NoL292/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.11.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2880/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
silicon,fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-siliconfor1976,thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:
Benelux 64-75
Denmark 0-75
Germany 15-00
France 0-25
Ireland 1-25
Italy 4-25
UnitedKingdom 13-75;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon ,fallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof20000metrictons;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedon1January1976andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;whereasthedutiestobeapplied
bythenewMemberStateswithinthistariffquota
mustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession;
WhereasarrangementsfortheutilizationoftheCom­
munitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,in
orderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossible
totheactualmarkettrendsintheproductin
question,allocationofthequotashouldbein
proportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospects
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedonasingleallocationandat
thesametimepreservetheCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereassuchanallocationmaytherefore
bebasedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthe
tableabove;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1976aCommunitytariffquotaof20000metrictons
shallbeopenedintheCommunityforferro-silicon
fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .197219731974
Benelux 15-6920-2815-14
Denmark 2-020-640-36
Germany 49-7461-4756-31
France 0-310-370-52
Ireland 0-6500-24
Italy 8-8110-8713-97
UnitedKingdom 22-786-4213-46

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3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongMemberStatesasfollows:Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1976.inmetrictons
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom12950
150
3000
50
250
850
2750.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA