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REGULATION (EEC)No3588/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheadingNo73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;whichnoequivalenttariffpreferencewereapplied
underanyotherpreferentialarrangementsonlycover
theyear1972andthefirstfewmonthsof1973;
whereasduringtheyear1972suchimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalCommunityimportsofthesaid
goods,whereasfortheyear1973,onthebasisofthe
mostrecentforecastsbytheMemberStates,which
havebeenconfirmedbytheimportsstatisticsforthe
firstfewmonths,thesepercentagesareasfollows:HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese falling
withintariffsubheadingNo73.02D,theEuropean
EconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000
metrictonsfrom1969;19721973
Benelux 10-8015-21
Denmark 1-692-46
Germany 55-2464-00
France 0-430-98
Ireland 0-010-01
Italy 15-2612-51
UnitedKingdom 16-574-83Whereas,underArticle39oftheActofAccession,
thenewMemberStatesmuston1January1974
makethefirstmovetowardsalignmentoftheir
nationaltariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffas
regardsthesaidgoods;whereas,therefore,theneeds
ofthoseMemberStatesforimportsfromthird
countriesshouldfromthatdateonwardsbecovered
bythetarjffquotainquestionduringtheperiod
thereof;whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythose
MemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquotamustbein
conformitywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession;Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-silico-manganese ingeneralfor
1974,theinitalpercentagesharesinthequota
volumecanbeexpressedroughlyasfollows:
Benelux 8-33
Denmark 0-62
Germany 82-20
France 0-10
Ireland 1-04
Italy 3-54
UnitedKingdom 4-17Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffquotaarrangementbasedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthesaidquota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoodsthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately the
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
thesaidgoods,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofMemberStateswhohaveusedupWhereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesintothenewMemberStatesto

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theirinitialshares;whereastogiveimporterssome
certainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunitytariff
quotashouldbefixedatarelativelyelevatedlevel
whichmightbe96%ofthevolumeofthequota;3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
1.OfthisCommunitytariffquotathefirsttranche
of48000metrictonsshallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;therespectivesharesoftheMember
States,which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryto31December1974,shallbeasfollows:Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;Benelux 4000metrictons
Denmark 300metrictons
Germany 39450metrictons
France 50metrictons
Ireland 500metrictons
Italy 1700metrictons
UnitedKingdom 2000metrictonsWhereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofits
initialshareleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;2.Thesecondtranche,of2000metrictons,shall
constitutethereserve.
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto10%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountof
thereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionsimposedby
paragraph1,drawathirdshare,equalto5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974aCommunitytariffquotaof50000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheadingNo
73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsofthesaidgoodsmaynotbecounted
underthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStates,in
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Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1974has
notusedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1974theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1974andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1974,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofim­
portschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG