WINES ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA AND ENTITLED TO A DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN ( 4 ), THE TARIFF REDUCTION SHALL APPLY FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1978 ;
WHEREAS THE SAID AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDES THAT THE QUOTA SHALL APPLY ONLY TO WINES PRODUCED FROM THE 1977 HARVEST AND THAT THE WINES IN BULK MAY BE TRANSPORTED ONLY IN CONTAINERS OF A CAPACITY NOT EXCEEDING 25 HECTOLITRES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , TEMPORARILY AND FOR A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD , THESE WINES MAY BE TRANSPORTED IN CONTAINERS OF A CAPACITY NOT EXCEEDING 200 HECTOLITRES ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1978 TO 31 OCTOBER 1979 ;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2506/75 OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1975 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL RULES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF PRODUCTS IN THE WINE-GROWING SECTOR ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 5 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1166/76 ( 6 ), INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF A FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICE , BEING THE REFERENCE PRICE LESS CUSTOMS DUTIES ACTUALLY LEVIED ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS , AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THESE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO THE MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTAS CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT MOST ACCURATELY THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , ASSESSED BY REFERENCE BOTH TO THE STATISTICS RELATING TO IMPORTS OF THE SAID PRODUCTS FROM TUNISIA OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS IN THIS CASE , HOWEVER , NEITHER COMMUNITY NOR NATIONAL STATISTICS SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THE TYPES OF WINES IN QUESTION ARE AVAILABLE AND NO RELIABLE ESTIMATES OF FUTURE IMPORTS CAN BE MADE ; WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE QUOTA VOLUMES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED IN INITIAL SHARES , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DEMAND FOR THESE WINES ON THE MARKETS OF THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , EACH OF THE QUOTA AMOUNTS SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE INTENDED TO COVER AT A LATER DATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHO HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE SOME DEGREE OF SECURITY TO IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTAS SHOULD BE FIXED AT A LEVEL WHICH COULD , IN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES , BE