Council Regulation (EEC) No 3525/80 of 22 December 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines of fresh grapes falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1981)
Official Journal L 370 , 31/12/1980 P. 0034 - 0037
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0263
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3525/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR WINES OF FRESH GRAPES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS ( 1981 )
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 THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ( 1 ) WILL LAPSE ON 31 DECEMBER 1980 ;
WHEREAS , PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF A NEW PROTOCOL , IT IS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH THE COMMUNITY APPLIES TO TRADE WITH CYPRUS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH THAT COUNTRY ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL , AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY , PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 10 000 HECTOLITRES OF CERTAIN WINES OF FRESH GRAPES , IN CONTAINERS HOLDING TWO LITRES OR LESS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , AT RATES OF CUSTOMS DUTY EQUAL TO 25 % OF THE CUSTOMS DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;
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 ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 459/80 ( 3 ) , 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 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