NoL261/16 27.9.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No2423/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silicon ,fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-siliconfor1975,thepercentageshares
inthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughlyas
follows:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof:Benelux 64-75
Denmark 0-75
Germany 15-00
France 0-25
Ireland 1-25
Italy 4-25
UnitedKingdom 13-75HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon ,fallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Community tariffquotaof20000metrictons;
whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebe
openedon1January1975andallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;whereasthedutiestobeappliedby
thenewMemberStateswithinthetariffquotamust
complywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession ;Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelativelysmall
quantity,itseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof
usebasedononlyoneallocationandatthesametime
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
suchanallocationmaythereforebebasedonthe
percentagefiguresshowninthetableabove;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorder
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetostatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesofthetotalimportsoftheproductin
question :Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1975aCommunitytariffquotaof20000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-silicon ,fallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnotbe
countedunderthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
mentappliedbycertainMemberStates,inparticular
underfreetradearrangements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.ThenewMemberStatesshallalsoapplyduty
exemptionswithinthisquota.197119721973
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0-312-020-64
49-7749-7461-60
0-100-310-33
0-020-650-00
13-558-8110-67
15-4022-786-44Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedbetweenMemberStatesasfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom12950metrictons
150metrictons
3000metrictons
50metrictons
250metrictons
850metrictons
2750metrictonsimportsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET