Council Regulation (EEC) No 2856/78 of 23 November 1978 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes, falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0036 - 0038
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2856/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR DRIED GRAPES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ( 1979 )
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 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ( 1 ) PROVIDES FOR OPENING BY THE COMMUNITY OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1700 TONNES OF DRIED GRAPES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN SPAIN AND IMPORTED IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS ; 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 UNDER THE ACT OF ACCESSION , IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS INTO THE THREE NEW MEMBER STATES ARE SUBJECT TO COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 ; WHEREAS THE IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AMOUNT SHOULD THEREFORE BE INCREASED TO 1 900 TONNES ; WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR 1979 ;
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 FROM SPAIN OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS BY EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM SPAIN OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
MEMBER STATES*1975*1976*1977*
BENELUX*9,3*11,4*16,2*
DENMARK*2,4* - *0,9*
GERMANY*2,6*7,2*5,2*
FRANCE*48,8*38,3*62,9*
IRELAND*1,0*0,3*7,5*
ITALY*5,9*8,4*7,3*
UNITED KINGDOM*30,0*34,4* - *
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ,