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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2717/76
of25October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , 197319741975
Benelux 16-6318-4111-00
Denmark 000
Germany 62-4958-8871-52
France 0-920-460-58
Ireland 000-04
Italy 15-9419-6114-04
UnitedKingdom 4-022-642-82HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-silico-manganese for1977,the
initialpercentagesharesinthequotavolumemay
beexpressedroughlyasfollows:Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty­
freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000metrictons;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedon1January1977andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;Benelux 14-47
Denmark .0-62
Germany 76-06
France 0-10
Ireland 1-04
Italy 3-54
UnitedKingdom 4-17Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisused
up;whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlined
above,arrangementsfortheutilizationoftheCom­
munitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorder
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualmarkettrendsintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportionto
therequirementsoftheMemberStatesascalculated
byreferencetostatisticaldataonimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andtotheeconomicprospectsforthequotaperiod
inquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
andthesecondformingareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirementsofMemiberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,
thefirsttrancheoftheCommunitytariffquota
shouldbesetatarelativelyhighlevelwhich,inthis
case,mightbe96%ofthevolumeofthequota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:

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(metrictons)
Benelux 6950
Denmark 300
Germany 36500
France 50
Ireland 500
Italy 1700
UnitedKingdom 2000shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,whichlattermust,inparticular,beable
tokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequota
hasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiod
aconsiderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthat
MerrtberStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
tothereserve,soastoavoidapartofthequota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,2.Thesecondtrancheof2000metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article11.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1977
aCommunitytariffquotaof50000metrictonsshall
beopenedintheCommunityforferro-silico­
manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallalsoapplythisexemptionfromduty.
Article4
Article2AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1977.
Article51.Afirsttrancheof48000metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates.MemberStates'shareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1January
to31December1977,shallbeasfollows:MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir

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initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1977,ofthetotalquantities
oftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1977andchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaandofanyportionoftheir
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article6
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article7 Article10
1.MemberStaresshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M. vanderSTEE