NoL333/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities30.11.78
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2781/78
of27November 1978
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978forunwroughtmagne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne­
siumandunwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,the
balanceofthisvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
originallyused,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1978totalling8900
tonneswasopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulations (EEC)No
2747/77(1)and(EEC)No1785/78(2);
^Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
regardtotheconsumption ,production,exportsto
non-member countries,importsundertheinward
processingorotherpreferentialtariffarrangements
andtotheabnormalstocksexistinginoneMember
Stateon31December1977enableittobeestimated
thatCommunityrequirementsforimportsfromnon­
membercountriescouldreach,inthecourseof1978,
alevelof15825tonnes;whereas,inviewofthe
quotavolumealreadyopenedbytheabovementioned
Regulations,oftheuncertaintyastothelevelswhich
Communityproductionandconsumption might
reachandofthequantitiesavailablewithinthe
Communityeitherfromstocksaccumulatedin1977
orfromproductionin1978,theincreaseshouldbe
limitedto1300tonnes;
Whereas,inview,moreover,ontheonehandofthe
presentrequirementsinunwroughtmagnesiumwitha
purecontentofnotlessthan99-95%andonthe
otherofthequantitiesavailableintheCommunity
andalsothepossibilityofduty-freeimportsunder
AgreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywith
certainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-termrequirements forimportsof
unwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach100tonnesofunwrought
magnesiumcontaining99-95%ormorebyweightof
puremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),200tonnes
ofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-8%ormore
byweightandnotexceeding99-95%ofpuremagne­
sium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy),and1000
tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaininglessthan
99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium (unwrought
magnesiuminalloy);
Whereas,asfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumebetweenMemberStatesisconcerned,itisHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulations (EEC)No2747/77and(EEC)No
1785/78forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffis
herebyincreasedfrom8900to10200tonnes.
Thisincreaseof1300tonnesshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)100tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-puremagnesium),intendedforthenuclear
industryandundercustomssupervisionorequiva­
lentadministrative supervision ;
(b)200tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notlessthan99.8%butlessthan99.95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy);
(c)1000tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).
Article2
Thevolumesof100and1000tonnesreferredtoin
Article1(a)and(c)allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustryandto
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyshallbeallottedtothe
CommunityreservessetupunderArticles2(1)and3
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No2747/77,asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1785/78,whichshallthusbe
increasedfrom900to1000tonnesandfrom2925to
3925tonnesrespectively .
Article3
1.Afirstinstamentoftheamountreferredtoin
Article1(b),of180tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium(»)OJNoL318,13.12.1977,p.7.
(AOJNoL205,29.7.1978,p.1.

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notinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberTheamountofthereserveforunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2747/77,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1785/78,shallbeincreasedfrom170to190
tonnes.Statesasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 30.1
Denmark 01
Germany 122.0
France 6.0
Ireland 0.1
Italy 0.6
UnitedKingdom 211Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .2.Thesecondinstalemntof20tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27November1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.EHRENBERG