NoL181/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities7.7.76
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1630/76
of29June1976
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1976byRegulation (EEC)No
126/76forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1976totalling5500
metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilandallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)
No126/760);
Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
regardtotheconsumption andproductionof
unwroughtmagnesiumdonotyetpermitCommunity
requirementsofimportsfromnon-membercountries
tobeevaluatedwithsufficientprecision;whereasit
appearsthatcertainMemberStateshaveconsiderable
magnesiumrequirementswhichcannotbemetby
Community production ;whereasthequota
concernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyanappro­
priateamount,approximately 3850metrictons;
whereasthefixingatthislevelofthissupplementary
quotadoesnotprecludefurtheradjustmentsduring
thequotaperiod;whereas,inview,moreover,onthe
onehandofthepresentrequirementsinunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloywithapuremagnesium
contentofnotlessthan99-95%,andontheother
handofthequantitiesavailableintheCommunity
andofthepossibleincreaseinproductionbyCommu­
nityindustriesbasedprincipallyonunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy,andalsothepossibilityofduty-free
importsunderagreementsconcludedbytheCommu­
nitywithcertainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcan
beestimatedthatshort-termrequirements forimports
ofunwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach350metrictonsof
unwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-95%ormore
byweightofpuremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),
600metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-8%ormorebyweightandnotexceeding
99-95%ofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy),and2900metrictonsofunwrought
magnesiumcontainingnotmorethan99-8%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagnesiumin
alloy);
Whereasasfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumesbetweenMember .Statesisconcerned,itis
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesallthesupplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne­
siumandunwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,the
balanceofthislastvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
originallyused,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation(EEC)No126/76forunwroughtmagne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
5500to9350metrictons.
Thisincreaseof3850metrictonsshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)350metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containing99-95%ormorebyweightofpure
magnesium (extra-puremagnesium),intendedfor
thenuclearindustryandundercustomssupervi­
sionorequivalentadministrative supervision ;
(b)600metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containingnotlessthan99-8%butlessthan
99-95%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy);
(c)2900metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containinglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).
Article2
Thevolumesof350metrictonsand2900metric
tonsreferredtoinArticle1(a)and(c)allocatedto
extra-pureunwroughtmagnesiumintendedforthe
nuclearindustryandtounwroughtmagnesiumin
alloyshallbeallocatedtotheCommunityreservesset
upunderArticles2(1)und3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No126/76,whichshallthusbeincreasedfrom600to
950metrictonsandfrom425to3325metrictons
respectively .
Article3
1.Afirsttrancheoftheamountreferredtoin
Article1(b),of540metrictonsofunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesasfollows: (•)OJNoL14,23.1.1976,p.1.

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Theamountofthereserveforthistypeofunwrought
magnesium ,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No126/76,isthusincreasedfrom130to190
metrictons.(inmetrictons)
90-4
0-2
366-2
18
0-2
1-7
63-3Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomArticle4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingthatofitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .2.Thesecondtrancheof60metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN