NoL313/4 15.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2715/76
of25October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
unwroughtzincfallingwithinsubheading79.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof,Whereas,inordertotakemorepreciseaccountof
futuretrendsinimportsoftheproductinquestion,
thequotaof5000metrictonsshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttobeallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimporters,thefirsttrancheshouldbe
setat4500metrictons,theremainderconstituting
thereserve;whereas,onthebasisofestimatestaking
accountofmarkettrendsinunwroughtzinc,the
firsttranchemaybeallocatedapproximately accord­
ingtothefollowingpercentages :HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Benelux 25-50
Denmark 215
Germany 4115
France 1-28
Ireland 1-42
Italy 10-28
UnitedKingdom 18-22WhereasunderProtocol15totheActofAc­
cession('),theCommunityisrequiredtoopeneach
yearanildutyCommunitytariffquotafor
unwroughtzincfallingwithinsubheading79.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff,fixedat30000metric
tonsfor1971,anddecreasingeachyear,exceptin
1974,untilthequotaisabolishedon31December
1977;whereasthequotacalculatedonthatbasis
amountsto5000metrictonsfor1977;whereasthe
ProtocolalsoprovidesthatthenewMemberStates
shallshareinthetariffquotafrom1January1974;
whereasthedutiestobeappliedbytheseMember
Stateswithinthattariffquotamustcomplywiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession;whereas
thetariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedon1January1977;WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneachofitsadditionalsharehasbeenalmost
usedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration ,requiresclose
collaboration betweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,whichlattermust,inparticular,beableto
keeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMem­
berStateshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereserve,soastoavoidapartoftheCommunityWhereas,inviewoftheminimalinterpenetration of
themarketsinunwroughtzinc,itdoesnotseem
possibletobasetheallocationoftheCommunity
tariffquotaforthemetalinquestiononprevious
data;whereasthefigureof5000metrictonstakes
accountoftheneednottoexceedareasonable
amount,therebyprotectingCommunityproduction;
whereas,tothisend,onlycertainMemberStates'
estimatesoftheirrequirementsforspecificgradesof
zinchavebeentakenintoaccount;whereasMember
Statesshouldthereforebeatlibertytoauthorize
onlyimportssatisfyingcertainconditionsastograde
andintendedusetobechargedagainstthatquota;
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2.Thesecondtrancheof500metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhen
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrep­
resentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmay"becarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article12.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupasnecessarytochenext
wholenumber.1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1977,aCommunitytariffquotaof5000metrictons
shallbeopenedintheCommunityforunwrought
zincfallingwithinsubheading79.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted.2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthisquota,thenewMemberStatesshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsfor'believing
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph. Article2
Article41.Afirsttrancheof4500metrictonsofthequota
referredtoinArticle1shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31De­
cember1977,shallbeasfollows:AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5(metrictons)
1147
97
1852
57
64
463
820Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.

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Article8 MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1977chargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article61.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggre­
gatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.MemberStatesmayrestricttheunwroughtzinc
whichmaybechargedagainsttheirquotasharesto
unwroughtzincofcertaingradesortobeusedfor
certainpurposes.
Article7
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStates^shall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemiberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg,25October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE