NoL345/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.12..73
REGULATION (EEC)No3390/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of14December 1973
increasingtheCommunityquantitativeexportquotasforcertaintypesof
copperashandresiduesandforcertaintypesofcopperwasteandscrap
Whereastheincreaseinsizeofthesequotasandthe
consequentincreaseinsizeofthesharestobeallo­
catedtoGermanyandtheNetherlands for1973
cannotaffectthevolumeandallocationofthequota
tobefixedfor1974;
Whereas,inordertoremedythissituationwhilst
complyingwiththecriteriaestablishedforallocating
thequotaandavoidingcompromising thepurpose
behindthefixingofsuchaquota,thequotas
concernedandconsequently thequota-sharesallo­
catedtoGermanyandtheBeneluxcountriesalso,
should,owingtospecialcircumstances ,beincreased
for1973withinthelimitslaiddowninArticles 1and
2ofthisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheQuota
Administration Committee ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1023/70(')of25May1970establishing acommon
procedureforadministering quantitativequotas,and
inparticularArticle2thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1627/73(2)of18June1973fixingCommunity
quantitativeexportquotasforcertaintypesofcopper
ashandresiduesandforcertaintypesofcopper,alumi­
niumandleadwasteandscrap,andinparticular
Article2thereof;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1627/73fixedthe
Communityquantitativeexportquotasfor1973for
copperashandresiduesandtheiralloysfallingwithin
headingNoex26.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andforcopperwasteandscrapandtheiralloysfalling
withinheadingNoex74.01(others)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffand12845and15030metrictons
respectively ,andthesequotaswereallocatedby
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1782/73(3)(4),of2
July1973;
WhereasontheonehandtheGermanandDutch
governmentshavetakenaccountoftheneedowingto
specialcircumstances toincreaseexportsofcopper
ashandresiduesandtheiralloys,fallingwithin
headingNoex26.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
by3000and200metrictonsrespectively ;
WhereasontheotherhandtheDutchgovernment
hastakenaccountoftheneed,owingtospecial
circumstances ,toincreaseexportsofcopperwasteand
scrapandtheiralloys,fallingwithinheadingNo74.01
(others)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,by250
metrictons,whichincludes100metrictonsofplastic
coveredstrandedwireand150metrictonsoflong
copper-steelstrandedwirewhichcannotbeusedby
theCommunityindustry;
Whereasasaresultofanenquirycarriedoutintothe
Communityindustriesinthesectorinquestionitwas
discoveredthat,onaccountoftheirformandlow
coppercontent,theproductscouldnotfindbuyers
withintheCommunity ;Article1
1.TheCommunityquantitativeexportquotafor
copperashandresiduesandtheiralloysfallingwithin
headingNoex26.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff
openedfortheyear1973byCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1627/73areincreasedfrom12795to
15995metrictons.
2.TheshareallocatedtotheFederalRepublicof
GermanybyCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1782/73isincreasedfrom3630to6330metrictons.
3.TheshareallocatedtotheBeneluxbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1782/73isincreasedfrom
600to800metrictons.
Article2
(')OJNoL124,6.6.1970.
(2)OJNoL164,21.6.1973correctedbyOJNoL227,
15.8.1973.1.TheCommunityquantitativeexportquotafor
copperwasteandscrapandtheiralloysfallingwithin
headingNoex74.01(others)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffopenedfortheyear1973byCouncil (3)OJNoL179,3.7.1973.

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ArticleJ Regulation (EEC)No1627/73isincreasedfrom
15030to16430metrictons.
2.TheshareallocatedtotheBeneluxbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1782/73isincreasedfrom
1750to2000metrictons.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI