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REGULATION (EEC)No2422/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
unwroughtzinc,fallingwithinsubheading79.01AoftheCommonCustoms
' Tariff
whereas,havingregardtoestimatestakingaccountof
trendsinthemarketforunwroughtzinc,thefirst
tranchemaybeallocatedapproximately accordingto
thefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 25-50
Denmark 2-14
Germany 41-15
France 1-28
Ireland 1-43
Italy 10-28
UnitedKingdom 18-22THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
WhereasProtocol15totheActofAccession(!)
providesthattheCommunityshallopeneachyeara
nildutyCommunitytariffquotaforunwroughtzinc,
fallingwithinsubheading79.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,fixedat30000metrictonsfor1971,
anddecreasingeachyear,except1974untilthequota
isabolishedon31December1977;whereasthe
quotacalculatedonthatbasisamountsto15000
metrictonsfor1975;whereastheProtocolalso
providesthatthenewMemberStatesshallsharein
thetariffquotafrom1January1974;whereasthe
dutiestobeappliedbytheseMemberStateswithin
thosetariffquotasmustcomplywiththerelevantprov­
isionsoftheActofAccession ;whereastheCommu­
nitytariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedon1January1975;
Whereas,inviewoftheminimalinterpenetration of
themarketsinunwroughtzinc,itdoesnotseem
possibletobasetheallocationoftheCommunity
tariffquotainquestiononpreviousdata;whereasthe
figureof15000metrictonstakesaccountoftheneed
nottoexceedareasonableamount,therebyprotecting
Communityproduction ;whereas,tothisend,only
certainMemberStates'estimatesoftheirrequirements
ofspecificgradesofzinchavebeentakeninto
account;whereasMemberStatesshouldthereforebe
atlibertytoauthorizeonlyimportssatsifyingcertain
conditionsastogradeandintendedusetobe.charged
againstthatquota;
Whereas,inordertomakegreaterallowanceforfuture
trendsinimportsoftheproductinquestion,the
quotaof15000metrictonsshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttobeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,thesecondtoformareserveintended
tocoveranysubsequentrequirements ofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityfor
importers,theinitialtrancheshouldbesetat14000
metrictons,theremainderconstitutingthereserve;WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccount,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewhenitsadditional
sharehasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustinparti­
cularbeabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhich
thequotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatitshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereserve,soastoavoida
partofthequotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1975,aCommunitytariffquotaof15000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor (')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.172.

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unwroughtzinc,fallingwithinsubheading79.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Wheretheproductinquestionisalready
importeddutyfreeunderotherpreferentialtariffarran­
gementsenteredintobycertainMemberStates,in
particularunderfreetradeagreements,suchimports
shallnotbechargedagainstthetariffquota.
3.Withinthisquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.Withinthisquota,newMemberStatesshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2
1.Thefirsttrancheofthequotareferredtoin
Article 1of14000metrictonsshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates.Theshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31
December1975,shall,foreachMemberState,beas
follows:
Benelux 3570metrictons
Denmark 300metrictons
Germany 5760metrictons
France 180metrictons
Ireland 200metrictons
Italy 1440metrictons
UnitedKingdom 2550metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,of1000metrictons,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasused90%or
moreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereserve
pursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshare,totheextent
thatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterusingupits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofitssecond
share,thatMemberStateshallforthwithinthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofitsthird
share,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawlesseramountsthanthosespecifiedthereiniftherearegroundsfor
believingthattheymaynotbeusedinfull.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisprovision.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1975.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15October1975hasnot
exhausteditsinitialshareshall,notlaterthan31
October1975,returntothereserveanyunused
portioninexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.It
mayreturnagreaterquantityiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan31October1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
October1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestricttheunwroughtzincwhich
maybechargedagainsttheirquotasharesto
unwroughtzincofcertaingradesorzinctobeused
forcertainpurposes.
Article'7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitreceivesnotification,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15November1975,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.EachMemberStateshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
itsaccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedinitsterritory
havefreeaccess'tothesharesallocatedtoit.

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3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article9
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionatregular
intervalsoftheimportschargedagainstitsshare.Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegu­
lationareobserved.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET