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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Α.
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro-si liconfalling within subheading 73.02 Cofthe
Common Customs Tariff (1983 )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota for aferro -silico -manganese falling within subheading 73.02 D
ofthe Common Customs Tariff (1983 )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro-chromium containing notmore than 0.10 %byweight
ofcarbon andmore than 30% butnotmore than 90%byweight ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )falling within subheading ex73.02 EIof--COM(82)682 final
Brussels ,27October 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
the Common Customs Tariff (1983 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (82)682 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
AspartofthemultinationalnegotiationswithinGATTtheCommunity
undertooktoopentheCommunityduty-freetariffquotaseachyearfor
thethreefollowingferro-alloys :
ferro-silicon 20,000tonnes
ferro-silico-manganese 50,000tonnes
super»-iefined
ferro-chromium 3,000tonnes
However,since1July1977,theseferro-alloys havebeenimported
fromPortugaldutyfreeinpursuanceoftheagreementconcludedwith
thiscountry.Asfrom1January1980thisalsoappliedtoproducts
fromtheotherEFTAcountries.Thesequotasmustthereforebereduced
byquantitiesrepresentingtheshareofthesecountries'Community
imports.Thevolumesofthesequotashavethusbeenreducedto
11,100tonnesforferro-silicon,18,550tonnesforferro-silico-manganese
and2,950tonnesforsuper-refined ferro-chromium .
TheCommission'sproposalsregardingthefirsttwoferro-alloys draw
extensively uponthoseputforwardforthesameproductsinprevious
years,inthattheallocationofthequotasharescontinuestobein
linewiththeusualrules(calculationbasedonpastfiguresandon
forecastsfor1983).
Forthethirdproduct,intheabsenceofrepresentative previousfigures,
theallocationofthequotasharesbetweenMemberStatesisthatadopted
bytheCouncilforthe1982quota(inpercentages).
Thedraftregulations annexedheretothereforerelatetotheopening,
allocationandadministration ofthefollowingCommunitytariff
quotasfor1983:
Description ofQuotaQuotaVolumeofVolumeof
product volumedutyreserve initial
share
AnnexAferro-siLicon11,100t0%500t10,600t
AnnexBferro-siLieo-18.550t0%900t17,650t
manganese
AnnexCsuper-refined 2,950t0%150t2,800t
ferro-chromium73.02C
73.02D
ex73.02EI

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4.Thepossibilityofopeningsupplementary autonomoustariffquotasfor
thethreeferro-alloys mentionedabovewasconsideredduringameeting
ofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"Groupon10September1982.Because
oftheoppositionofcertainMemberStates,basedontheexistenceof
significant Communitysourcesofsupplyorsourcesincertainthird
countriesbenefiting fromzerodutyatimportation,andbecauseof
difficulties experienced bytheproductionsector,suchastepcannot
beenvisagedfor1983.

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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon ,fallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-freetariff
quotaof20000tonnes;whereasthisshouldhowever
bereducedto11100tonnestotakeaccountofthe
traditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhave
beenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1983andallocatedamongtheMember
States;importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:
1978 1979 1980
Benelux 9-269-237-71
Denmark 0-920-170
Germany 46-3044-0645-36
Greece 0-700-450-06
France 2-342-6513-33
Ireland 000
Italy 180417-8415-18
UnitedKingdom 22-4325-6018-36
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-silicon .for19f3.,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketin
theproductinquestion,allocationofthequota
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsffomthirdcountriesduringarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingBénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9.65
0.17
50.11
0.21
5.10
0.02
11.26
23.48
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthis
caseshouldbeapproximately 95%ofthevolumeof
thequota;

Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December190,a
Communitytariffquotaof11100tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforferro-siliconfalling
withinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarran­
gements.
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .2.Afirstinstalmentof10600tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31
December1983shallbeasfollows:
(ionnes)
Benelux 1.023
Denmark 17
Germany 5.312
Greece 22
France 541
Ireland 2
Italy 1.194
UnitedKingdom 2.489
3.Thesecondinstalmentof500tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecond,share,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerand\totheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto2-5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhausingitssecond
share,hasused90%ofmoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31DecemberIV83

s
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1983,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September^S-^andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmay"restrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem'.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestionentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading 73.02Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1983
COMMUNITIES ,1978 1979 1980
Benelux 0-52 0-826-44
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean Denmark 0 0 0
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113Germany 67-22 68-67 58-83
thereof, Greece 808543 5-86
France 006 3-89 4-47
Ireland 0 0 0
Italy 12-52 14-37 13-77
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,UnitedKingdom 11-60 6-8210-63
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese,falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Community hasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freeCommunity tariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthisshouldhoweverbereducedto18550
tonnestotakeaccountofthetraditionalimportsfrom
EFTAcountrieswhichhavebeenfreeofcustomsduty
undertheAgreements concludedwiththosecoun­
tries;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshouldthere­
forebeopenedon1January1983andallocated
amongtheMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuous accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,in
thelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,arrange­
mentsfortheutilizationoftheCommunity tariff
quotabasedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspond ascloselyaspossibletotheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-silico-manganesefor1982;theinitial
percentage sharesinthequotavolumecanbe
expressedapproximately asfollows:
Benelux 3.98
Denmark 0.01
Germany 64.68
Greece
France,
Ireland 0.02
Italy 12.01
UnitedKingdom 12.97
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocated
andthesecondformingareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirements toMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstal­
mentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatahigh
level,whichinthiscaseshouldbeapproximately
95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand

additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
702
2
11.416
732
385
4
2.120
2.289
2.Thesecondinstalmentof900tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
IfaMemberStatehasused90°/oormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983a
Communitytariffquotaof18550tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforferro-silico-manganese
fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistarriffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof17650tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December1983
shallbeasfollows:2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
> Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1983
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1983isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater

y
portionoftherearegroundstorbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1983andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Proposal,fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforferro-chromium containingnotmorethan010%byweightofcarbon
andmorethan30%butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium(super-
refinedferro-chromium ),fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1983
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheading73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freetariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthisshould,
however,bereducedto2950tonnestotakeaccount
ofthetraditonalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhich
havebeenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1983andallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketin
theproductinquestion,allocationofthequota
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasferro-chromium ofthisquitespecificquality
isnotsingledoutintheMemberStatesstatistical
nomenclatures ;whereastheircorresponding imports
fromthirdcountries,notalreadybenefitingfroman
equivalentpreferentialarrangement ,couldnotbe
detailedintheirentiretyfortheabovementioned refer­
enceperiod;whereas,takingintoaccounttheforesee­ableevolutionofthemarketinsuchferro-chromium
fortheyear1983andinparticulartheforecastsmade
bytheMemberStates,theinitialpercentagesharesin
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 15-93
Denmark 003
Germany 27-71
Greece 017
France 2910
Ireland 0-03
Italy 8-66
UnitedKingdom 18-37
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthis
caseshouldbeapproximately95%ofthevolumeof
thequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,

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inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration of*thesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof2950tonnesshallbeopenedin
theCommunityforferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheading73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthisquota,CommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof2800tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December1983,
shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 446
Denmark 1
Germany 776
Greece 5
France 815
Ireland 1
Italy 242
UnitedKingdom 514
2.Thesecondinstalmentof13Dshallconsti­
tutethereserve. tomes
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthpseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December198*5.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1983isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October 1983
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1983,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.

' Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregateshareoftheCommunityquota.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwith
thecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation.
Article9
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident