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REGULATION (EEC)No2882/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
chromiumcontainingnotmorethan0.10%byweightofcarbonandmorethan30%
butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium(super-refinedferro-chromium ),falling
withinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;197219731974
Benelux 1-551-426-84
Denmark 1-330-080-07
Germany 77-62J1)80-92H42-92
France 2-081-0815-55
Ireland 0-0100-06
Italy 9-676-7517-57
UnitedKingdom 7-749-7517;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-chromium for1976,thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumemaybeexpressedroughly
asfollows:Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingnot
morethan0-10%byweightofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freeCommunitytariffquotaof3000metrictons;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedon1January1976andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;whereasthedutiestobeapplied
bythenewMemberStateswithinthistariffquota
mustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession;Benelux 5-66
Denmark 0-34
Germany 6-17
France 0-34
Ireland 0-01
Italy 84-14
UnitedKingdom 3-34;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,
inorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualmarkettrendsintheproduct
inquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbein
proportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedonasingleallocationandat
thesametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion: OBasedonimportsinferro-chromium ingeneral.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom10
1
2524
100.
Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1976,aCommunitytariffquotaof3000metrictons
shallbeopenedintheCommunityforferro­
chromiumcontainingnotmorethan0-10%byweight
ofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmorethan
90%ofchromium (super-refined ferro-chromium )
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongMemberStatesasfollows:
mmetrictons
170
10
185Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA