NoL362/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.82
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3448/82
of22December 1982
allocatingtheCommunityquantitativeexportquotasforcopperashand
residuesandwasteandscrap
continuousaccesstothequotasuntiltheyareused
up;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasurecon­
cerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionniaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheQuota
Administration Committee ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1023/70of25May1970establishingacommon
procedureforadministeringquantitativequotas('),and
inparticularArticle2thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3440/82of21
December1982onexportarrangementsforcertain
typesofnon-ferrousmetalwasteandscrap(2)fixed
Communityquantitativeexportquotasforcopperash
andresiduesandwasteandscrapfor1983;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No3440/82,thequotasaretobeallocated
accordingtoestimatedneedsandwithregardtothe
exportopportunitiesthatalreadyexistfortheproducts
inquestion;
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforanadaptableand
flexiblemethodofadministering theCommunity
reservewhichwouldallowallexportersequalandHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheCommunityquantitativeexportquotas
openedbyRegulation(EEC)No3440/82forthe
period1Januaryto31December1983shallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows,without
prejudicetoArticle4hereof:
(tonnes)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Quantity
ex26.03AshandresiduesofcopperandcopperGermany 7700
alloys France 5000
Italy 2550
Benelux 1150
UnitedKingdom 2400
Denmark 700
Ireland —
Greece 800
+Communityreserve 2000
74.01DWasteandscrapofcopperandcopperGermany 12200
alloys France 9200
'Italy 1700
Benelux 4340
UnitedKingdom 3000
Denmark 580
Ireland 480
Greece 300
+Communityreserve 900
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Article2 and2andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan20
October1983,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article4.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article61.If70%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle1,orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle4is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshareequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,70%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7*5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,70%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article2areopenedinsuchawaythatexportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatexportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeexportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsare
presentedtothecustomsauthoritiesundercoverof
exportauthorizations orcustomsexportsdocuments .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofexports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article3
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2
shallbevaliduntil31December1983.
Article7
Article4
MemberStatesshallsupplytheCommissionwiththe
informationspecifiedinArticle8ofRegulation(EEC)
No1023/70.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15October1983,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichtheyestimatewillnotbeutilized.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15October1983,
notifytheCommissionofanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve. Article8
Article5ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities.
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles 1Itshallapplyuntil31December1983.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1982.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President