15.7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL184/9
REGULATION (EEC)No1799/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of10July1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1975forferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
Whereas,onthebasisofstatisticsavailableatthetime
andallowingfortheforeseeabledevelopment ofthe
ferro-siliconmarketduringthecurrentyear,thetariff
quotaof20000metrictonsopenedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2423/74wasallocatedinthefollowing
percentages :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom64-75
0-75
15-00
0-25
1-25
4-25
13-75Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon fallingwithin
subheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
conventional dutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaof
20000metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncil
for1975andallocatedamongtheMemberStatesby
Regulation (EEC)No2423/74(');
Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommu­
nitytariffquotaintendedtocoveradditionalimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,theallocationofthe
additionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisofthe
actualneedsexpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;
whereasinthecaseofIreland,itsdrawingsonits
shareoftheinitialquotaopenedbytheabovemen­
tionedRegulationandthemostrecentlyavailable
economicinformationandstatistics,donotjustifyits
participation atpresentintheproposedincreaseof
theCommunity tariffquota;whereas,moreover,
shouldadditionalneedsarisesubsequently inthat
MemberState,itmayhaverecoursetotheprocedure
setupunderArticle3ofthisRegulation ;whereasthis
systemofallocationalsoensurestheuniformapplica­
tionoftheCommonCustomsTariff;Whereas,bearinginmindpresentproductioncapacity
withintheCommunityandthelargeincreaseinferro­
siliconrequiredforthemanufacture ofsteel,the
abovementioned quotawillnotcovertheentire
Communityimportrequirements offerro-siliconfrom
thirdcountries ;whereasitisthereforedesirablethat
anautonomousCommunitytariffquotalimitedto
12500metrictonsbeopened;whereasthefixingof
thequotaamountatthisnewleveldoesnotexcludea
newadjustmentinthecourseofthequotaperiod;
whereas,soasnottoprejudiceCommunitydevelop­
mentprospectsintheproductionareaconcerned,the
quotadutyapplicableshouldbefixedat7%;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted ;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereastocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned ,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
abovementioned MemberStatesandthesecondheld
asareservetocoversubsequentlytherequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirnewshares
andanyadditionalrequirementswhichmightarisein
theotherMcmlu-rsStates;whereas,togiveimporters
ofMemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevelwhichcouldbe11500metrictons; (')OJNoL261,27.9.1974,p.16.

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Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom5700metrictons,
17metrictons,
3650metrictons,
13metrictons,
130metrictons,
1990metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof1000metrictonsshall
constituteareserve.
Article3
Shouldferro-silicon berequiredinIreland,that
MemberStateshalldrawasufficientsharefromthe
reservetotheextentthatthereservesopermits.WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthat
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotas
havebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartofaquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article4
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredto
inArticle2hasused90%ormoreofitsinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle6,
itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitsinitialshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,after
exhaustingitssecondshare,hasused90%ormoreof
thethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,andinaccordancewiththesamecondi­
tions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,the
MemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.Article1
1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1975atariffquotaof12500
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,CommunityCustomsTariff
dutyshallbesuspendedat7%.
3.Withinthisquota,MemberStatesshallapply
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof11500metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article6shallbevaliduntil31December1975,shall
beasfollows:Article5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbe
validuntil31December1975.

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Article6
TheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle2shall,not
laterthan1November1975,returntothereservethe
unusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on15
October1975,isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1
November1975,notifytheCommission ofthetotal
quantitiesoftheproductinquestionimportedupto
andincluding15October1975andchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaandofanyportionofthese
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November1975,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoeitherArticle3or4areopenedinsucha
waythatimportationsmaybechargedwithoutinter­
ruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftherele­
vantquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterrito­
rieshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportationsof
theproductinquestionagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthori­
tiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportationschargedagainstthosesharesin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportationschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10July1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
E.COLOMBO