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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,siumcontaininglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (hereinaftercalled'unwroughtmagnesium
inalloy')differconsiderably ;whereasadistinction
shouldthereforebemadebetweenthesethreequali­
tiesandthequotavolumeunderconsiderationshould
bedividedbetweenthem;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,takingintoaccountanoverall,provisional
quotavolumeof5500tonnes,thefollowingquanti­
tiesmaybeallocatedtoeachqualityoftheproductin
question:600tonnesforextra-puremagnesium ,
1325tonnesforunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy
and3575tonnesforunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy;
whereasthesefiguresappearjustifiedbothbythe
formerratiosofconsumption ofthesequalitiesto
totalconsumption ofmagnesiumandbythesupply
possibilitiesforthesequalitiesofmagnesiumwithin
theCommunity ;Whereas,inanexchangeoflettersdated30June
1967,confirmedinanexchangeoflettersdated16
April1973,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertaken ,asregardsunwroughtmagnesiumfalling
withintariffsubheading77.01A,toopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaforaquantitysuchthat
Communityrequirements forthesaidgoodsnot
coveredbyCommunityproductionmaybeimported
dutyfree;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,in
thelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,aCommu­
nitytariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepre­
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopment of
themarketinthesaidgoods,theallocationmust
followproportionately therequirements ofthe
MemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotayearinquestion;Whereas,inordertoestablishthevolumeofthe
Communitytariffquota,anassessmentmustbemade
ofthetotalconsumptionbytheuserindustriesofthe
MemberStatesduringthequotayearandofthe
Communityproductionlevelforthesameperiod;
whereasevenaveryroughassessmentoftotal
consumption andproductionfor1978wouldbe
highlyunreliablesinceitisatpresentimpossibleto
estimateeitherthevolumeofunwroughtmagnesium
usedincertainMemberStatesintheyearunder
consideration orthelikelylevelofCommunity
output;whereas,inanycase,itisunlikelythat
Communityproductionwillfullymeetdemandinthe
quotayear;whereastheannualquotavolumemust
thereforebefixedatanappropriatelevel,probably
about5500tonnes;whereasthisassessmentisbased
onconservativeestimatesandlateradjustmentsare
notexcluded;whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythe
newMemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquotamust
complywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession ;Whereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
intotheMemberStatesfromthirdcountrieswhich
didnotbenefitfromanequivalenttariffpreference
underanyotherpreferentialarrangements coveronly
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy;whereas,duringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,suchimportsrepre­
sentedthefollowingpercentageoftotalimportsofthe
saidgoods;whereas,fromtheinformationatpresent
tohand,itwouldseemthatimportsofextra-pure
magnesiumareeffectedalmostwhollyintheUnited
Kingdom :Whereasthemarketsinmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium (here­
inaftercalled'extra-puremagnesium'),inmagnesium
containing99-8%ormore,butlessthan99-95%,by
weightofpuremagnesium (hereinaftercalled
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—forunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy:
Benelux 6·5523·181004
Denmark 000
Germany 69·9352·9655·00
France 9·397·1118·18
Ireland 0·010·010
Italy 3·062·217·47
UnitedKingdom 11·0614·539·31
—forunwroughtmagne­
siuminalloy:
Benelux 3·181·72 1-88
Denmark 000
Germany 93·2394·2696·23
France 0'1·570
Ireland 00100
Italy 3·562·05 1-08
UnitedKingdom 0·020·390·81shouldbefixedat1195tonnesofunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloyand3150tonnesofunwrought
magnesiuminalloy,thebalancesbeingheldasthe
reserves ;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,inordertoavoid
disruptingsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhas
almostuseduponeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawa
supplementary sharefromtherelevantreserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostused
up,asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commission mustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftotherelevant
reserve,topreventapartofoneorotherquotavolume
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheseproductsin1978,itisnecessaryinthe
caseofextra-pureunwroughtmagnesiumtoallocate
onanexperimental basisthequotavolumeforthis
qualitytotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
MemberStateswhichhaverequirements tobemetto
beabletodrawuponthisreserveinappropriatequan­
tities;whereasitisnecessarytofixfortheotherquali­
tiesofmagnesiuminitialpercentagesharesatapproxi­
matelythefollowinglevels:
—forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom16·74
0·04
67·80
3·34
0·04
0·33
11·71
—forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2·12
0·03
96·50
0·03
0·02
0·80
0·50HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.From1Januaryto31December1978,a
Communitytariffquotaof5500tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforunwroughtmagnesium
fallingwithinsubheading77.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotashallbedivided
asfollows :
(a)600tonnesforunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
('extra-puremagnesium'),intendedforthenuclear
industry.Controloftheuseforthisspecial
purposeshallbeeffectedpursuanttotherelevant
Communityprovisions ;
(b)1325tonnesforunwrought magnesium
containing99-8%ormore,butlessthan
99-95%,byweightofpuremagnesium
('unwroughtmagnesiun:notinalloy');Whereas,inordertotakemoreaccurateaccountof
futureimporttrendsforunwroughtmagnesiumnotin
alloyandinalloy,thetotalquotavolumeforthese
qualitiesshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoguarantee
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(c)3575tonnesforunwroughtmagnesium
containinglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium ('unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy').
3.Importsofthesaidgoodsshallnotbecounted
underthetariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.
4.WithinthetariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended .
Article2
1.Thevolumeof600tonnesreferredtoinArticle
1(2)(a),allocatedtoextra-pureunwroughtmagnesium
intendedforthenuclearindustry,shallbeallottedto
theCommunityreserve.
2.IfinaMemberStateaneedisfeltforextra-pure
unwroughtmagnesium ,thatStateshalldraw,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,asuffi­
cientshareofthereservethussetup.
Article3
1.Afirsttrancheofeachofthevolumesprovided
forinArticle1(2)(b)and(c),whichamountsto1195
tonnesforunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyand
3150tonnesformagnesiuminalloyshallbedivided
amongtheMemberStates.Theshares,whicharevalid
upto31December1978,subjecttoArticle6,amount
tothefollowingquantities :reservewhereArticle6isapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%
ofitsinitialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoff
upwardstothenextunit,insofaraspermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoffupwardsto
thenextunit.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
intheseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article5
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Article6
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1978and,
whereappropriate ,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article6.(a)forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonties)
200
0-5
810
40
0-5
4
140
(b)forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
(tonnes)
67
1Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3040
1
1
25
15
2.Thesecondtranches,of130tonnesand425
tonnesrespectively ,shallbeheldasCommunity
reserves .
Article4
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle3(1),orofthat
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Article9
UponarequestfromtheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle4areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersesta­
blishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthequan­
titiesofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse.Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET