CELEX: 31977R0329
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 329/77 of 14 February 1977 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1464/76 and (EEC) No 1465/76 on the opening, allocation and administration of Community tariff quotas for rum, arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community

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                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 329/77
                                                       of 14 February 1977
                amending Regulations (EEC) No 1464/76 and (EEC) No 1465/76 on the opening,
                allocation and administration of Community tariff quotas for rum , arrack and
                tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and
                originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories associ­
                                      ated with the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the abovementioned Decision 76/ 198 / EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                        and Protocol 7 lay down strict rules for the fixing of
                                                                     the annual quota volumes for the products in ques­
                                                                     tion ; whereas, therefore, the volumes of the tariff
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               quotas opened by Regulations (EEC) No 1464/76 and
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113                  (EEC) No 1465/76 should be adjusted ; whereas,
and 136 thereof,                                                    during the reference year used for the fixing of the
                                                                    volume of the tariff quota for the overseas countries
                                                                     and territories, only the Benelux countries and the
Having regard to Council Decision 76/ 198/ EEC on                    Federal Republic of Germany imported quantities of
import arrangements for rum , arrack and tafia falling               the products in question originating in the said over­
within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common                            seas countries and territories ; whereas, therefore, the
                                                                     shares allocated to those Member States within the
Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas coun­
tries and territories associated with the European                   two tariff quotas in question should also be adjusted ;
Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 3
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas these measures do not disturb the equili­
                                                                     brium of the markets for the products in question and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                  do not harm interests within the Community,
Whereas, pursuant to Decision 76/ 198/ EEC, the
Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 465/76 (2), opened
a Community tariff quota for rum , arrack and tafia
falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas coun­
tries and territories associated with the European
Economic Community ; whereas Surinam belonged to
this group of countries ; whereas, when the volume of
the tariff quota was fixed, Community imports of the                                          Article 1
said products originating in Surinam were taken into
account ;
                                                                     1.     In Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1464/76,
                                                                     the volume of the Community tariff quota shall be
Whereas, on 16 July 1976, Surinam acceded to the                     increased from 162 013 hectolitres to 171 166 hectoli­
ACP-EEC Convention of Lome (3 ) ; whereas the refer­                 tres of pure alcohol .
ence to Surinam was accordingly deleted by Decision
77/ 1 55/ EEC (4) from the list in Annex I to Decision
76/ 568 / EEC (5) ; whereas, therefore, Surinam no
                                                                     2. The text of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
longer benefits under the tariff quota ; whereas,
however, Surinam is now covered by Protocol 7 to the
                                                                     1464/76 shall be replaced by the following :
Convention of Lome, pursuant to which Regulation
(EEC) No 1 464/76 (6) opened a Community tariff                           'Article 2
quota for the same products originating in the ACP
States ;
                                                                         1.     The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall
(')  OJ  No L 37, 12 . 1 . 1976, p. 24 .                                 be divided into two parts. The first part ( 125 395
(-') OJ  No L 165, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 7 .                                hectolitres of pure alcohol) shall be for United
(J ) OJ  No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1976, p. I.
(4 ) Sec page 1 5 of this Official Journal .                             Kingdom consumption . The second part (45 771
p)   OJ  No L 176, 1 . 7. 1976, p . 8 .                                  hectolitres of pure alcohol) shall be allocated
(')  OJ  No L 165, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 5 .                                among the other Member States.
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     2.    The shares of each of the Member States to             'Article 2
     which the second part is allocated pursuant to para­
     graph 1 shall consist of the following quantities :         The Community tariff quota referred to in Article
                                                                  1 shall be allocated among the Member States as
                                         (hectolitres             follows :
                                      of pure alcohol)                                               (hectolitres
     Benelux                                4 827                                                 of pure alcohol)
     Denmark                                2 700                 Benelux                               3 140
     Germany                               24 643                 Denmark                                 160
     France                                12 051
                                                                 Germany                               68 147
     Ireland                                1 000                 France                                      8
     Italy                                    550'                Ireland                                     8
                                                                  Italy                                       8
                        Article 2                                 United Kingdom                          100 '
1 . In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1465/76,
the volume of the Community tariff shall be fixed at                                  Article 3
71 571 hectolitres of pure alcohol .
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
2. The text of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No              following its publication in the Official Journal of
1465/76 shall be replaced by the following :                  the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 February 1977.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                             J. SILKIN