CELEX: 51980PC0001
Language: en
Date: 1980-01-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the ACP States (1980) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(80)1 final
                                                Brussels - 14 January. 1980
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community tariff
quota for rum, arrack and tafia falling within sugheading 22.09 C I
of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the ACP States
                                   ( 1980 )
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(80 ) 1 final
 ---pagebreak---       EXPLANATORY               MEMORANDUM
The new Convention between the EEC and the ACP States
  ( Lom£ II ) was signed on 31 October 1979 . It was to .
replace on 1 March 1980 the Convention of Lome I which
expires on 29 February 1980 . The date on which this new
Convention will enter into force wilt be delayed because
because it has to be ratified by the participating States .
These Conventions provide that the product^ falling within
subheading No 22.09 C I of the' CCT ( rum , arrack , tafia ),
originating - in the ACP States , shall be imported duty free into
the Community . These preferential arrangements are restricted
to a quantity which is to be fixed annually by the Community-
on the basis of the largest quentities imported annually
from the ACP States during the last three years for which
statistics are available , increased by certain annual growth
- ate * ,                                      -                   .
While waiting for the new Convention to come into force it is*
advisable to apply , mticipatively , the provisions of Protocol
N° 5 annexed to that Convention , whi ch -fixes the rules of
importation for the products in question .       ,
                              7
The preferential system in question should therefore be put into . ~
force and a Community tariff quota should be opened for rum ,
arrack and tafia originating in the ACP States . Howeve ^ this system
should be limited at this moment to 30 June 1980 to take up
afterwards the annual periodicity applied before .
 ---pagebreak--- Community imports of the goods concerned during the
last three years were as follows :
                                - in hectolitres of pure alcohol -
                         1976 .             1977              1978
Bénélux                4 979              4 963               6 218
Denmark                3 349              1  942               1  559
Germany               19 666             20 169            , 30 566
France                 5 233              5 802                2 774
Ireland                1  345             2 004             r .2 432
Italy                     384                304                 •343
United Kingdom       85 474              74 958              90 363
EC                  120 430             110 142             134 255
The quota volume to be taken into account on this basis
for the period from 1 March 1980 to 30 June 1980 should
be 59 433 hectolitres of pure alcohol ( four twelfths of
178 300 ).
In this case , as an exception to the normal rule , provision
 is not being made to divide the quota volume into two
 instalments one of which institutes a reserve . Instead , a
method of use of the quota is provided for based on an
allocation in definitive shares amongst Member States .
The calculation of these          shares is based on the largest
quantities imported annually into each Member States
during the three years referred to above , respecting ,
 however , the growth rates mentioned under point 1 . This
method of calculation has already been used for the allocation
of the tariff quota at present in force .
The annexedM:able shows in detail the amounts actually charged ,
against the tariff quotas in question            ( periods 1976 / 77 ,
1977 / 78 and 1978 / 79 ).
It is proposed that the draft for a Council Regulation
described above should be approved ( see annex ).
 ---pagebreak---                                                ACP - Rum - heading 22.09 CI
                                       Amounts actually charged against the tariff quota ^
                                         opened for 1976 / 77 , 1977 / 78 and 1978 / 79
                  1976 / 77                                  •  1977 / 78                              1978 / 79 '
   Member State    . Volume of         Amount actually     ' Volume of          Amounlt    actually Volume of             Amount:   actually
                     the quota             charged           the quota                cflarged      the quota                   ehlarged
                                                                                                                         hl
                        hl          hi          %                 hl      ,
                                                                               hl       l,   y.
                                                                                             /ο     '   hl
                                                                                                                                  L1
  Bénélux             4 827        4 827      100               5 926         5 143         87         6 000            6" S /6      97
                I
  Denmark             2 700        2 115       78               4 000         1 577         39           698            1 448 ■      39      I
I Germany           24 643        23 188       94              24 000        20 956         87  -     24 706           24 706       100
  France             12 051        4 881       41              11 395         5 509 :       48         9 022            3 551        39
  Ireland             1 000          891       89                 000           682         68         1 000              492        49
  Italy                 550          216       39                 658           295         45           424              424       100
                                l
  United   .
    Kingdom       125 395         76 617       63   .        126 030         83 337         66      116 957         I 103 872        89
                                                                                                                i
  E.C.            171 166      115 735         68            173 009        117 489         68      161 807       :   140 309        87
 ---pagebreak---                                              PROPOSAL FOR A
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
              quota for rum , arrack and tafia, falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the
                    Common Customs Tariff and originating in the ACP States ( 198C )
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 the Convention signed at Lome on 28 February 1975 expires on
29 February 1980 ; whereas pending the entry into force of the Convention
signed at Lome , on 31 October 1979, it is appropriate to apply in advances
from 1 March 1980 , 'the provisions of Protocol No 5 to the latter Convention
whereas that Protocol provides thqt .
            products originating in the ACP Statis which
  fall within subheading 22.09 C I (rum, arrack, tafia),
  shall, until the entry into force of a common organiza­
  tion of the market in spirits, be imported into the
  Community free of customs duties under conditions                              •
  such as to permit the development of traditional trade
  flows between the ACP States and the Community
  and between the Member States ; whereas the Commu­
  nity shall fix each year the quantities which may be
  imported free of customs duties on the basis of the
  largest quantities imported annually from the ACP                                           '•
  States into the Community in the last three years for
  which statistics are available, increased by an annual
  growth rate of 40 % on the market of the United
  Kingdom and 1 % on the other markets of the
  Community, these growth rates being based on fore- •
  seeable internal demand in each Member State ;
                                                                       V
  Having regard to the levels reached by imports of the
  products concerned into the Community and the
  Member States during the last three years for which
  statistics are available ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                     -  2    -
   Whereas the first quota period should be limited( to 30 June 1980
   and                           a pro rata temporis reduction of the quota volume
    to four twelfths should be introduced ; whereas the size                    of the
    tariff quota for the period 1 March 1980 to 30 June 1980 should
    therefore be fixed at 59 433 hectolitres of. pure alcohol ;
        V/ .i'.Te.'iS it jV in paniculnr necessary to ensure to all
        Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
        to !!ic^ nWosncntioncd quota nnd uninterrupted
     • .tpj-.nc-.itioi! '-'f « Jic rate laid down for chat quota to a!l
       itiijv -rjs nf i'hc products concerned into all Member
      .S m.v. nrm : till, qrn.ra jrjs bc'u ur.cd up; whereas, having
       rc::-.(! - to the -, principles mentioned • above, . the •'
      C .< m.i             nature of 'the quota can be respected by ■:
      jlUu-tfiii; ^ ik- Community^ tariff quota .amoiig the -•
      M'- i;- !..!- .'•i.v.cs; v.-hercas 'in this case the tariff
      quot 2 should be allocated amongst the
     Hemo!,' r States -on the basis of the ■
      tarn               quant rt 'i es imported annually
       > nto Sdclv-                       Member State during
     the three tast years and taking into
     account the abovementioned growth rates ;
   •>vner<"as, owing to the special character of" the
   pro-Mu.Ti-'i! question and their sensitivity on Commu­
   nis'/ markets, exceptional provision should' be made
   .or s ov.ihod of use based on a single division among
   Member States ;                                                       •'
   ■ \\ Jiete&s, since the ' Kingdom of Belgium, the
                      of the Netherlands and the Orand Duchy of
      Luxembourg are un -jted in~ and represented
               ihe- Benelux - Economic "Union, all transactions
     concerning the administration' of 'shares. ailocated
     to that ecoiiorn :c union may be carried out by any
     one ot its members,                        . »                     :
     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION •
                                      Article 1
ro,:. 1 March 1?d0intil iu JyHE 1 980, rum, arrack
    and tatia, falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the
    Common Customs Tariff and originating in the ACP
    States shall be imported duty free into the Commu­
    nity within the limits of a Community tariff quota of
 5 ? -'t33 hectolitres of pure alcohol.
 ---pagebreak---                                    -    3    -
                                    Article 2
                                                  i
Tbe C6mmunity tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall
be shared among the Member States ; the ■ shares , '
which shall be valid until 30 June 1980 , shall be a s follows
( in hi of pure alcohol )
                Bénélux                              2 370     '<
                 Denmark                             1 276
                 Germany                         '11 647
                 France                              2 211
                 Ireland                               927
                 Italy'                                146
                 United Kingdom                     40 856
                                                             i
                                     Article 3
   ' ■ The Member States shall ensure that importers of
  the products in question established in their territory
  have tree access to the shares allocated to them.
  2 - The Member States shall charge imports of the said
  goods against their shares as and when the goods _ are
 entered with the customs authorities for . "f^ca Circulation
 3 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its
  share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
  charged in accordance with paragraph 2 .                 ■
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 4
              . 1 ^ Member States shall forward to the Commission ,                  ,
             not later than the 1 5th day of each month, statements     - ■                '
             of imports of the products in question effected during                    i
             the preceding month . Only products^ entered with customs authorities
                  for free circulation                  ■ 'and accom- ,
             panied by a movement certificate       EUR 1
                                                 shall be taken into .
             consideration for this purpose. .      . -                                  '
           1             Commission shall regularly inform the            •      ~ '
             Member States of the extent to which the tariff quota
             has been used up.                 .
                 3. Where necessary, consultations may be held at
             the request of a Member State or on the initiative of
             the Commission .                                               •
                                       Article S
                The Commission shall take all necessary measures, in .
                close cooperation with the Member States, to ensure
                the implementation of this Regulation.
                                      Artkle 7
               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1980
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels ,
                                                             For the Council . .
                                                               The President
 ---pagebreak--- FIC1LE FINANCIERE                                          I   Date :
                               ,                                   •«»
1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap.' 12 art . 120
                                        >      •                -•              *
2 . Base juridique :     Art . 113                             " ,
3 . Intitulé dé la mesure tarifaire :      ' ,   •
    Proposition de règLement CCEE ) du Conseil portant ouverture , répartition-
    et rr.cde de gestion d' un contingent tarifaire communautaire pour le rhum ,
    l' arak et le tafia , relevant de la sous-position 2.2.09 C I du tarif
    douanier commun , originaires des Etats ACP ( 1980 ).           ■              '
                                                           «
4 . Objectif :           -       _                                     -      ., •
    Application anticipative d' une disposition de la Convention Lomé II
5 . Mode de calcul :
    - N° du T.D.C.                        22.09 e I
                                                                           /
    - Volume du / des contingent(s )      59.433 ht a . p. ( période 1.3 - 30.6.80 )
    - Droits à appliquer                  exemption
    - Droits du T.D.C.                    - 1 UCE / hl par /'. vol + 5 UCE / hl
                                   ί
                                          - 1 UCE / hl par /'. vol       .   ' •     ,
6 . Perte de recettes ;
    Une mesure tarifaire analogue était appliquée en 1979 donc pas de
    perte de recettes à inscrire pour 1980 .          ' -,