CELEX: 31975R1600
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1600/75 of the Council of 24 June 1975 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the ACP States

28 . 6. 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 166/81
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1600/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 24 June 1975
              on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for
                    products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                              originating in the ACP States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         higher estimated consumption during the second
                                                                 half of each calendar year, the volume of the tariff
                                                                 quota should be fixed at 109 200 hectolitres of pure
                                                                 alcohol;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article
 113 thereof;                                                    Whereas it seems likely that arrangements for using
                                                                 the tariff quota based on allocation between the
                                                                 United Kingdom and the Member States would
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              reconcile the application of the growth rates
                                                                 provided for in Protocol 7 with the uninterrupted
                                                                 application of the duty free entry arrangements in
Whereas the ACP-EEC Lome convention, signed on                   respect of the said quota to all imports of the
28 February 1975, provides in Article 2 ( 1 ), together          products concerned into the Member States until
with Protocol 7 annexed thereto, that until the entry            the quota is exhausted; whereas, in order to reflect
into force of a common organization of the market                as closely as possible the actual trends on the
in spirits, products falling within tariff subheading            markets in the products concerned, such allocation
22.09 C I (rum, arrack, tafia), originating in the ACP           should be made in accordance with the requirements
States, shall be imported into the Community free                of the Member States ;
of customs duties under conditions such as to permit
the development of traditional trade flows between
the ACP States and the Community and between the                 Whereas measures should be laid down to ensure
Member States ; whereas the Community shall fix                  that Protocol 7 is implemented under conditions
each year the quantities which may be imported free              such as to permit the development of traditional
of customs duties on the basis of the largest quanti­            trade flows between the ACP States and the Com­
ties imported annually from the ACP States into the              munity and between the Member States ;
Community in the past three years for which statis­
tics are available, increased by an annual growth
rate of 40 % on the market of the United Kingdom                 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­
and 13 % on the other markets of the European                    dom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Economic Community, these growth rates being                     and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are jointly
based     on  foreseeable  internal  demand      in  each        represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
Member State ; whereas the exchange of letters at                measure concerning the administration of the shares
Lome on 28 February 1975 relating to the advance                 allocated to that Economic Union may be carried
implementation of certain provisions of the said                 out by any one of its members,
convention provides in particular that the Commu­
nity shall apply the said Protocol 7 autonomously as
from 1 July 1975 ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the levels reached by imports of
the products concerned into the Community and
the Member States during the past three years for                                        Article 1
which statistical information is available ;
                                                                 From 1 July until 31 December 1975 rum, arrack
Wheretas, initially, conditions should be laid down               and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the
for the advance implementation of the provisions                 Common Customs Tariff, originating in the ACP
concerned for the period from 1 July to 31 December              States, shall be imported duty free into the Com­
1975 ; whereas for that period, on the basis of                  munity within the limits of a Community tariff
statistical information and taking into account a                 quota of 109 200 hectolitres of pure alcohol.
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These products are considered as originating in the                                        Article 3
ACP States if they fulfil the conditions laid down
 in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1598/75 (*) of                     Member States shall manage the shares allocated
 24 June 1975 on the advance implementation of                     to them in accordance with their own arrangements.
 certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Lomé convention
 relating to trade in goods.                                                               Article 4
                                                                  Member States shall inform the Commission each
                          Article 2                               month of imports actually charged against the tariff
                                                                  quota.
 1 . The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall              The United Kindom shall take the steps necessary
 be divided into two instalments . The first instalment           to ensure that the quantities imported from the ACP
of 83 200 hectolitres of pure alcohol shall be for                States under the conditions laid down in Articles 1
United Kingdom consumption. The second instalment                 and 2 are restricted to those meeting its domestic
 of 26 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol shall be                   consumption requirements .
 allocated among the other Member States.
                                                                                          Article 5
2. The share of each of the Member States to which
                                                                  Articles 5 , 6, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1598/
the second instalment is allocated pursuant to para­              75 shall apply in respect of the products covered
graph 1 shall be valid until the end of the period
                                                                  by this Regulation.
stipulated in Article 1 and shall consist of the
following quantities, indicated in hectolitres, of pure
alcohol :                                                                                 Article 6
                                                                  The Member States and the Commission shall
         Benelux :                            2 275 ,             cooperate closely in order to ensure compliance with
         Denmark :                            1 885,              this Regulation.
         Germany:                           16 900,
         France :                             3 900,                                      Article 7
         Ireland :                              650,              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
         Italy :                                390 .             1975 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1975 .
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         \The President
                                                                                        G. FITZGERALD
(x) See page 1 of this Official Journal.