CELEX: 51980PC0810
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Date: 1980-12-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing a ceiling and Community surveillance in respect of imports of wines from fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol , falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece (1981) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                         COM ( 80 ) 810 final
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                                  Proposal for a
                           ' COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   establishing a ceiling and Community surveillance in respect of imports
   of wines from fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by
   the addition of alcohol , falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common
   Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece ( 1981 )
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM ( 80 ) 810 final
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   In compliance with Articles 25 and -64 of the Act of Accession        ,
   customs duties on imports between the Community as at present consti­
   tuted and the Hellenic Republic shall be progressively abolished in
   accordance with a timetable which provides for a first reduction of
   10 % on 1 January 1981 to be made on the basic duty , as defined in
• Article 24 , namely, on the duty actually imposed on 1 July 1980 .
   The basic duty in respect of wines originating entirely in Greece
   is equivalent :
  - to 15 % of the duties included in the Common Customs Tariff up to .      «
       a maximum quantity of 430 000 hectolitres as provided for in
       Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2634 /79 of 20 November 1979    on the Community
       tariff quota opened for 1980 ;                        -         ,   .
   - to the Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of additional
       quantities .            .   -
  .Therefore as from 1 January 1981 , the duties to be imposed in the
   Community as at present constituted on imports of wines originating
   entirely in Greece must be equivalent to 90 % of the abovementioned
   basic duties , namely, to 13,5% of the Common Customs Tariff duty
   up to the maximum quantity of 430 000 hectolitres and to 90 % of
   the Common - Customs Tariff duty for the surplus quantities .
   As regards the surveillance to be carried out in order to determine
   the duty applicable on imports of such wines , the Commission is of
   the opinion that strict measures should net be taken to prevent the
   possibi I ity - of this' quantity of 430 000 hectolitres being exceeded .
   It therefore proposes that a more flexible system be introduced ,
   namely a ceiling , fixed at this level of 430 000 hectolitres , above
   which the normal residual customs duties would be reimposed until the
 " end of the calendar year .
    ( 1 ) 0J N° L 291 , 19.11.1979 , P. 17
    ( 2 ) 0J N° L 306 ,  3.12.1979 , P. 6
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 Putting such a system into practice and the option of reimposing
 certain customs duties would involve the adoption of common and
precise rules to be applied by the Member States concerned in a
 uniform manner . These requirements could be met by establishing a
 system of Community surveillance in respect of imports actually
carried out and originating in Greece . To this end , the Member
States would have to take adequate steps to ensure the rapid
gathering of statistical statements at Community level . In this
connection , a record should be kept only of imports of the products
in question , as and when these products are entered with customs
authorities for free circulation .
Such statements would be compiled by the Member States at the end
of each month and would be transmitted before the fifteenth day
of the following month to the Commission so that it could be in
a position to transmit by telex to the Member States an overall
statement , in respect of each product , of the imports in question
carried out during the previous month . The system of surveillance
would require an effort of promptitude and close cooperation
between the services concerned of the Member States and those of
the Commission .
As regards the implementation of the mechanism of reimposing
customs duties , the following system tfould be adopted : as soon
as one of these monthly overall statements prepared by the
Commission showed that the ceiling had been reached to the amount
of 75 % , the Commission would inform the Member States accordingly .
Imports of the products in question would continue to be the
subject of a monthly statement or , if so requested by the
Commission , of a telex statement in respect of each ten-day
period . This latter statement should be forwarded within five days
of the end of that period .
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In these circumstances , the Commission could adopt measures as soon
as possible , with regard to Greece, leading to the reimposition by
means of a Regulation of the residual customs duties until the end
of the calendar year . Naturally,, in such circumstances , the reim-
position of the customs duties in respect of the product - in question
would be carried out within the time limit laid down in the
Regulation bringing to an end the relief from customs duties .
As regards the reimposition of customs duties , the attached proposal
makes provision for the Council to confer powers on the Commission ..
The proposal for a Regulation restricts itself to giving a general
outline for exercising those powers in order to be able to adapt «
the mechanisms to be implemented flexibly and rapidly . Moreover ,
it is with a view to efficiency and maximum rapidity that the
proposal for a Regulation lays down that it would be incumbent on
the Commission, with regard to Greece , to reimpose the customs
duties applicable . -
Annex : Proposai for a Council Regulation .
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                              Proposal for
                           COUNCIL REGULATION
                                ( EEC )
  establishing a ceiling and Community surveillance in respect of
   imports of wines from fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation
. arrested by the addition of alcohol , falling within heading N° 22.05
  of the Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece ( 1981 )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,-
                                                                        «
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece , and in particular
  Article 72 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas , in compliance with Articles 25 and 64 of the Act of
  Accession , customs duties on imports between the Community of Nine
  and Greece are to be progressively
  abolished . in accordance with a timetable which provides for a first
  reduction of 10 % on 1 January 1981 to be made on the basic duty ,
  as defined in Article 24 of the said Act ; whereas , for wines from
  fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by the
  addition of alcohol , falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common
  Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece , the customs duties
  applicable in the Community of Nine will , with effect from 1 January 1981 ,
  be equivalent to 13„5 % of the Common Customs Tariff duty up to a
  maximum quantity of 430 000 hectolitres and equivalent to 90 7. of this
  duty for the surplus quantities ; whereas it is therefore necessary ,
  in order to determine the duty applicable on imports of such wines ,
  to introduce a sufficiently flexible system of an annual ceiling ,
                                            /
  fixed at the level of 430 000 hectolitres above which the normal
  residual customs duties would be reimposed until the end of the
  calendar year ;
 ---pagebreak--- whereas in this situation the Commission must also be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the goods in question and,
in consequence , it is necessary to Subject these imports to
surveillance ;
Whereas tljis objective may be achieved by means of an administra­
tive procedure based on setting off imports of the products in
question against the ceiling at Community level / as and when these
products are entered with customs authorities for free circulation ;
whereas this administrative      procedure must make provision for
the reintroduction of normal residual duties as soon as the ceiling'
has been reached at Community level ;
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly
rapid cooperation between the Member States and the .Commission ;
whereas this latter must , in particular , be able to follow the
progress of amounts set off against the ceiling and keep the
Member States inform&d ; whereas this cooperation must be all
the closer since the Commission must be able to take adequate
measures to reimpose the residual customs duties applicable
                                                      ι
whenever the ceiling has been reached ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : :
                                          *
                              Article 1             ' '     . '
  ,1 . With effect from 1 January and until 31 December 1981 , imports of
       wines from fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by
       the addition of alcohol , falling within heading No 22=05 of the
       Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece, shall be
       subject to Community surveillance .
       Within the limits of a ceiling of 430 000 tiectolitres , the duties
       applicable shall be those indicated in the table below, opposite
       the description of the wines, their tariff headings and their
»      statistical numbers .
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CCT heading        Descript ion
    N°
                                                  NIMEXE code Rate of duty
22.05       Wine of fresh grapes ; grape
            must with fermentation arres­
            ted by the addition of
            alcohol :
            A. Sparkling wine .                   22.05-01,09  5.4 EUA per hl
            B. Wine in bottles with
               " mushroom" stoppers held
               in place by ties or fas­
               tenings , and wine othei–
               wise put up with an excess
               pressure of not less than
               one bar but less than
               three bar , measured at a
               temperature of 20°C                22.05-15     5.4 EUA per hl <
            C. Other :
               I. Of an actual alcoholic
               strength by volume no.t
               exceeding 13 % vol , in
               containers holding :
               a ) Two litres or less ...          22.05-21    1.8 ECU per hl ;!!?.
               b ) More than two litres .          22.05-25    1.4 ECU per hl
              II . Of an actual alcoholic
               strength by volume excee­
               ding 13 % but not excee­
               ding 15 % vol , in contai­
               ners holding :
               a ) Two litres or less ...
               b ) More than two litres .
                                                   22.05-31
                                                   22.05-35
                                                               2.2 ECU per hljJ'
                                                               1.7 ECU per hl
             III . Of an actual alcoholic
               strength by volume excee­
               ding 15 % vol . but not
               exceeding 18 % vol , in
               containers holding :
               a ) Two litres or less :
                                                                              (1 )
                   2 . Other                      22.05-39     2.7 ECU per hl
               b ) More than two litres :
                                                                              (1 )
                   3 . Other                      22.05-49     2.2 ECU per hl
              IV . Of an actual alcoholic
               strength by volume excee­
               ding 18 % vol but not
               exceeding 22 % vol , in
               containers holding :
               a ) Two litres or less :
                                                                              (1)
                   2 » 0th6r a a «« vsta « sa a * 22.05-54     3   ECU per hl
               b ) More' than two litres :
                                                                              (1 )
                   3 . Other ...                  22.05-68    3    ECU per hl
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  CCT heading
          N°             Description             NIMEXE code     Rate of duty
                     V. Of an actual alcoholic
                     strength by volume excee-
                     ding 22 % vol , in contai­
                     ners holding :
                     a ) Two litres or less .... 22.05-91 ;     0.1 ECU per hl ( 1 )
                                                                per % vol' of
                                                                alcohol +      i<n
                                    \                           1.6 ECU per hi 1
                     b ) More than two litres .. 22.05-98 *     0.1 ECU per hi
                                                                per % vol of
                                                                alcohol C1 )
  ( 1 ) The exchange rate to be applied in converting into national currencies
       . the EUA in which the customs duty is expressed shall be the repre­
         sentative rate applicable to wine , if such' a rate is fixed for the
         purposes of the common agricultural policy *
\
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                                   - 5 -
2 . Quantities shall be set off against the ceiling as and when products
    are entered with customs authorities for free circulation .
3 . The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Community level on
    the basis * of the imports set off against it in the manner defined in
    paragraph 2 .
4 . The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission at the
    intervals and within the time limits specified in Article 3 of imports
    effected in accordance with the abovementioned procedures .
                          '                                                «
                                Article 2
    As soon as the ceiling mentioned in Article 1(1 ) has been reached at
    Community level / the Commission shall adopt a Regulation reimposing
    until the end of the calendar year the normal residual customs
    duties .
                                Article 3
    The Member States concerned shall forward to the Commission not
    later, than the fifteenth day of each month a statement of the
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    quantities charged during the preceding month . If the Commission
    so requests , they shall provide such a statement in respect of
    periods of ten days and forward it within five clear days of the
    end of each ten-day period .               /
                                Article 4
    The Commission shall take all appropriate measures , in close
    cooperation with the Member States , for the purposes of - applying
    this Regulation .
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                             Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January' 1981 .
                                   /
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                            For the Counci I
                                              The President