Council Regulation (EEC) No 1711/80 of 27 June 1980 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 ACP States (1980/81)
Official Journal L 167 , 01/07/1980 P. 0045 - 0047
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 9 P. 0038
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1711/80
OF 27 JUNE 1980
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 ACP STATES ( 1980/81 )
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 A NEW CONVENTION WAS SIGNED 31 OCTOBER 179 BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES ; WHEREAS PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THAT CONVENTION IT IS APPROPRIATE TO APPLY IN ADVANCE , FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1980 TO 30 JUNE 1981 , THE PROVISIONS OF PROTOCOL 5 THERETO ; WHEREAS THAT PROTOCOL PROVIDES THAT PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE ACP STATES WHICH FALL WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.09 C I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF SHALL , UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SPIRITS , BE ALLOWED INTO THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER CONDITIONS SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL TRADE FLOWS BETWEEN THE ACP STATES AND THE COMMUNITY AND BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY SHALL FIX EACH YEAR THE QUANTITIES WHICH MAY BE IMPORTED FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON THE BASIS OF THE LARGEST QUANTITIES IMPORTED ANNUALLY FROM THE ACP STATES INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , INCREASED BY AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 40 % ON THE MARKET OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 18 % ON THE OTHER MARKETS OF THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE LEVELS REACHED BY IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBER STATES DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE SIZE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1980 TO 30 JUNE 1981 SHOULD BE FIXED AT 178 300 HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE PAST 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 THE COUNTRIES IN QUESTION OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
MEMBER STATES*1977*1978*1979*
BENELUX*4,5*4,6*3,7*
DENMARK*1,9*1,2*1,3*
GERMANY*18,3*22,8*18,7*
FRANCE*5,3*2,0*2,2*
IRELAND*1,8*1,8*1,8*
ITALY*0,2*0,3*0,3*
UNITED KINGDOM*68,0*67,3*72,0*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS , OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , INITIAL QUOTA SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING