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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1629/76
of29June1976
opening,allocatingandadministering aCommunitytariffquotaforferro-chro­
miumcontainingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon,fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,andextendingthe
benefitofthisquotatocertainimportsofferro-chromium containingaquan­
tityofbetween3and4%byweightofcarbon
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted ;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasforferro-chromium containingnotlessthan
4%byweightofcarbon,Communityproductionis,
toavariabledegree,inadequateandproducersare
unabletomeetthetotalrequirements ofconsumer
industriesintheCommunity ;whereasitistherefore
intheCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallyin
respectofthismetaltheapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyuntil31December1976,withina
suitabletariffquota;whereasinordernottoraisethe
questionoftheprospectsfordevelopment ofthe
Community productionsectorandtakinginto
accounttheuncertainties whichsurroundthedifferent
ferro-alloyconsumptionsectors,itisappropriatetofix
thequotavolumeattheprovisionallevelof52000
metrictons;whereasforthesamereasonsMember
Statesshouldbefreetoauthorizechargestobemade
againstthisvolumeonlysubjecttotheproductsbeing
usedforcertainpurposes;whereasthefixingofthis
amount,relatingtoprudentestimates,doesnot
excludefutureadjustment ;
Whereasrelativelylimitedimportsofferro-chromium
containingaquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbonareforeseeableforthisquotaperiod;
whereasprovisionshouldbemadeonatemporary
basisfortheextensionofthebenefitofthetariff
quotainquestiontotheseimports,limitingit
howeverto20%ofthequotavolumetakingaccount
oftheexistenceofCommunityproduction ;Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,itmay,asanexperi­
ment,beallocatedonthebasisofthetemporary
importneedsfromthirdcountriesexpressedbyeach
oftheMemberStates;whereasthissystemofalloca­
tionalsoensurestheuniformapplicationofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirements ofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialsharesandany
addtionalrequirementswhichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersofthe
MemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevelwhichcouldbe47000metrictons;

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5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutieson
importswithinthisquotacalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof47000metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,which,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevaliduntil31December1976,shallbeas
follows :WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
CommissionandtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotas
havebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9500metrictons,
84metrictons,
12714metrictons,
7624metrictons,
8metrictons,
2540metrictons,
14530metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof5000metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATIONArticle3
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredto
inArticle2hasused90%ormoreofitsinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,
itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwithandonthesameconditionsdrawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,MemberState
maydrawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthose
paragraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMember
Stateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformthe
Commissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4Article1
1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionanduntil31December1976atariffquotaof
52000metrictonsshallbeopenedwithinthe
Communityinrespectofferro-chromium containing
notlessthan4%byweightofcarbonfallingwithin
subhheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.DuringthisperiodtheMemberStatesshallbe
authorizedwithinthe20%limitofthequotasallo­
catedtothemorwhichtheylevyonthereservein
accordancewithArticles2and3tochargeagainstthe
saidtariffquota,importsofferro-chromium
containingaquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbon.
3.Importations oftheproductsinquestion,which
alreadybenefitfromexemptionfromcustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffsystem,arenottobe
chargedagainstthistariffquota.
4.Withinthisquota,thecustomstariffdutyshall
betotallysuspended .AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1976.

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Article5
TheMemberStatesshallnotlaterthan15November
1976returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichon1November 1976exceeds
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.
Notlaterthan15November1976theMemberStates
shallnotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including 1November1976andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestricttheproductinquestion
whichmaybechargedagainsttheirquotasharesto
productstobeusedforcertainpurposes.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Notlaterthan20November1976itshallinformthe
MemberStatesoftheamountsstillinreserve
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedinthei"territo­
rieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainsttheirsharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportschargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingthatofitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN