CELEX: 31981R3227
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-09
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3227/81 of 9 November 1981 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kilograms or less falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff (1982)

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31981R3227

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3227/81 of 9 November 1981 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kilograms or less falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff (1982)  

Official Journal L 325 , 13/11/1981 P. 0007

****  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3227/81   OF 9 NOVEMBER 1981   OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR DRIED GRAPES IN IMMEDIATE CONTAINERS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF  ( 1982 )   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT REGULATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,   WHEREAS A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR DRIED GRAPES IN IMMEDIATE CONTAINERS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHOULD BE OPENED FOR 1982 AT A DUTY OF 2 % THE VOLUME OF WHICH SHALL BE LIMITED TO 6 500 TONNES , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTENCE OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ;   WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE NEGLIGIBLE SIZE OF SUCH A QUOTA IN COMPARISON WITH THE COMMUNITY ' S REQUIREMENTS , A SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION SHOULD , WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA , BE PROVIDED , BASED ON A SINGLE ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS ALLOCATION MAY BE CALCULATED PRO RATA ON THE BASIS OF THE IMPORT REQUIREMENTS , OF EACH MEMBER STATE , COMING FROM THIRD COUNTRIES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH , OR LINKED TO THE COMMUNITY BY A PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA , A SHARE SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO GREECE BY LEVYING THE SAME QUANTITY ON THE VOLUME OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , CALCULATED IN SUCH A MANNER , THIS ALLOCATION IS AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2 ;   WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY MEASURE CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUOTAS ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :   ARTICLE 1   1 .  DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1982 A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 6 500 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED FOR DRIED GRAPES IN IMMEDIATE CONTAINERS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 08.04 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .   2 .  WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT THE LEVEL OF 2 % .   WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA , GREECE SHALL APPLY CUSTOMS DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION .   3 .  IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION BENEFITING FROM THE SAME OR LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THIS TARIFF QUOTA .   ARTICLE 2   THE TARIFF QUOTA SET OUT IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE DIVIDED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS FOLLOWS :   //  //  ( TONNES ) // BENELUX //    615 // DENMARK //    260 // GERMANY //  1 813 // GREECE //     1 // FRANCE //    444 // IRELAND //    216 // ITALY //    23 // UNITED KINGDOM //  3 128 //   ARTICLE 3   1 .  MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT IMPORTERS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THEM .   2 .  THE EXTENT TO WHICH A MEMBER STATE HAS USED UP ITS SHARE SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION ENTERED WITH THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES FOR FREE CIRCULATION .   ARTICLE 4   AT THE COMMISSION ' S REQUEST , MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM IT OF THE IMPORTS ACTUALLY CHARGED AGAINST THEIR SHARES .   ARTICLE 5   MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION SHALL COOPERATE CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THIS REGULATION IS COMPLIED WITH .   ARTICLE 6   THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 .   THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 NOVEMBER 1981 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   K . BAKER