Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/95 of 24 July 1995 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (second half 1995)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No  1787/95 of 24 July 1995 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota  for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (second  half 1995)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention  (1) entered into force on 1 September 1991;
Whereas Protocol 6 of that Convention stipulates that products originating in the African,  Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States which fall within CN codes 2208  40  10, 2208  40  90, 2208  90   11 and 2208  90  19 shall, until the entry into force of a common organization of the market in  spirits, be allowed 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; whereas the  Community shall until 31 December 1995 fix each year the quantities which may be imported free of  customs duties;
Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 1989/94  (2) the Council opened, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30  June 1995, a Community tariff quota (Order No 09.1605) for rum, tafia and arrack of 244  87 hl of  pure alcohol;
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (a) of the said Protocol 6 the volume of the tariff quota for the  period from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995 will be equivalent to half that of the previous year  increased by 10  000 hl of pure alcohol;
Whereas Article 2 (c) of the said Protocol provides that, in cases where the application of that  provision hampers the development of a traditional trade flow between the ACP States and the  Community, the latter should take appropriate measures to remedy that situation, and Article 2 (d)  thereof provides that to the extent that the consumption of rum increases significantly in the  Community, the Community undertakes to carry out a new examination of the annual rate of increase;
Whereas economic data currently available leads to the conclusion that the traditional trade flows  between the ACP States and the Community with respect to rum have greatly increased;
Whereas taking into account in particular the consumption requirements of the three new Member  States ,the quota should be aligned in accordance with Article 2 (d) of the said Protocol,