CELEX: 51977PC0149
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-28
Title: Propsoal 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 (1077-1978) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                            Propsoal 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 ( 1077-1978 )
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                               /
 C0M(77 ) 149 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                  The Cooperation Agreement signed on 26 April 1976 and the
 Interim Agreement the period of validity of which was extended on
by the European Economic Community and Algeria make 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 ori­
ginating in Algeria , subject to an annual quota of 500*000 hectolitres , on
 condition that a special import price is observed.               '    ,
                  Article 3 (l ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1516/76 on
imports into the Community of wine of fresh grapes , intended to be forti­
fied for distillation , originating in Algeria lays down that the allocation ,
of the quota is to be effected by the Council , acting by a qualified majori­
ty on a proposal from the Commission .     Such allocation must be effected in
proportion to Member States' requirements , calculated on the basis of st'atis -iV
tics of imports of the said wines originating in Algeria and the economic
prospects for the quota period under consideration .     However , in this parti­
cular case , there are no statistics - either Community or national - for the
wines in question . In these circumstances , it would seem advisable , for the
first year of application , to lay down the Member States' quota shares on the ■
basis of the capacity of the markets of the Member States to absorb the said
wines .
                  The Commission therefore proposes that the Council 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.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION
                      ' •                                                  I
                  This regulation does not involve any financial implication .
 ---pagebreak---                                               . Proposgl for q
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              concerning the allocation of a Community                      quota of wine of fresh grapes,
                        intended to be fortified for distillation, originating in Algeria (1977.1978 )
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN                                        Member States of the product concerned, the quota
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      should be divided into two instalments ; the first to be
                                                                   allocated among all the Member States and the second
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             to form a reserve intended to cover any subsequent
 Economic Community,                                               requirements of Member States which have used up
                                                                   their initial shares ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1516/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of wine of fresh               Whereas Member States may use up their initial
grapes, intended to be fortified for distillation, origi-          shares at different rates ; whereas to provide for this
nating in Algeria ('), and in particular Article 3 (1 )            eventuality and to avoid disruption of supplies, any
thereof,                                                           Member State which has almost used up its initial
                                                                   share should draw an additional share from the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 reserve ; whereas this should be done by each Member
                                                                   State when each of its additional shares has been
 Mherea£ Regulation (££Cj No 1516/76 lays down that ,              almost used up, and so on as many times as the
 pursuant to the Cooperation Agreeoent signed on               ■ reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional
 25 April 1976 and the Interin Agreement (2 ) piried . shares should be valid until the end of the quota
 of validity extended on             between the            * period ;
 European Economic Community and the People 1®
democratic Republic ot Algeria, wines of fresh grapes,
intended for fortifying, falling within subheadings                Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a
22.05 C I ex b) and C II ex b) of the Common                       considerable quantity of a Member State's initial share
Customs Tariff, originating in Algeria, may be ■                   remains unused, it is essential that that Member State
imported into the Community with a tariff concession               should return it to the reserve so as to prevent a part
consisting of an 80 % reduction in the customs duties              Gf the quota from remaining unused in one Member
and within the limits of a Community quota subject                State when it could be used in others ;
to observance of a special price ; whereas the annual
quota is 500 000 hectolitres per year for four years
from the entry into force of the Interim Agreement ;              Whereas, since the Kingdom of. Belgium, the
whereas the second annual Community quota should be         • Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
allocated for the period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 ;      • Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
                                                                  by the Benelux - Economic Union any measure
Whereas, in order to follow as closely as possible the            concerning the administration of the shares allocated
actual development of the market in the products in               t0 that economic union may be carried out by any
question, such allocation must be effected in propor-             one      lts members,
tion 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 under consideration ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, however, in this case, there are no Commu- ,
nity or national statistics for the wines in question ;
whereas, provision should consequently be made for                                                        ''
allocating the total quota into shares which take                                          Article 1
account of the capacity of the markets of the Member ' ■                                                        .
States to absorb the said wines ; .
                                                                  The 500 000 hectolitres quota opened for wine of
Whereas, in order to take account in these conditions             fresh grapes intended for fortifying, originating in
of the uncertainty in trends in imports into the                  Algeria, under the conditions laid down by Regulation
    ,                                                             (EEC) No 1516/76, shall be allocated as follows
(') OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 29.                              among the Member States for the period I July 197?
0 OJ No '                                ;'                       to 30 June 197b .
 ---pagebreak---                                    (in hectolitres)           by notifying the Commission, draw a second share
        Bénélux                         30 000                which may amount to the total quantities actually
        Denmark                          1 250                used for fortifying, to the extent that the reserve so
        Germany                       115000                  permits.
        France                        100 000
                                                              2. Other shares may be drawn in accordance with
        Ireland                          1 250
                                                              the same conditions until the reserve is used up.
        Italy                         100 000
        United Kingdom                   7 500                3.    Member States shall return to the reserve, not
                                                              later than 1 April 1978 , the unused share of their
                                                              quota. The reserve shall be used in accordance with
The remaining 145 000 hectolitres shall constitute the        paragraph 2.
reserve .
                                                                                     Article 3
                         Article 2                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
1.    If 90% or more of any Member States initial             publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                              Communities.
share as fixed in Article 1 is used for fortifying as part
of its initial share, that Member State shall forthwith,      It shall be applicable from 1 July 1974*
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President