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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3010/77 of 20 December 1977 opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and Valdepenas falling within heading No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Spain ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/75 of 29 COMMUNITIES , September 1975 laying down special rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries (3), introduced Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the idea of a free-at-frontier reference price, being the Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 reference price less customs duties actually levied ; and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all •ment ( 1 ), imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up ; whereas, having regard to the principles mentioned above, the Whereas *on the signing of the Agreement between Community nature of the quota can be respected by the European Economic Community and Spain (2) on allocating the Community tariff quota among the 29 June 1970 the Community undertook to grant pref Member States ; whereas, in order to reflect more accu erential tariff arrangements for imports into the rately the actual development of the market in the Community of certain wines originating in Spain , in products concerned, such allocation should be in particular wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and proportion to the needs of the Member States, Valdepenas ; whereas in order to satisfy this under assessed by reference to both the statistics of each taking, the Community each year has opened a tariff State's imports of the said products from Spain over a quota for 15 000 hectolitres, at a duty rate of 70 % of representative period and the economic outlook for the Common Customs Tariff duties , for Jumilla, Prio the quota period concerned ; rato, Rioja and Valdepenas wines in containers holding two litres or less, falling within subheadings ex 22.05 C I a), ex 22.05 C II a) and ex 22.05 C III a) 2, originating in Spain ; whereas these preferential Whereas available Community statistics give no infor tariff arrangements were laid down only for imports of mation on the situation of wines from Jumilla, Prio these products into the Member States of the Commu rato, Rioja and Valdepenas on the markets ; whereas, nity as originally constituted ; whereas, under the Act however, Spanish statistics for exports of these of Accession imports of these products into the three products to the Community during the last few years new Member States are subject to Common Customs can be considered to reflect approximately the situa Tariff duties with effect from 1 July 1977 ; whereas tion of Community imports ; whereas on this basis the the import arrangements for these products should be corresponding imports by each of the Member States uniform throughout the Community ; whereas there represent the following percentages of the imports fore the aforementioned annual quota should be into the Community from Spain of the products increased to 22 000 hectolitres ; whereas this Commu concerned ; nity tariff quota should be opened for the year 1978 ;
Member States 1974 1975 1976 Whereas these wines remain subject to the provisions governing the common organization of the market in Benelux 19-6 23 0 36-3 vine products, especially as regards observance of the Denmark 3-0 2-6 6-0 reference price ; whereas inclusion in the Community Germany 1 0-3 45-0 , 20-2 France 4-6 9-0 14-2 tariff quota should be subject to production of move Ireland 0-2 0-1 0-1 ment certificate A.E.I and a certificate of designation Italy 28-1 3-8 10-1 of origin ; United Kingdom 34-2 1 6-5 13-1 (') Opinion delivered on 16 December 1977 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2 ) OJ No L 182, 16 . 8 . 1970 , p. 2. (>) OJ No L 256, 2. 10 . 1975, p. 2.
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Whereas, in view of these factors and of the estimates reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares must be available for use until the end of the shares may be fixed approximately at the following quota period ; whereas this method of administration percentages : calls for close cooperation between Member States and Benelux 34-55 the Commission, which must, in particular, be able to Denmark 4-20 observe the extent to which the quota amount is used 22-78 and inform Member States thereof ; Germany France 2-73 Whereas, if at a specified date in the quota period, a Ireland 0-23 considerable balance remains in one or other Member Italy 14-49 State it is essential that that Member State pays a large United Kingdom 21-02 ; amount of it back into the reserve, in order to avoid a part of the Community quota remaining unused in Whereas, in order to take into account import trends one Member State when it could be used in others ; for the products concerned in the different Member States, the quota amount should be divided into two Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the tranches, the first tranche being allocated among the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Member States and the second forming a reserve Luxembourg are united in and represented by the intended ultimately to cover the requirements of the Benelux Economic Union all transactions concerning Member States which have used up their initial quota the administration of shares allocated to that shares ; whereas, in order to ensure a certain degree of economic union may be carried out by any one of its security to importers in each Member State, the first members, tranche of the Community quota should be deter mined at a level which, under present circumstances, may be approximately 80 % of the quota amount ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the initial shares of the Member States may be used up at different times ; whereas, in order to Article 1 take this fact into account and avoid any break in continuity, it is important that any Member State 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1978, the having used up almost the whole of its initial shares Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the should draw an additional share from the reserve ; following products originating in Spain shall be whereas this must be done by each Member State as partially suspended at the levels shown below within and when each of its additional shares is almost the limits of a Community tariff quota of 22 000 entirely used up, and repeated as many times as the hectolitres :
Rate CCT heading No Description • (in u.a./hl)
ex 22-05 C I a) Wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and Valdepeñas 8-4 " ex 22.05 C II a) Wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and Valdepeñas 9-8 ex 22.05 C III a) 2 Wines from Jumilla, Priorato, Rioja and Valdepeñas 11-9
2. The protocol on the definition of the concept of 4. The wines in question shall benefit from these 'originating products' and on methods of administra tariff quotas on condition that the prices on import tive cooperation, annexed to the Agreement between into the Community are not at any time less than the the European Economic Community and Spain, shall free-at-frontier reference prices referred to in Regula be applicable. tion (EEC) No 2506/75 and subsequent texts which apply to such prices. 3. The inclusion of these wines in this Community tariff quota shall be conditional upon observance of the reference price applying to them and production of a certificate of designation of origin, corresponding Article 2 to one of the specimens annexed hereto, endorsed by the Spanish customs authorities. This certificate must be in accordance with Article 2 (2) to (4) of Regulation 1 . The Community tariff quota referred to in (EEC) No 1120/75. Article 1 shall be divided into two tranches.
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2., The first tranche, amounting to 17 600 hectoli Article 5 tres, shall be shared among the Member States ; the proportions which, subject to Article 5, shall be valid Member States shall return to the reserve, not later until 31 December 1978 , shall be as follows : than 1 October 1978, the unused portion of their initial share which, on 15 September 1978, is in Benelux 6 080 hi excess of 20 % of the initial amount. They may return Denmark 740 hi a larger portion if there are grounds for believing that Germany 4 010 hi such portion may not be used in full. France 480 hi Ireland 40 hi 2 550 hi Each Member State shall, not later than 1 October Italy 3 700 hi. 1978, notify the Commission of the total imports of United Kingdom the products concerned effected up to 15 September 1978 inclusive, and charged against the Community quota and, where appropriate, the proportion of its 3. The second tranche, amounting to 4 400 hectoli initial share that is being returned to the reserve. tres, shall constitute the reserve.
Article 6 Article 3 The Commission shall keep account of the shares 1 . If 90 % or more of the initial share of a Member opened by Member States in accordance with Articles State, as laid down in Article 2 (2), or 90 % of that 2 and 3 and shall inform each of them of the extent share less the amount returned into the reserve, where to which the reserve has been used as soon as it the provisions of Article 5 have been applied, has receives the notifications. been exhausted, that Member State shall proceed without delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw a The Commission shall, not later than 5 October 1978 , second share equal to 15% of its initial share, notify Member States of the amount in the reserve rounded up to the next unit where appropriate, to the after the return of shares pursuant to Article 5. extent that the amount in the reserve allows.
The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which 2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted, uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available 90 % or more of the second share drawn by a and, for this purpose, shall specify the amount thereof Member State has been used, that Member State shall to the Member State which makes the final drawing. proceed, in the manner specified in paragraph 1 , to draw a third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share, rounded up to the next unit where appropriate, to the extent that the amount in the reserve allows. Article 7
3 . If, after its second share has been exhausted, 1 . The Member States shall take all appropriate 90 % or more of the third share drawn by a Member measures to ensure that, when additional shares are State has been used, that Member State shall proceed, drawn pursuant to Article 3, it is possible for charges in the same way, to draw a fourth share equal to the to be made without interruption against their accumu third . lated shares of the Community quota.
This process shall be applied until the reserve is 2. The Member States shall ensure that importers exhausted . of the said goods established in their territory have free access to the shares allocated to them . 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3, the Member States may proceed to draw 3 . The extent to which a Member State has used up shares smaller than those fixed in those paragraphs if its share shall be determined on the basis of the there is reason to believe that they might not be used imports of the goods in question entered at customs up. They shall inform the Commission of the reasons for home use . which led them to apply this paragraph.
Article 8 Article 4 On receipt of a request from the Commission, The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 Member States shall inform it of imports actually shall be valid until 31 December 1978 . charged against their shares .
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Article9¶
The Member States and the Commission shall coop erate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January observed . 1978 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977
For the Council
The President
H. SIMONET
BILAG - ANHANG - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE
1 . Exportador — Eksportør - Ausführer — Exporter — Exporta 2 . Número Nummer — Nummer — teur — Esportatore — Exporteur : Number — Numéro — Numero — 00000 Nummer
3 . Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de origen JUMILLA/ PRIORATO/ RIOJA/VALDEPEÑAS 4. Destinatario — Modtager — Empfänger '- Consignee — Destinataire — Destinatario — Geadresseerde :
5 . CERTIFICADO DE DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN CERTIFIKAT FOR OPRINDELSESBETEGNELSE BESCHEINIGUNG DER URSPRUNGSBEZEICHNUNG CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN CERTIFICAT D' APPELLATION D' ORIGINE CERTIFICATO DI DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE 6. Medio de transporte — Transportmiddel — Beförderungsmittel CERTIFICAAT VAN BENAMING VAN OORSPRONG — Means of transport — Moyen de transport — Mezzo di trasporto — Vervoermiddel : 7. VINO Dl JUMILLA / PRIORATO / RIOJA / VALDEPEÑAS VIN FRA JUMILLA / PRIORATO / RIOJA / VALDEPEÑAS JUMILLA-, PRIORATO -, RIOJA-, VALDEPEÑAS-WEIN 8 . Lugar de descanga — Losningssted — Entladungsort — Place WINE FROM JUMILLA / PRIORATO / RIOJA / VALDEPEÑAS of unloading — Lieu de déchargement — Luogo di sbarco — VIN DE JUMILLA / PRIORATO / RIOJA / VALDEPEÑAS Plaats van lossing : VINO Dl JUMILLA / PRIORATO / RIOJA / VALDEPEÑAS JUMILLA-, PRIORATO -, RIOJA - EN VALDEPEÑASWIJN
9. Marcas y números, número y naturaleza de los bultos 1 0 . Peso brute> 1 1 . Litros Mærker og numre, kollienes antal og art Bruttovægt Liter Zeichen und Nummern , Anzahl und Art der Packstücke Rohgewicht _ Liter Marks and numbers, number and kind of packages Gross wei g ht Litres Marques et numéros, nombre et nature des colis Poids brut Litres Marca e numero, quantità e natura dei colli Peso lorde Litri Merken en nummers, aantal en soort der coMi Brutogew cht Liter
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12. Litros (en letra ) — Liter (i bogstaver) — Liter ( in Buchstaben ) — Litres ( in words) — Litres ( en lettres) — Litri ( in lettere) — Liter (voluit) :
13. Visado del organismo emisor — Påtegning fra udstedende organ — Bescheinigung der erteilenden Stelle — Certificate of the issuing authority — Visa de l'organisme émetteur — Visto dell'organismo emittente — Visum van de instantie van afgifte : Certifico que el vino cuya descripción antecede es un producto 14 . Visado de la aduana — Toldstedets attest — Sichtvermerk der genuino de la zona de „JUMILLA/PRIORATO/RIOJA/VALDEPEÑAS" Zollstelle — Customs stamp — Visa de la douane — Visto della y con derecho a la denominación de origen " dogana — Visum van de douane (vease traducción del n0 15 — oversættelse se nr. 15 — Über setzung siehe Nr. 15 — see the translation under No 15 — Voir traduction au n0 15 — Vedi traduzione al n. 15 — Zie voor vertaling nr. 15 )
15 . Det bekræftes, at vinen, der er nævnt i dette certifikat, er fremstillet i » « området og ifølge spansk lovgivning er berettiget til oprindelsesbetegnelsen : » «.
Wir bestätigen, daß der in dieser Bescheinigung bezeichnete Wein im Bezirk „ " gewonnen wurde und ihm nach spanischem Gesetz die Ursprungsbezeichnung „ " zuerkannt wird . * We hereby certify that the wine described in this certificate is wine produced within the wine district of ! ' and is considered by Spanish legislation as entitled to the designation of origin
Nous certifions que le vin décrit dans ce certificat a été produit dans la zone de « » et est reconnu, suivant la loi espagnole, comme ayant droit & la denomination d'origine « ».
Si certifica che il vino descritto nel presente certificato e un vino prodotto nella zona di « » ed e riconosciuto, secondo la legge spagnola , come avente diritto alia denominazione di origine « ».
Wij verklaren dat de in dit certificaat omschreven wijn is vervaardigd in het wijndistrict van ,, " en dat volgens , de Spaanse wetgeving de benaming van oorsprong „ " erkend wordt .
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') Espacio reservado para otras indicaciones del pais exportador. ') Rubrik forbeholdt eksportlandets andre angivelser. ') Diese Nummer ist weiteren Angaben des Ausfuhrlandes vorbehalten . ') Space reserved for additional details given in the exporting country. ') Case réservée pour d'autres indications du pays exportateur. ') Spazio riservato per altre indicazioni del paese esportatore. {') Ruimte bestemd voor andere gegevens van het land van uitvoer.