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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2305/77
of18October1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0*10%byweightofcarbonand
morethan30%butnotexceeding90%inclusivebyweightofchromium
(super-refinedferro-chromium )fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1978)
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:
Benelux 16-21
Denmark 0-35
Germany 47-76
France 0-69
Ireland 0-03
Italy 3-93
UnitedKingdom 31-03THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan010%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotexceeding90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualnil
dutytariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1978andallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorres­
pondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements of
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftheirtotalimportsoftheproductin
question :Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshare;whereastogiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichcouldbe96%
oftheamountofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeexhaustedatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostexhausted a
MemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reservetopreventapartofthequotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated197419751976
Benelux 6-8410-271014
Denmark 0-070-150-02
Germany 42-9248-5234-18
France 15-550-303-95
Ireland 0060-010
Italy 17-5717-4027-17
UnitedKingdom 17-0023-3524-54
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-chromium for1978thepercentage

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tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,
aCommunitytariffquotaof3000tonnesshallbe
openedwithintheCommunityinrespectofferro­
chromiumcontainingbyweightnotmorethan
010%ofcarbonandmorethan30%butnot
exceeding90%ofchromium(super-refined ferro­
chromium)fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnotbe
coveredbythistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.
3.Withinthisquota,CommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof2900tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validfrom1Januaryto31December1978,shallbe
asfollows:Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1978,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.(tonnes)
Benelux 470
Denmark 10
Germany1385
France 20
Ireland 1
Italy 114
UnitedKingdom 900
2.Thesecondtrancheof100tonnesshallconsti­
tuteareserve. Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthepossibilityofcharging
againsttheirquotastocertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenso
used.Article3
1.AssoonasaMember*Statehasused90%or
moreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereserve
pursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshare,totheextent
thatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondArticle7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserv<
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Itshall,notlaterthan5October1978,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportations oftheproductsinquestion
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitoftheimportationschargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET