NoL269/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.10.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2303/77
of18October1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1978)
Benelux 50-38
Denmark 0-76
Germany 29-98
France 0-50
Ireland 0-25THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Italy 4-28
UnitedKingdom 13-85
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfoi
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichcouldbe99%
oftheamountofthequota;Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityhasundertakentoopenanannualnildutytariff
quotaof20000tonnes;whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January
1978andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorres­
pondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepre­
sentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereasinitialsharesmaybeexhaustedatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostexhausteda
MemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftheirtotalimportsoftheproductin
question:Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reserveinordertopreventapartofaquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers:197419751976
Benelux 151417-4717-86
Denmark 0-360-540-59
Germany 563153-0353-74
France 0-521-221-58
Ireland 0-240-250-22
Italy 13-9713-8214-05
UnitedKingdom 13-4613-67 1196Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-siliconfor1978,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,
aCommunitytariffquotaof20000tonnesshallbe
openedwithintheCommunityinrespectofferro­
siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.
3.Withinthisquota,CommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof19850tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryuntil
31December1978,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1978isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheseinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthepossibilityofcharging
againsttheirquotastocertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionson<:hemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenso
used.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1978,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.Benelux 10000
Denmark 150
Germany 5950
France 100
Ireland 50
Italy 850
UnitedKingdom 2750
3.Thesecondtrancheof150tonnesshallconsti­
tuteareserve.
Article3
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasused90%or
moreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereserve
pursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshare,totheextent
thatthereservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto2-5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall,inthe

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Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportations oftheproductsinquestion
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportationschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET