31980R3522

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3522/80

OF 22 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING , CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF GREECE , REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1708/80 , ( EEC ) NO 1709/80 AND ( EEC ) NO 1710/80 CONCERNING THE OPENING , ALLOCATION AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN WINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ( 1980/81 )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , WHEN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN WAS SIGNED ON 29 JUNE 1970 ( 1 ) , THE COMMUNITY UNDERTOOK TO OPEN TARIFF QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN WINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 22.05 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ; WHEREAS THIS COMMITMENT WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF GREECE ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1708/80 , ( EEC ) NO 1709/80 AND ( EEC ) NO 1710/80 ( 2 ) , HAS ALREADY OPENED COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR THE SAID PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS , THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATIONS SHOULD BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1708/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) , THE VOLUME OF SHERRY FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 22.05 C III A ) 1 AND EX 22.05 C IV A ) 1 SHALL BE INCREASED FROM " 108 000 " TO " 108 120 " HECTOLITRES .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) :

" WITHIN THESE TARIFF QUOTAS , GREECE SHALL APPLY CUSTOMS DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION AND THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION . "

3 . THE TABLE IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

* " ( HECTOLITRES ) *

MEMBER STATE*SHERRY FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS : *

*EX 22.05 C III A ) 1 AND EX 22.05 C IV A ) 1*EX 22.05 C III B ) 1 AND EX 22.05 C IV B ) 1*

BENELUX*51 450*155 590*

DENMARK*4 000*22 000*

GERMANY*17 000*20 000*

GREECE*120* - *

FRANCE*250*150*

IRELAND*1 500*3 700*

ITALY*1 500*60*

UNITED KINGDOM*21 500*415 000*

TOTAL*97 320*616 500 " *

4 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 :

" 4 . SHOULD SHERRY FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 22.05 C III B ) 1 AND EX 22.05 C IV B ) 1 BE REQUIRED IN GREECE , THAT COUNTRY SHALL DRAW A SUITABLE SHARE FROM THE RESERVE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE RESERVE . "

ARTICLE 2

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1709/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) :

" WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA , GREECE SHALL APPLY CUSTOMS DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION AND THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION . "

2 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH 4 SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 :

" 4 . SHOULD SUCH GOODS BE REQUIRED IN GREECE , THAT COUNTRY SHALL DRAW A SUITABLE SHARE FROM THE RESERVE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE RESERVE . "

ARTICLE 3

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1710/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) THE TARIFF QUOTA SHALL BE INCREASED FROM " 22 000 " TO " 22 008 " HECTOLITRES .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) :

" WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA , GREECE SHALL APPLY CUSTOMS DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION AND THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION . "

3 . THE TABLE IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

* " ( HECTOLITRES ) *

BENELUX*5 422*

DENMARK*1 739*

GERMANY*3 000*

GREECE*8*

FRANCE*480*

IRELAND*131*

ITALY*917*

UNITED KINGDOM*5 911 " *

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 182 , 16 . 8 . 1970 , P . 2 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 167 , 1 . 7 . 1980 , PP . 28 , 32 AND 39 .