Council Regulation (EEC) No 2634/79 of 20 November 1979 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines of fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece (1980)
Official Journal L 306 , 03/12/1979 P. 0006 - 0009
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2634/79
OF 20 NOVEMBER 1979
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR WINES OF FRESH GRAPES AND GRAPE MUST WITH FERMENTATION ARRESTED BY THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 22.05 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING ENTIRELY IN GREECE ( 1980 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNTIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,
WHEREAS , PENDING A DECISION BY THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 35 OR ARTICLE 36 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC-GREECE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 430 000 HECTOLITRES SHOULD BE OPENED AT A REDUCED DUTY IN 1980 FOR WINES OF FRESH GRAPES AND GRAPE MUST WITH FERMENTATION ARRESTED BY THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL , ORIGINATING ENTIRELY IN GREECE COMPLYING WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ( 2 ) AND IN PARTICULAR WITH ARTICLE 17 THEREOF ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TO OPEN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1980 ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO GUARANTEE ALL IMPORTERS OF THE MEMBER STATES EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE SAID QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS INTO SUCH STATES OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED 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 , TO REFLECT MOST ACCURATELY THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBER STATES , ASSESSED BY REFERENCE BOTH TO THE STATISTICS RELATING TO IMPORTS FROM GREECE OVER A REPRESENTATIEVE PERIOD , AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , ON THE BASIS OF THE STATISTICS AT PRESENT AVAILABLE , IMPORTS FROM GREECE INTO THE MEMBER STATES IN 1976 , 1977 AND 1978 OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED HAVE DEVELOPED AS FOLLOWS AND REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY :
MEMBER STATES*1976*1977*1978*
BENELUX*71,69*68,57*63,67*
DENMARK*0,17*0,01*0,01*
GERMANY*19,90*25,23*29,38*
FRANCE*4,06*5,23*5,43*
IRELAND*0*0,01*0,02*
ITALY*2,63*0,06*0,11*
UNITED KINGDOM*1,55*0,89*1,38*
WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THESE FIGURES AND THE FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT CONCERNED DURING 1980 THE INITIAL SHARES IN THE VOLUME OF THE QUOTA MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE