NoL365/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3589/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
chromiumcontainingnotmorethan0-10%byweightofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium(super-refinedferro-chromium )fallingwithin
subheadingNoex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
theyear1972andthefirstfewmonthsof1973;
whereasduringtheyear1972suchimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalCommunityimportsofthesaid
goods;whereasfortheyear1973,onthebasisofthe
mostrecentforecastsbytheMemberStates,which
havebeenconfirmedbytheimportsstatisticsforthe
firstfewmonths,thesepercentagesareasfollows:
19721973
Benelux 1-361-30
Denmark 1-160-96
Germany 68-1369-81
France 6135-23
Ireland 0-010-01
Italy 8-498-73
UnitedKingdom 14-7213-96THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
Havingregardtothe,Treatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingnot
morethan0-10%byweightofcarbonandnotless
than30%butnotmorethan90%byweightof
chromium (super-refined ferro-chromium )falling
withintariffsubheadingNoex73.02EI,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityhasundertakento
openanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
3000metrictons;
Whereas,underArticle39oftheActofAccessionthe
newMemberStatesmuston1January1974make
thefirstmovetowardsalignmentoftheirnational
tariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffasregardsthe
saidgoods;whereas,therefore,theneedsofthose
MemberStatesforimportsfromthirdcountries
shouldfromthatdateonwardsbecoveredbythe
tariffquotainquestionduringtheperiodthereof;
whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythoseMember
Statesunderthesaidtariffquotamustbein
conformitywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession;
WhereasaCommunitytariffarrangementbasedon
anallocationamongsttheMemberStateswould
seemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoodsthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately the
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-chromium for1974thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:
Behelux 5-66
Denmark 0-34
Germany 6-17
France 0-34
Ireland 0-01
Italy 84-14
UnitedKingdom 3-34
Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedononlyoneallocationandatthe
sametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;Whereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesintothenewMemberStatesto
whichnoequivalenttariffpreferenceswereapplied
underanyotherpreferentialarrangementsonlycover

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WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasuresconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,Benelux 170metrictons
Denmark 10metrictons
Germany 185metrictons
France 10metrictons
Ireland 1metricton
Italy 2524metrictons
UnitedKingdom 100metrictonsTHEADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974aCommunitytariffquotaof3000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0-10%by
weightofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmore
than90%ofchromium (super-refinedferro-chrom­
ium)fallingwithinsubheadingNoex73.02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
quantitiesofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse.
2.Importsofthesaidgoodsmaynotbecounted
underthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStates,in
particularunderfreetradeagreements.
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article2
Article6
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbeallocatedamongsttheMemberThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
Statesasfollows: 1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGOLDBERG