29.7.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL205/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1785/78
of25July1978
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978byRegulation (EEC)No
2747/77forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
byweightandnotexceeding99.95%ofpuremagne­
sium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy),and2500
tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontainingnotmore
than99.8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy);
Whereasasfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumesbetweenMemberStatesisconcerned,itis
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne­
siumandunwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,the
balanceofthislastvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
originallyused,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1978totalling5500
tonneshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No
2747/77(i);
Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
regardtotheconsumption andproductionof
unwroughtmagnesiumdonotyetpermitCommunity
requirements ofimportsfromnon-membercountries
tobeevaluatedwithsufficientprecision;whereasit
appearsthatcertainMemberStateshaveconsiderable
magnesiumrequirementswhichcannotbemetby
Community production ;whereasthequota
concernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyanappro­
priateamount,approximately 3400tonnes;whereas
thefixingatthislevelofthissupplementary quota
doesnotprecludefurtheradjustmentsduringthe
quotaperiod;whereas,inview,moreover,ontheone
handofthepresentrequirements inunwrought
magnesium,notinalloy,withapuremagnesium
contentofnotlessthan99.95%and,ontheother,of
thequantitiesavailableintheCommunityandofthe
possibleincreaseinproductionbyCommunityindus­
triesbasedprincipallyonunwroughtmagnesium ,not
inalloy,andalsothepossibilityofduty-freeimports
underAgreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywith
certainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-termrequirements forimportsof
unwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach300tonnesofunwrought
magnesiumcontaining99-95%ormorebyweightof
puremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),600tonnes
ofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-8%ormoreHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation (EEC)No2747/77forunwroughtmagne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
5500to8900tonnes.
Thisincreaseof3400tonnesshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)300tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-puremagnesium),intendedforthenuclear
industryandundercustomssupervisionorequiva-
lentadministrative supervision ;
(b)600tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notlessthan99-8%butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy);
(c)2500tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy). (»)OJNoL318,13.12.1977,p.7.

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(tonnes)
Benelux 116.5
Denmark 0.2
Germany 365.5
France 12
Ireland 0.2
Italy 1-6
UnitedKingdom 64Article2
Thevolumesof300and2500tonnesreferredtoin
Article1(a)and(c)allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustryandto
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyshallbeallocatedto
theCommunityreservessetupunderArticles2(1)
and3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2747/77,which
shallthusbeincreasedfrom600to900tonnesand
from425to2925tonnesrespectively .2.Thesecondtrancheof40tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Theamountofthereserveforthistypeofunwrought
magnesium,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2747/77,isthusincreasedfrom130to170
tonnes.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .Article3
1.Afirsttrancheoftheamountreferredtoin
Article1(b),of560tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.vonDOHNANYI