Council Regulation (EEC) No 1710/80 of 27 June 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and Valdepeenas falling within heading No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain (1980/81)
Official Journal L 167 , 01/07/1980 P. 0039 - 0044
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0125
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1710/80
OF 27 JUNE 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR WINES FROM JUMILLA , PRIORATO , RIOJA AND VALDEPENAS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 22.05 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ( 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 ON THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ( 1 ) ON 29 JUNE 1970 , THE COMMUNITY UNDERTOOK TO GRANT PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF WINES FROM JUMILLA , PRIORATO , RIOJA AND VALDEPENAS ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ; WHEREAS THIS UNDERTAKING COVERS EACH YEAR THE OPENING OF A TARIFF QUOTA FOR 15 000 HECTOLITRES , AT A DUTY RATE OF 70 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES , FOR JUMILLA , PRIORATO , RIOJA AND VALDEPENAS WINES IN CONTAINERS HOLDING TWO LITRES OR LESS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 22.05 C I A ) , EX 22.05 C II A ) AND EX 22.05 C III A ) 2 AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS WERE LAID DOWN ONLY FOR IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED ; WHEREAS FOLLOWING THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY , THE VOLUME OF THIS QUOTA HAS BEEN FIXED AT 22 000 HECTOLITRES ;
WHEREAS INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO PRODUCTION OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE A.E.1 AND A CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN ;
WHEREAS SPAIN HAS GIVEN AN ASSURANCE THAT THE PRICE FOR WINES ORIGINATING IN ITS TERRITORY WILL NOT BE LOWER THAN THE REFERENCE PRICE LESS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ACTUALLY CHARGED ; WHEREAS , AS A RESULT THEREOF , THE WINES COVERED BY THAT TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS WINES GRANTED PREFERENTIAL TARIFF CONCESSIONS , PROVIDED THE FREE-AT-FRONTIER REFERENCE PRICE IS OBSERVED ; WHEREAS SUCH WINES BENEFIT FROM THE TARIFF CONCESSIONS ONLY IF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 18 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 459/80 ( 3 ) , ARE OBSERVED ; WHEREAS THOSE PROVISIONS APPLY TO IMPORTS UNDER THAT QUOTA ;
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