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REGULATION (EEC)No2424/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese ,fallingwithinsubheading 73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-silico-manganese for1975,thepercen­
tagesharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
roughlyasfollows:
Benelux 8-33
Denmark 0-62
Germany 82-20
France 0-10
Ireland 1-04
Italy 3-54
UnitedKingdom 4-17THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese ,falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty­
freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000metrictons
from1969;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedon1January1975andallocated
amongtheMemberStates;whereasthedutiestobe
appliedbythenewMemberStateswithinthequota
mustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendof
themarketintheproductinquestion,allocationof
thequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements
oftheMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesofthetotalimportsoftheproductin
question :Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotashouldbefixedatarelativelyhigh
levelwhich,inthiscase,mightbe96%ofthe
volumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquickly;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoon,asmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontokeep
accountoftheextenttowhichthequotahasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatitshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftothereservetoprevent
apartofthequotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated197119721973
Benelux 12-2210-80 16-65
Denmark 0-00 1-690-00
Germany 65-6355-2462-59
France 0-330-430-93
Ireland 0-000-010-00
Italy15-6915-26 15-81
UnitedKingdom 6-1316-574-02

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tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :secondshareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,without
delay,inaccordancewiththeconditionsimposedby
paragraph 1,drawathirdshare,equalto5%-ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,without
delay,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1975.Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1975aCommunitytariffquotaof50000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-silico-manganese ,fallingwithinsubheading
73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnotbe
countedunderthetariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
mentappliedbycertainMemberStates,inparticular
underfreetradearrangements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2
1.Thefirsttrancheof48000metrictonsofthis
quotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
therespectivesharesoftheMemberStates,which,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December
1975,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 4000metrictons
Denmark 300metrictons
Germany 39450metrictons
France 50metrictons
Ireland 500metrictons
Italy 1700metrictons
UnitedKingdom 2000metrictonsArticle5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnot.
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975anyunusedportionin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
2.Thesecondtranche,of2000metrictons,shall
constitutethereserve. Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1975,oftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnspursuanttoArticle5.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,
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Itshallensurethatwhenanamountusingupthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET