CELEX: 31977R1230
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1230/77 of 9 June 1977 concerning the allocation of a Community quota of wine of fresh grapes, intended to be fortified for distillation, originating in Algeria (1977/78)

10 . 6 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 143 / 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1230/77
                                                        of 9 June 1977
             concerning the allocation of a Community quota of wine of fresh grapes,
                  intended to be fortified for distillation , originating in Algeria ( 1977/78 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         whereas, provision should consequently be made for
COMMUNITIES,                                                        allocating the total quota into shares which take
                                                                    account of the capacity of the markets of the Member
Having regard to the. Treaty establishing the European              States to absorb the said wines ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas, in order to take account in these conditions
1516/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of wine of fresh
                                                                    of the uncertainty in trends in imports into the
grapes, intended to be fortified for distillation , origi­
                                                                    Member States of the product concerned, the quota
nating in Algeria ('), and in particular Article 3(1 )              should be divided into two instalments ; the first to be
thereof,
                                                                    allocated among all the Member States and the second
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  to form a reserve intended to cover any subsequent
                                                                    requirements of Member States which have used up
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1516/76 lays down                       their initial shares ;
that, pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement and the
Interim Agreement (2 ) signed on 26 April 1976 by the
European Economic Community and the People's                        Whereas Member States may use up their initial
Democratic Republic of Algeria, wines of fresh grapes,              shares at different rates ; whereas to provide for this
intended for fortifying, falling within subheadings                 eventuality and to avoid disruption of supplies, any
22.05 C I ex b) and C II ex b) of the Common                        Member State which has almost used up its initial
Customs Tariff, originating in Algeria, may be                      share   should   draw  an   additional  share from   the
imported into the Community with a tariff concession                reserve ; whereas this should be done by each Member
consisting of an 80 % reduction in the customs duties               State when each of its additional shares has been
and within the limits of a Community quota subject                  almost used up, and so on as many times as the
to observance of a special price ; whereas the annual               reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional
quota is 500 000 hectolitres per year for four years                shares should be valid until the end of the quota
from the entry into force of the Interim Agreement ;                period ;
whereas the second annual Community quota should
be allocated for the period between 1 July 1977 to 30
June 1978 ;                                                         Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a
                                                                    considerable quantity of a Member State's initial share
Whereas, in order to follow as closely as possible the              remains unused , it is essential that that Member State
actual development of the market in the products in                 should return it to the reserve so as to prevent a part
question , such allocation must be effected in propor­              of the quota from remaining unused in one Member
tion to Member States' requirements, calculated on                  State when it could be used in others ;
the basis of the statistics on imports of the said
products from Algeria during a representative period
and also on the basis of the economic prospects for
the tariff period under consideration ;                             Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the
                                                                    Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
Whereas, however, in this case , there are no Commu­                 Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
nity or national statistics for the wines in question ;             by the Benelux Economic Union any measure
                                                                    concerning the administration of the shares allocated
(■) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6. 1976, p . 29 .                            to that economic union may be carried out by any
(*) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1976, p . 2.                             one of its members,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                             Article 2
                                                                 1.    If 90 % or more of any Member State s initial
                           Article 1
                                                                 share as fixed in Article 1 is used for fortifying as part
The 500 000 hectolitres quota opened for wine of                 of its initial share, that Member State shall forthwith
fresh grapes intended for fortifying, originating in             by notifying the Commission , draw a second share
Algeria, under the conditions laid down by Regulation            which may amount to the total quantities actually
(EEC) No 1516/76, shall be allocated as follows                  used for fortifying, to the extent that the reserve so.
among the Member States for the period from 1 July               permits.
1977 to 30 June 1978 :                                           2.    Other shares may be drawn in accordance with
                                      (in hectolitres)           the same conditions until the reserve is used up .
            Benelux                       30 000
                                                                 3.    Member States shall return to the reserve, not
            Denmark                         1 250
                                                                 later than 1 April 1978 , the unused share of their
            Germany                      115 000
            France                       100 000
                                                                 quota . The reserve shall be used in accordance with
            Ireland                         1 250
                                                                 paragraph 2.
            Italy                        100 000                                          Article 3
          . United Kingdom                 7 500
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The remaining 145 000 hectolitres shall constitute the           publication in the Official Journal of the European
reserve .                                                        Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 9 June 1977.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 J. SILKIN