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REGULATION (EEC)No195/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of22January1975
opening,allocatingandadministering aCommunitytariffquotaforferro-chro­
mium,containingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon,fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandextendingthe
benefitofthisquotatocertainimportsofferro-chromium ,containingaquan­
tityofbetween3and4%byweightofcarbon
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintenedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,itmay,asanexperi­
ment,beallocatedonthebasisofthetemporary
importneedsfromthirdcountriesexpressedbyeach
oftheMemberStates;whereas,onthebasisof
economicinformationsuppliedandallowingforduty­
freesuppliesfromtheCommunityorcertainthird
countries,theseneedswouldamounttothefollowing
percentagesofthetariffquota;whereasthemost
recentlyavailableeconomicinformationconcerning
Irelandwouldnotatpresentjustifyitsparticipationin
theallocationofthequota;whereas,sincethequota
isaCommunitytariffquota,itisappropriateto
provideforthisMemberStateacommerciallyexploit­
ableshare,whichshouldamountto20metrictons,
i.e.0-1%;whereasthissystemofallocationalso
ensurestheuniformapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Benelux 18-8
Denmark 0-1
Germany 38-7
France 114
Italy 61
UnitedKingdom 24-8THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingconsultedtheCommission ;
WhereasCommunityproductionofferro-chromium
containingnotlessthan4%byweightofcarbon,
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisinadequateandproducers
areunabletomeetthetotalrequirementsofconsumer
industriesintheCommunity ;whereasitistherefore
intheCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallyin
respectofthismetaltheapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyuntil31December1975,withina
suitabletariffquotawhichcouldinitiallybefixedat
34500metrictons;whereasthisquotabasedon
conservative estimates,couldbesubsequently
adjusted;
Whereasrelativelylimitedimportsofferro-chromium ,
containingaquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbonareforeseeableforthisquotaperiod;
whereasprovisionshouldbemadeonatemporary
basisfortheextensionofthebenefitofthetariff
quotainquestiontotheseimports,limitingit
howeverto20%ofthequotavolumetakingaccount
oftheexistenceofCommunityproduction ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted ;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedamong
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirements ofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshare;whereas,to
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstal­
mentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarelatively
highlevelwhichcouldbe32540metrictons;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;

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States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6shallbe
validuntil31December1975,shallbeasfollows:whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
CommissionandtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotas
havebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others:Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom6100metrictons
20metrictons
12600metrictons
3700metrictons
20metrictons
2000metrictons
8100metrictons
2.Thesecondinstalmentof1960metrictonsshall
constituteareserve.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :ArticleJ
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStateshasused
90%ormoreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle
2(1),orofthatshareminusanyportionreturnedto
thereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofits
initialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwithandinaccordancewiththesameconditions ,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMember
Statemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.Article1
1.Until31December1975atariffquotaof34500
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-chromium ,containingnotlessthan
4%byweightofcarbon,fallingwithinsubheadingex
73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.DuringthisperiodtheMemberStatesshallbe
authorizedwithinthe20%limitofthequotasallo­
catedtothemorwhichtheylevyonthereservein
accordancewithArticles2and3tochargeagainstthe
saidtariffquota,importsofferro-chromium ,
containing aquantityofbetween3and4%by
weightofcarbon.
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionalready
exemptfromcustomsdutiesbyvirtueofanotherpref­
erentialtariffarrangementarenotchargeableagainst
thistariffquota.
4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyonimports
withinthisquotashallbetotallysuspended .
5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutieson
importswithinthisquotacalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1975.
Article2 Article5
1.Afirstinstalmentof32540tonsofthisCommu-AnyMemberStatewhichon15September1975has
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember notexhaustedoneofitsinitialsharesshallnotlater

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than10October1975returntothereservethe
unusedportioninexcess'of20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbe
usedinfull.
Notlaterthan10October1975theMemberStates
shallnotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1975andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotasandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Notlaterthan15October1975itshallinformthe
MemberStatesoftheamountsstillinreserve
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterrito­
rieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainsttheirsharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD