No L 173/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 25.7.95 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1787/95 of 24 July 1995 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (second half 1995) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (') entered into force on 1 September 1991 ; Whereas Protocol 6 of that Convention stipulates that products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States which fall within CN codes 2208 40 10, 2208 40 90, 220890 11 and 2208 90 19 shall, until the entry into force of a common organization of the market in spirits, be allowed into the Community free of customs duties under conditions such as to permit the develop- ment of traditional trade flows between the ACP States and the Community ; whereas the Community shall until 31 December 1995 fix each year the quantities which may be imported free of customs duties; Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 1989/94 (3 the Council opened, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995, a Community tariff quota (Order No 09.1605) for rum, tafia and arrack of 244 87 hl of pure alcohol; Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (a) of the said Protocol 6 the volume of the tariff quota for the period from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995 will be equivalent to half that of the previous year increased by 10000 hl of pure alcohol ; Whereas Article 2 (c) of the said Protocol provides that, in cases where the application of that provision hampers the development of a traditional trade flow between the ACP States and the Community, the latter should take appro- priate measures to remedy that situation, and Article 2 (d) thereof provides that to the extent that the consumption of rum increases significantly in the Community, the Community undertakes to carry out a new examination of the annual rate of increase; Whereas economic data currently available leads to the conclusion that the traditional trade flows between the ACP States and the Community with respect to rum have greatly increased ; Whereas taking into account in particular the consump- tion requirements of the three new Member States ,the quota should be aligned in accordance with Article 2 (d) of the said Protocol, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 From 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995 the following products originating in the ACP States shall be imported into the Community free of customs duty within the limits of the relevant Community tariff quota shown below : Quota . 1 Order No CN code Description (i‘: ;‘l;“gf lellxct’;a pure alcohol) 09.1605 2208 40 10 Rum, tafia and arrack 207 414 Free 2208 40 90 220890 11 22089019 29, 17. 8. 1991, p. 3. 00, 3. 8. 1994, p. 2. 2 &8 ZZ o'o = )