31975R2887

12.11.75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 292/33

REGULATION (EEC) No 2887/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975

on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less, falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff (1976)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , to that Economic Union may be carried out by any one of its members,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 28 thereof;

Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 1 . During the period 1 January to 31 December 1976, a Community tariff quota of 8 373 metric tons Having regard to the Opinion of the European shall be opened for dried grapes in immediate Parliament (1 ); containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Common Customs Tariff. Whereas a Community tariff quota for dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg 2. Within the limits of this tariff quota, the Common or less, falling within subheading 08.04 B I of the Customs Tariff duty shall be suspended at the level Common Customs Tariff, should be opened for 1976 of 1-2% . at a duty of 1-2% ; whereas the volume of this quota should be limited to 15% of Community imports in 3 . New Member States shall, within the said tariff 1973 from third countries not associated with the quota, apply duties calculated in accordance with Community nor linked to it by a preferential the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession. agreement; whereas, on this basis, the volume of the quota is fixed at 8 373 metric tons ; whereas the duties to be applied by the new Member States within Article 2 the said tariff quota should be calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act The tariff quota set out in Article 1 shall be divided of Accession ; among the Member States as follows :

in metric tons Whereas, in view of the comparatively low volume Benelux 791 of the quota compared with the needs of the Denmark 335 Community, a system for its utilization based on Germany 2 335 a single allocation among Member States should be France 572 provided, without derogating from the Community nature of the tariff quota ; whereas, in accordance Ireland 280 with the needs forecast by each Member State, the Italy 31 shares may be determined as set out in Article 2 ; United Kingdom 4 029 ;

Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom Article 3 of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented 1 . Member States shall take all appropriate by the Benelux Economic Union, any measure measures to ensure that importers of the products in concerning the administration of the quotas allocated question established in their territory have free access to the shares allocated to them.

2. The extent to which a Member State has used (*) OJ No C 239, 20. 10. 1975, p. 50. up its share shall be determined on the basis of the

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imports of the products in question entered with the Article 5 customs authorities for home use. Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. Article 4

Article 6 At the Commission's request, Member States shall inform it of the imports actually charged against This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January their shares . 1976 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 .

For the Council

The President

G. MARCORA