Council Regulation (EEC) No 751/80 of 26 March 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for liqueur wines, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus
Official Journal L 084 , 28/03/1980 P. 0026
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 751/80
OF 26 MARCH 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR LIQUEUR WINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS
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 ARTICLE 6 OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ( 1 ) PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 250 000 HECTOLITRES OF LIQUEUR WINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , AT RATES OF CUSTOMS DUTY EQUAL TO 30 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY HAS BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 719/80 ( 2 ) ALREADY OPENED A TARIFF QUOTA OF 62 500 HECTOLITRES FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 1980 ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , A TARIFF QUOTA OF 187 500 HECTOLITRES SHOULD BE OPENED FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 ;
WHEREAS ENTRY UNDER THE ABOVE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA MUST BE CONDITIONAL ON THE WINES BEING DESCRIBED AS " LIQUEUR WINES " IN THE V.I.1 DOCUMENT PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2115/76 ( 3 ) ;
WHEREAS THE WINES IN QUESTION ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICE ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER THAT SUCH WINES MAY BENEFIT FROM THIS TARIFF QUOTA , ARTICLE 18 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ( 4 ) MUST BE COMPLIED WITH ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES 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 , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE TRUE TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM CYPRUS OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , NEITHER COMMUNITY NOR NATIONAL STATISTICS SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN