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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUN
COM(74)944 final
Brussels ,26June 1974
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
■I■n>m+^■*i«<ii*imi»<im■nmi»m■naia
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro -silicon falling within subheading No73.020
ofthe Common Customs Tariff
Proposal fora
(^SC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro -silico-manganese falling within subheading
No73.02D ofthe Common Customs Tariff -
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC^OFTHECOUNCIL . ■■.. w*
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro-chromium containing 10% >byweight orless of
carbon andnotless than 30%andnotexceeding 90%inclusive
byweight ofchromium (super-refined ferro-chromium )falling within
subheading Hoex73.02 EIoftheCommon Customs Tariff
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(74 )944final

EXPLANATORY M3M0RAOTM
1.Atthelatestmultilateral negotiations withGATTtheCommunityundertook
toopenannuallynildutyCommunitytariffquotasforthefollowing
industrialproducts:
(a)ex32^01D Tanningextractsofeucalyptus
(b)48."01A Newsprint
(c)ex50»C9 Handwovenfabricsofsilkorofwaste
silkotherthannoil
(d)ex54-03.BIaTCertainunbleachedflaxyarns
(e)ex55-09 Handwovenfabricsofcotton
(f)miscellaneous Certainhandicraftproducts(handicrafts)
(g)73.-02C Ferro~silicon
(h)73.02'D Ferro-silico-manganese
(i)ex"73.02EISuper-refined ferro-chromium
(j)76.-01A Umrroughtaluminium
(k)77.01A Unwroughtmagnesium
2.IthadalreadybeendecidedtoreplacetheCommunitytariffquotasfor
tanningextractsofeucalyptusandcertainflaxyarns(whichhadnever
beencompletelyuseduptothen)for1972byapartialsuspensionofthe
customsduty.Itwasforthisreasonthatthosetwoproductswere
separatedfromtheindustrialproductscoveredbythismemorandum.They
willeventuallybeaddedtothelistofproductsinrespectofwhichthe
dutiesshallbetotallyorpartiallysuspended.
Thedecisiontakenin1970inrespectofaluminium(Regulation(EEC)
No2636/70of22December1969-OJNoL283,29December1970)concluding
thenegotiations underArticleXXVIII,1oftheGATTreplacedtheCommunity
tariffquotabyreducingtheCommonCustomsTariffdutyfrom9f°"toTp,
SincethentheCommunityhasnolongerbeenobligedtoopenannuallythe
tariffquotaof130000metrictonsthatithadpreviouslyfixed.
Theproposalsonquotasfornewsprint,handwovenfabricsofsilkorwaste
silkotherthannoil,handicraftproducts(handicrafts)andunwrought
magnesiumwillbetreatedseparately.TheproposalsforRegulations
annexedheretorelateonlytoCommunitytariffquotastobeopenedfor
1975 "theproductsunderletters(g).(h)and(i)offigure1above

anato "beallocated among alltheMember States .
3,TheCommission proposals forthethree ferro-alloys are "based laregly
onthose forthesame products forpreceding years inthesense that the
shares areallocated inaccordance with therules regularly followed *
(calculated "byreference toprior statistics andforecasts for1975)*The
proposed rules ofadministration differ somewhat from those atpresent in
foroe inthat toensure theuniform application oftheCommon Customs
Tariff itisproposed that a-reserve besetupforboth ferro-silicon and
super-refined ferro –chromium .

ANIIEXA
Proposalfora
RECTJL/ITIOIJ<EEC)OFTHECOIBTCIL
ontheopening,allooationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforferro-silicon fallingwithinsubheading
No73.020oftheCommonCustomsTariff
TIE:COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEMCCIMJOTTIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon fallingwithinsubheading No73.02C,
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannualnilduty
tariffquotaof20000metrictons;whereasthetariffquotaconcerned
shouldthereforebeopenedon1January1975an&allocatedamongthe
MemberStates;whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberStates
withinthetariffquotamustcomplywiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilization oftheCommunitytariffquota
basedonanAllocation amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespond
ascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproduct
inquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;

Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,
thecorresponding importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthe
followingpercentages oftheirtotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
m 1972mz.
Bénélux 20.-85 15.-69 20.-33
Denmark 0.31 2.-02 0.-64
Germany 49.-77 49.-74 61?60
Prance 0.-10 0.-31 0.33
Ireland 0.-02 0.-65 0-
Italy 13.-55 8?81 10.-67
UnitedKingdom 15.40 22.78 6.44
Whereas,mviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecastsforferro-silicon
for1975,thepercentagesharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
roughlyasfollo-./s:
Bénélux 22^07
Denmark Oi-65
Germany 43.69
Prance 0.-28
Ireland 0."15
Italy 7.-87
UnitedKingdom 25.29;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductsconcerned,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotrances,thefirstbeingallocated
andthesecondheldasareservetocoversubsequently therequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshare;whereas,togive
importerssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthequotashould

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ANTTEXA
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"befixedatarelativelyhighlevel,whichcould"be$Qffooftheamount
ofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmay"beexhaustedatdifferentrates;whereasto
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldheprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtineitsadditionalshare.
isalmostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldhevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantityof
aMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunuseditisessential,toprevent
apartofthequotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers,thatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportionthereoftothereserve;' '
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented by
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrespectoftheadministration
ofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers;
EA3ADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article 1
1.ThereshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1Januaryto
31December1975»i*1respectofferro–siliconfallingwithinsubheading
Kb7-3-020oftheCommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariffquotaof
20000metrictons.

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ANNEXA
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnot"becountedunderthistariff
quotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofoustcansdutiesunderotherpreferential
tarifftreatmentapplied;"bycertainMemberStates,inparticularunder
freetradearrangements .
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotallysuspendedinrespootof
importations undertheabovequota..
4.ThenewMemberStatesshallalsoexemptfromdutyuptothisquota#
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwotranches.
2.Afirsttranoheof18000metrictonsshallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;shares,whichsubjecttoArticle .5shallbevaliduntil
31December 1975*shallbeasfollows:.
Benelux 3972metrictons
Denmark 118metrictons
Germany 7865metrictons
Prance 50metrictons.
Ireland 27metriotons
Italy 1416metriotons
UnitedKingdom 4552metriotons
3.Thesecondtranche,of2000..jnetrictons,shallconstituteareserve.

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Article 3
1.Assoon asaMember State hasused 90%ormore ofitsinitial share as
fixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat share minus anyportion returned tothe
reserve pursuant toArticle 5»i"tshall forthwith ,"bynotifying the
Commission ,draw asecond share ,totheextent that thereserve so
permits ,equal to10%ofitsinitial share .
2.Assoon a,3aMember State ,after exhausting itsinitial share ,hasused
90%ormore ofthesecond share drawn byit,that Member State shall
forthwith ,inthemanner andtotheextent provided ~inparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to5%ofitsinitial share .
3.A3soon asaMember State ,after exhausting itssecond share ,hasused 90%
ormore ofthethird share drawn byit,that Member State shall ,inthemanner
andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,draw afourth share equal tothe
third .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until -the reserve isexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State maydraw shares
lower than those specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds for
believing that those specified maynotbeused infull .AnyMember
State applying this paragraph shall inform theCommission ofitsgrounds
for sodoing .

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ARTZKA
■ C–Jil
Artide4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December 1975•
Article^
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnotexhausteditsinitial
shareshallnotlaterthan10October1975returntothereserveany-
unusedportioninexcessof2Cffooftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportion
maynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975>notifytheCommission
ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonastheinformation
reaches'it,informeaohStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1975finformtheMemberStatesofthe
araountstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article5»
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthereserveisdrawnthe
amountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallnotify-the amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.

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.AHMSX A
Article 7
1.Every Member State shall talce allappropriate measures toensure that
shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch awaythat
importations may "becharged without interruption against itsaccumulated
share oftheCommunity quota .
2.Every Member State shall ensure that importers oftheproduct inquestion
established initsterritory have free access totheshares allocated
toit.
3.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsshare shall be
determined onthebasis oftheimportations oftheproducts inquestion
entered with the customs authorities for home use .
Article 8
Every Member State shall notify theCommission atregular intervals
oftheimportations charged against its share .
TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely toensure
that this Regulation iscomplied with .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1975 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President

Am3XB
Proposalfora
REGULiLTlOIf(jEFc)OfTEECOUITCTL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunity
tariffquotafor-ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithin
subheading ITo73»02DoftheCommonCustonsTariff
TIBCOUNCIL-OFTHEEUROPEANCOMITIES,
Havingregardtothe.Treatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
Whereas,aaregardsferro-silico-aanganesefallingwithinsubheading
No73.02D,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualnildutytariffquotaofVJ0000metrictonsfrom1969}whereas
thetariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January1975
andallocated ,amongthoMemberStates;whereasthedutiestobeapplied
bythenewMemberStateswithinthequotamustcomplywiththerelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensured,for
allCommunityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashould
beappliodconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilization oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonan
allocation amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespond
ascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproduct
inquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiod

ANNEXB
andto"theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,
thecorresponding importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepressant3dthe
followingpercentages oftheirtotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
mm222À
Bénélux 12.22 10.-80 16.65
Denmark Ο­Ι.-69 o-
Germany 65.-63 55.-24 62.-59
France 0.33 0-.43 0.93
Ireland o~ 0.-01 o-
Italy 1576915726 15.-81
UnitedKingdom 6.1316.57 4.02
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecastsforferro-silico-
manganesefor1975»"thepercentagesharesinthequotavolumecanbe
expressedroughlyasfollowss
Bénélux 18;55
Denmark 0."30
Germany 62^33
France 0i"12
Ireland 0."52
Italy 14.-84
UnitedKingdom 3*34
Whereas,totekeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductconcerned,
thequotashould "bedividedintotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeing.

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ABKEx B
£*B*aaDS*H
allocated andthe second held asa,reserve tooover subsequently the
requirements ofMember States which have exhausted their initial share ;
whereas ,togive importers sane degree ofcertainty ,thefirst tranche of
thequota should "befixed atarelatively high level which could "be80%
oftheamount ofthequota ;
Whereas initial shares may "beexhausted atdifferent rates ;whereas to
avoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account ,itshould "beprovided that
anyMember State which hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share from thereserve ;whereas each time itsadditional
share isalmost exhausted aMember State should draw afurther share ,andso
onasmany times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial andadditional
shares should bevalid until theendofthequota period ;whereas this
form ofadministration requires close collaboration between theMember
States andtheCommission ,andtheCommission must beinaposition to
keep account oftheextent towhich thequota hasbeen used upandto
inform theMember States accordingly ;
Whereas ifatagiven date inthequota period aconsiderable quantity of
aMember State 'sinitial share remains unused itisessential ,toprevent
apart ofthequota from remaining unused inoneMember State while it
could beused inothers ,that such State should return asignificant
proportion thereof tothereserve ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands
andtheGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg arcunited within andjointly
represented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inrespect of
theadministration oftheshares allooa+ed tothat Economic Union may
becarried outbyany oneofitsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS

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ΑΜΕΧΒ
Article 1
1.ThereshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1January
to31December1975»inrespectofferro-silico-manganesefallingwithin
subheadingNo73.02Dofthe'CommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariff
quotaof50000metrictons,
2.-Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnothecountedunderthetariff
quotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunr'srotherpreferential
tarifftreatmentappliedbycertainMemberStatea,inparticularunder
freetradearrangements .
1»
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotallysuspendedinrespectof
importations undertheabovequota. 1
4.NewMemberStatesshallapplyinrespectofimportations withinthe
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession.
Article2
1,Afirsttranchoof40000metrictonsofthisquotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1975shallbeasfollows:
Benelux ; 7420metrictons
Denmark -119metrictons
Germany 24930metriotons
Prance 5^Petriotons •
Ireland 208metriotons '
Italy 5938metriotons
UnitedKingdom 1335metrictons

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2.The second tranche ,of10000 metric tons ,shall constitute areserve .
Article 3
1.Assoon asaMember State hasused JCffcormore ofitsinitial share as
fixed inArticle 2(l),crofthat share minus anyportion returned to
thereserve pursuant toArticle 5, shall forthwith ,bynotifying
theCommission ,draw asecond share ,totheextent that thereserve so
permits ,equal to10p/oofitsinitial share .
2.Assoon asaMember State ,after exhausting itsinitial share ,hasused
9Cffoormore ofthesecond share drawn byit,that Member State shall
forthwith ,inthemanner andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to3%ofitsinitial share .
3.Assoon asaMember State }after exhausting itssecond share ,hasused
$Cffoormore ofthethird share drawn byit,that Member State shall ,
inthemanner andtothe -extent provided inparagraph 1,draw afourth
share equal tothethird .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until the reserve isexhausted .
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1to3fs.Member State maydraw
shares lower than those specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
forbelieving that those specified maynotbeused infull .AnyMember
State applying this paragraph shall inform theCommission ofitsgrounds
for sodoing .

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A'TI-TEXB
ArticleA ;
MditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall"bevaliduntil
31December 1975•
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnotexhausteditsinitialshare
shallnotlaterthan10October1975returnto"thereserveanyunused
portioninexcessof20$oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbe
usedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975»notifytheCommission
ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1975?-ndchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1975»informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article5»
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthereserveisdrawnthe
amountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallnotify-theamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.

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ATOTSXB
■■iisjiçi■■IIQ–im
Article7
1.EveryMemberStateshalltakeall".appropriatemeasurestoensurethatshares
drawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportations
naybechargedwithoutinterruption againstitsaccumulated shareof
theCommunityquota.
2.EveryMemberStateBhallensurethatimportersoftheproduotinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
toit.
3.EveryMemberStateshallchargeimportations oftheproductinquestion
againstitsshareasand-whentheproductisenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshallbe
determined onthebasisoftheimportations againstthatsharein
accordancewithparagraph3*
Article8
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervalsofthe
importations chargedagainstitsshare.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thatthisRegulationisconroliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1975*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates,
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX C
Proposal fora
EECTOLftKOff (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofa
Community tariff quota forferro-chromium containing
10%'byweight orless ofcarbon andnotless than 30%
andnotexceeding 90?£inclusive byweight ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )falling within subheading
Noex73«02 EIofthe Common Customs Tariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,asregards ferro-chromium containing byweight 10%orless of
carbon andnotless than jQP/obut notmore than 90/»ofchromium
(superrefined ferro-chromium )falling within subheading No73«02 EI,
theEuropean Economic Community hasundertaken toopen anannual nil
duty tariff quota of3000metric tons ;whereas thetariff quota
concerned should therefore beopened on1January 1975 andallocated
among theMember States ;whereas theduties tobeapplied bythenew
Member States within the quota must comply with therelevant provisions
oftheAct ofAccession ;
Whereas arrangements for theutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota
based onanallocation among Member States would seem tobeconsistent
with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;whereas ,inorder that itmay
correspond asclosely aspossible tothe actual trend ofthemarket in
theproduct inquestion ,allocation ofthequota should bein
proportion totherequirements oftheMember States ascalculated by
reference tostatistics ofimports from third countries during a
representative reference period and tothe economic outlook for the
quota period inquestion ;

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ANNEX C
Whereas ,during thelast three years forwhich statistics are
available ,thecorresponding imports into each .oftheMember States
represented thefollowing percentages oftheir total imports ofthe
product in .question :
1971 1972 1973
Bénélux 1Λ6 1.55 1.38
Denmark 1Λ3 1.33 0.08
Germany , 65.85 77.62178.8ο1
Franc e 2.21 2.08 1.05
Ireland 0 0.01 0
Italy 21.51 9-67 9.20
United Kingdom 7.5^ 7.7^ 9.^9
Based ongeneral imports offerro-chromium .
Whereas ,inview ofthese factors and ofmarket forecasts forferro -
chromiam for1975 »thepercentage shares inthequota volume canbe
expressed roughly asfollows :
Bénélux : 9.25 --
Denmark : 0.29
Germany : 32.75
Franc e: 0.k1
Ireland : 0.0k
Italy : 28.63
United Kingdom :28.63
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fortheproducts
concerned ,thequota should bQdivided into twotranches ,thefirst
being allocated and thesecond held asareserve tocover subsequently
therequirements ofMember States which have exhausted their initial
share ;whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty ,thefirst

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ANNEX C
tranche oftho quota should befixed atarelatively high level which
could be80?ooftheamount ofthequota ;
Whereas initial shares may be .exhausted atdifferent rates ;whereas
toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account itshould beprovided
that anyMember State which has almost used upitsinitial share
should draw anadditional share from thereserve ;whereas each time
its additional share isalmost exhausted aMember State should draw
afurther share ,and soonasmany times asthereserve allows ;
whereas the initial and additional shares should bevalid until the
endofthequota period ;this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between theMember States and theCommission ,and the
Commission must beinaposition tokeep account oftheextent to
which thequota hasbeen used upand toinform theMember States
accordingly ;
Whereas ifatagiven date inthequota period aconsiderable quantity
ofaMember State 'sinitial share remains unused itisessential ,to
prevent apart ofthequota from remaining unused inoneMember
State while itcould beused inothers ,that such aState should
return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands
and theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within and jointly
represented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction in .respect
ofthe administration ofthe shares allocated tothat Economic .Union
may becarried outbyany one ofitsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.There shall beopened within theCommunity fortheperiod
1January to31December 1975,inrespect offerro-chromium

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ANNEX C
containing byweight 10% orless ofcarbon andnotless than
30$butnotmore than 90$ofchromium (superrefined ferro-chromium )
falling within subheading No73.02 0oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
aCommunity tariff quota of3000metric tons .
2.Imports oftheproduct inquestion shall notbecounted under this
tariff quota ifthey arealready free ofcustoms duties under other
preferential tariff treatment applied byMember States ,inparticular under
free trade arrangements .
3.TheCommon Customs Tariff duty shall betotally suspended in
respect ofimportations under theabove quota .
b.NewMember States shall apply inrespect ofimportations within
thequota duties calculated inaccordance with therelevant
provisions oftheAct ofAccession .
1.-Afirst tranche of2400metric tons shall beallocated among the
Member States } .shares ,which subject toArticle 5shall bevalid
from 1January to31December 1975 shall beasfollows :Article 2
Bénélux :
Denraark :
Germany :
France :
Ireland :
Italy :7metric tons
786metric tons
10metric tons
1metric ton
687metric tons
687metric tons222 metric tons
United Kingdom

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ANNEX C
2.Thesecond tranche >of600metric tons ,shall constitute a
reserve .
Article 3
1.Assoon asaMember State has used 90% ormore ofits initial
share asfixed inArticle 2(1 ),orofthat share minus any
portion returned tothereserve pursuant toArticle itshall
forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw asecond share ,to
theextent that thereserve sopermits ,equal to10%ofits ...
initial share .
2.Assoon asaMember State ,after exhausting itsinitial share ,has
used 90%ormore of ,thesecond share ,drawn byit,that Member
State shall forthwith ,inthemanner and tothe extent provided
inparagraph 1,draw a .third share equal to5%ofitsinitial
share .
Assoon asaMember State ,after exhausting itssecond share ,has
used 90%ormore ofthethird share drawn byit,that Member
State shall ,inthemanner and tothe extent provided in
paragraph 1,draw afourth share equal tothe thi±*d .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until the reserve isexhausted .
4.By .wayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State may ,
draw shares lower than those specified inthose paragraphs if
there are grounds forbelieving that those specified may not be
used infull .AnyMember State applying this paragraph shall
inform theCommission ofits'grounds forso-doing . -

ANNEX C
Article k
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December 1975 .
Article 5
AMember State which on15September 1975 hasnotexhausted its
initial share shall notlater than 10October 1975 return tothe
reserve anyunused portion inexcess of20$oftheinitial amount .
Itmayreturn agreater portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving
that such portion may not beused infull .
Member States shall ,not -later than 10October 1975 »notify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities oftheproduct inquestion imported
uptoandincluding 15September 1975 andcharged against the
Community quota andofanyportion oftheir initial shares returned
tothe reserve .
Article 6
TheCommission shall keep anaccount oftheshares opened bythe
Member States pursuant toArticles 2and 3andshall ,,assoon asthe
information reaches it,inform each State oftheextent towhich the
reserve hasbeen used up. '
Itshall ,notlater than 15October 1975 »inform theMember States
oftheamount still inreserve following anyreturn ofshares pursuant
toArticle 5»
Itshall .ensure that when anamount exhausting thereserve isdrawn
the amount sodrawn does not exceed thebalance available ,and to
this endshall notify theamount ofthat balance totheMember State
making thelast drawing .

ANNEX C
Article 7
1.Every Member State shall take allappropriate measures toensure
that shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch away
that importations maybecharged without interruption against its
accumulated share oftheCommunity quota .
2.Every Member State shall ensure that importers oftheproduct in
question established initsterritory have free access tothe
shares allocated toit.
3.The extent towhich aMember State hasused upitsshare shall be
determined onthebasis oftheimportations oftheproducts in
question entered with the customs authorities for home use .
Article 8
Every Member State shall notify theCommission atregular intervals
oftheimportations charged against its share .
Article 9
TheMember States suid 1;he Coimniooioii ohexll xrooptfrat©' Closely tocneuro
that this Regulation iscomplied with .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1975 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President ^