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REGULATION (EEC)No2425/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium ,containingnotmorethan10%byweightofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium (super-refined ferro­
chromium),fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-chromium for1975,thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:
Benelux 5-66
Denmark 0-34
Germany 6-17
France 0-34
Ireland 001
Italy 84-14
UnitedKingdom 3-34THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium ,containingnot
morethan10%byweightofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium(super­
refinedferro-chromium ),fallingwithinsubheadingex
73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertakentoopenanannualduty-freetariffquotaof
3000metrictons-;whereasthetariffquotaconcerned
shouldthereforebeopenedon1January1975and
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;whereasthe
dutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberStateswithin
thequotamustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsof
theActofAccession ;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorder
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetostatistiscsofimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
tiscsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding imports
intoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthe
followingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion :Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelativelysmall
quantity,itseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof
usebasedononlyoneallocationandatthesametime
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
suchanallocationmaythereforebebasedonthe
percentagefiguresshowninthetableabove;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1975aCommunitytariffquotaof3000
metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityfor
ferro-chromium ,containingnotmorethan10%by
weightofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmore
than90%ofchromium (super-refined ferro-chro­
mium),fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnotbe
countedunderthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff197119721973
Benelux 1-461-551-38
Denmark 1-431-330-08
Germany 65-85(1)77-62(!)78-800
France 2-212-081-05
Ireland 00-010
Italy 21-519-679-20
UnitedKingdom 7-547-749-49
(,1)Basedongeneralimportsofferro-chromium .

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treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStates,inparti­
cularunderfreetradeagreements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedbetweenMemberStatesasfollows:Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.Benelux 170metrictons
Denmark 10metrictons
Germany 185metrictons
France 10metrictons
Ireland 1metricton
Italy 2524metrictons
UnitedKingdom 100metrictons
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET