Council Regulation (EEC) No 3516/80 of 22 December 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain (1981)
Official Journal L 370 , 31/12/1980 P. 0009 - 0011
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0240
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3516/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR DRIED GRAPES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ( 1981 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ( 1 ) WAS CONCLUDED ON 29 JUNE 1970 ;
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY COMMITTED ITSELF , UNDER THIS AGREEMENT , TO OPENING AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1 900 TONNES OF DRIED GRAPES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN AND IMPORTED IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE TRUE TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM SPAIN OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS BY EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM SPAIN OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
MEMBER STATES*1977*1978*1979*
BENELUX*10*4*3*
DENMARK*1* - *1*
GERMANY*3*7*2*
GREECE* - * - * - *
FRANCE*38*52*58*
IRELAND*5*32*21*
ITALY*43*4*9*
UNITED KINGDOM* - *1*6*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , INITIAL QUOTA SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX : 9,9
DENMARK : 1,0
GERMANY : 3,6
GREECE : 0,6
FRANCE : 42,1
IRELAND : 0,6
ITALY : 8,0
UNITED KINGDOM : 34,2
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS ,