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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3743/86
of28November1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese ,fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
1987
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
19831984 1985
Benelux 2,522,535,30
Denmark 000
Germany 73,8372,5166,53
Greece 000
Spain 000,77
France 2,225,450,21
Ireland 0'00
Italy 15,2311,1712,72
Portugal 000
UnitedKingdom 6,208,3414,47HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inviewofthefactorsandofmarketforecastsfor
ferro-silico-manganese for1987,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately
asfollows:Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese fallingwithin
subheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
hasundertakentoopenanannualduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof50000tonnes;whereasthisshouldhowever
bereducedto18550tonnestotakeaccountofthe
traditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhavebeen
freeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreementsconcludedwith
thosecountries;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedon1January1987andallocated
amongtheMemberStates;Benelux 3,62
Denmark 0,01
Germany 70,50
Greece 0,01
Spain 0,31
France 2,45
Ireland 0,01
Italy 12,94
Portugal 0,01
UnitedKingdom 10,14
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,arrangementsfortheutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthat
itmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimportsofthe
productinquestion,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserveintended
tocoveranysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalment
ofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichin
thiscaseshouldbeapproximately 95%ofthevolumeof
thequota; ;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawandadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtime,itsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbe«
inapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichtheWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthirdcountries,
notbenefitingfromanequivalentpreferential
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EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.0021 73.02DFerro-silico-manganese 18550 0
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof17650tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryto31December1987shallbeasfollows:shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,t6theextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitinitialshareroundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90,%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.(tonnes)
Benelux 554
Denmark 1
Germany 12000
Greece 2
Spain 55
France 432
Ireland 1
Italy 2704
Portugal 1
UnitedKingdom 1900
2.Thesecondinstalmentof900tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1987.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itArticle5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare

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which,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductionin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1987
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1987,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem..
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1986.
/ FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUMBOLD