23.12.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL330/11
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2864/77
of21December 1977
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1977forunwroughtmagne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Whereasasfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumebetweenMemberStatesisconcerned,itis
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne­
siumandunwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,the
balanceofthisvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
originallyused,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1977totalling9800
tonneswasopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulations (EEC)No
2930/760and(EEC)No1645/77(2);
Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
regardtotheconsumption ,production,exportsto
non-member countries,importsundertheinward
processingorotherpreferentialtariffarrangements
andtotheabnormalstocksexistinginoneMember
Stateon31December1976enableittobeestimated
thatCommunityrequirements forimportsfromnon­
membercountriescouldreach,inthecourseof1977,
alevelof20900tonnes;whereasinviewofthequota
volumealreadyopenedbytheabovementioned Regu­
lations,oftheuncertaintyastothelevelswhich
Communityproductionandconsumption might
reachandofthequantitiesavailablewithinthe
Communityeitherfromstocksaccumulatedin1976
orfromproductionin1977theincreaseshouldbe
limitedto1400tonnes;
Whereas,inview,moreover,ontheonehandofthe
presentrequirementsinunwroughtmagnesiumwitha
purecontentofnotlessthan99-95%andonthe
otherhandofthequantitiesavailableintheCommu­
nityandalsothepossibilityofduty-freeimports
underagreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywith
certainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-termrequirements forimportsof
unwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach100tonnesofunwrought
magnesiumcontaining99-95%ormorebyweightof
puremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),200tonnes
ofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-8%ormore
byweightandnotexceeding99-95%ofpuremagne­
sium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy),and1100
tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaininglessthan
99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium (unwrought
magnesiuminalloy);Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulations (EEC)No2930/76and(EEC)No
1645/77forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffis
herebyincreasedfrom9800to11200tonnes.
Thisincreaseof1400tonnesshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)100tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-puremagnesium),intendedforthenuclear
industryandundercustomssupervisionorequiva­
lentadministrative supervision ;
(b)200tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notlessthan99-8%butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy);
(c)1100tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).
Article2
Thevolumesof100tonnesand1100tonnesreferred
toinArticle1(a)and(c)allocatedtoextra-pure
unwroughtmagnesiumintendedforthenuclear
industryandtounwroughtmagnesiuminalloyshall
beallottedtotheCommunityreservessetupunder
Articles2(1)and3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2930/76,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1645/77,whichshallthusbeincreasedfrom1100to
1200tonnesandfrom3225to4325tonnesrespec­
tively.(•)OJNoL334,3.12.1976,p.3.
(2)OJNoL184,23.7.1977,p.1.

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Article3
1.Afirstinstamentoftheamountreferredtoin
Article1(b),of180tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:
tonnes2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Theamountofthereserveforunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2930/76,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1645/77,shallbeincreasedfrom210to230
tonnes.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .Benelux 30-1
Denmark 0-1
Germany 122-0
France 6-0
Ireland 0-1
Italy 0-6
UnitedKingdom 21-1
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.CHABERT