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of20December1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese ,fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle13
thereof,1982 1983 1984
Benelux 3,212,523,59
Denmark 000
Germany 49,1473,8374,88
Greece 0,1400
France 11,802,220,28
Ireland 000
Italy 19,9815,2312,50
UnitedKingdom 15,736,208,75
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inviewofthefactorsandofmarketforecastsfor
ferro-silico-manganese for198|6theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately
asfollows:Whereas,asregardsferro-silia>manganese fallingwithin
subheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
hasundertakentoopenanannualduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof50000tonnes;whereasthisshouldhowever
bereducedto18550tonnestotakeaccountofthe
traditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhavebeen
freeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreementsconcludedwith
thosecountries;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedon1January1986andallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyprovidingforSpain'sand
Portugal'sparticipationasfrom1March1986;whereas
thisparticipationcaninitiallybeconfinedtothepossible
applicationofArticle2(3);3,13
0,01
61,52
0,07
4,53
o,oi
18,04
12,69Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,arrangementsfortheutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthat
itmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldata
on.importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimportsofthe
productinquestion,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweenthe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityofTen,andthesecond
formingareserveintendedtocoveranysubsequent
requirementstoMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare,aswellastherequirementsofthenew
MemberStates;whereas,inordertogiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscaseshouldbe
approximately 95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawandadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbe
inapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthirdcountries,
notbenefitingfromanequivalentpreferential
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orPortugalandrequeststhebenefitofthequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorresponding totheserequirementsto
theextentthattheavailablebalanceofthereservepermits
this.Whereas,ifatagivendate,inthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberstatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas, of
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitinitialshareroundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
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
tariffquotaof18550tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforferro-silico-manganese fallingwithin
subheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariffduty
shallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Spainand
Portugalshallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof17650tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStatesof
theCommunityofTen;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December
1986shallbeasfollows:Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1986.
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
552
2
10858
12
800
2
3184
2240Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductionin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1986
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondinstalmentof900tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
3.If,from1March1986,animporternotifiesan
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withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1986,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStates
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedArticle10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.KRIEPS