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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No270/77
of8February1977
opening,allocatingandadministrering aCommunitytariffquotaforferro-chro­
miumcontainingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon,fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,andextendingthe
benefitofthisquotatocertainimportsofferro-chromium containingaquan­
tityofbetween3and4%byweightofcarbon(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity,itmay,asanexperi­
ment,beallocatedonthebasisofthetemporary
importneedsfromthirdcountriesexpressedbyeach
oftheMemberStates;whereasthissystemofalloca­
tionalsoensurestheuniformapplicationofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasforferro-chromium containingnotlessthan
4%byweightofcarbon,Communityproductionis,
toavariabledegree,inadequateandproducersare
unabletomeetthetotalrequirements ofconsumer
industriesintheCommunity ;whereasitistherefore
intheCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallyin
respectofthismetaltheapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyuntil31December1977,withina
suitabletariffquota;whereasinordernottoraisethe
questionoftheprospectsfordevelopment ofthe
Communityproductionsectorandtakinginto
accounttheuncertainties whichsurroundthedifferent
ferro-alloyconsumptionsectors,itisappropriatetofix
thequotavolumeattheprovisionallevelof52000
tonnes;whereasforthesamereasonsMemberStates
shouldbefreetoauthorizechargestobemadeagainst
thisvolumeonlysubjecttotheproductsbeingused
forcertainpurposes;whereasthefixingofthis
amount,relatingtoprudentestimates,doesnot
excludefutureadjustment ;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialsharesandanyaddi­
tionalrequirementswhichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersofthe
MemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevelwhichcouldbe48460tonnes;
Whereasrelativelylimitedimportsofferro-chromium
containingaquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbonareforeseeableforthisquotaperiod;
whereasprovisionshouldbemadeonatemporary
basisfortheextensionofthebenefitofthetariff
quotainquestiontotheseimports,limitingit
howeverto20%ofthequotavolumetakingaccount
oftheexistenceofCommunityproduction ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswouldWhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
CommissionandtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotas
havebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
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Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9500tonnes,
84tonnes,
12714tonnes,
7624tonnes,
8tonnes,
4000tonnes,
14530tonnes.Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasures
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,2.Thesecondinstalmentof3540tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article3
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredto
inArticle2hasused90%ormoreofitsinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,
itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwithandonthesameconditionsdrawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMember
Statemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.Article1
1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionanduntil31December1977atariffquotaof
52000tonnesshallbeopenedwithintheCommunity
inrespectofferro-chromium containingnotlessthan
4%byweightofcarbon,fallingwithinsubheadingex
73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.DuringthisperiodtheMemberStatesshallbe
authorizedwithinthe20%limitofthequotasallo­
catedtothemorwhichtheylevyonthereservein
accordancewithArticles2and3tochargeagainstthe
saidtariffquota,importsofferro-chromium
containingaquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbon.
3.Importationsoftheproductsinquestion,which
alreadybenefitfromexemptionfromcustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffsystem,arenottobe
chargedagainstthistariffquota.
4.Withinthisquota,thecustomstariffdutyshall
betotallysuspended .
5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutieson
importswithinthisquotacalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1977.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallnotlaterthan1October
1977returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichon15September1977exceeds
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.Article2
1.Afirstinstalment of48460tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,which,subjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1977,shallbeas
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Notlaterthan1October1977theMemberStates
shallnotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1977andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestricttheproductinquestion
whichmaybechargedagainsttheirquotasharesto
productstobeusedforcertainpurposes.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Notlaterthan5October1977itshallinformthe
MemberStatesoftheamountsstillinreserve
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterrito­
rieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainsttheirsharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportschargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8February1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
AnthonyCROSLAND