CELEX: 51978PC0164
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-21
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 (1978/1979) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---         COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                   COM(78)164 final.
                                                                   Brussels , 21 April 1978 .
                                    Proposal for a
                              COUNC IL 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
                                      ( 1978/1979)
                       ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
C 0Ii(78 ) 164 final .
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Convention between the ACP States and the EEC together with
   Protocol No 7 provides that the products 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 , however , to a
   quantity which is to be fixed annually by. the Community on the
   basis of the largest quantities imported annually from the ACP
   States during the last three years for which statistics are
   available , increased by an annual growth rate of 40% on the
   British market and 13% on the other Community markets .
 ' The declaration contained in the Council Minutes ( Meeting of
   13-15 January 1975 ) provides for the allocation of the annual
   quantity among the Member States under Community tariff quota
   arrangements .
   The current tariff quota opened for the goods in question in       ,
   favour of the ACP States ends on 30 June 1978 .     It is necessary ,
   therefore , to open a corresponding tariff quota for a further
   period of 12 months from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979 , taking
   into account the accession of new States to the abovementioned
   Convention ( in particular Surinam ).
2. Community imports of the goods concerned during the last three
   years were as follows :
                                        - in hectolitres of pure alcohol -
                              1975.            1976          ' 1977
   Bénélux                   3,914           4,979          4,963
   Denmark                   2,720           3,349          1,942
   Germany                  21,724          19,666         20,169
    France                   8,169           5,233          5,802
   Ireland                   1,654           1,345          2,004
    Italy                       103            384             304
   United Kingdom           84,676          85,474         71,984
    EC                     122,960         120,430        107,168
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      The quota volume to be taken into account on this basis for the
      period from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979 should be 161,807 hecto-
      litres of pure alcohol .
     In this case , as an exceDtion to the normal rule , provision i ? n "t
   ■ being made to divide the quota volume into two instalments one of
     which institutes a reserve .  Instead , a method of use of the quotd
     is nrnvided for hased on an allocation in Hp-fioitive shares -   --   -
     amongst memDer states .
      The calculation of these shares is based on the largest
      quantities imported annually into each Member State during         1
      the three years referred to above , respecting , however , the
      two 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 .
4.    The annexed table shows in detail the amounts actually charged
      against the tariff quotas in question ( periods 1975 / 76 and
      1976 / 77 ).
5.    It is proposed that the draft for a Council Regulation
      described above should be approved ( see annex ).
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                                            ouverts pour 1975 / 76 et 1976/ 77
                     1975 / 76
                                                                                            1976 / 77
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                                                                           II
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 ---pagebreak---                                            .          Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No .../7 8
                                                     •  of   .....
              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 ( 1978 / 79 )
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                             .
COMMUNITIES,                             i
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                 '
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113^1                                 ,
thereof,                                                                     ,                     •
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     .
                                                                                                 I
Whereas under the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome
signed on 28 February 1975, and in particular under
Protocol 7 thereto, products originating in the ACP
States which fall within tariff subheading 22.09 C I
(rum, arrack, tafia), shall, until the entry into force of a
common organization of the market in spirits, be                                               1
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 Community shall fix each year the quanti-                    .
ties 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 13 % on the other markets
of the Community, these growth rates being based on
 foreseeable internal demand in each Member State ;
 Whereas, having regard to the levels reached by
 imports of the products concerned into the Commu­
 nity and the Member States during the last three years
 for which statistics are available, the size of the tariff
 quota for the period 1 July 197 8 to 30 June 197.9
 should therefore be fixed at / -               hectolitres of , '   '
 pure alcohol ;                       161 807                      •
 Whereas it is in particular necessary to' ensure for all
 Community importers equal and uninterrupted acecss                        •
 to the •". bovemcntioncd quota and uninterrupted
 application of the rates laid down for that quota to
 all imports of the products concerned into all Mem­
 ber States until the quota has been used up; whereas,
  having regard to the abovementioned principles, the ,
  Community nature of the quota can be respected by
  allocating the Community tariff quota among the
 Member States; whereas, in this case the tariff quota should be allocated
  amongst the Member States on the basis of the largest quantities imported
  annually into each of the Member State during the three last years and
 taking into account the above-mentiioned growth rates ;
 ---pagebreak---    Whereas , owing to the special character of the products in question and
   their sensivity on Community markets , exceptional provision should be
   made for an arrangement based on a single allocation amongst Member
   States ;           -
    Whereas the development of imports into the Community
  of these products should be recorded and imports should
    accordingly be monitored;
  Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­
  dom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
  Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
  Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning
  the administration of .shares granted to the above-
  mentioned economic union may be carried out by
  any of its members,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article /
    From 1 July 197 ountil 30 June 1978 rumt arrack and
    tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the
    Common Customs Tariff, originating in the ACP
    States, shall be imported duty free into the Commu­
    nity within the limits of a Community tariff quota of
1 61 807 hectolitres of pure alcohol.
 ---pagebreak---          i              Article 2
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be shared
among the Member States ;   the shares which shall be valid
until 30 June 1979 - shall be as follows ( in hi ) : .
   ')                       ..
           Bénélux               5 499
                                         ν
           Denmark               3 698
           Germany              23 993
           France s       '      9 022      •
           Ireland               2 214
           Italy    .              -424
           United Kingdom      116 957 .
 ---pagebreak---                                          5 -
                                     Article 3
              T , The Member States shall ensure that importers
             of the said goods established in their territory have
             free 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 customs authorities for home use.
              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 .
                                     Article   k
             1.    The importations –
             of the products in question originating in the ACP"~States
               shall be monitored .
             2. Member States shall forward to the Commission
             not later than the 15th day of each month statements
             of imports of the products in question effected during
             the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
             customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
             they are to be made available for home use and accom­
             panied by a movement certificate         EUR 1 .
            3.    The Commission shall regularly inform the
            Member States of the extent to which the tariff quota
            has been used up. ~
            4.    Where necessary, consultations may be held at
            the request of a Member State or on the initiative of
            the Commission .
                                    Article   5
            The Commission shall take all necessary measures, in
            close cooperation . with the Member States, to ensure
            the implementation of this Regulation.
                                    Article   °
            This Regulation shall enter into force on I July 1978.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Luxembourg,
                                                           For the Council
          /                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 arc . 1-0
2 . Base juridique : Art i c i e 113
3 . Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire :
        Proposition d' un règlement ( CEE ) du Conseil portant ouverture ,
        répartition et mode de gestion d' un contingent tarifaire courr.unautaire
        pour les produits relevant de la sous-position 22.09 C I du tarif
        douanier commun , originaires des Etats ACP ( année 1978 / 1979 )
 4 . Objectif :
        Exécution d' une obligation'contractuelle ( Convention de Lomé)
 5 . Mode de calcul :
      - N° du T.D.C.                      . 22.09 C T.
      - Volume du / d ^ contingenté ^       161 . 807 hl
      - Droits à appliquer                  exemption
      - Droits du T.D.C.                    1 UC l' hl par degré d' alcool
  6 . Perte de recettes s
         1 . 161.807 hl x 100 degré - 16.180.700 UC perte maximale ;
         2 . Selon l' utilisation du contingent en cours des dernières années ,
             la perte peut être estimée à 12 mio UC environ .
                            V.