CELEX: 51979PC0177
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION OF A COMMUNITY QUOTA OF WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, INTENDED TO BE FORTIFIED FOR DISTILLATION, ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA (1979-1980) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                     Brussels / 10th April 1979
                           PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                      CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION   OF A COMMUNITY QUOTA
                     OF WINE OF FRESH GRAPES , INTENDED TO BE FORTIFIED
                  FOR DISTILLATION -   ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA ( 1979-1980 )
                       ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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COM ( 79 ) 177 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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              The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community
  and the Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria , signed on 26 April '976
  and which    entered      'into force on 1 st Novembe r 1 97$ makes provision for a '
  tariff concession , for four years , consisting of an 80 % reduction in the
  customs duties for - imports of wine of fresh grapes , intended for fortifying
  and originating in Algeria , subject to an annual quota of . 500.000 hecto- };<
- litres , on condition that , a special import price is observed .
              Article .3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1516 / 76 on imports !,
   into the Community of wine of fresh grapes , intended to be fortified for |
  distillation , originating in Algeria lays down that the allocation of the iy
  quota is to be effected by the Council , acting by a qualified majority on !
  a proposal from the Commission .        Such allocation must be effected in
  proportion to Member States * requirements , calculated on the basis of                         i
  statistics of imports of the said wines originating in Algeria and the
  economic prospects for the quota period under consideration .                 However , - in ;, ,
  this particular case , there are no statistics - either Community or natio­
  nal - for the wines in question .        In these circumstances , it would seem j
                          •                                               i •       *            ' ;
  advisable on the basis of this regulation to review the quota shares for :
  the Member States for afourth period for 1 July 1979 to 30th June 1980 .
              The Commission therefore proposes that the Counci I should adopt
  the following proposal for a regulation concerning the allocation of a
  quota of wine of fresh grapes , intended for fortifying,' originating in
  Algeria . '            • ^ :                ' ;V V: . '/V;;' vf      : ;i i \   • V '      ''
  FINANCIAL IMPLICATION                         .. '                 \.M- '
  This regulation does not involve any financial implication *
 ---pagebreak---                                                         PROPOSAL FOR A
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC),'
              concerning the allocation of a Community quota of wine of fresh grapes, intended to be'
                                   fortified for distillation, originating in Algeria. (1979 / 80)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               allocating the total quota into shares which take ac­
                                                                       count of the capacity of the markets of the Member
                                                                       States to absorb the said wines;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas, in order to take account in these conditions of
Economic Community,                                                    the uncertainty in trends in imports into the Member
                                                                       States of the product concerned, the quota should be
                                                                       divided into two instalments, the first to be allocated
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           among all the Member States and the second to form a
1516/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of wine of fresh                    reserve intended to cover any subsequent requirements
grapes, intended to be ' fortified for distillation, origi­            of Member States which have used up their initial
nating in Algeria ( '), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 )              shares;
thereof,
                                                                       Whereas Member States may use up their initial shares
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     at different rates; whereas to provide for this eventuality
                                                                       and to avoid disruption of supplies, any Member State
                                                                       which has almost used up its initial share should draw
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1516/76 lays down that,                    an additional share from the reserve; whereas this
pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement ( 2)                             should be done by each Member State when each of its
                signed on 26 April 1976 by the European                additional shares has been almost used up, and so on as
Economic Community and the People's Democratic                         many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial
Republic of Algeria, wines of fresh grapes, intended for               and additional shares should be valid until the end of
fortifying, falling within subheadings 22.05 C 1 ex b)                 the quota period;
and C II ex b) of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
nating in Algeria, may be imported into the Community
with a tariff concession consisting of an 80 % reduction               Whereas if at a given date in the quota period a con­
in the customs duties and within the . limits of a Com­                siderable quantity of a Member State's initial share
munity quota subject to observance of a special price;                 remains unused, it is essential that that Member State
whereas the annual quota is 500 000 hectolitres per                    should return it to the reserve so as to prevent a part of
year for four years from the entry into force on 1 July                the quota from remaining unused in one Member State
1976 of the Interim Agreement; whereas the fourth                      when it could be used in others;
annual Community quota should be allocated for the'
period 1 July 1979 to 30 June 1980';
                                                                       Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
                                                                     / of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
                                                                       bourg are united in and                represented by the
Whereas, in order to follow as closely as possible the .               Benelux Economic Union, any operation relating to
actual development of the market in the products in                    administration of the shares allocated to that economic
question, such allocation must be effected in proportion             . union may be carried out by any one of its members, .
to Member States' requirements, calculated on 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                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
under consideration;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, however, in this case, there are no Commu­
nity or national statistics for the wines in question;'                The 500 000 hectolitres quota opened for wine of fresji
whereas 1 provision should consequently be made for                    grapes intended for fortifying^ originating in Algeria,
                                                                       under the conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1516/76, shall be allocated as follows among the
( ') OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 29.                                 Member States for the period 1 July 1979 to 30 June
(J) OJ No L 141 , 28. 5. 1976, p. 2.                                  11980: ; !
 ---pagebreak---                                            (in hectolitres)      may amount to the total quantities actually used for
        Bénélux                              30 000              fortifying, to the extent that the reserve so permits.
        Dcnmark                               1 250
        Germany                            115  000              2. Other shares may be drawn in accordance with the
        France                             100  000              same conditions until the reserve is used up.
        Ireland                               1 250
        Italy                              100  000
                                                                 3 . Member States shall return to the reserve, not later
        United Kingdom                        7 500
                                                                 than 1 April 1980, the unused share of their quota. The
                                                                 reserve shall be used in accordance with paragraph (2).
The remaining 145 000 hectolitres shall constitute the
reserve.
                                                                                           Article 3
                         Article 2
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
1 . If 90 % or more of any Member State's initial share          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
as fixed in Article 1 is used for fortifying as part of its      European Communities.
initial share, that Member State shall forthwith, by
notifying the Commission, draw a second share which              It shall apply from 1 July ^979 '
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
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