Council Regulation (EEC) No 3442/80 of 22 December 1980 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 (1981)
Official Journal L 359 , 31/12/1980 P. 0008 - 0012
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0138
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3442/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
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 ( 1981 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 72 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS , IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLES 25 AND 64 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED ACT , CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ARE TO BE PROGRESSIVELY ABOLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TIMETABLE WHICH PROVIDES FOR A FIRST REDUCTION OF 10 % ON 1 JANUARY 1981 TO BE MADE ON THE BASIC DUTY , AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 24 OF THE SAID ACT ; WHEREAS FOR WINES FROM 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 , THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO 13,5 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY UP TO A MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF 430 000 HECTOLITRES AND TO 90 % OF THIS DUTY FOR THE SURPLUS QUANTITIES ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY , IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE DUTY APPLICABLE ON IMPORTS OF SUCH WINES , TO OPEN FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED , FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 430 000 HECTOLITRES AT A DUTY CORRESPONDING TO 13,5 % ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO GUARANTEE ALL IMPORTERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF NINE EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE SAID QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS INTO THE SAID COMMUNITY 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 REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD , AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS ,