17. 11. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 299/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3192/84 of 12 November 1984 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for wines of fresh grapes and grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece (1985) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 72 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, pursuant to Articles 25 and 64 of the above- mentioned Act, customs duties on imports between the Community of Nine and the Hellenic Republic are to be progressively abolished in accordance with a timetable which provides for a reduction of 80 % as from 1 January 1985 to be made on the basic duty, as defined in Article 24 of the said Act; whereas, for * wines from fresh grapes and grape must with fermen- tation arrested by the addition of alcohol, falling within heading No 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating entirely in Greece, the customs duties applicable in the Community of Nine from 1 January 1985 will be equivalent to the duties applied within the limits of the tariff quota opened for 1980 by Regulation (EEC) No 2634/79 ('), reduced by 80 %, up to a maximum quantity of 430 000 hectolitres and to 20 % of the Common Customs Tariff duty for the surplus quantities ; whereas it is therefore necessary, in order to determine the duty applicable on imports of such wines, to open for the products concerned, from 1 January 1985, a Community tariff quota of 430 000 hectolitres at the rates of duty shown in the table appearing in Article 1; Whereas it is in particular necessary to guarantee all importers of the Community of Nine equal and unin- terrupted access to the said quota and uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports into the said Community of the products concerned until the quota has been used up ; whereas, () OJ No L 306, 3. 12. 1979, p. 6. having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States; - whereas, to reflect most accurately the actual develop- ment of the market in the products concerned, such allocation should be in proportion to the needs of the Member States, assessed by reference both to the statis- tics relating to imports from Greece over a representa- tive period, and to the economic outlook for the quota period concerned ; Whereas, on the basis of the data at present available, charges of the products concerned against the tariff quotas opened in the Community of Nine during the last three years have developed as follows and repre- sent the following percentages in relation to the total Community charges against the quota: ’ Member States 1981 1982 1983 Benelux 14,46 12,98 9,57 Denmark 0,18 0,84‘ 0,44 Germany 70,51 72,27 71,11 France 10,58 10,93 16,25 Ireland ; 0,01 0,01 0,01 Italy 0,12 0,11 0,04 United Kingdom 4,14 2,86 2,58 Whereas, taking into account these figures and the foreseeable development of the market in the products concerned during 1985, the initial shares in the volume of the quota may be fixed approximately at the following percentages : Benelux 23,24 Denmark 1,07 Germany 60,75 France 9,17 Ireland 0,72 Italy 0,72 United Kingdom ’ 4,33