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( 1 ) OJ NO L 45 , 22 . 2 . 1979 , P . 3 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 928/79

OF 8 MAY 1979

INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , OPENED FOR THE YEAR 1979 , FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,

AFTER CONSULTING THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , BY ITS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 326/79 ( 1 ), THE COUNCIL OPENED , FOR THE YEAR 1979 , AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE VOLUME OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT THE PROVISIONAL LEVEL OF 80 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WAS EXTENDED BY THE SAME REGULATION , UP TO THE LIMIT OF 20 % OF ITS VOLUME , TO IMPORTS OF FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING A QUANTITY OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON ;

WHEREAS IT CAN BE ESTIMATED FROM THE ECONOMIC DATA NOW AVAILABLE ON CONSUMPTION , PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS BENEFITING FROM OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS THAT COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES COULD , DURING THE CURRENT YEAR , REACH A LEVEL FAR HIGHER THAN THE VOLUME OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER NOT TO DISTURB THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE MARKET FOR THIS FERRO-ALLOY AND TO ENSURE PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT IN SALES OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION AND SATISFACTORY SECURITY OF SUPPLIES TO THE CONSUMING INDUSTRIES , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT ANY INCREASE IN THE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE VOLUME OF THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS , I.E ., 110 000 TONNES , AND TO REVIEW THE POSITION IN DUE COURSE WITH A VIEW TO MAKING A FURTHER ADJUSTMENT ;

WHEREAS , AS REGARDS THE ALLOCATION OF THIS VOLUME AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASSIGN A RELATIVELY SMALL PART OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME TO A COMMUNITY RESERVE , THE BALANCE OF THIS VOLUME BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR FORESEEABLE NEEDS FOR IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 326/79 FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHALL BE RAISED FROM 80 000 TO 190 000 TONNES .

ARTICLE 2

1 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , I.E ., 105 000 TONNES , SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS FOLLOWS :

TONNES BENELUX7 065 DENMARK38 GERMANY43 559 FRANCE17 237 IRELAND10 ITALY18 651

UNITED KINGDOM18 440 2 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 5 000 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .

THE RESERVE LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 326/79 IS THUS RAISED FROM 4 000 TO 9 000 TONNES .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE SEVENTH DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . BERNARD-REYMOND