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REGULATION (EEC)No2089/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2August1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1974forferro-silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheading
73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Benelux 8-33
Denmark 0-62
Germany 82-20
France 0-10
Ireland 1-04
Italy 3-54
UnitedKingdom 4-17;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese falling
withinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,aconventional duty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof50000metrictonshasbeenopenedbythe
Councilfor1974and-allocatedamongtheMember
StatesbyRegulation (EEC)No3588/73(');
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentCommunityproduc­
tioncapacity,theabovementioned quotawillnot
covertheentireCommunityimportrequirements of
ferro-silico-manganese fromthirdcountries;whereas
itisthereforedesirablethatanautonomous Commu­
nitytariffquotalimitedto32000metrictonsbe
opened;whereas,soasnottoprejudiceCommunity
development prospectsintheproductionarea
concerned,thequotadutyapplicableshouldbefixed
at4%;
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-silico-manganese marketduring1974,thetariff
quotaof50000metrictonsopenedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3588/73wasallocatedinthefollowing
percentages :Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommu­
nitytariffquotaintendedtocoveradditionalimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,theallocationofthe
additionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisofthe
actualneedsexpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;
whereastheUnitedKingdom,Ireland,Germany,the
threeMemberStatescomprisingtheBenelux
EconomicUnionandItalyhavestatedthatthey
requirefurthersuppliesof3400,200,35000,15400
and2500metrictonsrespectively ;whereastheother
MemberStateshavenotusedupenoughoftheirshare
oftheinitialquotaopenedbytheabovementioned
Regulation ,accordingtothemostrecentlyavailable
economicinformationandstatistics,tojustifyat
presenttheirparticipationintheproposedsupplemen­
tarytariffquota;whereas,moreover,shouldadditional
needsarisesubsequently inthoseMemberStatesthey
mayhaverecoursetotheproceduresetupunder
Article3ofthisRegulation ;whereasthissystemof
allocationalsoensurestheuniformapplicationofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
abovementioned MemberStatesandthesecondheld
asareservetocoversubsequentlytherequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirnewshares
andanyadditionalrequirementswhichmightarisein
theotherMembersStates;whereas,togiveimporters
ofMemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevelwhichcouldbe30000metrictons;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose (')OJNoL365,31.12.1973,p.31.

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collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinapos­
itiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Article4
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredto
inArticle2hasused90%ormoreofitsinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle6,
itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,andinaccordancewiththesamecon­
ditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,the
MemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbe
validuntil31December1974.
Article6
AnyMemberStatereferredtoinArticle2whichon
15October1974hasnotexhausteditsinitialshare
shallnotlaterthan10November1974returntothe
reservetheunusedportioninexcessof20%ofthe
initialamount.Itmayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynot
beusedinfull.
ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10
November1974,notifytheCommission ofthetotal
quantitiesoftheproductinquestionimportedupto
andincluding 15October 1974andchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaandofanyportionofthese
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1974atariffquotaof32000
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-silico-manganese fallingwithin
subheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,CommunityCustomsTariff
dutyshallbesuspendedat4%.
3.Withinthisquota,MemberStatesshallapply
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof30000metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article6shallbevaliduntil31December1974,shall
beasfollows :
Benelux 8000metrictons
Germany 18000metrictons
Ireland 100metrictons
Italy 2000metrictons
UnitedKingdom 1900metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof2000metrictonsshall
constitute areserve.
Article3
Shouldferro-silico-manganese berequiredin
DenmarkorFrance,theseMemberStatesshalldrawa
sufficientsharefromthereservetotheextentthatthe
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Itshall,notlaterthan15November1974,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoeitherArticle3orArticle4areopenedin
suchawaythatimportationsmaybechargedwithouf
interruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
relevantquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
torieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportationsof
theproductinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthori­
tiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainstthosesharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionat
regularintervalsoftheimportationschargedagainst
itsshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU