CELEX: 31977R1378
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1378/77 of 21 June 1977 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 overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community (1977/78)

No L 157/4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 6 . 77
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1378/77
                                                       of 21 June 1977
              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 overseas countries and territories associ­
                             ated with the European Economic Community ( 1977/78)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      for a method of use based on a single division among
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Member States ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas, taking into account actual trends on the
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 136               markets for the products in question, the needs of the
thereof,                                                         Member States and the economic prospects for the
                                                                 period under consideration, the initial percentage
                                                                 shares in the quota volume could be as follows :
 Having regard to Council Decision 76/ 198/ EEC of 9
 February 1976 on import arrangements for rum,                           Benelux :                          5-80 ,
arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of                  Denmark :                          0-23 ,
the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the
overseas countries and territories associated with the
                                                                         Germany :                         93-80,
                                                                         France :                           0-01 ,
 European Economic Community ( J ),                                      Ireland :                          0 01 ,
                                                                         Italy :                            0-01 ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      United Kingdom :                   014 ;
Whereas Decision 76/ 198/EEC stipulates that rum,                Whereas the development of imports into the
arrack and tafia shall be imported into the Commu­               Community of these products should be recorded and
 nity free of customs duties within the limits of a              imports should accordingly be monitored ;
 Community tariff quota ; whereas the annual size of
the quota for the period 1 July to 30 June is to be              Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the
 fixed on the basis of a basic annual quantity, calcu­
                                                                 Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
 lated in hectolitres of pure alcohol, to which a rate of
                                                                  Luxembourg are united in and jointly represented by
growth of 13 % is to be applied, equal to the amount             the Benelux Economic Union, any measure
of imports during the best of the last three years for           concerning the administration of the shares allocated
which statistics are available ; whereas this rate may be
                                                                 to that economic union may be carried out by any
 modified in the light of certain criteria ;                     one of its members,
Whereas Community statistics for the years 1974 to
 1976 show that the highest volume of imports into
the Community of the products in question origi­
 nating in the said countries and territories occurred in        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULAT ON :
 1975, namely 63 337 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;
whereas in the light of consumption and production
within the Community and of the development of
trade both within the Community and between the                                          Article 1
Community, the said countries and territories and the
ACP States, the rate of growth for the quota period in
                                                                  1.   From 1 July 1977 until 30 June 1978 rum ,
question should be 1 3 % ;                                       arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of
                                                                 the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the
Whereas the size of the quota for the period 1 July              countries and territories referred to in Article 1 of
 1977 to 30 June 1978 should therefore be fixed at                Decision 76/ 198 / EEC shall be imported free of
71 571 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;                             customs duty into the Community within the limits
                                                                 of a Community tariff quota of 71 571 hectolitres of
                                                                 pure alcohol .
Whereas, owing to the special character of the
products in question and their sensitivity on Commu­
nity markets, exceptional provision should be made               2 . The rules of origin applicable to the products
                                                                 referred to in paragraph 1 shall be those mentioned in
(>) OJ No L 37, 12 . 2 . 1976, p. 24 .                           Article 5 of Decision 76/ 198 / EEC .
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                        Article 2                              of the products in question originating in the said
                                                               countries and territories.
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
shall be allocated amongst the Member States as                2.    Member States shall forward to the Commission
follows :                                                      not later than the 15th day of each month statements
                                  (hectolitres of              of imports of the products in question effected during
                                  pure alcohol)                the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
        Benelux :                      4 151                   customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
        Denmark :                        1 64                  they are to be made available for home use and accom­
       Germany :                     67 1 32                   panied by a movement certificate conforming to the
        France :                            8                  rules referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be taken into
        Ireland :                           8                  consideration for this purpose.
        Italy :                             8
        United Kingdom :                 100.
                                                               3 . The Commission shall regularly inform the
                                                               Member States of the extent to which the tariff quota
                                                               has been used up.
                        Article 3                              4. Where necessary, consultations may be held at
1 . Member States shall manage the shares allocated            the request of a Member State or on the initiative of
                                                               the Commission .
to them in accordance with their own arrangements.
2.    The extent to which the Member States have
                                                                                      Article 5
used up their shares shall be determined on the basis
of the imports of the products in question, originating        The Commission shall take all necessary measures, in
in the said countries and territories, declared at
customs for clearance for home use .
                                                               close cooperation with the Member States, to ensure
                                                               the implementation of this Regulation .
                        Article 4
                                                                                      Article 6
1.    In    accordance  with   Article   6    of  Decision
76/ 198/EEC, the Community shall monitor imports               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1977.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                              D. OWEN