CELEX: 51983PC0523
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Date: 1983-09-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines of fresh grapes falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1984)#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 and originating in Cyprus (1984) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                     C O M (83) 523 final
                                                                     Brus sel s, 9 September 1983
                                                 Proposal for a
                                       C O UN CIL R E G U LAT IO N (EEC)
      o p en ing , a l l o c a t i n g and p r o v i d i n g for the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a
     Co m m u n i t y tariff quota for wines of fresh gr apes falling within
            s u b h e a d i n g ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and
                                   o r i g i n a t i n g in Cyprus (1984)
                                                 Prop osa l for a
                                       C O UN CIL R E G U LAT IO N (EEC)
      open ing , a l l o c a t i n g and p r o v i d i n g for the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a
           C o m m u n i t y ta riff quota for liqueur wines falling within
             s u b h e a d i n g ex 22.05 C of the Common Cust oms Ta riff and
                                   o r i g i n a t i n g in Cyprus (1984)
                       (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  CO M (83) 523 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                EXPLANATORY MEMORADNUM
1. The s u p p l e m e n t a r y Prot oco l to the Ag reement e s ta bli sh ing an A s s o c i a t i o n
   b e tw een the EEC and Cyprus came to an end on 31 Dece mbe r 1980.                         In
   order to avoid i n te rru pt ion of its commercial relations with this
   country, the Comm uni ty has ma de appl ica bl e for 1983 the pr o v i s i o n s of
   the a b o v e m e n t i o n e d Prot oco l in R e g u lat io n (EEC) No 1922/83 laying
   do wn the a r r a n ge me nts a p p l ica bl e to trade with Cyprus.
   P e n d i n g the d e f i n i t i o n of arrange me nts a p p l ica bl e be yo nd 31 De c e m b e r
   1983 it is ne c e s s a r y to ex te nd pr o v i s i o n a l l y for 1984 the a r r a n g e m e n t s
   which the C o m m uni ty appl ies currently to trade with Cyprus on the basis
   of the a b o v e m e n t i o n e d s u pp lem en tar y Protocol.
   The Pr o t o c o l p r ov ide s for the opening of annual Co mm uni ty ta riff quotas
   for the wines listed below o r i g ina ti ng in Cyprus.
   a) wine of fresh grapes, other than liqueur wines, su bheading ex 22.05 C
         of the CCT, 10 000 hi at duty rates of 3.6 ECU/hl and 4.2 ECU/hl
   b) liqueur wines, su bheading ex 22.05 C of the CCT, 250 000 hi at du ty
         rates of 4.0 ECU/hl; 5.0 ECU/hl; 6.1 ECU/hl and 6.9 ECU/hl.
   Th e s e wines remain subject to the pr ov isions gove rni ng the co mmon
   o r g a n i s a t i o n of the market in wine products, es p e c i a l l y as regards
   o b s e r v a n c e of the refe ren ce price.
   C o ns equ en tly , the C o m m uni ty tariff quotas shown above should be op e n e d
   for the p e r i o d from 1 J a n u a r y to 31 December 1984.
2. Th e s e R e g u l a t i o n s pr o v i d e for the sp litting up of the tariff volumes
   into two parts, of which the first will be a l l o cat ed among the M e m b e r
   St ates as quota share and the second will be kept as a reserve.
   In the a b se nce of C o m m uni ty statistics, for a pe ri od s u f f i c i e n t l y
   r e pr ese nt ati ve , the initial quota shares have been c a l c u l a t e d on the
   basis of the p o s s i b l e de mand on the mark ets of the vari ous M e m b e r
   St ates and on the basis of fo recasts ma de by some of them.
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3. Because of the inherent p a r t icu la rit ie s in the trade in wines which,
     a d di tio na lly , are different from one Member State to anot her , the
    pr o v i s i o n s of the Re g u l a t i o n for wines, e x ce pti on all y, do not lay down
    a common me t h o d of ad m i n i s t r a t i o n to be a p pl ied by all Me m b e r States.
4. This is the subject of the two a n ne xed proposals.
                                                     NOTE
   The ta riff quotas in qu e s t i o n are still likely to be m o d i f i e d in the
   light of the results of the ne gotiations with Cyprus until th es e results
   are avai lab le , the R e g u lat io ns p r op ose d will be the instrument which will
   m a k e it po s s i b l e to fulfil the commitment en t e r e d into by the
   Community.
  The C o m m iss io n thus, reserves the right to am en d its pr o p o s a l s while it
  jfcill go in g thro ugh channels in order to adapt it, if n e c e s s a r y , to the
  new arrange me nts .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                         ANNEX A
                                                            Proposal for a
                                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                       / 83
                                                              of
                        opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines
                        of fresh grapes falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and
                                                          originating in Cyprus (1 9 8 4 )
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 f·^, as last amended
                                                                           by Regulation (EEC) No”| 595^§3             must be complied ■
                                                                           with;
          Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
          Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
                                                                           Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all
          thereof,
                                                                           Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
                                                                           the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
          Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the
                                                                           products concerned into all Member States until the
 whereas the s u p p l e m e n t a r y P r ot oco l to                      quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the
 the Agrr eme nt es t a b l i s h i n g an A s s o cia ti on                above principles, the Community nature of the quota can
 betw een the EEC and Cyprus (1) came to an                                 be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota
 end on 31 De c e m b e r 1980; whereas to                                  among the Member States; whereas, in order to reflect as
 avoid i n t e r ru pt ion of its commercial re­                            accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the
 lations with this country, the Community                                   products in question, such allocation should be in
 has ma de a p p l i c a b l e for 1983 the p r o v i ­                     proportion to the requirements of the Member States,
                                                                            calculated by reference to the statistics for imports of the
 sions of the a b o v e m e n t i o n e d Prot oco l in                     products in question from Cyprus over a representative
Re g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1922/83 laying down                             reference period and also to the economic outlook for the
the a r r a n g e m e n t s a p p l i c a b l e to trade with               quota period concerned;
Cyprus (2)
                                                                            Whereas, however, neither Community nor national
Whereas p e nd ing the d e f i n i t i o n of ar r a n g e ­                statistics showing the breakdown for each of the types of
ments a p p l i c a b l e b e y o n d 31 D e ce mbe r 1983                  wine in question are available and no reliable estimates of
it is n e c e s s a r y to ex te nd pr o v i s i o n a t l y                future imports can be made; whereas, in these
for 1984 the ar r a n g e m e n t s which the                                circumstances, the quota should be allocated in initial
                                                                             shares on the basis of the likely demand for these wines on
Co mm uni ty appl ies c u r r ent ly to trade                                the markets of the various Member States;
with Cyprus on the basis of the above-
m e n t i o n e d s u p p l e m e n t a r y Protocol;
                                                                             Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for
                                                                             the products concerned in the various Member States, the
                                                                             quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the
                                                                             first being shared among the Member States and the
                                                                             second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the
                                                                             requirements of Member States which have used up their
           Whereas the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol                 initial quota shares; whereas, in order to give importers in
           provides for the opening of an annual Community tariff            each Member State a certain degree of security, the first
           quota of 10 000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh             instalment of the Community quota should, under the
           grapes, in containers holding two litres or less, falling         present circumstances, be fixed at 80% of the quota
           within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs                volume;
           Tariff and originating in Cyprus, at rates of customs duty
           equal to 25 % of the customs duty in the Common
                                                                             Whereas the Member States’ initial shares may be used up
           Customs Tariff; whereas this Community tariff quota
                                                                              at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into
           should be opened for the period from 1 January to
                                                                              account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member
           31 December 19 8 ^
                                                                              State which has almost used up its initial share should
                                                                              draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas this
           Whereas the wines in question are subject to compliancc            must be done by each Member State as and when each of
           with the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas, in order       its additional shares is almost used up, and repeated as
           that such wines may benefit from this tariff quota, Article        many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and
                                                                              additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota
           (') OJNoL     172, 28. 6.19 78, p . 2.
           (2) OJNoL     191, 15. 7 . 19 83, p. 1 .                          5 ) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.
                                                                              (4)OJNo L ' 1 6 3 ,    2 2 .6 .1 9 8 3 , p.   48.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  - 2-                                        ANNEX A
  period; whereas this method of administration requires                  are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
  close cooperation between Member States and the                         Economic Union, any operation relating to the
  Commission, and the latter must be in a position to                     administration of the quota shares allocated to that
  monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been                   economic union may be carried out by any one of its
  used up and to inform the Member States;                                members,
  Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a
  substantial quantity of an initial share remains unused in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                 .
  any Member State, it is essential that that Member State
  should return a significant proportion to the reserve, to                                         Article 1
  prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining
  unused in one Member State when it could be used in                     1.     From 1 January to 31 December 198 ^ Common
  others;                                                                Customs Tariff duties in respect of the following products
                                                                         originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at the levels
  Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of                  shown below within the limits of a Community tariff
  the Netherlands and' the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg                     quota of 10 000 hectolitres:
                    CCT
                                                                                                              Rate of
                   heading                                     Description
                                                                                                               duty
                     No
                   22.05       Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the
                               addition of alcohol:
                               C. Other:
                                    I. O f an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 13%
                                       vol, in containers holding:
                                       ex a) Two litres or less:
                                              — Wine of fresh grapes                                       i-6 ECU per
                                                                                                                hi
                                   II. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 13% vol
                                       but not exceeding 15% vol in containers holding:
                                       ex a) Two litres or less:
                                              — Wine or fresh grapes other than liqueur wines of an
                                                  actual alcoholic strength by volume of 15% vol           4-2 ECU per
                                                                                                                hi
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply                                                           (hectolitres)
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant                                                                             30
                                                                                 Benelux
provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and the Protocol
of Adaptation.                                                                   Denmark                                     200
                                                                                 Germany                                     600
 2. The wines in question shall be subject to                                    Greece                                        30
 compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price. In                        France                                        40
 order that such wines may benefit from this tariff quota                        Ireland                                     540
Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must be                                 Italy                                         60
 complied with.                                                                                                            6 500
                                                                                 United Kingdom
                                                                               The second instalment, amounting to 2 000
                           Article 2                                     hectolitres, shall constitute the reserve.
 1.    The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
shall be divided into two instalments.                                                             Article 3
2.     The first instalment, amounting to 8 000                          1.     If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share as
hectolitres, shall be allocated among the Member States;                 specified in Article 2 (2), or 90 % of that share minus the
the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until              portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is applied,
31 December 1984, shall be as follows:                                   has been used up, then to the extent permitted by the
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    amount of the reserve that Member State shall forthwith,                                  Article 6
    by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal
    to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up where necessary to    The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
    the next unit.                                                 opened by Member States in accordance with Articles 2
                                                                   and 3 and shall, as soon as it is notified, inform each
   2.     If, after one of its initial shares has been used up,    Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been
   90 % or more of the second share drawn by a Member              used up.
   State has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by
                                                                   It shall inform the Member States, not later than
   the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall, in
                                                                   5 October 1984, of the amount in the reserve after
   accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,
                                                                   quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5.
   draw a third share equal to 7*5 % of its initial share,
   rounded up where necessary to the next unit.
                                                                   The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which
                                                                   uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available, and
   3.     If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or     to this end shall indicate the amount thereof to the
   more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been        Member State which makes such last drawing.
   used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the
  conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share
  equal to the third.                                                                        Article 7
  This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.        1.    The Member States shall take all measures
                                                                  necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn
                                                                  pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that
  4.     By way of derogation from paragraphs 1,2 and 3, a        imports may be charged without interruption against
  Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed           their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
  in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that those
  might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of         2.     The Member States shall ensure that importers of
  its reasons for applying this paragraph.                        the products in question,
                                                                  have free access to the shares allocated to them.
                              Article 4                           3.     The extent to which a Member State has used up its
                                                                  share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
 The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be       products in question entered with the customs authorities
 valid until 31 December 1984.                                   for free circulation.
                                                                                             Article 8
                             Article 5                           At the request of the Commission, the Member States
                                                                 shall inform it of imports of the products concerned
Member States shall return to the reserve, not later than        actually charged against their shares.
 1 October 1984, the unused portion of their initial share
which on 15 September 1984 is in excess of 20% of the                                       Article 9
initial volume. They may return a larger quantity if there
are grounds for believing that such portion may not be           The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
used in full.                                                    closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                                 with.
Each Member State shall, not later than 1 October 1984,
notify the Commission of the total quantities of the                                        Article 10
products in question imported up to 15 September 1984
and charged against the Community quota, and of any              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
quantities of the initial shares returned to the reserve.        1984 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                         ANNEX B
                                                             Proposal for a
                                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                     /8 3
                                                               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 and
                                                           originating in Cyprus (1 9 8 4 )
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        ‘liqueur wines’ in the V .I.l document provided for in
                                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 2115/76 (3j.
            Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
            Economic Community, and in particular Article 113               Whereas the wines in question are subject to compliance
            thereof,                                                        with the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas, in order
                                                                            that such wines may benefit from this tariff quota. Article
                                                                            18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (4;, as last amended
            Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              by Regulation (EEC) N o1 595/53 (5,, must be complied
                                                                            with;
whereas the s u p p l e m e n t a r y Protocol to the
Agreement e s t a b l i s h i n g an A s s o c ia ti on                     Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all
between the EEC and Cyprus (1) came to an                                   Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
end on 31 D e ce mbe r 1980; whereas to avoid                               the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
in terruption of its commercial relations                                   of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the
                                                                            products concerned into all Member States until the
with this country, the Comm uni ty has made
                                                                            quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the
ap pl ica bl e for 1983 the p r o v isi on s of the                         above principles, the Community nature of the quota can
àb o v e m e n t i o n e d Prot oco l in Regu lat io n (EEC                 be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota
No 1922/83 laying down the ar rangements                                    among the Member States; whereas, in order to reflect as
ap pl ica bl e to trade with Cyprus (2)                                     accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the
Whereas p e nd ing the de f i n i t i o n of ar r a n g e ­                 products in question, such allocation should be in
ments a p p l i c a b l e be yo nd 31 Dece mbe r 1983                       proportion to the requirements of the Member States,
it is n e c e s s a r y to e x te nd pr o v i s i o n a l l y               calculated by reference to the statistics for imports of the
                                                                            products in question from Cyprus over a representative
for 1984 the ar r a n g e m e n t s which the
                                                                            reference period and also to the economic outlook for the
Co mmunity a p pl ies c u r r ent ly to trade with                          quota period concerned;
Cyprus on the basis of the àb o v e m e n t i o n e d
s u p p l e m en tar y P r ot oco l ;
                                                                            Whereas, however, neither Community nor national
                                                                            statistics showing the breakdown for the products in
                                                                            question are available and no reliable estimates of future
                                                                            imports can be made; whereas, in these circumstances,
                                                                            the quota should be allocated in initial shares on the basis
                                                                            of the likely demand for these products on the markets of
                                                                            the various Member States;
           Whereas the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol
           provides for the opening of an annual Community tariff           Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for
           quota of 250 000 hectolitres of liqueur wines, falling           the products concerned in the various Member States, the
           within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs               quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the
           Tariff and originating in Cyprus, at rates of customs duty       first being shared among the Member States and the
           equal to 30% of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas               second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the
           this Community tariff quota should be opened for the             requirements of Member States which have used up their
          period from 1 January to 31 December 198 4 .                      initial quota shares; whereas, in order to give importers in
                                                                            each Member State a certain degree of security, the first
                                                                            instalment of the Community quota should, under
          Whereas entry under the above Community tariff quota              present circumstances, be fixed at 85% of the quota
          must be conditional on the wines being described as               volume;
          (’) o j N o L 172, 28. 6 . 1 9 7 8 , p. 1.                       (3 ) OJ N o L 237, 28. 8. 1976, p. 1.
          (i) o j N o L 191, 15. 7 . 19 83, p. 1 .                         (4)OJ N o L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.
                                                                           (5) o j n o L 163, 22 .6 .19 83 , p. 48.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     -2-                                    ANNEX B
Whereas the Member States’ initial shares may be used up                   of any Community quota from remaining unused in one
at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into               Member State when it could be used in others;
account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member
State which has almost used up its initial share should                    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas this                    the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
must be done by each Member State as and when each of                      are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
its additional shares is almost used up, and repeated as                   Economic Union, any operation relating to the
many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and                  administration of the quota shares allocated to that
additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota                 economic union may be carried out by any one of its
period; whereas this method of administration requires                     members,
close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission, and the latter must be in a position to                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been
                                                                                                    Article 1
used up and to inform the Member States thereof;
                                                                            1.    From 1 January to 31 December 1984, Common
 Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a                          Customs Tariff duties in respect of the following products
 substantial quantity remains unused in any Member                          originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at the levels
 State, it is essential that that Member State should return                shown below within the limits of a Community tariff
 a significant proposition to the reserve, to prevent a part                quota of 250 000 hectolitres:
                      CCT
                                                                                                                Rate of
                     heading                                      Description
                       No                                                                                        duty
                      22.05       Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the
                                  additional of alcohol:
                                  C. Other:
                                      II. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 13 % vol
                                           but not exceeding 15% vol, in containers holding:
                                           ex a) Two litres or less:
                                                  — Liqueur wines of an actual alcoholic strength by
                                                      volume of 15 % vol                                     S-0 ECU per
                                                                                                                   hi
                                            ex b) More than two litres:
                                                   — Liqueur wines of an actual alcoholic strength by
                                                      volume of 15% vol                                      3-9 ECU per
                                                                                                                   hi
                                      III. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15% vol
                                           but not exceeding 18% vol, in containers holding:
                                           a) Two litres or less:
                                               ex 2. Other:
                                                      — Liqueur wines                                         6-1 ECU per
                                                                                                                    hi
                                            b) More than two litres:
                                                ex 3. Other:
                                                      — Liqueur wines                                         5-0 ECU per
                                                                                                                    hi
                                       IV. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18 % vol
                                            but not exceeding 22 % vol, in containers holding:
                                            a) Two litres or less:
                                                ex 2. Other:
                                                       — Liqueur wines                                         6-9 ECU per
                                                                                                                     hi
                                             b) More than two litres:
                                                ex 3. Other:
                                                       — Liqueur wines                                         6-9 ECU per
                                                                                                                     hi
 ---pagebreak---                                                              -3-                                    ANNEX ß
  Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply      accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1,
  duties calculated in accordance with the relevant               draw a third share equal to 7-5% of its initial share,
  provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and the Protocol         rounded up where necessary to the next unit.
  of Adaptation.
                                                                  3.     If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or
 2.      The admission of these wines under the tariff quota      more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been
 shall be conditional on their being described in the V .I.l      used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the
 document provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2115 / 76           conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share
 as ‘liqueur wines’.                                              equal to the third.
                                                                  This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
  3.     The wines in question shall be subject to
  compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price. In
 order that such wines shall benefit from this tariff quota       4.     By way of derogation from paragraphs 1,2 and 3, a
 Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must be                 Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed
 complied with.                                                   in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that those
                                                                  might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of
                                                                  its reasons for applying this paragraph.
                            Article 2
 1.      The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1                                 Article 4
 shall be divided into two instalments.
                                                                 The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be
                                                                 valid until 31 December 1984.
 2.      The first instalment, amounting to 212 060
 hectolitres, shall be allocated among the Member States;
 the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until
 31 December 198^, shall be as follows:
                                                                                             Article 5
                                               (hectolitres)
                                                                 Member States shall return to the reserve, not later than 1
            Benelux                                 2 000        October 1984, the unused portion of their initial share
            Denmark                                 2 000        which, on 15 September 1984, is in excess of 20 % of the
            Germany                                 4 000        initial volume. They may return a larger quantity if there
            Greece                                       20      are grounds for believing that such portion may not be
                                                                 used in full.
            France                                       20
            Ireland                                 2 000
                                                                 Each Member State shall, nor later than 1 October 1984,
            Italy                                        20
                                                                 notify the Commission of the total quantities of the
            United Kingdom                       202 000         products in question imported up to 15 September 1984
                                                                 and charged against the Community quota, and of any
 3.     The second instalment, amounting to 37 940               quantities of the initial shares returned to the reserve.
 hectolitres, shall constitute the reserve.
                                                                                             Article 6
                            Article 3
                                                                 The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
 1.     If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share as     opened by Member States in accordance with Articles 2
specified in Article 2 (2), or 90 % of that share minus the      and 3 and shall, as soon "as it is notified, inform each
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is applied,      Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been
has been used up, then to the extent permitted by the            used up.
amount of the reserve that Member State shall forthwith,
by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal           It shall inform the Member States, not later than
to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up where necessary to      5 October 198 4 of the amount in the reserve after
the next unit.                                                   quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5.
2.      If, after one of its initial shares has been used up,    The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which
90 % or more of the second share drawn by a Member               uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available, and
State has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by         to this end shall indicate the amount thereof to the
the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall, in           Member State which makes such last drawing.
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                                                                                                 ANNEX B
                        Article 7                                                       Article 8
1.    The Member States shall take all measures                At the request of the Commission, the Member States
necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn               shall inform it of imports of the products concerned
pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that            actually charged against their shares.
imports may be charged without interruption against
their accumulated shares of the Community quota.                                        Article 9
2.     The Member States shall ensure that importers of        The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
the products in question,                                      closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
have free access to the shares allocated to them.              with.
3.     The extent to which a Member State has used up its                               Article 10
share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
products in question entered with the customs authorities      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
for free circulation.                                          198 4 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President