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PROPOSAL FORA ■
REGULATION (ESC)OFTEECOUNCIL
increasingthesizeoftheCommunitytariff
quotaofunwroughtmagnesiumcomingunderheading77.01A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff
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(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(73)1752final

GUD/773/73-E
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDU M
1.Inanexchange ofletters with theITordic delegation
(Doc.NCG(67)44 Rev. of13October 1967 »Annexes NORD 2and5)>
theEuropean Economic Community undertook toopen anannual
tariff quota forunwrought magnesium ,thesize ofwhich is
calculated sothat thepart ofCommunity consumption notcovered
"byCommunity production may "beimported atzero duty from the
date ofentry into force oftheGeneva Protocol (19^7)»
2.This "being so,theCouncil ,byvirtue of(EEC)Regulations
Uos2737/72of19December 1972 1and1654/73of18June19732,
decided toopen aCommunity tariff quota for1973 whose total
size wasfixed ,onthebasis ofcautious estimates ,at13,000
metric tons ,notexcluding anylater adjustments .
3.Theproposed regulation annexed hereto istheoutcome ofthe
re-examination ,carried outduring September 19731oftheposition
within theCommunity ofthemarket forunwrought magnesium .On
thebasis ofthemost recent data andeconomic forecasts gathered
forthepurpose ,itappears that theimportation requirements of
theCommunity asoriginally constituted tobemetfrom non-member
countries might reach alevel of20,180 metric tons during 1973 *
Having regard tothefact that aquota of13»000 metric tons was
already opened atthebeginning oftheyear ,theadditional
importation requirements tobemet from non-member countries would
therefore amount to7J180metric tons .
Ontheother hand ,present balances held within theCommunity ,
which result firstly from stocks built upeither attheendof
1972 orduring theearly months of1973 andsecondly from the
increase inCommunity unwrought magnesium output ,mainly centred
onunalloyed unwrought magnesium ,suggest that theCommunity 's
OJNoL291 of28December 1972 ,page 129.
20JHoL166of23June 1973 ,page 5.

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importation requirements ofunwrought magnesium upto31December
1973 will beonly 180metric tons .It .isforthis reason that
intheproposed regulation annexed hereto ttheincrease contemplated
forthequota inquestion isfixed at:
-180metric tons forunalloyed magnesium ;and
-7,000 metric tons foralloyed magne&itsii.' . 1
4*Indefault ofmore precise data oneach Member State 's
requirements , .theapportionment between them ofthequotas
allocated tothetwogrades ofmagnesium remains thesame as
that adopted for1973 intheabove-mentioned (SEC)Regulation
No2737 . • ...
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GUD/773/73--E
PROPOSAL PORA
REGULATION(EEC)03?THECOCETCIL
increasingthesizeoftheCommunitytariff
quotaofunwroughtmagnesiumcomingunder
heading77*01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
CommunityanditsArticle113inparticular ;
HavingregardtotheCommission'sproposal:
1Whereas,"byvirtueofits(EEC)Regulations ITos2737/72and
1654/73taCommunitytariffquotaforunwroughtmagnesium
comingunderheading77*01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffwas
openedfor1973andapportioned "betweentheMemberStates;
Whereas,011thebasisofthemostrecenteconomicdata,for197.3
onconsumption ,production ,exportstonon-membercountries,imports
undertheinwardsprocessingprocedureandtheabnormalstocksheld
byanumberofMemberStates,thereisreasontoassumethat
Communityimportation requirements tobemetfromnon-member
countriesmightreachthelevelof20,180metrictonsduring
1973;whereasatotalquotasizeof13»000metrictonshasalready
beenopenedbytheCouncil;whereasinconsequencethetariff
quotainquestionshouldberaisedby7»130metrictons;whereas
moreover,havingregardtothestocksheldon31December1972
inoneMemberStateandalsothelargequantitiesavailablewithin
theCommunity,itisreasonabletoassumethattheadditional
importationrequirements ofunwroughtmagnesiumamountto180metric
tonsofunwroughtmagnesiumcontainingnotlessthan99»8'Spure
magnesiumbyTtfeight(unalloyedunwroughtmagnesium)and7>000
metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaininglessthan99.8'/>
puremagnesiumbyweight(alloyedunwroughtmagnesium),
-OJNoL291of28Decamber1972,page129
GJNoL165of23June1973»page5

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
ThesizeoftheCommunitytariffquotaof13»000metrictons
forunwroughtmagnesiumcomingtinderheading77*01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,whichwasopened "byvirtueof(EEC)
RegulationsNos2737/72and1654/73*shallbeincreased "by
7,180metrictons'andthereforeraisedto20,180metrictons.
Thisincreaseof7»180metrictonsshallconsistof:
(a)180metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notlessthan99.8^puremagnesiumbyweight;and
(b)7»000metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99.8^puremagnesiumbyweight(alloyed
unwroughtmagnesium).
Article2
1«ThefirstinstalmentofthequotasstatedatArticle1,
amountingrespectively to150metrictonsofunalloyedunwrou.ght
magnesiumand6,000metrictonsofalloyedunwroughtmagnesium,
shallbeapportionedbetweenMemberStatesasfollows:
(a)Unalloyedunwroughtmagnesium:
Benelux 55metrictons .
Stance ' 1metricton
Germany . 93metrictons
Italy 1metricton
(b)Alloyedunwroughtmagnesium:
Benelux '. "124metrictons
EVance ,13metrictons
Germany - 5»850metrictons
Italy . 13metrictons

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2.ThesizesoftheCommunityquotareservesofthesetwogrades
ofunwroughtmagnesiumlaiddowninArticle2(2)of(EEC)
RegulationNo2737/72,oneofwhichwasincreased "byvirtueof
(EEC)RegulationFo1354/73»shallberaisedrespectively froms
(a)50metrictonsto80metrictonsforunalloyed
unwroughtmagnesium;and
(t>)6,880metrictonsto7f880metrictonsforalloyed
unwroughtmagnesium.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbe"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,1973
PortheCouncil
ThePresident