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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1249/78
of9June1978
allocatingtheCommunityquantitativeexportquotasforcertaintypesofcopper
ashandresiduesandforcertaintypesofcopper,aluminiumandleadwasteand
scrap
whichwouldallowallexportersanequalandcontin­
uousaccesstothequotasuntiltheyareusedup;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheQuota
Administration Committee ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1023/70of25May1970establishingacommonproce­
dureforadministering quantitativequotas('),andin
particularArticle2thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
915/78of2May1978fixingfor1978Community
quantitativeexportquotasforcertaintypesofcopper
ashandresiduesandforcertaintypesofcopper,alumi­
niumandleadwasteandscrap(2),andinparticular
Article2thereof,
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No915/78,thequotasaretobeallocated
accordingtoestimatedneedsandwithregardtothe
exportopportunitiesthatalreadyexistfortheproducts
inquestion;
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforamoreflexible
methodofadministering theCommunity reserveHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheCommunityquantitativeexportquotas
openedbyRegulation(EEC)No915/78fortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1978shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasfollowswithoutprejudice
toArticles1(2)and4hereof:
CCT
heading
NoDescription Quantity(tonnes)
ex26.03AshandresiduesofcopperandcopperalloysGermany 7700
France 5000
Italy 1250
Benelux 1150
UnitedKingdom 2600
Denmark 1300
Ireland —
+Communityreserve 2000
Germany 10500
France 7800
Italy 1400
Benelux 3200
UnitedKingdom1750
Denmark 450
Ireland 400
+Communityreserve 1500ex74.01Wasteandscrapofcopperandcopperalloys
(>)OJNoL124,8.6.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL119,3.5.1978,p.9.

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CCT
heading
NoDescription Quantity(tonnes)
76.01BAluminiumwasteandscrap Germany1800
France 1025
Italy 690
Benelux 680
UnitedKingdom 880
Denmark 35
Ireland —
-I-Communityreserve 490
Germany 705
France 470
Italy 250
Benelux 140
UnitedKingdom 395
Denmark 60
Ireland —
+Communityreserve 23078.01BLeadwasteandscrap
thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article3
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2
shallbevaliduntil31December1978.2.Thequantitiesexportedonthebasisofthe
quotasfixedforthefirstfourmonthsof1978by
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2878/77of20
December1977(')andallocatedbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2886/77of23December
1977(2)shallbedeductedfromtheaboveamounts.
Article2
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle1(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle4is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshareequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingArticle4
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1November1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15October1978,isinexcess
of60%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
largerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethatsuch
quantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsexporteduptoandincluding15October
1978andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve .
Article5
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles1
and2andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
November1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article4.(')OJNoL332,24.12.1977,p.10.
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Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statesmakingthelastdrawing.
Article6
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle2areopenedinsuchawaythatexports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatexportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeexportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsarepresentedtothecustomsauthoritiesundercoverof
exportauthorizations orcustomsexportdocuments .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofexports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article7
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ofthe
informationassetoutinArticle8ofRegulation
(EEC)No1023/70.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil31
December1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9June1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President