COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMV1UNITIES 
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Brussels, 23 June 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opening 
and providing for the administration of Community tariff 
quotas for certain ihdustrial products (first series 1992) 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 of 19 December 1991 opened a series 
of tariff quotas for this year, including one for ferro-chromium 
containing by weight more than 6% of carbon (order No 09.2711), which 
was provisionaIIy fixed at 300 000 tonnes, and another for synthetic 
poly-aIpha-olefin (order No 09.2727), the volume of which was fixed at 
2 000 tonnes and the date of expiry at 30 June 1992.1 
2. The grounds for increasing the volume of both quotas and extending the 
duration of the second to 31 December were considered by the Ad Hoc 
Group on Economic Tariff Problems on 6 May. 
It emerges that 
a) Ferro-chromium consumption is expected to remain at a level similar 
to last year and, since there has been no change in the structure 
or volume of Community supply, the demand for non-preferentia I 
imports from non-member countries should therefore remain at a 
similar level to last year, namely 550 000 tonnes. 
b) Consumption of synthetic poly-aIpha-olefin is expected to remain at 
a level similar to last year, namely 4 000 tonnes, and, since there 
is no Community industry, the volume of the quota opened for the 
first six months of this year should be increased and the quota 
period extended untiI 31 December. 
The Commission proposes that the quotas be increased by 250 000 tonnes and 
2 000 tonnes respectively and that the quota period for synthetic poly-alpha-
olefin be extended to 31 December 1992. 
Such is the purpose of this proposaI. 
OJ No L 370, 31.12.91, p.10 
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Council Regutation (EEC) No ... /92 
of ... 1992 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opening 
and providing for the administration of Community tariff 
quotas for certain industrial products (first series 1992) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUflOPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 
in particular Article 28 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal frc« the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opened, for 1992, Community tariff 
quotas for certain industrial products, and in particular ferro-chromium 
containing by weight more than 6% of carbon (order No 09.2711) and synthetic 
poly-alpha-olefin (order No 09.2727);1 
Whereas the above Regulation provides that the volume of the quota for ferro-
chromium containing by weight more than 6% of carbon may be adjusted in the 
course of the year on the basis of reaI demand; 
Whereas current economic data suggests that Community demand for non-Community 
imports of the product in question could in the course of the year exceed the 
volume laid down in the above Regulation; whereas the same is true of synthetic 
poly-aIpha-olefin; whereas the volume of the quotas in question should 
therefore be increased by the amounts indicated in Article 1 below; whereas the 
period of validity of the second of the two quotas should be extended unti l 
31 December 1992, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
1 OJ No L 370, 31.12.91, p.10 
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Article 1 
For order Nos 09.2711 and 09.2727, the table in Article 1(1) of Counci 
Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 is hereby replaced by the following table-. 
Order No CN code Descr ipt ion Ouota 
voIume 
(T) Ouota 
duty 
(%) Ouota 
per iod 
09.2711 7202 41 90 Ferro-chromium containing 
by weight more than 6% of 
carbon 550 000 from 1.1 to 
31 .12.1992 
09.2727 ex3902 90 00 Synthetic poly-alpha-
olefin having a kinetic 
viscosity of not less than 
38x10_6m2s-1 (38 centi-
stokes) at 100*C, measured 
using the ASTM D 445 method 
L 4 000 from 1.1 to 
31.12.1992 
Art icle 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounciI 
The President 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opening and 
providing for the administation of Community tariff quotas for certain 
industrial products (first series 1992) 
4. 0bject ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries 
5. Method of calculation 
CCT heading : 
In i t i a I voIume : 
Volume increase : 
Duty to be applied 
Normal CCT duty: 7202 41 90 
300 000 T 
250 000 T 
0 % 
8 % ex 3902 90 00 
2 000 T 
2 000 T 
0 % 
12,5 % 
Duty-loss 
Average price per tonne : 
Total value : 
Duty-loss : 1 278 ECU 3 255 ECU 
319 500 000 ECU 6 510 000 ECU 
25 560 000 ECU 813 750 ECU 
Compared with the two initial quotas : increased duty-loss of 26 373 750 ECU 

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