereto, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Annex V to Decision 91/482/EEC stipulates that rum, taffia and arrack are imported into the  Community free of customs duties within the limits of a Community tariff quota; Whereas, until 31 December 1995, the Community sets annually the quantities which may be imported  free of customs duties; whereas, under the terms of the said Annex, the volume of the quota for  1994 and 1995 is equal to that of the previous year increased by 1  740 hectolitres of pure  alcohol; Whereas, by its Regulation (EC) No 1827/94  (2), the Council opened a Community tariff quota for  the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995 for rum, taffia and arrack; Whereas the volume of the annual tariff quota for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995 is 16  740  hectolitres of pure alcohol; whereas half of this volume is to be increased by 870 hectolitres of  pure alcohol for the period from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995; Whereas, as far as the arrangements applicable from 1996 are concerned, the Council has decided on  the basis of a report from the Commission to eliminate the tariff quota for OCT rum from 1 January  1996; whereas the volume of the abovementioned quota should consequently be increased and the quota  period extended to the second six-month period of 1995, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1827/94 is hereby amended as follows: (a)  in Article 1 (1), for '30 June 1995` read '31 December 1995`; (b)  the table in Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: >TABLE> Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 November 1995. For the Council The President J. SOLANA