9.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL218/3
REGULATION (EEC)No2088/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2August1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1974forferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
Benelux 64-75
Denmark 0-75
Germany 15-00
France 0-25
Ireland 1-25
Italy 4-25
UnitedKingdom 13-75
Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommu­
nitytariffquotaintendedtocoveradditionalimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,theallocationofthe
additionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisofthe
actualneedsexpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;
whereasDenmark,theUnitedKingdom,Irelandand
thethreeMemberStatescomprisingtheBenelux
EconomicUnionhavestatedthattheyrequirefurther
suppliesof1050,52250,100and31050metrictons
respectively ;whereastheneedsofGermanyandItaly
maybeestimatedat10000and2000metrictons
respectively ;whereasinthecaseofFrance,according
tothemostrecentlyavailableeconomicinformation
andstatistics,itsshareoftheinitialquotaopenedby
theabovementioned Regulationhasnotbeensuf­
ficientlyuseduptojustifyitsparticipationatpresent
intheproposedsupplementary tariffquota;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg .areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers ,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon fallingwithin
subheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
conventional duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
20000metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncil
for1974andallocatedamongtheMemberStatesby
Regulation (EEC)No3587/73(');
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentproductioncapacity
withintheCommunityandthelargeincreaseinferro­
siliconrequiredforthemanufactureofsteel,the
abovementioned quotawillnotcovertheentire
Communityimportrequirements offerro-siliconfrom
thirdcountries ;whereasitisthereforedesirablethat
anautonomousCommunitytariffquotalimitedto
26500metrictonsbeopened;whereas,soasnotto
prejudiceCommunitydevelopmentprospectsinthe
productionareaconcerned,thequotadutyapplicable
shouldbefixedat7%;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted ;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas .tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisofstatisticsavailableatthetime
andallowingfortheforeseeabledevelopment ofthe
ferro-siliconmarketduring1974,thetariffquotaof
20000metrictonsopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3587/73wasallocatedinthefollowingpercentages :HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1974atariffquotaof26500
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityin
respectofferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,theCommunityCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbesuspendedat7%.
3.Withinthisquota,newMemberStatesshall
applyquotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession . (')OJNoL365,31.12.1973,p.29.

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasetoutinArticle1shall
beallocatedasfollowsamongcertainMemberStates:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8000metrictons
222metrictons
5500metrictons
22metrictons
1756metrictons
11000metrictons.theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
Article4
EachMemberStateshallnotifytheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportationschargedagainst
itsshare.
Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationinthe.OfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunity .Article3
1.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedinitsterritory
havefreeaccesstotheshareallocatedtoit.
2.EachMemberStateshallchargeimportationsof
theproductinquestionagainstitsshareasandwhen
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU