30. 6. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 165/15 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1837/88 of 22 June 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff -quotas for quality wines produced in the specified region of Jerez (1988/89) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 30 and 75 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, pursuant to Articles 30 and 75 of the Act of Accession, the duties applicable on the import into the Community, as constituted on 31 December 1985, of sherry from Spain within the limits of Community tariff quotas of 358 120 hectolitres in containers holding two litres or less and of 435000 hectolitres in containers holding more than two litres shall be progressively abolished; whereas these duties are reduced to 62,5 % of the basic duties on 1 January 1988 and to 50 % of the basic duties on 1 January 1989; whereas, by way of derogation from Article 30 of the Act of Accession, Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the basic duties to be adopted in the Community of Ten for the purpose of calculating the successive reductions provided for in the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (), provides that the basic duties are those actually applied on 1 January 1986; whereas, therefore, to establish the duties applicable on the import of these wines, Community tariff quotas should be opened for the period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 for: — 358 120 hectolitres for quality wines produced in the specified region of Jerez falling within CN codes ex 2204 21 41 and ex 2204 21 51, and — 435000 hectolitres for quality wines produced in the specified region of Jerez falling within CN codes ex 2204 29 41 and ex 2204 29 51 at duties as shown in the list in Article 1; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (2) provides for particular rules for the import into (1) OJ No L 50, 28.2.1986, p. 9. (2) OJ No L 367, 31.12.1985,p. 7. Portugal of the products in question, coming from Spain; whereas, consequently, the Community tariff quotas are applicable only in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985; Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for these quotas to all imports of the product concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quotas can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quotas among the Member States; whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the actual trend of the market in the product concerned, such allocation should be in proportion to the requirements of the Member States, calculated by reference to the statistics for imports of the said product from Spain over a representative reference period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period concerned; Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, the corresponding imports of sherry into Member States are broken down as shown in the following table: (bectolitres) 1984 1985 1986 Sherry: — in containers holding two litres or less: Benelux 235876 | 242779 | 205 524 Denmark 11 238 10173 11 487 Germany 158 976 | 158 458 | 204 835 Greece 119 84 114 France 1778 1389 1227 Ireland 7123 6 600 4327 Italy 1 509 1963 1279 United Kingdom 159685 | 173 668 | 145 384 — in containers holding more than two litres: Benelux 195 461 | 204 470 | 154 428 Denmark 11115 12 143 10 316 Germany 10154 | 10122 | 10005 Greece 9 — — France 119 67 30 Ireland 3102 4334 3220 Italy — — — United Kingdom 245 850 | 264 340 | 247 052