NoL218/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.8.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2092/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2August1974
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1974byRegulation (EEC)No
3591/73forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
necessarytoapplythecriterioncontainedinRegu­
lation(EEC)No3591/73forunwroughtmagnesium
inalloy;whereas,asfarasunwroughtmagnesiumnot
inalloyisconcerned,itisnecessarytomaintainthe
prorataarrangementforsupplementary importation
requirements ;whereasforthevolumeofextra-pure
unwroughtmagnesium ,intheabsenceofstatistical
datarelatingtoimportationscomingfromthirdcoun­
tries,itisnecessarytoconsiderdistributionbased,in
particular,onthespecificrequirements ofprocessing
industriesofeachMemberState;whereas,onthe
basisofinformationatpresenttohand,itappearsthat
theBritishindustryisalmosttheonlyoneusingthis
specialqualityofmagnesium ;whereas,in
consequence ,itisnecessarytoallottotheUnited
Kingdomapreponderant shareofthequotavolume
inquestion,allottingtotheotherMemberStatesless
importantshares,whilesafeguardingtheCommunity
characterofthisquotabysettingupanadequate
reserve,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1974totalling10250
metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilandallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation (EEC)
No3591/73(');
Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
regardtotheconsumption andproductionof
unwroughtmagnesiumdonotyetpermitCommunity
requirements ofimportsfromnon-membercountries
tobeevaluatedwithsufficientprecision;whereasit
appearsthatcertainMemberStateshaveconsiderable
magnesiumrequirementswhichcannotbemetby
Community production ;whereasthequota
concernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyanappro­
priateamount,approximately 6750metrictons;
whereasthefixingatthislevelofthissupplementary
quotadoesnotprecludefurtheradjustmentsduring
thequotaperiod;whereas,inview,moreover,onthe
onehandofthepresentrequirements inunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloywithapuremagnesium
contentofnotlessthan99-95%,notproduced
withintheCommunity ,andontheotherhandofthe
quantitiesavailableintheCommunityandofthe
possibleincreaseinproductionbyCommunityindus­
triesbasedprincipallyonunwroughtmagnesiumnot
inalloy,andalsothepossibilityofduty-freeimports
underagreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywith
certainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-termrequirements forimportsof
unwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach1500metrictonsof
unwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-95%ormore
byweightofpuremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),
1000metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containing99-8%ormorebyweightandnot
exceeding99-95-%ofpuremagnesium (unwrought
magnesiumnotinalloy),and4250metrictonsof
unwroughtmagnesiumcontainingnotmorethan
99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium (unwrought
magnesiuminalloy);
Whereasasfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumesbetweenMemberStatesisconcerned ,itisHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation (EEC)No3591/73forunwroughtmag­
nesiumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
10250to17000metrictons.
Thisincreaseof6750metrictonsshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)1500metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containing99-95%ormorebyweightofpure
magnesium (extra-puremagnesium),intendedfor
thenuclearindustryandundercustomssuper­
visionorequivalentadministrative supervision ;
(b)1000metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containingnotlessthan99-8%butlessthan
99-95%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy);
(c)4250metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium
containinglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheofeachoftheamountsreferredto
inArticle 1,ofI200metrictonsofextra-puremag­
nesium,830metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesium (')OJNoL365,31.12.1973,p.39.

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notinalloyand3111metrictonsofunwroughtmag­
nesium,inalloy,shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesasfollows:
(a)Forextra-pureunwroughtmagnesium :2.Thesecondtrancheof300metrictons,170
metrictonsand1139metrictonsrespectivelyshall
constitutethereserve.
Theamountsofthereserveforthelattertwotypesof
unwroughtmagnesium ,providedforinArticle2(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No3591/73,shallbeincreased
respectively :
(a)from150metrictonsto320metrictonsvfor
unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy;
(b)from1000metrictonsto2139metrictonsfor
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3metrictons
1metricton
1metricton
1metricton
1metricton
1metricton
1192metrictons
(b)forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:
Benelux 152-7metrictons
Germany 478-5metrictons
France 98-6metrictons
Italy 6-2metrictons
UnitedKingdom 94-0metrictons;Article3 -
ShouldDenmarkorIrelandrequireadditional
unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,theyshalldrawa
sufficientsharefromtheappropriatereservetothe
extentthatthereservesopermits.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .(c)forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
"Benelux 150metrictons
Denmark 1metricton
Germany 2904metrictons
France 1metricton
Ireland 1metricton
Italy 39metrictons
UnitedKingdom 15metrictons.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits'entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU