23.1.76 NoL14/1 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
I
(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No126/76
<of20January1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Whereasthemarketsinmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium (here­
inaftercalled'extra-puremagnesium'),inmagnesium
containing99-8%ormore,butlessthan99-95%,by
weightofpuremagnesium (hereinaftercalled
'unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy')andinmagne­
siumcontaininglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (hereinaftercalled'unwroughtmagnesium
inalloy')differconsiderably ;whereasadistinction
shouldthereforebemadebetweenthesethreequali­
tiesandthequotavolumeunderconsiderationshould
bedividedbetweenthem:
Whereas,takingintoaccountanoverall,provisional
quotavolumeof5500metrictons,thefollowing
quantitiesmaybeallocatedtoeachqualityofthe
productinquestion:600metrictonsforextra-pure
magnesium ,1325metrictonsforunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloyand3575metrictonsfor
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy;whereasthesefigures
appearjustifiedbothbytheformerratiosofconsump­
tionofthesequalitiestototalconsumptionofmagne­
siumandbythesupplypossibilitiesforthesequalities
ofmagnesiumwithintheCommunity ;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inanexchangeoflettersdated30June
1967,confirmedinanexchangeoflettersdated16
April1973,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertaken ,asregardsunwroughtmagnesiumfalling
withintariffsubheading77.01A,toopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaforaquantitysuchthat
Communityrequirements forthesaidgoodsnot
coveredbyCommunityproductionmaybeimported
duty-free;
Whereas,inordertoestablishthevolumeofthe
Communitytariffquota,anassessmentmustbemade
ofthetotalconsumptionbytheuserindustriesofthe
MemberStatesduringthequotayearandofthe
Communityproductionlevelforthesameperiod;
whereasevenaveryroughassessmentoftotal
consumption andproductionfor1976wouldbe
highlyunreliablesinceitisatpresentimpossibleto
estimateeitherthevolumeofunwroughtmagnesium
usedincertainMemberStatesintheyearunder
consideration orthelikelylevelofCommunity
output;whereas,inanycase,thereisnolikelihoodof
Communityproductionfullymeetingdemandinthe
quotayear;whereastheannualquotavolumemust
thereforebefixedatanappropriatelevel,probably
about5500metrictons;whereasthisassessmentis
basedonconservativeestimatesandlateradjustments
arenotexcluded;whereasthedutiestobeappliedby
thenewMemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquota
mustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession ;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportsandtherateoflevy
forthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,aCommunity
tariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepresentas
closelyaspossibletheactualdevelopment ofthe
marketinthesaidgoods,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedbothfromstatisticsofimportsfrom
thirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference

NoL14/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.1.76
—torunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy:
Benelux 2-12
Denmark 0-03
Germany 96-50
France 0-03
Ireland 0-02
Italy 0-80
UnitedKingdom 0-50;periodandfromtheeconomicoutlookforthequota
yearinquestion;
Whereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
intotheMemberStatesfromthirdcountrieswhich
didnotbenefitfromanequivalenttariffpreference
underanyotherpreferentialarrangements coveronly
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy;whereas,duringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable,suchimportsrepre­
sentedthefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsof
thesaidgoods;whereas,fromtheinformationat
presenttohand,itwouldseemthatimportsofextra­
puremagnesiumareeffectedalmostwhollyinthe
UnitedKingdom :
—forunwroughtmagnesiumWhereas,inordertotakemoreaccurateaccountof
futureimporttrendsforunwroughtmagnesiumnotin
alloyandinalloy,thetotalquotavolumeforthese
qualitiesshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoguarantee
importerssomedegreeofsecurity,thefirsttranches
shouldbefixedat1195metrictonsofunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloyand3150metrictonsof
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy,thebalancesbeing
heldasthereserves;notinalloy: 197219731974
Benelux 12-276-5523-18
Denmark 0-0900
Germany 62-4269-9352-96
France 3-539-397-11
Ireland 0-090-010-01
Italy 0-443-062-21
UnitedKingdom
/21-1611-0614-53
forunwroughtmagnesium
inalloy: 197219731974
Benelux 0-323-181-72
Denmark 0-0600
Germany 97-5193-2394-26
France 00601-57
Ireland 0-060-010
Italy 1-873-562-05
UnitedKingdom 0-120-020-39;Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,inordertoavoid
disruptingsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhas
almostuseduponeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawa
supplementary sharefromtherelevantreserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostused
up,asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereaisthe
initialandsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheseproductsin1976,itisnecessaryinthe
caseofextra-pureunwroughtmagnesiumtoallocate
onanexperimental basisthequotavolumeforthis
qualitytotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
MemberStateswhichhaverequirementstobemetto
beabletodrawuponthisreserveinappropriatequan­
tities,andwhereasitisnecessarytofixfortheother
qualitiesofmagnesiuminitialpercentagesharesat
approximately thefollowinglevels:
—forunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy:Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftotherelevant
reserve,topreventapartofoneorotherquotavolume
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Benelux 16-74
Denmark 0-04
Germany 67-80
France 3-34
Ireland 0-04
Italy 0-33
UnitedKingdom 11-71Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomic
Unionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,

23.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL14/3
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : (a)forunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy:
Article1Benelux 200metrictons
Denmark 0-5metricton
Germany 810metrictons
France 40metrictons
Ireland 0-5metricton
Italy 4metrictons
UnitedKingdom 140metrictons;
(b)forunwroughtmagnesium
inalloy:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom67metrictons
1metricton
3040metrictons
1metricton
1metricton
25metrictons
15metrictons.1.Fortheyear1976aCommunitytariffquotaof
5500metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunity
forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading
77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotashallbedivided
asfollows:
(a)600metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containing99-95%ormorebyweightofpure
magnesium('extra-puremagnesium'),intendedfor
thenuclearindustry,undercustomsorequivalent
administrative control;
(b)1325metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containingnotlessthan99-8%ormore,butless
than99-95%,byweightofpuremagnesium
('unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy');
(c)3575metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesium
containinglessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium('unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy')
3.Importsofthesaidgoodsshallnotbecounted
underthetariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.
4.WithinthetariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended .
5.WithinthetariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .2.Thesecondtranches,of130metrictonsand425
metrictonsrespectively ,shallbeheldasCommunity
reserves .
Article4
Article21.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberStates
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle3(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtotherelevant
reservewhereArticle6isapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%
ofitsinitialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoff
upwardstothenextunit,insofaraspermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoffupwardsto
thenextunit.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
intheseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.1.Thevolumeof600metrictons,referredtoin
Article1(2)(a),allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustryshallbe
allottedtotheCommunityreserve.
2.IfinaMemberStateaneedisfeltforextra-pure
unwroughtmagnesium ,thatStateshalldraw,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,asuffi­
cientshareofthereservethussetup.
Artic!c3
1.Afirsttrancheofeachofthevolumesprovided
forinArticle1(2)(b)and(c),whichamountto1195
metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy
and3150metrictonsformagnesiuminalloyshallbe
dividedamongtheMemberStates.Theshares,which
arevalidupto31December1976,subjecttoArticle
6,amounttothefollowingquantities :Article5
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December1976.

NoL14/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.1.76
Article6 Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle4areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersesta­
blishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthequan­
titiesofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
th^n1October1976theunusedportionoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1976,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1976,and
whereappropriate ,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .
Article9
Article7
UponarequestfromtheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1976,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article6.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20January1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN