27.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL329/21
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2864/76
of23November 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1976forsuper-refined ferro-chromium fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,thirdcountriesbyopeninganautonomousCommu­
nitytariffquotathevolumeofwhichshouldbe
limitedto1000metrictonssoasnottojeopardize
developmentprospectsintheCommunityproduction
sector;whereasforthesamereasonsthequotaduty
applicableshouldbefixedat5-5%;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereasinorder
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotamustbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofimportsfromthirdcoun­
triesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinques­
tion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsarefullyavailable,thecorresponding imports,in
metrictons,intoeachoftheMemberStateswereas
follows:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotexceeding90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,aconventional duty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof3000metrictonshasbeenopenedbythe
Councilfor1976andallocatedamongtheMember
StatesbyRegulation (EEC)No2882/75(');
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentcapacity,Commu­
nityproductiontogetherwiththeabovementioned
quotaof3000metrictonsshouldcovertheentire
Communityrequirements ofthisproduct;whereasit
is,however,desirabletoavoidundulydisruptingtradi­
tionalpatternsoftradebetweenMemberStatesand
1973 1974 1975Averagefor
1974and1975
Benelux 1050 2200 3457 2829
Denmark 60 20 50 35
Germany 59972(')1380016331 15066
France 800 5000 100 2550
Ireland 0 18 5 12
Italy 5000 5648 5856 5752
UnitedKingdom 7225 5464 7858 6661
Total74107321503365732905
(')Ferro-chromium ingeneral.
Whereasinviewofthesefactors,theforeseeabledeve- Benelux 10-00
lopmentofthesuper-refinedferro-chromium market Denmark 0-20
in1976andtheallocatedsharesofthetariffquotaof Germany 52-50
3000metrictonsopenedbyRegulation (EEC)No France 0-50
2882/75,theinitialpercentagesharesinthequota Ireland 0-10
volumecanbefixedasfollows: Italy 6-00
UnitedKingdom 30-70
Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelativelysmall
quantity,itseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof (!)OJNoL292,12.11.1975,p.17.

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inmetrictons
Benelux 100
Denmark 2
Germany 525
France 5
Ireland 1
Italy 60
UnitedKingdom 307usebasedonasingleallocationandatthesametime
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
suchanallocationmaythereforebebasedonthe
percentagefiguresshowninthetableabove;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers,Article3
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article11.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportationschargedagainsttheir
shares.1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula­
tionuntil31December1976,atariffquotaof1000
metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityin
respectofferro-chromium containingbyweightnot
morethan0-10%ofcarbonandmorethan30%but
notexceeding90%ofchromium (super-refinedferro­
chromium)fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthisquota,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbesuspendedat5-5%inrespectofimpor­
tations.
3.Withinthisquota,newMemberStatesshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerele­
vantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article2 Article6
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStatesas
follows:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE