Council Regulation (EEC) No 1701/81 of 24 June 1981 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community (1981/82)
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1701/81
OF 24 JUNE 1981
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR RUM , ARRACK AND TAFIA FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.09 C I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1981/82 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 136 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 80/1186/EEC OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ANNEX IX THERETO ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS ANNEX IX OF DECISION 80/1186/EEC PROVIDES THAT RUM , ARRACK AND TAFIA SHALL BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA ; WHEREAS THE ANNUAL SIZE OF THE QUOTA IS TO BE FIXED ON THE BASIS OF A BASIC ANNUAL QUANTITY , CALCULATED IN HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL , TO WHICH A GROWTH RATE OF 18 % IS TO BE APPLIED , EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTS DURING THE BEST OF THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE ; WHEREAS THIS RATE MAY BE MODIFIED IN THE LIGHT OF CERTAIN CRITERIA ; WHEREAS THE QUOTA PERIOD LASTS FROM 1 JULY UNTIL 30 JUNE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1981 TO 30 JUNE 1982 ;
WHEREAS COMMUNITY STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1978 TO 1980 SHOW THAT THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE SAID COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , NAMELY 70 349 HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL , OCCURRED IN 1978 ; WHEREAS , IN THE LIGHT OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE BOTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY , THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND THE ACP STATES , THE RATE OF GROWTH FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION MAY BE FIXED AT 18 % ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1981 TO 30 JUNE 1982 SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED AT 83 011 HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL ;
WHEREAS , OWING TO THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AND THEIR SENSITIVITY ON COMMUNITY MARKETS , EXCEPTIONAL PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR A METHOD OF USE BASED ON