CELEX: 51980PC0657
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos. 1708/80, 1709/80 and 1710/80 concerning the opening, allocation and method of administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain (1980/81) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                               Brussels , S November 1980
                     ^^COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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 amending Regulations                       1709/ 80 and 1710/ 80 concerning
 the opening , allocation and method of administration of Community tariff
 quotas for certain wines falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the
 Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain ( 1980/ 81 )
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0PK80 ) 657 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       On the basis of a commitment undertaken during the signing of the
       Agreement between the Community and Spain , the Council by its Regu­
        lations ( EEC ) Nrs . 1708 / 80 , 1709 /80 and 1710 / 80 opened Community
       tariff quotas for sherry , Malaga , Jumi lla , Priorato , Rioja and
       Valdepenas wines , for the period running from 1 july 1980 to
       30 June 1981 .
        In view of Greece 's accession to the Community on 1 January 1981 ,
       a Protocol of Adaptation has been signed between the Community and
        Spain . This Protocol provides , in particular , for an increase in
       the tariff quota volumes for sherry ( from 108 000 hi to 108 120 bl >
       and for Jumi lla , Priorato , Rioja and Valdepenas wines ( from 22 000 hi
       to 22 008 hi ) imported in containers holding two litres or less . -
       This increase in the quota volumes and the fact that Greece will
        apply such Community tariff quotas as from 1 january 1981 make it
        necessary to amend the abovementioned Regulation .
       The tariff quotas concerned might be modified in the context of the
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j. .   present negotiations with the contracting country in view of the
|      conclusion of an Adaptation Protocol to the abovementioned Agreement .
       Awaiting the results , the proposed Regulations permit the respect of
  i    the engagements contracted by the Community .
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       The Commission reserves the possibility of modifying the proposal
       during the procedure , if necessary, to adapt it to the Adaptation
       Protocol .                                              '
 ---pagebreak---                          Proposal for
                COUNCIL REGULATION    ( EEC )
amending Regulations (- EEC ) Nosw 1708/ 80 , 1709/ 80 and 1710/ 80
concerning the opening , allocation and method of administration ..
of Community tariff quotas for certain wines falling within
subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and origi­
nating in Spain ( 1980/ 81 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to . the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas a Community commitment entered into when the Agreement
                                                     (1)
between the Community and Spain was signed                provides for the
opening of . Community tariff quotas for certain wines           falling ,
within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and ori­
ginating in Spain ; whereas this commitment was supplemented by the
Protocol of Adaptation ^ to take account of the accession to the
Community of Greece ;      whereas the Community,by Regulations
( EEC ) Nos . 1708/ 80, 1709/ 80 and 1710/ 80 C3) , has already
opened Community tariff quotas for the same products ; whereas ,
      y
therefore , the abovementioned Regulations should be amended accor­
dingly ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) OJ No . L 182 , 16.8.1980 , p. 2
( 2 ) 0J No .
( 3 ) 0J No . L 167 , 1.7.1980 , p . 28 , p . 32 , p . 39
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                                 Article 1
  Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1708 / 80 is hereby amended as follows :
  1 . In Article 1 ( 1),the volume of sherry falling within " subheadings
          ex 22.05 C III a ) 1 and ex-22.05 C IV a ) 1 is increased from
           108 000 to 108 120 hectolitres .
  2 . The following sentence is added to
     . Article 1 ( 1 ) :
           Within these tariff quotas , Greece shall apply customs duties
      ;    calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of'the .
           Act of Accession and the Protocol of Adaptation ".
  3 . The table . in Article 2 ( 2 ) is replaced by the following table :
                                                                     < hl >
                                        Sherry falling within subheadings :
        Member State       .      ex 22.05 C III a ) 1    ex 22.05 C III b ) 1
                                           and                 and
                                  ex 22.05 C IV a ) 1     ex 22.05 C IV b )     1
  Bénélux .                              51 450       ' ,     155 590             I
  Denmark        .                 ■' ;   4 ooo :   '          22 000
  Germany                                17 000                20 000
  Greece                                    120
  France                                    250                     150 :     •
  Ireland                                 1 500                 3 700
I                     i
  Italy                                   1 500                      60
  United Kingdom                         21 500               415 ; 000     '
                Total                    97 320               616 500
  4 . The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 2 :
        " 4 . Should sherry falling within subheadings ex"~22.05 C III b ) ,1 .
          and ex 22.05 , C IV b ) 1 be required in Greece , that country shall
          draw a suitable . share from the reserve to the extent permitted
„      . by the . amount of the reserve ."
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 2
Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1709 / 30 is hereby amended as follows :
The following sentence is added to Article 1 ( 1 ): .
" Within this tariff quota , Greece shall apply customs duties cal­
  culated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of
  Accession and the Protocol of Adaptation ."
The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 2 :
" 4 . Should such goods be required in Greece , that country shall draw
      a suitable share from the reserve to the extent permitted by
      the amount of the reserve ."
                           Arti ele 3
Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1710 / 80 is hereby amended as follows :
In Article 1 ( 1 ) the tariff quota       is    increased from 22 000 to
22 008 hectolitres .                                    '?
The following sentence is added to Article 1 ( 1 ):
" Within this tariff quota , Greece shall apply customs duties cal­
  culated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of
  Accession and the Protocol of Adaptatation ."
 The table in Article 2 ( 2 ) is replaced by the following table : ~
                           Bénélux                5 422
                           Denmark                1 739
                           Germany                3 000
                           Greece                     8
                           France                   480
                           Ireland               . 131
                           Italy                    917
                           United Kingdom         5 911
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                                  Article 4
 { (This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
    publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
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    It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1981 .
    This Regulation shall be binding m its entirety and directly appli-
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    cateia in all Member States .
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