31975R1600

28 . 6 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 166/81

REGULATION (EEC) No 1600/75 OF THE COUNCIL

of 24 June 1975 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the ACP States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, higher estimated consumption during the second half of each calendar year, the volume of the tariff quota should be fixed at 109 200 hectolitres of pure alcohol ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof; Whereas it seems likely that arrangements for using the tariff quota based on allocation between the United Kingdom and the Member States would Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; reconcile the application of the growth rates provided for in Protocol 7 with the uninterrupted application of the duty free entry arrangements in Whereas the ACP-EEC Lome convention, signed on respect of the said quota to all imports of the 28 February 1975, provides in Article 2 ( 1 ), together products concerned into the Member States until with Protocol 7 annexed thereto, that until the entry the quota is exhausted; whereas, in order to reflect into force of a common organization of the market as closely as possible the actual trends on the in spirits, products falling within tariff subheading markets in the products concerned, such allocation 22.09 C I (rum, arrack, tafia), originating in the ACP should be made in accordance with the requirements States, shall be imported into the Community free of the Member States ; of customs duties under conditions such as to permit the development of traditional trade flows between Whereas measures should be laid down to ensure the ACP States and the Community and between the Member States ; whereas the Community shall fix that Protocol 7 is implemented under conditions each year the quantities which may be imported free such as to permit the development of traditional trade flows between the ACP States and the Com­ of customs duties on the basis of the largest quanti­ ties imported annually from the ACP States into the munity and between the Member States ; Community in the past three years for which statis­ tics are available, increased by an annual growth rate of 40 % on the market of the United Kingdom Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­ and 13 % on the other markets of the European dom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands Economic Community, these growth rates being and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are jointly based on foreseeable internal demand in each represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any Member State ; whereas the exchange of letters at measure concerning the administration of the shares Lome on 28 February 1975 relating to the advance allocated to that Economic Union may be carried implementation of certain provisions of the said out by any one of its members, convention provides in particular that the Commu­ nity shall apply the said Protocol 7 autonomously as from 1 July 1975 ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the levels reached by imports of the products concerned into the Community and the Member States during the past three years for Article 1 which statistical information is available ;

From 1 July until 31 December 1975 rum, arrack Wheretas, initially, conditions should be laid down and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the for the advance implementation of the provisions Common Customs Tariff, originating in the ACP concerned for the period from 1 July to 31 December States, shall be imported duty free into the Com­ 1975 ; whereas for that period, on the basis of munity within the limits of a Community tariff statistical information and taking into account a quota of 109 200 hectolitres of pure alcohol.

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These products are considered as originating in the Article 3 ACP States if they fulfil the conditions laid down Member States shall manage the shares allocated in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1598/75 (*) of to them in accordance with their own arrangements. 24 June 1975 on the advance implementation of certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Lomé convention Article 4 relating to trade in goods. Member States shall inform the Commission each month of imports actually charged against the tariff Article 2 quota. 1 . The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall The United Kindom shall take the steps necessary be divided into two instalments . The first instalment to ensure that the quantities imported from the ACP of 83 200 hectolitres of pure alcohol shall be for States under the conditions laid down in Articles 1 United Kingdom consumption. The second instalment and 2 are restricted to those meeting its domestic of 26 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol shall be consumption requirements . allocated among the other Member States. Article 5 2. The share of each of the Member States to which Articles 5 , 6, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1598/ the second instalment is allocated pursuant to para­ 75 shall apply in respect of the products covered graph 1 shall be valid until the end of the period by this Regulation. stipulated in Article 1 and shall consist of the following quantities, indicated in hectolitres, of pure Article 6 alcohol : The Member States and the Commission shall Benelux : 2 275 , cooperate closely in order to ensure compliance with Denmark : 1 885 , this Regulation. Germany : 16 900, France : Article 7 3 900, Ireland : 650, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July Italy : 390 . 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1975 .

For the Council

\The President

G. FITZGERALD

(x ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.