TERRITORIES , NAMELY 52 283 HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL , OCCURRED IN 1981 ; WHEREAS SINCE THE END OF 1983 THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER PRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ; WHEREAS COMMUNITY IMPORTS IN 1983 THEREFORE AMOUNTED TO ONLY 13 293 HECTOLITRES ; WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT SEEMS ADVISABLE TO OPEN ONLY A TARIFF QUOTA LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW , ON THE ONE HAND , THE IMPORT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE STOCK AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW PRODUCTION UNIT ; WHEREAS THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE PERIOD 1 MARCH TO 30 JUNE 1985 SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED AT 5 000 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 A SINGLE DIVISION AMONG MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ACTUAL TRENDS ON THE MARKETS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBER STATES AND THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE PERIOD UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME MAY BE LAID DOWN APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX 10
DENMARK 20
GERMANY 24
GREECE 1
FRANCE 10
IRELAND 10
ITALY 5
UNITED KINGDOM 20
WHEREAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE RECORDED AND IMPORTS ACCORDINGLY MONITORED ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY MEASURE CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARE ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 MARCH TO 30 JUNE 1985 RUM , ARRACK AND TAFIA FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.09 C I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF DECISION 80/1186/EEC SHALL BE IMPORTED FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTY INTO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 5 000 HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL .
2 . THE RULES OF ORIGIN APPLICABLE TO THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE THOSE SET OUT IN ANNEX II TO DECISION 80/1186/EEC .
3 . WITHIN THE LIMIT OF ITS SHARE AS INDICATED IN ARTICLE 2 , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL APPLY CUSTOMS DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION AND OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 439/81 ( 4 ) .
ARTICLE 2
THE TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE SHARED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS FOLLOWS :
( HECTOLITRES OF PURE ALCOHOL )
BENELUX 500
DENMARK 1 000
GERMANY 1 200
GREECE 50
FRANCE 500
IRELAND 500
ITALY 250
UNITED KINGDOM 1