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of29November 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,siumcontaininglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (hereinaftercalled'unwroughtmagnesium
inalloy')differconsiderably ;whereasadistinction
shouldthereforebemadebetweenthesethreequali­
tiesandthequotavolumeunderconsiderationshould
bedividedbetweenthem;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
Whereas,takingintoaccountanoverall,provisional
quotavolumeof5500metrictons,thefollowing
quantitiesmaybeallocatedtoeachqualityofthe
productinquestion:600metrictonsforextra-pure
magnesium ,1325metrictonsforunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloyand3575metrictonsfor
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy;whereasthesefigures
appearjustifiedbothbytheformerratiosofconsump­
tionofthesequalitiestototalconsumptionofmagne­
siumandbythesupplypossibilitiesforthesequalities
ofmagnesiumwithintheCommunity ;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
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
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentof
themarketinthesaidgoods,theallocationmust
followproportionately therequirements ofthe
MemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotayearinquestion ;Whereas,inordertoestablishthevolumeofthe
Communitytariffquota,anassessmentmustbemade
ofthetotalconsumptionbytheuserindustriesofthe
MemberStatesduringthequotayearandofthe
Communityproductionlevelforthesameperiod;
whereasevenaveryroughassessmentoftotal
consumption andproductionfor1977wouldbe
highlyunreliablesinceitisatpresentimpossibleto
estimateeitherthevolumeofunwroughtmagnesium
usedincertainMemberStatesintheyearunder
consideration orthelikelylevelofCommunity
output;whereas,inanycase,itisunlikelythat
Communityproductionwillfullymeetdemandinthe
quotayear;whereastheannualquotavolumemust
thereforebefixedatanappropriatelevel,probably
about5500metrictons;whereasthisassessment is
basedonconservativeestimatesandlateradjustments
arenotexcluded;whereasthedutiestobeappliedby
thenewMemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquota
mustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession ;Whereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
intotheMemberStatesfromthirdcountrieswhich
didnotbenefitfromanequivalenttariffpreference
underanyotherpreferentialarrangements coveronly
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy;whereas,duringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,suchimportsrepre­
sentedthefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsof
thesaidgoods;whereas,fromtheinformationat
presenttohand,itwouldseemthatimportsofextra­
puremagnesiumareeffectedalmostwhollyinthe
UnitedKingdom :Whereasthemarketsinmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium (here­
inaftercalled'extra-puremagnesium'),inmagnesium
containing99-8%ormore,butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (hereinaftercalled
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—forunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy: 197319741975
Benelux 6.5523.1810.04
Denmark 000
Germany 69.9352.9655.00
France 9.397.1118.18
Ireland 0.010010
Italy 3.062.217.47
UnitedKingdom 11.0614.539.31
forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
1973'19741975
Benelux 3.181.721.88
Denmark 000
Germany 93.2394.2696.23
France 01.570
Ireland 0.0100
Italy 3.562.051.08
UnitedKingdom 0.020.390.81ofsecurity,thefirsttranchesshouldbefixedat1195
metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyand
3150metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy,
thebalancesbeingheldasthereserves;
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
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheseproductsin1977,itisnecessaryinthe
caseofextra-pureunwroughtmagnesiumtoallocate
onanexperimental basisthequotavolumeforthis
qualitytotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
MemberStateswhichhaverequirements tobemetto
beabletodrawuponthisreserveinappropriatequan­
tities,whereasitisnecessarytofixfortheotherquali­
tiesofmagnesiuminitialpercentagesharesatapproxi­
matelythefollowinglevels:
—forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
—forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom16.74
004
67.80
3.34
0.04
0.33
11.71
2.12
003
96.50
0.03
0.02
0.80
0.50HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1977a
Communitytariffquotaof5500metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforunwroughtmagnesium
fallingwithinsubheading77.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotashallbedivided
asfollows :
(a)600metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containing99-95%ormorebyweightofpure
magnesium('extra-puremagnesium'),intendedfor
thenuclearindustry,undercustomsorequivalent
administrative control(');
(b)1325metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containingnotlessthan99-8%ormore,butless
than99-95%,byweightofpuremagnesium
('unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy');Whereas,inordertotakemoreaccurateaccountof
futureimporttrendsforunwroughtmagensiumnotin
alloy,thetotalquotavolumeforthesequalitiesshould
bedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;
whereas,inordertoguaranteeimporterssomedegree(')Theallocationotthisquotaissubjecttoconditionstobe
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(c)3575metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containinglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium('unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy').
3.Importsofthesaidgoodsshallnotbecounted
underthetariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.
4.WithinthetariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended .
5.WithinthetariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article4
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle3(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtotherelevant
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
beenused,up90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedUp,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
intheseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.Article2
1.Thevolumeof600metrictonsreferredtoin
Article1(2)(a),allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustry,shallbe
allottedtotheCommunityreserve.
2.IfinaMemberStateaneedisfeltforextra-pure
unwroughtmagnesium ,thatStateshalldraw,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,asuffi­
cientshareofthereservethussetup.
Article3
1.Afirsttrancheofeachofthevolumesprovided
forinArticle1(2)(b)and(c),whichamountto1195
metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy
and3150metrictonsformagnesiuminalloyshallbe
dividedamongtheMemberStates.Theshares,which
arevalidupto31December1977,subjecttoArticle
6,amounttothefollowingquantities :
(a)forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:Article5
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December1977.(inmctrictons)
200
0-5
810
40
0-5
4
140Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
(b)forunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(inmetrictons)Article6
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1977and,
whereappropriate ,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .67
3040
1
1
25
15
2.Thesecondtranches,of130and425metrictons
respectively ,shallbeheldasCommunityreserves.

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Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article6.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle4areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersesta­
blishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthequan­
titiesofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse.
Article9
UponarequestfromtheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.A.vanKEMENADE