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REGULATION (EEC)No3587/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
siliconfallingwithinsubheadingNo73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,goods;whereasfortheyear1973,onthebasisofthe
mostrecentforecastsbytheMemberStates,which
havebeenconfirmedbytheimportsstatisticsforthe
firstfewmonths,thesepercentagesareasfollows: HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;19721973
Benelux 15-6916-53
Denmark 2-021-10
Germany 49-7447-40
France 0-310-35
Ireland 0-650-61
Italy 8-817-68
UnitedKingdom 22-7826-33Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithintariff
subheadingNo73.02C,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof20000metric
tons;
whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-siliconfor1974,thepercentageshares
inthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughlyas
follows:Whereas,underArticle39oftheActofAccessionthe
newMemberStatesmuston1January1974make
thefirstmovetowardsalignmentoftheirnational
tariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffasregardsthe
saidgoods;whereas,therefore,theneedsofthose
MemberStatesforimportsfromthirdcountries
shouldfromthatdateonwardsbecoveredbythe
tariffquotainquestionduringtheperiodthereof;
whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythoseMember
Statesunderthesaidtariffquotamustbein
conformitywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession;Benelux 64-75
Denmark 0-75
Germany 15-00
France 0-25
Ireland 1-25
Italy 4-25
UnitedKingdom 13-75WhereasaCommunitytariffarrangementbasedon
anallocationamongsttheMemberStateswould
seemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoodsthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately the
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedononlyoneallocationandatthe
sametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheWhereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesintothenewMemberStatesto
whichnoequivalenttariffpreferenceswereapplied
underanyotherpreferentialarrangementsonlycover
theyear1972andthefirstfewmonthsof1973;
whereasduringtheyear1972suchimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalCommunityimportsofthesaid

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administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,Benelux 12950metrictons
Denmark 150metrictons
Germany 3000metrictons
France 50metrictons
Ireland 250metrictons
Italy 850metrictons
UnitedKingdom 2750metrictonsHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringthe1periodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974aCommunitytariffquotaof20000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheadingNo73.02Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
i
2.Importsofthesaidgoodsmaynotdecounted
underthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStatesin
particularunderfreetradeagreements.
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
the?aidgopdsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importsofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongsttheMemberStatesas
follows:
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG