NoL313/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.11.76
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2718/76
of25October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0*10%byweightofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium(super-refinedferro-chromium )
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Germany 80-920)42-9248-52
France 10815-550-30
Ireland 00-060-01
Italy 6-7517-5717-40
UnitedKingdom 9-751723-35
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketHavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
forecastsforferro-chromium for1977,the
percentagesharesinthequotavolumemaybe
expressedroughlyasfol'lows:HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Benelux 15-66
Denmark 0-34
Germany 49-50
France 0-34
Ireland 0-03
Italy 4-13
UnitedKingdom 30-00Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingnot
morethan010%byweightofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium (super­
refinedferro-chromium )fallingwithinsubheading
ex73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
hasundertakentoopenanannualduty-freeCom­
munitytariffquotaof3000metrictons;whereas
thetariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedon1January1977andallocatedamongthe
MemberStates; Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedonasingleallocationandat
thesametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,WhereasarrangementsfortheutilizationoftheCom­
munitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,in
orderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossible
totheactualmarkettrendsintheproductin
question,allocationofthequotashouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates
ascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldataon
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsof
theproductinquestion:
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1977,aCommunitytariffquotaof3000metrictons
197319741975
Benelux 1-426-8410-27
Denmark 0-08007015(')Basedonimportsofferro-chromium ingeneral.

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Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.shallbeopenedintheCommunityforferro­
chromiumcontainingnotmorethan0-10%by
weightofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmore
than90%ofchromium (super-refined ferro­
chromium)fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallalsoapplythisexemptionfromduty.Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongMemberStatesasfellows:Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.(metrictons)
470
10
1485
10
1Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomArticle6
124
900ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M. vanderSTEE