27.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL629/17
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2862/76
of23November 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1976forferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,tariffquotalimitedto2000metrictonsbeopened;
whereas,soasnottoprejudiceCommunitydevelop­
mentprospectsintheproductionareaconcerned,the
quotadutyapplicablemustbefixedat7%;
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-silicon fallingwithin
subheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
conventional duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
20000metrictonswasopenedbytheCouncilfor
1976andallocatedamongtheMemberStatesbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2880/75(');
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentproductioncapacity
withintheCommunity ,theabovementioned quota
willnotcovertheentireCommunityimportrequire­
mentsofferro-siliconfromthirdcountries ;whereasit
isthereforedesirablethatanautonomousCommunity
197? 1974 I97SAveragefor
tin.-threeyears
Benelux 34300 32000 27920 31406
Denmark 1081 753 854 896
Germany 103936119029 84764 102506
France 548 1100 1955 1201
Ireland 0 507 397 301
Italy18380 29536 22088 23331
UnitedKingdom 10855 28460 21849 20388
Total 169100211385159827 180099
Whereasinviewofthesefactors,theforeseeabledeve­
lopmentoftheferro-siliconmarketin1976andthe
sharesallocatedinthetariffquotaof20000metric
tonsopenedbytheabovementioned Regulation (EEC)
No2880/75,theinitialpercentagesharesinthequota
canbefixedasfollows:Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelativelysmall
quantity,itseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof
usebasedonasingleallocationandatthesametime
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
suchanallocationmaythereforebebasedonthe
percentagefiguresshowninthetableabove;
Benelux 17-25
Denmark 0-50
Germany 67-20
France 0-25
Ireland 0-05
Italy 4-75
UnitedKingdom1000Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers , (')OJNoL292,12.11.1975,p.12.

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ArticleJ HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article11.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1976,atariffquotaof2000
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,CommunityCustomsTariff
dutyshallbesuspendedat7%.
3.Withinthisquota,MemberStatesshallapply
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article4
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportationschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article2
Article5TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongMemberStatesasfollows:
inmetrictonsTheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6Benelux 345
Denmark 10
Germany 1344
France 5
Ireland 1
Italy 95
UnitedKingdom 200ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE