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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2716/76
of25October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquot£for
ferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-siliconfor1977,thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:
Benelux 5000
Denmark 0-75
Germany 29-75
France 0-25
Ireland 1-25
Italy 4-25
UnitedKingdom 13-75HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityhadundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof20000metrictons;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedon1January1977andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabased'onanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,
inorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossible
totheactualmarkettrendsintheproductin
question,allocationofthequotashouldbeinpro­
portiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates
ascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldataon
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedonasingleallocationandatthe
sametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrep­
resentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 197319741975
Benelux 20-2815-1417-47
Denmark 0-640-360-54
Germany 61-4756-3153-03
France 0-370-521-22
Ireland 00-240-25
Italy 10-8713-9713-82
UnitedKingdom 6-4213-4613-671.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1977aCommunitytariffquotaof20000metric
tonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityforferro­
siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready

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Article3 freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallalsoapplythisexemptionfromduty.1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
Article2
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallibeallocatedamongMemberStatesaisfollows:
(metrictons) Article5
MemberSisandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.Benelux 10000
Denmark 150
Germany 5950
France 50
Ireland 250
Italy 850
UnitedKingdom 2750Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE