CELEX: 51978PC0092
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for sherry, falling within heading No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Spain#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for liqueur wines falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus and marketed under the label of "Cyprus Sherry", and introducing subsidies for similar wine products produced in the Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                          COM(78)92 final.
                                                          Brussels , 2 March 1978 .
                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                  on the opening , allocating and providing for the administration
                  of a Community tariff quota for sherry, falling within heading
                  No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff , originating in Spain
                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                  opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a
                  Community tariff quota for liqueur wines falling within subheading
                  ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff , originating in Cyprus and
                  marketed under the label of " Cyprus Sherry", and introducing
                  subsidies for similar wine products produced in the Community
                     ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
CCM(78 ) 92 final
 ---pagebreak---                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Because the reference price for sherry has not been fixed it is
absolutely necessary to open Community tariff quotas for sherry wines ,
originating in Spain , and the wine called " Cyprus Sherry " originating
in Cyprus for a new period of two months starting on 1 March 1978 which
is when the grevious and identical Regulation lapse .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                     ANNEX A
                                                        Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATíON ( EEC) No                   ,../ 78
                                                     ot
                     on the opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Commu­
                     nity tariff quota for sherry, falling within heading No ex 22.05 of the Common
                                            Customs Tariff, originating in Spain
      THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                    reference price, entails the division of the quota
      COMMUNITIES.                                                  period
      Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                                  whereas,
      Economic Community, and in particular Article                            tariff quotas of 18 000 and 114 170 hectoli-
           1 1 3 thereof,                                          tres respectively should thus be opened for the afore­
                                                                    mentioned wines for the period 1 March to 33
                                                                  April       1978 :
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    whereas these wines remain subject to the provisions
                                                                   governing the common organization of the market in
     whereas on the signing of the Agreement between
                                                                   wine ; whereas inclusion in the Community tariff
                                                                   quota should be subject to production of movement
     the European Economic Community and Spain("J)on               certificate A.E. 1 and a certificate of designation or
     29 June 1970, the Community undertook to grant                origin as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
     preferential tariff arrangements for imports into the          1120/75 ( 2 );
     Community of certain wines originating in Spain, in
     particular sherry ; whereas in order to satisfy this
    undertaking, the Community has opened each year
     two tariff quotas, namely :
                                                                   Whereas it -is in particular necessary to ensure to all
    – 40 000 hectolitres at a duty rate of 40 % of the             Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
         Common Customs Tariff duties, for sherry in               to the abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted
        containers holding two litres or less, falling within      application of the rates laid down for these quotas to
                                                                   all imports of the products concerned into all Member
         subheadings ex 22.05 C III a) 1 and ex 22.05 C IV
        a) 1 , originating in Spain and
                                                                   States until the quotas have been used up ; whereas,
                                                                   having regard to the principles mentioned above, the
    – 210 000 hectolitres at a duty rate of 50 % of the            Community nature of the quotas can be respected by
         Common Customs Tariff duties, for sherry in              allocating the Community tariff quotas among the
        containers holding more than two litres, falling          Member States ; whereas, in order to reflect most accu­
         within subheadings ex 22.05 C III b) 1 and ex            rately the actual development of the market in the
         22.05 C IV b) 1 , originating in Spain ;                 products concerned, such allocation should be in
                                                                  proportion to the needs of the Member States,
                                                                  assessed by reference to both the statistics of each
    Whereas these preferential tariff arrangements were           State's imports of the said products from Spain over a
    laid down only for imports of these products into the         representative period and the economic outlook for
    Member States of the Community as originally consti­          the quota period concerned ;
    tuted ; whereas, under the Act of Accession, importa­
    tion of these products into the three new Member
    States are subject to Common Customs Tariff duties
    with effect from 1 July 1977 ; whereas the import
    arrangements for these products should be uniform             Whereas available Community statistics give no infor­
    throughout the Community ; whereas therefore the              mation on the situation of sherry on the markets ;
    aforementioned annual quotas should be increased to           whereas, however, Spanish statistics for exports of
    108 000 hectolitres and 685 000 hectolitres respec­           these products to the Community during the last few
    tively ; whereas the application to sherry                    years can be considered to reflect approximately the
                                                                  situation of Community imports ; whereas on this
                    of the provisions governing the common
    organization ofthe market in wine, and in particular          basis the corresponding imports by each of the
     those concerning the observance'of the free-at-frontier      Member States during the last three years represent
                    /                                             the following percentages of the imports into the
                                                                  Community from Spain of the products concerned :
( 1 ) OJ No L 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 2.                           ( o)OJ No L III , 30. 4. 1975, p. 19.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                             IVM
                Sherry :                                                                             ii
                – in containers holding two litres or less :            !I                           i
                                                                                                     i
                      Bénélux                                                 45-5         49-5          62 - 5
                      Denmark                                                  37            •5-2    I     S~
                      Germany                                                 12 1         12-0          I 3-4
                      France                                                   0-4           0-3           0-3
                      Ireland                                                  2-8            1-3          1-0
                      Italy                                             I      4-9            1-4          1-2
                      United Kingdom                                          30-6         30-3          15-8
               – in containers holding more than two litres :
                      Bénélux                                      .          25-7         39-9          55-3
                      Denmark                                            I     3-2           2-9           5-1
                     Germany                                                   2-4           2-9           3-4
                      France                                                   0-1           0-1           01
                      Ireland                                                  1-0           0-7           0-9
                      Italy                                                    0-0           0-0           0-0
                      United Kingdom                                     I    67-6
                                                                                      L
                                                                                           53-5      I
                                                                                                     t
                                                                                                         55-2
Whereas, in view of these factors and of the estimates               to take this fact into account and avoid any break in
submitted by certain Member States, initial quota                    continuity, it is important that any Member State
shares may be fixed approximately at the following                   having used up almost the whole of one of its initial
percentages :                                                        quota shares should draw an additional quota share
                                                                     from the corresponding reserve ; whereas this must be
                                   Sherry in container> holding
                                                                     done by each Member State as and when each of its
        Member States
                                                                     additional quota shares is almost entirely used up, and
                                 two litres
                                  or less
                                                        more than
                                                                     repeated as many times as the reserve allows ; whereas
                                                        two litres
                                                                     the initial and additional quota shares must be avail­
                                                                     able for use until the end of the quota period ;
Bénélux                           53-61                  33 -/i !>   whereas this method of administration calls for close
Denmark                            5-05                    3-83
                                                                     cooperation between Member States and the Commis­
Germany                       j   13-20                    2-99 '
                                                                     sion, which must, in particular, be able to observe the
France                             0-31                    0-03
Ireland                      I     2-06                    0-78      extent to which the quota amounts are used and
Italy                              2-11                    0-01      inform Member States thereof ;
United Kingdom                |   23-66         |I       58-90       Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
                                                                     Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
                                                                     Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends                 Benelux Economic Union any measure concerning
                                                                     the administration of the quota shares allocated to
for the products concerned in the different Member
                                                                     that economic union may be carried out by any one
States, each of the quota amounts should be divided                  of its members,
into two tranches, the first tranche being allocated
among the Member States and the second forming a
reserve intended ultimately to cover the requirements
of the Member States which have used up their initial                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
quota shares ; whereas, in order to ensure a certain
degree of security to importers in each Member State,
the first instalment of the Community quotas should                                            Article 1
be determined at a level which, under present circum­
stances, may be about 90 % of each of the quota                      l.                    Until 30 April          1978, the
amounts ;                                                            Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the sher­
                                                                     ries mentioned below originating in Spain shall be
                                                                     partially suspended at the levels or within the limits of
Whereas the initial quota shares of the Member States                the Community tariff quotas indicated for each of
may be used up at different times ; whereas, in order                them :
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                                                                                                  <«>• U A 'h'-
                                                                                                                            Q»»«»U « tll-IOH-
                                                                                                                                i:n K")
                                                   !
                                                                                       |i                             ;
             c*  22.05 C III a) 1                              cherry                                     5-4
             ex  22.05 C IV a) I                               sherry                                                     | I# 000
             cx  22.05 C III b) 1
             ex  22.05 C IV b) 1
                                                               sherry
                                                               sherry
                                                                                        1
                                                                                                          Ml              | 114 170
             2. The Protocol on the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and on
             methods of administrative cooperation, annexed to the Agreement between the European
             Economic Community and Spain, shall be applicable.
             3.     The inclusion of sherry in the Community tariff quotas referred to in paragraph I
             shall be conditional upon production of a movemem certificate A.b.l and a certificate of
             designation of origin as provided for in Regulation ( LEG) No 1120 /75 and endorsed by
             the Spanish customs authorities.
                                                          A rt tele 2
             1.    The quotas laid down in Article 1 shall be divided into two tranches.
             2. A first tranche of each quota shall be allocated among the Member States ; the
             respective shares which shall be valid until 30 April                                         sh:iil be a* follow* :
                                                        !                       Sherrv f.illi'i;: »< rhin »nhlu jJin/- -
                             Mcmlnrr Siato              I       ck »:<»< c in m i                      i          **        l lil W •
                                                        j                  4ii»l                        I                 jikI
                                                        |
                                                        I       VK           t. IV A ; .                !         «x »»!•« i W «M I
                                                                                                        i
                                                                                                        r
             Bénélux                                                     K 6*0                         II                 u iro
             Dcnmnrk                                    I                    «'»                        i                  »•>«(
             Germany                                   I                 2 NO                          |
             France                                    I                        ™                      !
             Ireland                                   I                     3 «I                     I                      800
             Italy                                     j                     340                      j                        !..
             United Kingdom                            j                 3 X >0                                          M) 4KI
                                               Total !I!                16 200
                                                                                                      i
                                                                                                      !
                                                       !!                                             !|                :02 700
3.   The second tranche of each quota, that is 1 H00                  graph I to draw a third share equal to 5 ' '■>                          t !-
and 1 1 470 hectolitres respectively, shall constitute the             initial share, rounded up to the next unit where ■ :
corresponding reserve.                                                 priate.
                                                                       3.        If, after one or other of its second snare - haw
                                                                       been exiiau i -.-d. 90 % or more of the third '!u -^
                        A rtii li J
                                                                       drawn by a Member State has been used, that McT.ber
                                                                      State shall , in accordance with the same conditions,
1.    If 90 % or more of one of the initial shares of a                drawn a fourth share equal to the third .
Member State, as laid down in Article 2 (2), has been
exhausted, that Member State shall proceed without
delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw a second                  This process shall be applied until the res< r\< i:-
                                                                       exhaustcd .
share equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up to
the next unit where appropriate, to the extent that the
amount in the reserve allows.
                                                                       4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , J a.u:
                                                                       3, a Member St.-»te may proceed to draw shares s.n.iiK :
2. If, after one or other of its initial shares have                   than those fixed in those paragraphs, if there is re.t-.*«
been exhausted, 90 % or more of the second share                       to believe that those shares might not be use : ■ ' p
drawn by a Member State has been used, that Member                    Thev shall inform the Commission of thi n .is -ns
State shall proceed in the manner specified in para-                   which led them to apply this paragraph .
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                        Article 4                            2. The Member St.ucs shall ensure that importers
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to
                                                             of the said goods established in their territory have
                                                             free access to il.e shares allocated to them .
Article 3 shall be valid until 30 April 1 978.
                                                             3.    The extent to whiih Member States have used
                        Article 5                            up their shares shall be determined on the basis of the
                                                             imports ot the products in question entered for home
The Commission shall keep account of the shares              use .
opened by Member States in accordance with Articles
2 and 3 and shall inform each of them of the extent                                  Art ick- 7
to which the reserve has been used as soon as it
receives the notifications.                                  On receipt of a request from the Commission, •
                                                             Member States shall inform it of imports actually
The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which           charged against their shares.
uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available
and, for this purpose, shall specify the amount thereof                              Article 8
to the Member State which makes the final drawing.
                                                              The Member States and the Commission shall coop-
                        Article 6                            crate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                             observed .
1.    The Member States shall take all appropriate
measures to ensure that, when additional shares arc                                  Artide 9
drawn pursuant to Article 3, it is possible for charges
to be made without interruption against their accumu­        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
lated shares of the Community tariff quota.                  following its publication in the Official
                                                            Journal of the European Communities .
                                                             It shall apply with effect from 1 March
              This Regulation shall be' binding m its entirety and directly applicable in a'l Member                  1978 ,
              States.
              Done at Brussels.
                                                                         F*r the Coumi7
                                                                          'Int President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                   ANNEX B
                                                 Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No              ,../ 78
                                                of
                  opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                  quota for liqueur wines falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common
                  Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus and marketed under the label of 'Cyprus
                  Sherry , and introducing subsidies for similar wine products produced in the
                                                     Community
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 and similar Community wines, provision was made, in
   COMMUNITIES,                                               respect of the latter, for the granting of aids, based on
                                                              the difference, on the market of the Member States of
                                                              destination, between the prices of Community liqueur
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      wines and the prices of the liqueur wines in question
   Economic Community,                                        originating in Cyprus ;
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                              Whereas, pending the implementation on 1 ''lay-
                                                              1978 of new Community arrangements the tariff arran­
  Whereas the exchange of letters referred to in Article     gements introduced by Regulation (EEC) Nc 3216 / 77
    12 of the Protocol laying down certain provisions                                       should be extended for the
   relating to the Agreement establishing an Association      period from 1 March 1978 to 3 ^ April 1978 and
  between the European Economic Community and the             a Community tariff quota should be opened for the
  Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of           products in question of a volume of 33 334 hectolitres
  new Member States to the European Economic                  free of customs duties and the countervailing charge ;
  Community ( ' ) makes provision for special interim
  arrangements for the wine product exported under the
  label of 'Cyprus Sherry', and intended for direct
  human consumption, which involve the non-                   whereas entry under the above Community tariff
  application of countervailing charges on imports of        quota must be conditional on the presentation of the
  this wine into Ireland and the United Kingdom,             A. CY. 1 movement certificate and on the wines being
  within the limits of an annual quota of 200 000 hecto-     described as 'Cyprus Sherry' in the V.I. 1 document
  litres ; whereas, to that end. Regulation (EEC) No         provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 211 5/76 (');
   1 25.1/73 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  3576/73 (3), as last extended and amended by Regula­
  tion ( EEC) No 1 606/76 (4), introduced arrangements       Whereas, the Community nature of the quota would
  for imports of the wine product exported under the         be respected by a system based on the allocation of
  label of 'Cyprus Sherry', originating in and coming        the Community tariff quota among the Member
  from Cyprus, and provided for subsidies for similar        States ; whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as
 wine products produced in the Community as origi­           possible the actual development of the market in the
  nally constituted and exported to Ireland and the          products concerned, such allocation should be in
  United Kingdom ; whereas the arrangements in ques­         proportion to the requirements of the Member States,
 tion expired on 30 June 1977 ;                             assessed by reference both to the statistics relating to
                                                             imports of the said products from Cyprus over a repre­
                                                            sentative period and to the economic outlook for the
 Whereas, to allow for the disposal of existing stocks.
 Community arrangements were introduced           until     quota period concerned ;
 February 1978 , in the form of a Community
 tariff quota exempt from customs duties and the coun­
 tervailing charge, by Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas in this case, however, neither Community
3016 /77 (5); whereas these arrangements should not         nor national statistics showing the breakdown for each
 disturb the market in Community wines similar to           of the types of wines in question are available ;
 liqueur wines originating in Cyprus and covered by         whereas estimating the import needs of the Member
 this Regulation ; whereas, to avoid distortion of the      States for the quota period is difficult because of the
 conditions of competition between the said products        absence of valid precedents ; whereas because of the
                                                            small amount of the tariff quota the allocation thereof
 (■) OJ No L 1 33, 21 . 5. 1973, p. 88 .                    between the Member States would result in such small
 (•") O ) No L 133, 21 . 5. 197 }, p. IIS.                  shares being allocated that they would no longer be
 (>) Oj No L 359, 28. 12. 1973, p. 33.
 C) OJ No L 175, 1 . 7. 1976, p. 6.
 HOjNoL 355 , 31 . 12.1977, p. 38 .                         (') OJ No L 299, 23. 11 . 1977, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                          ALLEGATO B
più considerate come suscettibili di uno sfruttamento             originari e ai metodi di cooperazione amministrativa,
commerciale ; che pertanto pare possibile procedere               allegato all'accordo tra la         Comunità economica
soltanto in maniera da attribuire alla riserva comuni­            europea e Cipro.
taria la totalità del volume contingentale e da preve­
dere la possibilità che gli Stati membri che ne abbiano           3.     L'ammissione di tali vini al beneficio del contin­
un fabbisogno prelevino quantitativi appropriati da               gente tariffario di cui al paragrafo I è subordinata alla
 tale riserva ; che le aliquote così prelevate dalla riserva      condizione che i vini in questione siano designati
devono essere valide fino alla fine del periodo contin­           come vini liquorosi commercializzati con la menzione
gentale ; che tale metodo di gestione richiede una                • Cyprus Sherry » nel documento V.I.l disposto dal
stretta collaborazione tra gli Stati membri e la                  regolamento (CEE) n. 2115/76.
Commissione, la quale deve, in particolare, poter
seguire il grado di esaurimento del volume del contin­            4. Entro i limiti di tale contingente tariffario, i
gente ed informarne gli Stati membri ;                            prodotti di cui al paragrafo 1 sono esenti dalla riscos­
                                                                  sione delle tasse di compensazione previste dal regola­
considerando che, se ad una data determinata del
                                                                  mento (CEE) n. 816/70 ( '), modificato da ultimo dal
                                                                  regolamento (CEE) n. 221 1 /77 (2).
periodo contingentale esiste in uno Stato membro un
residuo importante, è indispensabile che detto Stato
membro ne ritrasferisca una notevole percentuale                                          Articolo 2
nella riserva al fine di evitare che una parte del contin­
gente tariffario comunitario rimanga inutilizzata in
uno Stato membro mentre potrebbe essere utilizzata                1.     Il contingente tariffario di cui all'articolo 1 è attri­
                                                                  buito alla riserva comunitaria.
in altri ;
                                                                  2.     Se in uno Stato membro si manifesta un fabbi­
considerando che, poiché il Regno del Belgio, il                  sogno di prodotti in questione, tale Stato membro
Regno dei Paesi Bassi e il Granducato del Lussem­                 preleva un'aliquota appropriata dalla riserva così costi­
burgo sono riuniti e rappresentati dall'unione . econo­           tuita, nei limiti in cui l'entità di questa lo permetta.
mica Benelux, tutte le operazioni relative alla gestione
delle quote attribuite a detta unione economica
possono essere effettuate da uno dei suoi membri,                                         Articolo 3
                                                                  Le quote prelevate a norma dell'articolo 2 sono valide
                                                                  (ino al 30 aprile 1978 .
HA ADOTTATO IL PRESENTE REGOLAMENTO :
                                                                                          Articolo 4
                                                                  Gli Stati membri versano nella riserva, entro il 20
                            Articolo 1                           aprile 1978, la frazione non utilizzata della loro
                                                                  quota che, alla data del 10 aprile 1 978, ecceda il
                                                                  20 % del volume iniziale. Essi possono trasferire una
1.         Fino al 30 aprile                  1978, i dazi della  quantità superiore se hanno motivo di ritenere che
tariffa doganale comune per i prodotti sotto indicati,            non verrà utilizzata.
originari di Cipro, sono totalmente sospesi nei limiti
di un contingente tariffano comunitario di un volume              Gli Stati membri comunicano alla Commissione,
globale di 33 334 ettolitri.                                      entro il 20 àprile'978, il totale delle importazioni
                                                                  dei prodotti in oggetto effettuate sino al 10 -aprile
        Numero della
                                                                  1978 incluso e imputate sul contingente comunitario,
       tariffa doganale              Designazione delle merci     nonché, se del caso, la frazione della quota che essi
            comune
                                                                  trasferiscono alla riserva.
ex   22.05 C II a)          \
ex   22.05 C II b)          ;                                                             Articolo 5
ex   22.05 CIII a) 2    I [ Vini liquorosi commercializzati
ex  22.05 C III b) 3       [ con la menzione • Cyprus Sherry •
ex   22.05 C IV a) 2                                              La Commissione contabilizza i quantitativi delle quote
ex
     22.05 C IV b) 3 |   I /                                      aperte dagli Stati membri conformemente all'articolo
                                                                  2 e li informa, appena le pervengono le notifiche, del
                                                                  grado di utilizzazione della riserva.
2. Al riguardo si applicano le disposizioni del proto­            (' ) GU n. L 99 del 5. 5. 1970, pag. 1 .
collo relativo alla definizione della nozione di prodotti         I1) GU n. L 256 del 7. 10. 1977, pag. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                     - 3 -
Fhc Commission shall notify Member States not later             marketed under this Regulation products referred to
thasi 2 > April 1978 of the amount in the reserve             , in Article 1 .
after the return of shares pursuant to Article 4.               2. The subsidies referred to in paragraph I shall be
The Commission shall ensure that the drawing which              calculated on the basis of the difference, on the
uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available         markets of the importing Member States, between the
and, to this end, shall specify the amount thereof to           prices of Community liqueur wines and those of the
the Member State making the final drawing.                      liqueur wine marketed under the label of 'Cyprus
                                                                Sherry'.
                          Article 6
                                                                                         Article 8
 1.     Member States shall take all measures necessary
 to ensure that shares drawn pursuant to Article 2 are           Detailed rules in respect, particularly, of the amount
 opened in such a way that imports may be charged                of the subsidy and of the Community liqueur wine
 without interruption against their aggregrate shares in         eligible for aid, shall be adopted in accordance with
 the Community quota.                                            the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                                 No 24 on the progressive establishment of a common
 2.      Each Member State shall ensure that importers           organization of the market in wine(' ).
 of the products concerned established in their terri­
 tory have free access to the shares allocated to it.                                    Article 9
 3. The extent to which a Member State has used up
  its shares shall be determined on the basis of the             At the request of the Commission, Member States
  imports of the products in question entered for home           shall inform it of imports actually charged against
                                                                 their shares.
                          Article 7                                                      Article 10
   ]. Subsidies shall be granted for liqueur wines of            The Member States and the Commission shall colla­
  Community origin similar to the liqueur wines                   borate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation
  described in the V.I.I document provided for in Regu­           is observed.
   lation (EEC) No 2115/76 as 'liqueur wines to be
   marketed under the label of "Cyprus Sherry        which                               Artide 11
   are dispatched by 30 Aori L 1978 from the
               mber States
   producer Member     States to
                              to the
                                 the other
                                      other Member
                                             Member States
                                                     States       This Regulation shall enter into force on the - ay
                        which have
               lunity which
   of the Community            have actually
                                     actually imported
                                              imported and
                                                       and  following its publication in the Official
                                                            Journal of the European Communities .
                                                            It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                (' ) OJ No 30, 20. 4. 1962, p. 989/62.
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée s Chap.,12 art . 1*0
2 . Base juridique : Art . 113
3 . Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire :
 Proposition d' un règlement ( CEE) du Conseil portant ouverture , répartition et
mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires communautaires de vins de Xérès , de
 la position ex 22.05 du tarif douanier commun , originaires d' Espagne ,
 Proposition d' un règlement ( CEE ) du Conseil portant ouverture , répartition et
 mode de gestion d' un contingent tarifaire communautaire de vins de liqueur de
 la sous-position ex 22.05 C du tarif douanier commun , originaires de Chypre ,
 commercialiser, sous la mention "Cyprus Sherry ", et instituant des aides pour
 des produits vinicoles similaires produits dans la Communauté .
4 . Objectif :
                                 t
     Exécution d' une obligation contractuelle .
 5 . Mode de calcul :
     - N   du T.D.C.                 • ex 22.05 '
     - Volume du/ des contingentes ) •    Espagne                        Chypre
                                       18.000 hl et 114.170 hl          33.334 hl
     - Droits à appliquer            : 5,4 à 6?o UC /hl                 exemption-
     - Droits du T.D.C.              î 13,5 et 14,5 UC /hl            I 1 à 19 UC /hl
 6 . Perte de recettes î
     Efipagne : 6,020.000 EUR
     Chypre : 500.000 EUR
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