27.11.76 NoL329/19 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2863/76
of23November 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1976forferro-silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheading73.02
DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,nitytariffquotalimitedto1000metrictonsbe
opened;whereas,soasnottoprejudiceCommunity
development prospectsintheproductionarea
concerned,thequotadutyapplicablemustbefixedat
4%;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthetariff
quotabasedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereastocorrespondasclosely
aspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotamustbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding imports,in
metrictons,intoeachoftheMemberStateswereas
follows:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese falling
withinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,aconventional duty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof50000metrictonshasbeenopenedbythe
Councilfor1976andallocatedamongtheMember
StatesbyRegulation(EEC)No2881/75(');
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentCommunityproduc­
tioncapacity,theabovementioned quotawillnot
covertheentireCommunityimportrequirements of
ferro-silico-manganese fromthirdcountries;whereas
itisthereforedesirablethatanautonomous Commu­
1V73 1974 197.SAveragefor
thethreeyears
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom18955
0
71237
1055
0
18166
4579
11399221100
0
67469
521
0
22475
3020
11458510512
0
68325
557
37
13415
2694
9554016856
0
69010
711
12
18018
3431
108038 Total
Whereasinviewofthesefactors,theforeseeabledeve­
lopmentoftheferro-silico-manganese 'marketin1976
andthesharesallocatedordrawnfromthereserve
underthetariffquotaof50000metrictonsopened
bytheabovementioned Regulation (EEC)No
2881/75,theinitialpercentagesharesinthequotacan
befixedasfollows:Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelativelysmall
quantity,itseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof
usebasedonasingleallocationandatthesametime
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
suchanallocationmaythereforebebasedonthe
percentagefiguresshowninthetableabove;
Benelux 27-00
Denmark 010
Germany 64-30
France 0-50
Ireland 010
Italy 5-00
UnitedKingdom 3-00Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers, (')OJNoL292,12.11.1975,p.14.

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Article3 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1 1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhome.use.1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1976,atariffquotaof1000
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-silico-manganese fallingwithin
subheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,CommunityCustomsTariff
dutyshallbesuspendedat4%.
3.Withinthisquota,MemberStatesshallapply
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article4
AttherequestoftheCommission ,the"MemberStates
shallinformitoftheimportationschargedagainst
theirshares.
Article2
Article5 TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStatesas
follows:
inmetrictonsTheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallco-op­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6Benelux 270
Denmark 1
Germany 643
France 5
Ireland 1
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 30ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE