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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3742/86
of28November1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silicon,fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,-1983 19841985
Benelux 11,1212,438,92
Denmark 000
Germany 75,9961,1265,17
Greece . 0,0400,13
Spain 1,099,220,87
France 0,304,690,51
Ireland 000
Italy 2,603,2515,92
Portugal 00,550,19
UnitedKingdom 8,868,748,29HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forferro-siliconfor1987,theinitialpercentagesharesin
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading
73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertakentoopenanannualduty-freetariffquotaof
20000tonnes;whereasthisshould,however,bereduced
to12600tonnestotakeaccountofthetraditionalimports
fromEFTAcountrieswhichhavebeenfreeofcustomsduty
undertheAgreementsconcludedwiththosecountries,as
wellasobligationsenteredintoinrelationtoathird
countrywhichhastherightofthepreviousnegotiatorfor
thisquotavolume;whereasvthequotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedon1January1987andallocated
amongtheMemberStates;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom10,92
0,01
68,75
0,05
3,40
1,64
0,01
6,34
0,21
8,67
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisexhausted;whereasarrangementsforthe
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonan
allocationamongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,tocorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
markettrendintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureiihporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,twofirstbeingallocatedamong
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservetocover
thesubsequenttherequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporters
somedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbeapproximately 95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbe
inapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberSta'tesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthirdcountries
notbenefitingfromanequivalentpreferential
arrangement :

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administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
I
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelguim,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinanjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)■
09.0019 73.02CFerro-silicon 12600 0
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
2..IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
2,5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof12000tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,which,subjectto
Article5,shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December
1987,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 1310
Denmark 1
Germany 8251
Greece 6
Spain 300
France v 197
Ireland 1
Italy 761
Portugal 25
UnitedKingdom 1148
3.Thesecondinstalmentof600tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1987.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itArticle5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare

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Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuant,toArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
oftheproductinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation .which,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1987,
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehadbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1987,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterinto.forceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUMBOLD