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REGULATION (EEC)No2091/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2August1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
1974forferro-chromium containingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Benelux 5718metrictons
Denmark 240metrictons
Germany 12708metrictons
France 7146metrictons
Italy 6354metrictons
UnitedKingdom 27794metrictonsTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
WhereasCommunityproductionofferro-chromium
containingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisinadequateandproducers
areunabletomeetthetotalrequirements ofconsumer
industriesintheCommunity ;whereasitistherefore
intheCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallyin
respectofthismetaltheapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyuntil31December1974,withina
limitedtariffquotawhichshouldbefixedat30000
metrictonssothatCommunitydevelopment pros­
pectsoftheproductionsectorconcernedarenot
affected;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion.
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,theallocationofthe
quotamaybemadeonthebasisoftheactualimport
needsfromthirdcountriesexpressedbyeachofthe
MemberStates;whereas,onthebasisofeconomic
informationsuppliedandallowingforduty-free
suppliesfromtheCommunityorcertainthirdcoun­
tries,theseneedswouldbeasfollows:Whereasthemostrecentlyavailableeconomicinfor­
mationconcerningIrelandwouldnotatpresent
justifyitsparticipationintheallocationofthequota;
whereas,sincethequotaisaCommunitytariffquota,
itisappropriatetoprovideforthisMemberStatea
commercially exploitableshare,whichshouldamount
to20metrictons;whereasthissystemofallocation
alsoensurestheuniformapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamong
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirements ofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshare;whereas,to
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevelwhichcouldbe27000metrictons;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotas
havebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented

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bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,andinaccordancewiththesamecon­
ditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecified'maynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1974.
Article5
AnyMemberStatewhichon15November1974has
notexhaustedoneofitsinitialsharesshallnotlater
than10December 1974returntothereservethe
unusedportioninexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbe
usedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10December
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including15November1974andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotasandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sh'aresreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15December1974,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountsstillinreserve
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareofthetariffquota.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Septemberto31December1974atariff
quotaof30000metrictonsshallbeopenedwithin
theCommunity inrespectofferro-chromium
containingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIpfthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionalreadybene­
fitingfromexemptionofcustomsdutiesbyvirtueof
anotherpreferentialtariffarrangementarenotcharge­
ableagainstthistariffquota.
3.Withinthisquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
shallbetotallysuspendedinrespectofimportations .
4.Withinthisquota,newMember .Statesshall
applyinrespectofimportationsdutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof27000metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6
shallbevaliduntil31December1974,shallbeas
follows:
Benelux 2380metrictons
Denmark 100metrictons
Germany 8000metrictons
France 3000metrictons
Ireland 20metrictons
Italy 2500metrictons
UnitedKingdom 11000metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof3000metrictonsshall
constitute areserve.
Article3
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStateshasused
90%ormoreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle
2(1),orofthatshareminusanyportionreturnedto
thereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofits
initialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber .
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph I,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.

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2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
torieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStateshallchargeimportationsof
theproductinquestionagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthori­
tiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainsttheirsharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.Articlc8
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportationschargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU