CELEX: 31976R1465
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1465/76 of 21 June 1976 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community (1976/77)

25 . 6 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 165/7
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1465 / 76
                                                       of 21 June 1976
              on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for
              rum , arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common
              Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas countries and territories associ­
                             ated with the European Economic Community ( 1976/77)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       nity markets, exceptional provision should be made
COMMUNITIES,                                                      for a method of use based on a single division among
                                                                 Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 136                Whereas, taking into account actual trends on the
thereof,                                                          markets for the products in question, the needs of the
                                                                  Member States and the economic prospects for the
                                                                  period under consideration , the initial percentage
Having regard to Council Decision 76/ 198 / EEC of 9             shares in the quota volume could be as follows :
February 1976 on import arrangements for rum ,
arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of                    Benelux                             5.30 ,
the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the                           Denmark                             0.20 ,
overseas countries and territories associated with the
                                                                           Germany                            94.36 ,
European Economic Community ('),                                           France                              0.01 ,
                                                                           Ireland                             0.01 ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                        Italy                               0.01 ,
                                                                           United Kingdom                      011
Whereas Decision 76/ 198 / EEC stipulates that rum ,             Whereas the development of imports into the
arrack and tafia shall be imported into the Commu­                Community of these products should be recorded and
nity free of customs duties within the limits of a
                                                                  imports should accordingly be monitored ;
Community tariff quota ; whereas the annual size of
the quota for the period 1 July to 30 June is to be
fixed on the basis of a basic annual quantity, calcu­            Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the
lated in hectolitres of pure alcohol , to which a rate of         Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
growth of 13 % is to be applied, equal to the amount              Luxembourg are jointly represented by the Benelux
of imports during the best of the last three years for            Economic Union , any measure concerning the admin­
which statistics are available ; whereas this rate may be         istration of the share allocated to that economic union
modified in the light of certain criteria ;                       may be carried out by any one of its members,
Whereas Community statistics for the years 1973 to
 1975 show that the highest volume of imports into
the Community of the products in question origi­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nating in the said countries and territories occurred in
 1975, namely 71 437 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;
whereas in the light of consumption and production
within the Community and of the development of                                            Article 1
trade both within the Community and between the
Community, the said countries and territories and the
ACP States, the rate of growth for the quota period in            1.     From 1 July 1976 until 30 June 1977 rum ,
question should be 1 3 % ;                                        arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of
                                                                  the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the
                                                                 countries and territories referred to in Article 1 of
Whereas the size of the quota for the period 1 July               Decision 76/ 198 / EEC shall be imported free of
1976 to 30 June 1977 should therefore be fixed at                customs duty into the Community within the limits
80 724 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;                              of a Community tariff quota of 80 724 hectolitres of
                                                                  pure alcohol .
Whereas, owing to the special character of the
products in question and their sensitivity on Commu               2. The rules of origin applicable to the products
                                                                  referred to in paragraph 1 shall be those mentioned in
(') OJ No L 37, 12 . 2 . 1976, p. 24 .                           Article 5 of Decision 76 / 198 / EEC .
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                        Article 2                             of the products in question originating in the said
                                                              countries and territories .
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
shall be allocated amongst the Member States as               2.    Member States shall forward to the Commission
follows :                                                     not later than the 15th day of each month statements
                                    (hectolitres of           of imports of the products in question effected during
                                    pure alcohol)             the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
        Benelux                         4 270                 customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
        Denmark                            160
                                                              they are to be made available for home use and accom­
        Germany                        76 170                 panied by a movement certificate conforming to the
        France                                8
                                                              rules referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be taken into
        Ireland                               8
                                                              consideration for this purpose.
        Italy                                 8
        United Kingdom                     100 .              3.    The Commission shall regularly inform the
                                                              Member States of the extent to which the tariff quota
                                                              has been used up .
                        Article 3
                                                              4.    Where necessary, consultations may be held at
1.     Member States shall manage the shares allocated        the request of a Member State or on the initiative of
to them in accordance with their own arrangements .           the Commission .
2.     The extent to which the Member States have
                                                                                      Article 5
used up their shares shall be determined on the basis
of the imports of the products in question , originating
in   the said countries and     territories, declared at      The Commission shall take all necessary measures, in
customs for clearance for home use .                          close cooperation with the Member States, to ensure
                                                              the implementation of this Regulation .
                        Article 4
                                                                                      Article 6
1.     In   accordance  with   Article   6    of  Decision
76/ 198 / EEC, the Community shall monitor imports            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1976.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                            J. HAMILIUS