No L 308/2 Official Journal of the Buropean Communities ) 27. 11. 84 COUNC_IL REGULATION (EEC) No 3297/84 "of 22 November 1984, opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain wines falling within subheadmg ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and ofiginating in Algeria (1985) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commumty, and in particular ‘Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (') provides in Article 20 for preferential treatment for the importation- of certain wines having a designation of origin and falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas the application of this treat- ment is lnmited until 30 June 1981; 4 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3296/84 () provides for the treatment which the Community has applied until 31 December 1984 to be extended until 31 December 1985 ; whereas this treatment provides that certain wines having a designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Algeria shall be exempt from customs duties on importation into the Community within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 450 000 hectolitres ; whereas the wines must be put up in containers holdmg a maximum of two litres ; whereas these wines must be accompanied by a certificate of designation of origin in .accordance with the model given in Annex D to the Agreement; whereas the Community tariff quota in question should therefore be opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1985 ; Whereas the wines in question are subject to compli- ance with the free-at-frontier reference price ; whereas, in order that such wines may benefit from this tariff - quota, Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (3, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 (), must be complied with ; ' Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and uninterrupted access for all Community importers 1 (') OJ No L 263, 28. 9. 1978, p. 2. () See page 1 of this Official _]ournal () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. () O] No L 115, 1. S. 1984, p. 77. to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for this quota to all imports of the products concerned into' the Member States until the quota has been useéd up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be réspected by allocating the Community 'tariff quota among the Member States ; whereas, in order to reflect most accurately the actual development of the market in the products in ques- tion, such allocation should be in proportion to the requirements of the Member States, assessed by reference to both the statistics relating to imports of the said products from Algeria over a representative reference period and the economlc outlook for the  quota period concerned ; Whereas in this case, however, neither Community nor national statistics showing the breakdown for each of the types of wines in question are available and no reliable estimates of future imports can bé made; whereas in these circumstances the quota volumes should be allocated in initial shares, taking into account demand for these wines on the markets of the various Member States ; < Whereas, to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota amount should be divided into two instalments, the first being allocated among the Member States and the second held as a reserve intended to cover at a later date the requirements of Member States who have used up their initial share; whereas, in order to guarantee some degree of security to importers in each Member State, the first instalment of the Community quota should be fixed at a level which could, in the present circumstances, be 50 % of the quota volume ; Whereas the initial shares of the Member States may be used up at different rates ; whereas, in order to take this into account and to avoid a break in continuity, any Member State which has used up almost all of its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve ; whereas this should be done by each Member State each time one of its additional shares is almost used up, and so on as many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares must be valld until the end of the quota period ; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and