CELEX: 31976R0287
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/76 of 9 February 1976 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

12 . 2 . 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 37/ 1
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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 287 /76
                                                   of 9 February 1976
              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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      for a method of use based on a single division
COMMUNITIES,                                                     amongst 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
Having regard to Council Decision 76/ 198 / EEC of 9             shares in the quota volume will be as follows :
February 1976 on import arrangements for rum ,
                                                                          Benelux                             6-50
arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of
                                                                          Denmark                             0-20
the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the
overseas countries and territories associated with the                    Germany                            93-26
                                                                          France                              001
European Economic Community ('),
                                                                          Ireland                             001
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        Italy                               0-01
                                                                          United Kingdom                      0-01
Whereas Decision 76/ 198 / EEC stipulates that rum ,
arrack and tafia shall be imported into the Commu­               Whereas the development of imports into the
nity free of customs duties within the limits of a               Community of these products should be recorded and
Community tariff quota ; whereas the annual volume               imports should accordingly be monitored ;
of the quota for the period from 1 July to 30 June is
to be fixed on the basis of a basic annual quantity,             Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the
calculated in hectolitres of pure alcohol , to which a           Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
rate of growth of 13 % is to be applied, equal to the            Luxembourg are jointly represented by the Benelux
amount of imports during the best of the last three              Economic Union , any measure concerning the admin­
years for which statistics are available ; whereas this          istration of the share allocated to that economic union
rate may be modified in the light of certain criteria ;          may be carried out by any one of its members,
whereas the first quota period is to be run from 1
March 1976 to 30 June 1976 ; whereas, for that
period, the basis annual quantity has been fixed by
the said Decision as an agreed figure of 80 000 hectoli­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tres of pure alcohol ; whereas the pro rata tempris
clause shall be applicable ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas the amount of the quota for the period from
 1 March 1976 to 30 June 1976 should therefore be                1.     From 1 March 1976 until 30 June 1976 rum ,
fixed at 30 133 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;                    arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of
                                                                 the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the
Whereas, owing to the special character of the                   countries and territories referred to in Article 1    of
products in question and their sensitivity on Commu­             Decision 76/ 198 / EEC shall be imported free of
nity markets, exceptional provision should be made               customs duty into the Community within the limits
                                                                 of a Community tariff quota of 30 133 hectolitres of
(') See page 24 of this Official Journal .                       pure alcohol .
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2. The rules of origin applicable to the products            of the products in question originating in the said
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be those mentioned in       countries and territories .
Article 5 of Decision 76/ 198/ EEC.
                                                             2.     Member States shall forward to the Commission
                       Article 2                             not later than the 15th day of each month statements
                                                             of imports of the products in question effected during
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1          the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
shall be allocated amongst the Member States as              customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
follows :
                                                             they are to be made available for home use and accom­
                                        hectolitres of       panied by a movement certificate conforming to the
                                        pure alcohol         rules referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be taken into
        Benelux                             1 960            consideration for this purpose.
        Denmark                                 61
        Germany                           28 1 00            3. The Commission shall regularly inform the
        France                                   3           Member States of the extent to which the tariff quota
        Ireland                                  3           has been used up.
        Italy                                    3
        United Kingdom                           3           4. Where necessary, consultations may be held at
                                                             the request of a Member State or on the initiative of
                                                             the Commission .
                       Article 3
1 . Member States shall manage the shares allocated
to them in accordance with their own arrangements.                                   Article 5
2.    The extent to which the Member States have
used up their shares shall be determined on the basis        The Commission shall take all necessary measures to
of the imports of the products in question originating       ensure the implementation of this Regulation in close
in the said countries and territories        declared   at   co-operation with the Member States.
customs for clearance for home use.
                                                                                     Article 6
                       Article 4
1.    In   accordance  with   Article   6  of    Decision    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
76/ 198/EEC, the Community shall monitor imports             1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 February 1976.
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                           G. THORN