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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3674/85
of20December1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silicon,fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTheatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,1982 1983 1984
Benelux 7,7511,2411,35
Denmark 000
Germany 72,2676,8373,57
Greece 0,010,040
France 1,310,300,56
Ireland 0,0100
Italy 13,622,634,00
UnitedKingdom 5,048,9610,52
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forferro-siliconfor1986,theinitialpercentagesharesin
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertakentoopenanannualduty-freetariffquotaof
20000tonnes;whereasthisshould,however,bereduced
to12600tonnestakeaccountofthetraditionalimports
fromEFTAcountrieswhichhavebeenfreeofcustomsduty
undertheAgreementsconcludedwiththosecountries,as
wellasobligationsenteredintoinrelationtoathird
countrywhichhastherightofthepreviousnegotiatorfor
thisquotavolume;whereasthequotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedon1January1986andallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyprovidingforSpain'sand
Portugal'sparticipationasfrom1March1986;whereas
thisparticipationcaninitiallybeconfinedtothepossible
applicationofArticle2(4);Benelux 9,64
Denmark 0,01
Germany 70,83
Greece 0,02
France 1,67
Ireland 0,02
Italy 10,85
UnitedKingdom 6,96
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisexhausted;whereasarrangementsforthe
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonan
allocationamongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,tocorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
trendtothemarketintheproductinquestion,allocation
ofthequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thofirstbeingallocatedamong
MemberStatesoftheCommunityofTenandthesecond
heldasareservetocoversubsequenttherequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshareas
wellastherequirementsofthenewMemberStates;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatahigh
level,whichinthiscasecouldbeapproximately 95%of
thevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostupaMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbe
inapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember,
Statesaccordingly;Wheras,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthirdcountries
notbenefitingfroman■equivalentpreferential
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4.If,from1March1986,animporternotifiesan
imminentimportationoftheproductinquestioninSpain
orPortugalandrequeststhebenefitofthequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorresponding totheserequirementsto
theextentthattheavailablebalanceofthereservepermits
this.Whereasif,atagivendateiinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelguim,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinanjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,i|nthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
2,5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986aCommunity
tariffquotaof12600tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariffduty
shallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Spainand
Portugalshallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof12000tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesoftheCommunityofTen;the
shares,which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryto31December1986shallbeasfollows:Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1986.
(tonnes)
1157
1
8500
2
200
2
1302
836Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomArticle5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1Oktober1986,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1Oktober1986,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1986,3.Thesecondinstalmentof600tonnesshallconstitute
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andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
oftheproductinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehadbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1986informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyandirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.KRIEPS