CELEX: 51989PC0170
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR QUALITY WINES, ORIGINATING IN AUSTRIA

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM (89) 170  final
                                            Brussels, 20 April 1989
                        Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         opening and providing for tm administration of
            Carmunity tariff quotas for quality wines,
                       originating in Austria
                (presented by the Commission)
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                            BCHJ^SATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Under an agreement concluded with Austria, approved by decision of
     the Council of 12 December 1968 (1), the      Community    has to open
     annually   tariff quotas    for the   importation    of  the  fol Lowing
     products of Austrian origin :
    ON Goae                Description                  Volurae      Rate of
                                                       of quota       duty
                                                       (in hi)       (in %)
ex  2204  21 25   Quality wines, conforming to
ex  2204  21 29   wine and viticulture law of
ex  2204  21 35   1985 of the Republic of Austria,
ex  2204  21 39   originating in that country and
ax  2204  21 49   in containers of a capacity not
                  exceeding 2 litres                     85 000
ex 2204 10 19     Sparkling wines, conforming to
ex 2204 10 90     wine and viticulture law of
                   1985 of the Republic of Austria,
                  originating in that country and
                   in containers of a capacity not
                  exceeding 2 litres                       2 000
      Tne agreement also provides that these quotas should be opened for
      periods from 1 July of every year to 30 June of the next year, and
      the duties applicable in Spain and Portugal in the context of these
      tariff quotas must be the same as those applied respectively by
      these Member States towards the Community as composed at 31st
      December 1985.
2.    The attached proposal purpose is to provide for the opening of tariff
      quotas for the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 in order to respect
      the provisions of the Agreement.
3.    As in the past, the Commission proposes not to allocate the tariff
      quota volumes among the Member States but to allow the latter to
     draw against the said volumes quantities corresponding to actual
      importations made. In addition, this procedure is more in keeping
      with the Community nature of these tariff quotas.
 (1) 0J No L 348 of 17.12.1988, p. 56.
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                                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   •oînini'j and providing for the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of Ccmnunity t a r i f f q u o t a s
                    for c e r t a i n q u a l i t y wines and s p a r k l i n g wines, o r i g i n a t i n g in A u s t r i a
       THE OXHCIL a? THE EUROPE» OCIMUNITIES
    Havinv? regard t o the T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g the European Economic Community, and i n
    p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 113 t h e r e o f ,
    Having regard t o the p r o p o s a l t o the Commission,
    Whereas in accordance with tne Agreement w i t h A u s t r i a r e g a r d i n g r e c i p r o c a l
    c r e a t i o n of t a r i f f quotas for c e r t a i n q u a l i t y wines, the Community i s committed
     t o f u l l y suspended the customs d u t i e s a p p l i c a b l e t o q u a l i t y wines and s p a r k l i n g
    wines, o r i g i n a t i n g in A u s t r i a , which conform t o the wine and v i t i c u l t u r e law of
     1985 of the Republic of A u s t r i a , p r e s e n t e d i n c o n t a i n e r s n o t exceeding 2 l i t r e s ,
    w i t h i n tiv» Limits of annual t a r i f f q u o t a s of 85 000 and 2 000 h i r e s p e c t i v e l y ;
     whereas t h i s Agreement a l s o p r o v i d e s t h a t t h e quota p e r i o d i s from 1 July of
      each year t o 30 June of t h e next year, t h e d u t i e s a p p l i c a b l e i n Spain and
 Portugal being equal t o those a p p l i e d by tenter S t a t e s w i t h r e s p e c t t o the
Community as composed a t 31- Dacember 1985; whereas i t i s n e c e s s a r y t h e r e f o r e t o
open for the p e r i o d 1 July 1989 t o 30 June 1990 the Community t a r i f f quotas i n
question a t the amounts provided for in t h e Agreement;
iJnereas i t i s in p a r t i c u l a r n e c e s s a r y t o a l l o w a l l Community i m p o r t e r s e q u a l and
u n i n t e r r u p t e d a c c e s s t o the s a i d quotas and t o ensure the u n i n t e r r u p t e d
a p p l i c a t i o n of the r a t e s l a i d down f o r the q u o t a s t o a l l imports of the p r o d u c t s
concerned i n t o a l l Member S t a t e s u n t i l the q u o t a s have been used up; whereas i t
 i s a p p r o p r i a t e t o t a k e t h e n e c e s s a r y measures t o ensure e f f i c i e n t Community
 a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e s e t a r i f f quotas while o f f e r i n g the Member S t a t e s t h e
 o p p o r t u n i t y t o draw from t h e quota volumes t h e n e c e s s a r y q u a n t i t i e s corresponding
 t o a c t u a l i m p o r t s ; — - ^ ^ whereas t h i s method of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n r e q u i r e s c l o s e
 cooperation between the Member S t a t e s and the Cbnmission and t h e l a t t e r must, i n
 p a r t i c u l a r , œ a b l e t o monitor the r a t e a t which the q u o t a s a r e being used up
 and inf«.:_:r:n me Member S t a t e s a c c o r d i n g l y ;
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Whereas sir-ua a e l g i u m , t t e Motherlands and L-iXfeui\x>rq are u n i t e d w i t n i n , and
j o i n t l y r e p r e s e n t e d by, the ctenelux ficonaouc Union, a l l t r a n s a c t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g
the ddrr.inistration o f s h a r e s a l l o c a t e d t o t h a t economic union may be c a r r i e d o u t
by any o f i t s n e u t e r ;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS RaSJLATICN :
                                                                                                      Article I
                                                                            l.From 1 July 1969 to 30 June 1990 the custom duties
                                                                            applicable on importation of the following products
                                                                            originating in Austria shall, without prejudice to Article 3, be
                                                                            suspended at levels and within the limits of tariff quotas as
                                                                            indicated with respect to each product:
       Order                                                                                               Volume              Quota
                       CNCode                                   DetcrifNMMi                                of quota            duty
        No
                                                                                                              (SI)              (XI
 09.0804           ex 2204 21 25       Quality wines presented in containers o f a capacity n e t
                   ex 2204 21 29       exceeding t w o litres                                              85 000                0
                   ex 2204 21 35
                   ex 2204 21 39
                   ex 2204 21 49
 09.0806           ex 2204 10 19       Sparkling quality wines, and presented m containers of a
                   ex 2204 10 90       capacity not exceeding t w o litres                                   2000                0
  2.      Within the limits of die tariff quotas referred to in              document VI 1 or an extract VI 2, completed in accordance
  paragraph 1 the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese                        with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 (').
  Republic shall apply the same duties as those they apply to
  similar products of the Community as composed at 31
  December 1985.                                                             Document VI1 must include in Box 15 one of the following
                                                                             endorsements, certified by the competent Austrian
                                                                             organization:
  3.      Admission under die tariff quotas referred to in
  paragraph 1 shall be reserved to wines accompanied by a                    (>) OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 19*5, p. 20.
                                                                                                                                             H
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               'This is to certify that the wines referred to in this        If the quantities requested are greater than the available
 documentary quality wines (1)/quality sparkling wines (1)                   balance of the quota, allocation shall be made on a pro rata
originating Austria and in conformity with the 1985 Wine Law of the          basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be
      10.-—JRcpublic of Austria.                                             informed by the Commission in accordance with the same
                                                                             procedures.
               ( ' ) Delete whichever entry is not applicable.'
          Furthermore, the wines in question shall remain subject to
          observance of the free-at-frontier reference price. In order                                  Article 4
          that these wines benefit from the tariff quotas, Article 54 of
          Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (>), as last amended by                  1.    Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
          Regulation (EEC) No 2964/88 ( 2 ), must be complied                ensure that their drawings pursuant to Artide 3 enable
          with.                                                              imports to be charged without interruption against their
                                                                             accumulated shares of the Community quotas.
                                      Article 2                               2.     Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
                                                                              products concerned have free access to the quota for such
          The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by      time as the residual balance of the quota volume so
          the Commission, which may take all appropriate                      permits.
          administrative measures in order to ensure effective
          administration thereof.                                             3.     Member States shall charge imports of the products
                                                                              concerned against their drawings as and when the goods are
                                                                              entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
                                      Article 3
                                                                              4.     The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall
                                                                              be determined on the basis of the imports charged in
           If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of
                                                                              accordance with paragraph 3.
          entry into free drculation, including a request for preferential
           benefit for a product covered by this Regulation and if this
           declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the
           Member State concerned shall draw from the tariff quota, by                                   Article S
           means of notification to the Commission, a quantity
           corresponding to these needs.                                       At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
                                                                               inform it of imports actually charged against the quotas.
           The drawing requests, with indication of the date of
           acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to
           the Commission without delay.
                                                                                                         Article 6
           The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of **
                                                                               Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely
           the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into free
                                                                               in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied wi.h.
           circulation by'the customs authorities of the Member State
           concerned to the extent that the available balance so
           permits.
                                                                                                         Article 7
           If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall
            return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July     '• 989.
                              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                              States.
                              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                     for the Council
                                                                                                       The President
            (') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
            (2) OJ No L 269, 29. 9. 1988, p. 5.
 ---pagebreak--- r-'lCHE FINANClEKli:
          Ligne b u d g é t a i r e concernée : Chap. 12 a r t . 120
           Base j u r i d i q u e : a r t . 113 du t r a i t é
           Intitulé           de l a mesure          tarifaire     :   Proposition       de   règlement    du
           Conseil           portant      ouverture         et  mode    de  gestion        de    contingents
           tarifaires            conmunautaires              pour    certains,      vins      de    qualité,
           o r i g i n a i r e s d'Autriche
           O b j e c t i f : I n s p e c t e r l e s engagements c o n t r a c t é s p a r l a Corrrnunauté
           Mode de c a l c u l :
           Codes Nf.C.                                  ex 2204 21 25
                                                        ex 2204 21 29
                                                        ex 2204 21 35                   ex 2204 10 19
                                                        ex 2204 21 39                   ex 2204 10 90
                                                        ex 2204 21 49
           Volume des contingents                       85 000 n i                       2 000 ni
           Droits à appliquer                             0                                   0
           Droits du T.D.C                            14,5 e t 16,9 é c u s / h l            40 écus/hl
                                               ( d r o i t moyen : 15,7 é c u s / h l )
           Ferte de reoattes
            ferte                                     85000 x 15,7 écus =                2000 x 40 écus
                                                         1 334 500 écus                    30 000 écus
                                                                        1 414 500 écus
            Far rapport à la période contingentaire précédente                              (1.1 au 30 j u i n
           1989) augmentation des p e r t e s de
           1 414 500 écus - 707 250 écus = 707 250 é c u s .
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Cette proposition e s t formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté. L'impact découlant de cette concession a é t é p r i s en
oxisidération Lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de ce contingent e t
i l n'aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité e t l'emploi dans la
Communauté.
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COM(89) 170 final
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
for quality wines, originating in Austria
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
20.4.1989                                                                I
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COM(89) 170 final
DOCUMENTS
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for quality wines,
originating in Austria
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 11     02                                20.4.1989
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-152-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-48514-0
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