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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2304/77
of18October1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheading 73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1978)
percentagesharesinthequotavolumemaybe
expressedroughlyasfollows:
Benelux 14-47
Denmark 0-62
Germany 7606
France 0-20
Ireland 104
Italy 3-44
UnitedKingdom 4-17THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty­
freeCommunity tariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedon1January1978andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsarefull^available,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesofthetotalirnportsoftheproductin
question :Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedand
thesecondformingareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
setatahighlevelwhich,inthiscase,mightbe96%
ofthevolumeofthequota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,which
lattermust,inparticular,beabletokeeparecordof
theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupand
toinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;1974/9751976
Benelux 18-4111-0015-22
Denmark 000
Germany 58-8871-5267-87
France 0-460-581-68
Ireland 00-040
Italy 19-6114-0414-29
UnitedKingdom 2-642-822-94Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureWhereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-silico-manganese for1978,theinitial

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concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,
aCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforferro-silico-manganese
fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarran­
gements.
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof48000tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validfrom1Januaryto31December1978,shallbe
asfollows:inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthepossibilityofcharging
againsttheirquotastocertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenso
used.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat(tonnes)
Benelux 6950
Denmark 300
Germany 36500
France 100
Ireland 500
Italy 1650
UnitedKingdom 2000
2.Thesecondtrancheof2000tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,

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importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET