CELEX: 31976R2719
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2719/76 of 25 October 1976 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff (1977)

No L 313/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                15 . 11.76
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2719/76
                                                           of 25 October 1976
                 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for
                 dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less falling within
                                    subheading 08.04 R I of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1977)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               to that economic union may be carried out by any
                                                                        one of its members,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Article 28 thereof,
                                                                                               Article I
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         1 . During the period 1 January to 31 December 1977
 Having regard to the opinion of the European                           a Community tariff quota of 8 373 metric tons shall
 Parliament ('),                                                        be opened for dried grapes in immediate containers
                                                                         of a net capacity of 15 kg or less falling within
                                                                        subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs
 Whereas a Community tariff quota for dried grapes                      Tariff.
 in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg
 or less , falling within subheading 08.04 B 1 of the                   2. Within the limits of this tariff quota , the Common
 Common Customs Tariff, should be opened for 1977                       Customs Tariff duty shall be suspended at the level
 at a duty of 1-2% ; whereas the volume of this quota                   of 1-2% .
 should be limited to 15% of Community imports in
 1973 from third countries not associated with the
                                                                        3 . The new Member States shall , within the said
 Community nor linked to it by a preferential agree­                    tariff quota , apply duties calculated in accordance
 ment ; whereas, on this basis, the volume of the                       with the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession .
 quota is fixed at 8 373 metric tons ; whereas the
 duties to be applied by the new Member States within
 the said tariff quota should be calculated in accord­                                         Article 2
 ance with the relevant provisions of the Act of
 Accession ;
                                                                        The tariff quota set out in Article 1 shall be divided
                                                                        among the Member Stares as follows :
Whereas, in view of the comparatively low volume
                                                                                                                ( metric tons)
of the quota compared with the needs of the
Community, a system for its utilization based on                                Benelux                               791
a single allocation among Member States should be                               Denmark                               335
provided, without derogating from the Community
nature of the tariff quota ; whereas, in accordance                             Germany                             2 335
with the needs forecast by each Member State, the                               France                                572
shares may be determined as set out in Article 2 ;                              Ireland                               280
                                                                                Italy                                   31
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom                             United Kingdom                      4 029
of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
 Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
by rhe Benelux Economic Union , any measure                                                    Article J
concerning the administration of the quotas allocated
                                                                        1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures
                                                                       to ensure that importers of the products in question
                                                                       established in rheir territory have free access to the
( l ) O J No C 2.1 9, 4. 11 . 1976, p . 37.                            shares allocated to them .
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2. The extent to which a Member State has used                                       Article 5
up its share shall be determined on the basis of the
imports of the products in question entered with the           Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
customs authorities for home use.                              closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                               with .
                        Article 4
                                                                                     Article 6
At the Commission 's request, Member States shall
inform it of the imports actually charged against              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Januarv
their shares .                                                 1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1976 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                      A.P.L.M.M. van der STEE