CELEX: 51981PC0478
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Date: 1981-09-11
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 (1982)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for liqueur wines, falling within subheading 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                             COM(81)478 final
                                             Brussels , 11 September 1981
                              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 ( 1982 )
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       opening , allocating and providing for the administration
             of a Community tariff quota for liqueur wines ,
                 falling within subheading 22.05 C of the
        Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1982 ).
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(o1 ) 478 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       ùarwv ^^
                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                          é
    1 . Article 1 of th ^ Protocol concerning the arrangements to be applied
  ! during 1981 in the framework of the Decision adopted by the Association
. ι
    Council on 24 November 1980 establishing the process into the second stage
    of the Association Agreement between           the European Economic Community and
    the Republic of Cyprus , as supplemented by the Protocol of Adaptation to
    that Agreement to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic ,
    lays down            •                                             <
    - on the one hand , that the provisions of the 1978 Supplementary Protocol
       shall be applicable during 1981 , and
    - on the other hand , that the contracting parties shall enter into
       negotiations early in 1981 for the purpose' of establishing the trade
       arrangements to be applied in 1982 and 1983 .                              ' ' t
    Pending the conclusion of these negotiations and the entry into force of
    the trade arrangements to be applied in 1982 , it is important to extend
    the validity of the arrangements laid down in the abovement ioned Supplement
    ary Protocol .
    The Protocol provides * for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas
    for the wines listed below originating in Cyprus .
    a ) wine of fresh grapes , other than liquor wines , subheading ex 22.05 C
        of the CCT , 10 000 hi at duty rates of 3,6 ECU / hl and 4,2 ECU / hl
    b ) liquor wines , subheading ex 22.05 C of the CCT , 250 000 hi at duty
        rates of ' 4,0 ECU/ hl , 5,0 ECU / hl , 6,1 ECU/ hl and 6,9 ECU/ hl .
                                               *
    These wines remain subject to the provisions governing the common
    organisation of the market in wine           products , especially as regards
    observance of the reference price .
    Consequently, the Community tariff quotas shown above should be opened
    for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1982 .
    2 . These Regulations provide for the splitting up of the tariff volumes
    into two parts, of which the first will be allocated among the Member
    States as quota share and the second . will be kept as a reserve .
     In the absence of Community statistics , for a period sufficiently
    representative , the initial quota shares have been calculated on the
    basis of the possible demand on the markets of the various Member States
    and on the basis of forecasts made by some of them .
             A
 ---pagebreak---                                   – 2
3 . Because of the inherent particularities in the trade in wines which ,
additionally, are different from one Member State to another, the
provisions of the Regulation for wines, exceptionally , do not lay down
a common method of administration to be applied by all Member States .
4 . This is the subject of the two annexed proposals .
5 . The tariff quotas in question are still likely to be modified in the
light of the results of the current negotiations . Until these results
are available , the Regulations proposed will be the instrument which will
make it possible to fulfil the commitment entered into by the Community .
The Commission thus reserves the right to amend its proposals while it is
still going through channels in order to adapt it , if necessary , to the
new arrangements .
                    4
        4
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                              ANNEX A
                                                Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                 4 wines of fresh grapes falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs
                                            Tariff and originating in Cyprus r ( "] 982 )
     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        two litres or less , falling within
     COMMUNITIES,          ,                                            subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common
                                                                        Customs Tariff and originating in
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       Cyprus , at rates of customs duty
• European Economic Community, and in particular                        equal to 25% of the customs duty
, ' Article 1 1 3 thereof,                                              in the Common Customs Tariff ;
                                                                        whereas this Community tariff
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 quota should be opened for the
      Whereas Article 1 of the Protocol                                 period from 1 January to 31
      concerning the arrangements to be applied December 1982 ;
      during 1981 in the framework of the
      Decision adopted by the Association                               Whereas the wines in question are
      Council on 24 November 1980 establish­                            subject to compliance with the
      ing the process into the second                                   f ree - at - f ront ier reference spri ce ;
                                                                        whereas , in order that such wines
      stage of the Association Agreement
                                                                        may benefit from this tariff
      between the European Economic Community'
      and the Republic of Cyorus(1 ) , a <- e imn i                     quota , Article 18 of Regulation
      mented by the Protocol ^ adapting                                 ( EEC ) No 337 / 79 ( 4 ), as last
                                                                        amended by Regulation ( EEC )
           that Agreement to take account of
                                                                        No 3456 / 80 ( 5 ), must be complied
      the accession of the Hellenic Republic-
                                                                        with ;            *
      lays down , on the one hand , that the
      provisions of the Supplementary Protocol
                                                                       Whereas it is in particular
      to the Agreement establishing an
                                                                        necessary to ensure for all
      Association between the European                                  Community importers equal and .
      Economic Community and the Republic of
                                                                        uninterrupted access to the
      Cyprus(3 ) shall be applicable for 1981
                                                                        abovement ioned quota and uninteri–
      and, on the other hand , that the
                                                                        upted application of the rates
      contracting parties shall enter into                              laid down for that quota to all
    • negotiations early in 1981 for the                            imports of the products concerned into all Member
      purpose of establishing the trade                             sStates until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
      arrangements to be applied in 1982 and ^having regard to the above principles, the Community
      1983 ;             "                                           r
                                                                     nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the
                                                                     Community tariff quota among the Member States ;
      Whereas , pending the establishment of                         whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible
      such arrangements, it is advisable to                          the true trend of the market in the products in
      extend provisionally for 1982 the period question , such allocation should be in proportion to
      of validity of the arrangements appli­                         the reauirements of the Member States
      cable
      tcioie in in 1981
                     iyoi ;,         -            ^                  calculated by reference to the
      Whereas the abovementioned Supplementary statistics for imports of the product
      Protocol provides for the opening of an in question from Cyprus over a
      annual Community tariff quota of                               representative reference period and
      10 000 hectolitres of certain wines                            also to the economic outlook for the
      of fresh grapes , in containers holding                        quota period concerned;
      ( 1 ) 0J
      ( 2 ) 0J
      ( 3 ) 0J No . L 172 , 28.6.1978 , p. 2 .
      ( 4 ) 0J No . L 54 , 5.3.1979 , p.1 .
      ( 5 ) OJ No . L 360, 22.12.1980, p. 18 .
 ---pagebreak---                             - 1     -
                                                         ANNEX A
Whereas, however, neither Community nor national
statjstics showing the breakdown for each of the types
of Wine in question are available and no reliable
estimates of future imports can be made ; whereas, in
theje circumstances, the quota should be allocated in
inifjal shares on the basis of the likely demand for
th^|e wines on the markets of the various Member
Stages;.
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends
fo| 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 initial • quota shares ;
whereas, in order tb give importers in each Member »
State a certain degree of security, the first instalment
of the Community quota should, under the present
circumstances, be fixed at 80 % of the quota volume ; ;
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be
used up at different times ; whereas, in order to take
this fact into account and avoid any break in
continuity, any Member State which has almost used
up its initial share should draw an additional share
from the reserve ; whereas this must be done by each
 Member State as and when each of its additional
shares is almost used up, and repeated as many times
as the reserve allows ; whereas the . initial and
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           ANNEX A
additional shares must be vali| until the end of the                      of Luxembourg are united within and jointly
quota period ; whereas this method of administration                      represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
requires close cooperation between Member States                          operation relating to the administration of the quota
^nd the Commission , and the latter must be in a                          shares allocated to that economic union may be
position to monitor the extent to which the quota                         carried out by any one of its members,                   ,
volume has been used up and to inform the Member
States ;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a sub­                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
stantial quantity of an initial share remains unused in
any Member State, it is essential that that Member
State should return a significant proportion to the                                                 Article 1
reserve, to prevent a part of any Community quota
from remaining unused in one Member State when it                          1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1982£ommon
could be used in others ;                                                  Customs Tariff duties in respect of the following
                                                                           products originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the                                the levels shown below within the limits of a
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy                             Community tariff quota of 10 000 hectolitres :
                   ccr
                                                                                                               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. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not,exceeding
                                         13 % vol , in containers holding :
                                         ex a) Two litres or less :
                                               – Wine of fresh grapes                                    3 · 6 ECU per hi
                                     II. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding
                                         13% vol but not exceeding 15 % vol in containers
                                         holding : -
                                         na) Two litres or less :
                                               – Wine of fresh grapes other than liqueur wines
                                                   of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of
                                                   15 °/o vol                                            4-2 ECU per hi
                                                                          - f '
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall                       States ; the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be
apply duties calculated in accordance with the                             valid until 31 December 1982 >hall be as follows :
relevant provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and
the Protocol of Adaptation.                                                                                            hectolitres
                                                                                    Bénélux                                 260
2 . The wines in question shall be subject to                                       Denmark                                 260
compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price.
In order that such wines may benefit from this tariff                               Germany                                 260
quota Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/ 79                                 .   Greece                                   60
must be complied with.                                                              France                                   60
                                                                                    Ireland                                 540
                            Article 2                                               Italy                                    60'
                                                               < .
                                                                                  • United Kingdom                        6 500
1.    The Community tariff quota referred to in
Article 1 shall be divided into two instalments .
2. • The first instalment, amounting . to 8 000                           3. . The second instafment, amounting to 2 000
hectolitres, shall be allocated among the Member                          hectolitres, shall constitute the reserve.
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                             A rticlc 3                     of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the
                                                            reserve .
                                                                                                                   /
   I.    If 90 % or more of a Member State 's initial
  share as specified in Article 2 (2), or 90% of that                               Article 6
  share minus the portion returned to the reserve where
  Artide "5 is applied , has been used up, then to the
  extent permitted by the amount of the reserve that        The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
  Member State shall forthwith , by notifying the           opened by Member States in accordance with Articles
  Commission , draw a second share equal to 15 % of         2 and 3 and shall , as soon as it is notified , inform
  its initial share, rounded up where necessary to the      each Member State of the extent to which the reserve
  next unit.                                                has been used up.                     \      .
       I
  2.     If, after one of its initial shares has been used  It shall inform the Member States , not later than 5
  up, 90 % or more of the second share drawn by a           October 1 982 , of the amount in the reserve after
  Member State has been used up, then , to the extent       quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5 .
  permitted by the amount of the reserve, that Member
  State shall , in accordance with the conditions laid      The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which
  down in paragraph 1 , draw a third share equal to         uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available ,
  7-5% of its initial share , rounded up where              and to this end shall indicate the amount thereof to
  necessary to the next unit.                               the Member State which makes such last drawing.
  3.     If, after its second share has been used up, 90 %
  or more of the third share drawn by a Member State                                Article 7
  has been used up, that Member State shall , in
  accordance       with   the   conditions  laid down    in
                                                             1.   The    Member States shall        take all measures
  paragraph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the third .    necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn
/
  This process shall continue until the reserve is used     pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that
  up .                                                      imports may be charged without interruption against
4
                                                            their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
  4. By 'way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and
  3 , a Member State may draw shares smaller than           2 . The Member States shall ensure that importers
  those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason to     of the products in question established in their
  believe that those might not be used up. It shall         territory have free access to the shares allocated to
  inform the Commission of its reasons for applying         them .               -      ,
  this paragraph.
                                                            3.     The extent to which a Member State has used
                                                            up its share shall be determined on the basis of
                                                            imports of the products in question entered with the
                             Article 4                      customs authorities for free circulation .
  The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3
                                                                                    Article 8
  shall be valid until 31 December 1982 .
                                                            At the request of the Commission, the Member States
                                                            shall inforrh it of imports of the products concerned .
                                                            actually charged against their shares.
                             Article 5
  Member States shall return to the reserve, not later                              Article 9   ,
  than 1 October 1982 /he unused portion of their
  initial share which , on 15 September 1982's 'n excess     The    Member States     and   the      Commission  shall
  of 20% of the initial volume.- They may return a           cooperate "closely in order to ensure that this Regu­
  larger quantity if there are grounds for believing that    lation is complied with.
  such portion may not be used in full .
   F.ach Member State shall, not later than 1 October                               Article 10
1982 notify the Commission of the total quantities of
   the products in question imported up to 15 September      This Regulation shajl enter into force on 1 January
1982 and charged against the Community quota, and             1982 .
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                 I                                                       ι
• .             tf
                t,
This   Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
 States.
Done at Brussels, ,
                     '     "V          ••         .'            !
           '                                                          For the Council
                                *                                      The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                        ANNEX 0
                                           Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
               liqueur wines failing within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and
                                              originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas , pending the establish­
 COMMUNITIES ,
                                            9                 ment of such arrangement s, it is
                                                              advisable to extend provisionally
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                 for 1982 the period of validity of the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof,                                         arrangements applicable in 1981 ;
    I                    \
                                                              Whereas the abovement ioned
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,           Supplementary Protocol .provides
 Whereas Article 1 of the Protocol                            for the opening of an annual
 concerning the arrangements to be                            Community tariff quota of 250 000
 applied during 1981 in the frame­                            hectolitres of liqueur wines ,
 work of the Decision adopted by the                          falling within subheading
 Association Council on 24 November                           ex 22.05 C ' of the Common Customs .
 1980 establishing the process into                           Tariff and originating in Cyprus ,
 the second stage of the Association                          at rates of customs duty equal to
 Agreement between the European                              30% of the Common Customs Tariff ;
 Economic Community and the Republic'                         whereas, this Community tariff
                                                              quota should be opened for the
of Cyprus^l ),. as supplemented by the                       period from 1 January to 37
Protocol           adaptina th.at'                            December , 1982 ; •
Agreement to take account of the
accession of the Hellenic Republic                           Whereas entry under the above Community tariff
 lays down /, on the one hand, that the                      quota must be . conditional on the wines being
provisions of the Suppl ementary                             described as 'liqueur wines' in the V.I.I document
Protocol to the Agreement establish­                         provided for in Regulation ( EEC) No 2115 /76 (*);
ing an Association between the
Eurbpean Economic Community and the                          Whereas the wines in question are subject to
Republic of Cyprus(3 ) shall be                              compliance with the free-at- frontier reference price ;
applicable , for 1981 and , on the other whereas, in order that such wines may benefit from
hand, that the contracting parties                           this tariff quota, Article 1 8 of Regulation ( EEC)
shall enter into negotiations early                          No 337 / 79 5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
in 1981 for the purpose of establish­ Np 3456 / 80 ( 6 ), must be .complied with
ing the trade arrangements to be
applied in 1982 and 1983 ;
( 1 ) 0J
( 2 ) 0J
( 3 ) 0J No . L 172 , 28.6.1978 , p. 2 .
 ( 4 ) 0J No , L 237> 28.g.1976, p. 1 .
 ( 5 ) 0J No . L 54 , 5.3.1979 , p. 1 .
 ( 6 ) 0J No . L 360, 22.12.1980, p. 18 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                        ANNEX B
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted
application of the rates laid down for that quota to all
imports of the products concerned into all Member
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
having regard to the above principles, the Community
nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the
Community tariff quota among the Member States ;
whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible
the true trend of the market in the products in
question, such allocation should be in proportion to
the requirements of the Member States, calculated by
reference to the statistics for imports of the products
in question from Cyprus over a representative
reference period and also to the economic outlook
for the quota period concerned ;
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, in order to take into account import trends
for the products coneerned 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 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 present
circumstances, be fixed at 85 % of the quota volume ;
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be
used up at different times ; whereas, in order to take
this fact into account and avoid any break in
continuity, any Member State which has almost used
 up its initial share should draw an additional share
 from the reserve ; whereas this must be done by each
 Member State as and when "each of its additional
shares is almost used up, and repeated as many times
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                  ANNEX B
as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and                       of Luxembourg are united within and jointly
additional shares must be valid until the end of the                  represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
quota period ; whereas this method of administration                  operation relating to the administration of the quota
requires close cooperation between the Member                         shares allocated to that economic union may be
Slates and the Commission , and the latter must be in                 carried out by any one of its members,
a position to monitor the extent to which the quota                                                     '
volume has been used up and to inform the Member
States thereof;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a sub­                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
stantial Quantity remains ifnused in any Member
State, it is essential that thjt Member State should
return a' significant propo&ion to the reserve, to                                            Article 1
prevent a part of any Community quota from
remaining unused in one Member State when it could .                  1 . From 1 January to 31 December ! 982 ^Common
be used in others ;            ;                                      Customs Tariff duties in respect of the following
                                                                      products originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the '                          the levels shown below within the limits of a'
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy                        Community tariff quota of 250 000 hectolitres :
                                                                                                              1        /
                  CCT
                                                                                                          Rate of
                 heading                                  Description
                   No                                                                                  ' duty
                  22.05    Wine of fresh grapes ; grape must with fermentation arrested by
                           the addition qf alcohol :    -
                           C. Other                1                                                       <·
                               , 11. 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                                5-0 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                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
                                     1 8 % vol but not exceeding 22 % vol, in containers
                                     holding :                                 .
                          ¿          a) Two litres ór 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---                                                                                         ANNEX B
 Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall        down in paragraph 1 , draw a third share equal to
 apply duties calculated in accordance with the              7-5% of its initial share, rounded up where
 relevant provision^ in the 1979 Act of Accession and        necessary to the next unit.
 the Protocol of Adaptation .
2.     The admission of these wines under the tariff         3 . If, after its second share has been used up, 90 %
quota shall be conditional on their being described in      or more of the third share drawn by a Member State
the V.I.I document provided for in Regulation (EEC)          has been used up, that Member State shall, in
No 21 15/76 as 'liqueur wines'.                             accordance     with    the   conditions laid   down   in
                                                            paragraph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the third.
3.    The wines in question shall be subject to
compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price.       This process shall continue until- the reserve is used
In order that such wines shall benefit from this tariff
                                                            up.                                        ,
quota Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79
must be complied with.
                                                            4 . By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and
                         Article 2                          3 , a Member State may draw shares smaller than
                                                            those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason to
 1.   The Community tariff quota referred to in             believe that those might not be used up. It shall
Article 1 shall be divided into two instalments .           inform the Commission of its reasons for applying
                                                            this paragraph.
2 . The first instalment, amounting to 212 060
hectolitres, shall be allocated among the Member                                      Article 4
States ; the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be
valid until 31 December -] 9g2shall be as follows :
                                                            The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3
                                             (hectolitres)  shall be valid until 31 December 1982 .
         Bénélux                           >   2 000
         Denmark                               2 000
         Germany                               4 000                                 Article 5
         Greece                                   20
         France                                   20        Member States shall return to the reserve, not later
         Ireland                               2 000        than 1 October 1982 the unused portion of their
                                                            initial share which, on 15 September _1982's 'n excess
         Italy                                    20     •
                                                            of 20 % of the initial volume. They may return a
         United Kingdom                    202 000          larger quantity if there are grounds for believing that
                                                            such portion may not be used in full.
3.    The second instalment, amounting to 37 940
hectolitres, shall constitute the reserve.
                                                            Each Member State shall, not later than 1 October
                                                           1982 notify the Commission of the total quantities of
                                                            the products in question imported up to 15 September v
                         Article 3                         1982 and charged against the Community quota, and
                                                            of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the
1.    If 90 % or more of a Member State's initial           reserve .
share as specified in Article 2 (2), or 90 % of that
share minus the portion returned to the reserve where
Article 5 is applied , has been used up, then to the                                 Article 6
extent permitted by the amount of the reserve that
Member State shall forthwith , by notifying the             The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
Commission , draw a second share equal to 15 % of           opened by Member States in accordance with Articles
its initial share, rounded up where necessary to the .      2 and 3 and shall , as soon as it is notified , inform
next unit.
                                                            each Member State of the extent to which the reserve
                                                            has been used up.        ,                   /
2.    If, after one of its initial shares has been used
up, 90 % or more of the second share drawn by a
Member State has been used up, then, to the extent          It shall inform the Member States, not later than
permitted by the amount of the reserve, that Member         5 October 1982              amount in the reserve after
State shall, in accordance with the conditions laid         quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5.
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The Commission shall ensurp that any drawing which           imports of the! products in question entered with the
uses up the reserve is limite4;ito the balance available,    customs authorities for free circulation. ,
and to this end shall indicate the amount thereof to
the Member State which makes such last drawing.
                                                                                     Article 8
                        Article 7                            At the request of the Commission, the Member States
                                                             shall inform it of imports of the products concerned
I.     The Member States shall take all measures             actually charged against their shares.
necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that                                  Article 9
imports may be charged without interruption against
their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
            9
                                                             The Member States and .the Commission shall
2.    The Member States shall ensure that importers          cooperate closely in " order to ensure that this Regu­
of the products in question established in their             lation is complied with.
territory have free access to the shares allocated to
them .                            •                                                 Article 10
3.    The extent to which a Member State has used            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
up its share shall be determined on the basis of            1982
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                  ■ The President