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,COM(73)2008 final ■V.
■ ;Brussels ,29November 1973
/.,; :DRAFT .: "::;
; . .REGULATION (EEC)OPTHE COUNCIL .-
onthe opening ,allocation and administration ofaCommunity tariff quota
forbullion lead and unwrought lead other than "bullion lead falling
within subheadings Ho78.01 AIand AIIofthe .Common Customs Tariff (1974 )
\ DRAFT ••;
""REGULATION (EEC)ofthecouncil;yi
f -/ ..V .'
onthe opening ;allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota .
■ ; . ■forunwrought zinc falling with
subheading No79.01 'Aofthe Common Customs Tariff (1974 )" ,
/.
(submitted totheCouncil bythe •Commission ) ,-
COM(73 )2009 final

Annex A
FXPMNATORY EMRffl DIM
1, Atthe time ofthenegotiations with the countries wishing to
join the Communities ,anoverall solution forthe problems oflead and
zinc was worked out.This solution ,"bywhich certain Member States
waived therights which they enjoyed under Protocol No XVoflist G,
was recorded inProtocols No14and 15annexed tothe Act ofAccession ,
and may "besummarized asfollows :
Inrespect of "bullion lead .:
(a)special treatment forthis metal inthe Common Customs Tariff by
thecreation ofanew subheading within heading No78.01 ;
(b)transformation ofthepresent specific duty of1.32 u.a./lOOkginto
anadvalorem dutycf 4«5$"S
(c)anilduty Community tariff quota tobeopened ,equal inamount to
the sumofrequests made bythe Member States concerned ,plus a
reserve ,and tobeadministered according tothe system ofprior
allocation ,until this duty istotally suspended for anunlimited
period ;
(d)participation bythe new Member States inthe nev;tariff quota from
1January 1974 "
(e)suspension oftheduty atalevel of2$from 1January 1975 ?
(f)from 1973 ,annual examination ofthepossibility oftotally
suspending the duty for anunlimited period .
Infact ,the Common Customs Tariff provides for anautonomous dutyof4*57® and a,conventional duty of1.32' u.a./lOOkg.

Annex A
Inrespect ofother inwrought lead
1
(a)trans format ion,assoon aspossible and."by1January 1974 atthe
latest ofthepresent specific duty of1.32 u.a./lOO k&into an
advalorem duty of4»5 collecting atleast 1.1u.a./lOOkg;
(b)participation bythe new Member States inthe Community tariff quota
of55 OOOmetric tons atzero rate from 1January ;
(c)from 1January 1975 »reduction ofthequota volume until its
disappearance on31December 19775
(d)areexamination ofthesituation before abolishing thequota with
aview toapossibly limited reduction oftheduty (collecting at
least 1.1u.a./lOOkg),itbeing understood that inanycase the
the Community foundry industry should continue tobesafeguarded . ■
Inrsspcot ofurarrpou.'ftit zinc
(a)transformation ,from 1January 1974 »ofthespecific duty of1.32 u.a
100kginto aduty of4*5^»collecting atleast 1.1u.a./lOOkg;
(b)from the same date ,participation bythe new Member States inthe
zero-rated tariff quota ,which was fixed at30000metric tons in
1971 >and which will decrease every year -except in1974 -until
itdisappears on31December 1977 «
2. The Commission recorded that the solution adopted from 1971 to
1973 ,even ifitdid notfully correspond tothe Community nature of
the quotas tobeopened ,was the only one which allowed progress tobe
made inaCommunity direction ,ssopposed tothepurely national situa­
tions which had preceded it.Forthis reason the annexed draft regula­
tions ,onthe quotas for 1974 »f-retoaconsiderable degree based onthe

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Annex A
situation obtaining during the preceding years ,asregards the conditions
for opening ,allocating and administering it.
The annexed draft regulations also take into account the agreement
reached bythe experts onthe scope tobeleft tothe Member States to
limit the amounts drawn from the quota volumes relating tounvrought lead
other than bullion lead andtozinc tocertain grades ofmetal and for
certain purposes .

Annex A
Draft
•;f :• REGULATION' (SEC)ITo..i/73OPTHEC0U1TCIL
of...
ontheopsning ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota for "bullion lead andunwrought lead other than
"bullion lead falling within subheadings Bo73»01 AIandAII
oftheCommon Customs Tariff (1974 )
THE CC01ICILOPTHEEUEOPEMT COMIUMTTES ,
Having regard tothe'Treaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article 28thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ;
Whereas ,asregards unwrought lead ,Community production isinsufficiQnt
aridwhereas producers cannot therefore meet alloftherequirements of
industry intheCommunity ;
^Jhereas itappears tobeintheCommunity 'sinterest tosuspend ,inthe
'case ofthis metal ,theapplication oftheunilateral Common Customs
Tariff duties forayear within given limits ,andtodistinguish between
bullion lead (unwrought lead containing 0.02ormore byweight of
silver forrefining )andunwrought lead other than bullion lead ;
iJhereas ,under Article 39oftheActannexed totheTreaty concerning
theaccession ofnewMember States totheEuropean Economic Community
andtotheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,signed on22January 1972 ,
thenewMember Sts,tes must on1January 1974 make thefirst moves
towards alignment oftheir national tariffs onthe Common Customs
Tariff asregards theproduct inquestion ;whereas ,therefore ,the
needs ofthose Member States forimports from third countries should
OJHoL73,27March I973 ,p22»

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from that date onwards becovered "bythetariff quota inquestion during
the period thereof ;whereas ,these requirements may not include imports
towhich some other preferential ,tariff treatment may apply ,particularly
under the European Free Trade Association arrangements ;whereas the s
duties tobeapplied "bythe new Member States under the said tariff quota
must bein'conformity *with theprovisions ofthe said Act ;
Whereas ,inview oftheslight intcrpenetration ofthe markets in
bullion lead and inother unwrought lead ,and ofthe lack ofcomplete
statistical data onthese two grades ofthemetal ,itdoes not seem
possible toestablish the volume andallocation ofthe Community tariff
quota forthe metals concerned onthebasis ofprevious data ;whereas ,
onthebasis ofestimates ofrequirements submitted bythe Member States ,
the quota volume tobeopened for 1974 has been fixed at313 700metric
tons forbullion lead andat55000metric tons forother unwrought lead ;
whereas the latter amount takes account ofthe need tomaintain a
reasonable balance ofdeductions from thetariff quota for unwrought
lead ingeneral inorder tosafeguard the foundry industry ;whereas ,
therefore ,only the estimated requirements bysome Member States for
specific grades oflead have been taken into account ;whereas itis
advisable toallow Member States the option ofnot taking their share
from these 55000metric tons ifcertain conditions ofquality and
purpose have not been met ;
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fcrthe product
:under consideration ,thetotal quota volume ofboth grades dflead should
bedivided into twotranches ,thefirst being allocated andthe second
being held asareserve tocover atalater date the requirements of
Member States ,who have used uptheir initial shares ;whereas ,togive

Armer .A
importers some certainty ,thefirst tranche shall "befixed at
285 ISOmetric tons for "bullion lend end 51150metric tons forother
unwrought lead ,theremainder of28520metric tons and3850 metric
tons constituting thereserve ;whereas ,failing asufficiently repre­
sentative reference period ,thefollowing initial percentage-shares may
"beadopted onthe "basis ofestimates which take account ofthe new
situation :
(metric tons )
Bullion lead IOther unwrought lead ■
Germany 54000 11984
Bénélux 22000 16619
France 50 333
Italy 54000 11984
Denmark 50 911
Ireland 80 230
•United Kingdom 155 000 9089
Whereas theinitial shares may "beused upfairly quickly ;whereas ,
therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies ,any Member State which has
almost used upitsinitial share should draw asupplementary share from
thereserve ;whereas this must "bedone byeach Member State aseach one
ofits supplementary shares isalmost used up,and asmany times asthe
reserve allows ;whereas theinitial and supplementary shares must bo
valid until the end ofthe quota period ;whereas this form ofadministra­
tion requires close collaboration between the Member States andthe
Commission ,and the Commission must boinaposition tofollow the extent
towhich the quota volume has been used upand inform the Member States
thereof ;

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Annex A
Whereas if,atagiven date inthe quota period ,aMember State
has aconsiderable quantity left over ,itisessential that itshould
return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ,toprevent a
part ofthe Community tariff quota from remaining unused inone Member
State while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the Kingdom ofthe
Netherlands and the Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg are jointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union any measures concerning theadministration
ofthe shares allocated tothat economic union may becarried out by
one ofits members ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
/
Article 1
1. During the period from 1January to31December 1974 Community
tariffs quotas shall beopened inthe Community forthe following
products coming from third countries ,andwithin the following limits :
CC'Theading j
number jI
! Description
!
' - -– - -I
Amount ofthe
quota
78.01 AI jI" ■ 1 –– ι–-"ι·ι ι. ■■ ι-- .1 -–- '■"■-
junwrought lead containing 0.02$
jormore byweight ofsilver for
Irefining (bullion lead ) ,
ί ι313 700 metric
tons
78.01 AII
II i
|Other unwrought lead !
ί
l i
i55000metric
tons
2# Imports oftheproduct inquestion maynot becounted under this
tariff quota ifthey arealready free ofcustoms duties under other
preferential tariff treatment applied bycertain Member States in
particular under the European Free Trade Association arrangements .

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Annex A
3. Within this tariff quote ,,the Common Customs Tariff duties shall
hetotally suspended .
k. Without prejudice totheir option toaccelerate alignment under
Article 41ofthe Act ofAccession ,the new Ilember States shall within
this tariff quota apply ,inlieu oftheduties to "beapplied intrade with
third countries from 1January 1974 find shown incolumn 2ofthe table
below athe duties shown incolumn 1thereof :
Bullion lead(heading
No.7^.01 A*"Iofthe
Common Customs Tariff )
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Unwrourht lead ,other than
bullion lead
(heading No.78*01 AIIof
the Common Customs Tariff )
Denmark
Ireland
United KingdomQuota duties
1
0%
0?
0fo
0%
0%
0%
3rThird country duties
2
1,8% ,collecting at
most 0.528 u.a./lOOkg
I.8/3,collecting a
maximum ofO.528 u.a./
100 kg
'1.8/,collecting a
maximum ofO.528u.a./
100 kg
1.8% ,collecting a
minimum of0,44 u.a.
and amaximum of
0,528 u.a./lOOkg
1.8% ,collecting a
minimum of0.44 ^»a.
and amaximum of
O.528u.a./lOOkg
1.8% ,collecting a
minimum of0.44 u.a.
and amaximum of
0«528 u.a./lOOkg
4.5% ,collecting a
minimum of1.1 u.a.
and amaximum of
1.32 u.a./lOOkg
Impor softhese products into theUnited Kingdom from Commonwealth countriesare free ofduty .

Anne ::A
Artide 2
1. The Community tariff quotas referred ,toinArticle l(l)shall "be
divided into two tranches .
2. Thefirst tranche of285 180metric tons inrespect of "bullion
lead .and .51150metric tons inrespect ofother unwrought lead shall
beallocated among the Member States ;therespective shares ofthe
Member States ,which ,subject toArticle 5»shall bevalid until
31December 1974 »shall beasfollows :
(a)asregards unwrought lead containing 0.02 /?ormore byweight of
silver forrefining (bullion lead):
Gcrmany
Benelux
Franc e
Italy
Danemark
.Ireland
United Kingdom54000 metric tons
22000 metric tons
50metric tons
54000metric tons
50metric tons
80metric tons
155 000 metric tons

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Annex A
(b)asregards other unwrought lead :
Germany 11984 metric tons
Bénélux 16619 metric tons
Prance 333 metric tons
Italy 11984 metric tons
Denmark 911 retnc tons
Ireland 230 metric tons
United Kingdom 9089 metric tons
3. Thesecond tranches ,of28520metric tons and3$50 metric tons
respectively ,shall constitute the Community reserves .
Article 3
1. If90joormore ofaMember State *sinitial share asspecified ,in
Article 2(2),orofthat share minus theportion returned tothereserve
where Article 5isapplied ,has been used up,that Member State shall ,
without delay ,bynotifying the Commission ,draw asecond share ,to
theextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to10^ofitsoriginal
share ,orrounded up,where necessary ,tothe next unit .
£•If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,JQffoormore ofthe
second share drawn byaMember State has been used up,that Merrbcr State
shall ,without delay ,inaccordance with the provisioreofparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal torfjcofitsinitial share ,rounded upwhere
necessary tothe next unit ,
3,If,after itsinitial chare hasbeen used ,90^ormore ofthe
second share drawn byaMember State has been used up,that Member State
shall ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 1,draw upafourth
share equal tothe third .

Annex A
This process shall continue toapply until thereserve isused up*
4. Byv;ay ofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State may
draw shares lower than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere are
grounds for "believing that those fixed may not heused up.Itshall
inform the Commission ofits reasons for applying this paragraph .
Article 4
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall hevalid until
31December 1974 »
Article 5
AMember State which on15October 1974 has not used upitsinitial
share shall return tothe reserve notlater than 31October 1974 the
unused portion exceeding 20$oftheinitial amount .Itmayretvirn a
greater portion ifthere are grounds forbelieving that itmay not be
used up.
Member States shall ,notlater than 31October 1974 »notify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities ofthe product inquestion imported
uptoand including 15October 1974 and counted against the Community
tariff quota and anyquantities returned tothereserve .
Article 6
Member States mayrestrict deductions from their shares ofunwrought
lead (other than bullion load )forcertain purposes orgrades .

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Annex A
Article 7
TheCommission shall keep anaccount oftheshares opened "bytheMember
States pursuant toArticles 2and 3andshall ,assoon asinformation
reaches it,inform each state oftheextent towhich thereserve has
been used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 15November 1974 »inform theMember States of
the amount still inreserve after returns have been made pursuant to
Article 5»
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which uses upthereserve islimited
tothebalance available andtothis endshall specify the anount
thereof totheMember State making the last drawing .
Article 8
1. Member States shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that
supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch a
waythat imports maybecounted without interruption against their
accumulated shares intheCommunity quota .
2. Member States shall ensure that importers oftheproduct in
question established intheir territory have free access totheshares
allocated tothem .
3. Member States shall ad-minister their share inaccordance xd.th the
system ofprior allocation .
4* Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsquota-share
shall bedetermined byreference toimports ofthe /product inquestion
asandwhen such products arepresented forcustoms clearance under
declarations forconsumption .

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Annex A
Article 9
Member States shall regularly inform theCommission ofimports actually
counted against their shares .
Article 10
Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely toensure that
thepreceding Articles areobserved .
I
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , 19*•
For the Council
The President

Arrncx B
Draft
REGULATION (ECC )NO...«/ 73OFTHECOUNCIL
of
on "theopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forunwrought zinc falling with subheading No .79.01A
ofthe Common Customs Tariff
(1974 )
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COM®NITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 28thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation from theCommission ;
Whereas ,asregards unwrought zinc ,Community production is
insufficient ,andwhereas producers cannot therefore meet allofthe
requirements ofindustry intheCommunity ;
Whereas itappears tobeintheCommunity ^interest tosuspend ,
inthecase ofthis metal ,theapplication oftheunilateral Common
Customs Tariff duties forayear within given limits ;
Whereas ,under Article 39oftheActannexed totheTreaty
concerning theaccession ofnewMember States totheEuropean Economic
Community andtotheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,signed ,on
22January 1972 "*",thenewMember States muston1January 1974makethe
first move towards alignment ofthenational tariffs ontheCommon
Customs Tariff asregards theproduct inquestion ;whereas ,therefore ,
theneeds ofthose Member States forimports from third countries should
from that date onwards becovered bythetariff quota inquestion during
theperiod thereof ;whereas these requirements maynotinclude imports
towhich some other preferential tariff treatment mayapply ,particularly
1OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.22.

under the European Free Trade Association -arrangements ;whereas the
duties to "beapplied "bythe now Member ■States under the said tariff
quota must heillconformity with theprovisions ofthesaid Act;
Whereas ,inview oftheslight interpenetration ofthemarkets
inunwrought zinc ,itdoes not seem possible toestablish the volume
andallocation ofthe Community tariff quota forthe metal concerned
onthebasis ofprevious data ;whereas ,onthebasis ofestimates of
requirements supplied bythe Member States ,the quota volume for
unwrought zinc tobeopened for 1974 has been fixed at20000 metric
tons ;whereas this amount takes account ofthe need tostay within
reasonable limits andtosafeguard Community production ;whereas ,
therefore ,only the estimated requirements bysome Member States for
specific grades ofzinc have been taken into account ;whereas itis
advisable toallow Member States the option ofnot taking their share
from this amount ifcertain conditions ofquality and purpose have not
been met ;
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends forthe product
under consideration ,thetotal quota volume of20000metric tons should
bedivided into twotranches ,thefirst being allocated andthe second
being held asareserve tocover atalater date the requirements of
Member States who have used uptheir initial shares ;whereas ,togive
import ers some certainty ,thefirst tranche should befixed at
18000metric tons ,theremainder of2000metric tons constituting the
reserve ;whereas ,failing asufficiently representative reference
period ,the following initial percentage-shares may beadopted onthe
basis ofestimates which take account ofthe new situation :

Annex B
Germany 42.67
Bénélux 25.34
Franco 1.33
Italy 10.66
Denmark 2.22
Ireland 1.48
United Kingdom 16.30
Whereas theinitial shares may "beused upfairly quickly ;
whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies ,any Member State
which has almost used upitsinitial share should draw asupplementary
share frora the reserve ;whereas this must hedone "byeach Member State
aseach one ofits supplementary shares isalmost used up,and asmany
times asthe reserve allows ;whereas theinitial and supplementary
shares must bevalid until the er_d ofthe quota period ;whereas this
form ofadministration requires close collaboration between the Member
States and the Commission ,and the Commission must beinaposition to
follow the extent towhich the quota volume has been used upand inform
the Member States thereof ;
vftiereas if,atagiven date inthe quota period ,aMember State
has aconsiderable quantity left over ,itisessential that itshould
return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ,toprevent a
part ofthe Community tariff quota from remaining unused inone Member
State while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the Kingdom oftheITetherland
andthe Grand -Duchy ofLuxembourg arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union any measures concerning the axlministration ofthe shares
allocated tothat economic union may becarried out byon^ofits
merifbcrs ;
/ Article 1
1.During thepcriod/^on ]_January to31December 1974aCommunity
tariff quota of20000 tons shall beopened intheCommunity
forunwrought zincfalling vi-thin subheading No79*01 Aofthe Common

\\
* I ^ "v v...i ;>r v
Ai'INFX B
 V-'y 2.Imports oftheproduct inquestion maynot becounted under this
tariff quota ifthey are already free ofcustoms duties under other
preferential tariff treatment applied bycertain i'iember States in
particular under the the European Free Trade Association arrangements .
3t Within this tariff quota the Common Customs Tariff duties shall
betotally suspended .
k. Without prejudice totheir option toaccelerate alignment under
Article 41ofthe Act ofAccession ,the new Member States shall within
this tariff quota apply ,inlieu ofthoduties toheapplied intrade
with third countries from 1January 1974 cind shown incolumn 2ofthe
table below ,theduties shown incolumn 1thereof :
.Denmark
Ireland
United KingdomQuota duties
1
0%
0%
3%
£0.8856 /metric tonThird countries duties
2
1.8% ,collecting a
minimum of0.44 -u.a.,
and amaximum of
.0.528 u.a./lOOkg
1.8$ ,collecting a
minimum of0.44 u.a.,
and amaximum of
O.528u.a./lOOkg
4.5$»collecting a
minimum of1.10 u.a.,
and amaximum of
1.32 u.a./lOOkg
£0.8856 permetric
ton,+1.8$ ,collecting
aminimum of0.44 u.a.
per 100kg,plu3 £0.8856
per metric ton,and a
maximum ofO.528u.a.
per 100kg,plus £0.8856
per metric ton.
Imports ofthese products into the United Kingdom from Commonwealth
countries are free ofduty .

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Annex E
Article 2
1. The Community tariff quota referred toinArticle l(l)shall "be
divided into two tranches .
2. Thefirst tranche of18000metric tons shall heallocated among
the Member States ;therespective shares ofthe Member States ,which ,
subject toArticle 5»shall bevalid from 1January to31December 197
shall beasfollows :
Germany 7681metric tons
Bénélux 4561
branco 239
Italy 1919
Dennark 4OO
Ireland 266
United .Kingdom 2934
3. The second tranche ,of2000metric
reserve .
Article 3
1.If90^ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share asspecified in
Article 2(l), *orof-that share minus theportion returned tothe
reserve where Article 5isapplied ,has been used up,that Member
State shall without delay ,bynotifying the Commission ,draw asecond
share ,totheextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to10$of
itsinitial share ,orrounded upwhere necessary tothe next unit .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%ormore ofthe
second share drawn byaMember State has been used up,that Member Stat
shall ,without delay ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to5°/°ofitsinitial share ,rounded upwhere
necessary tothe next unit .ofthe Member States ,which ,
1January to31December 1974
metric tons
metric tons
metric tons
metric tons
metric tons
metric tons
metric tons .
tons ,shall constitute a

Annex B
3. If,after itssecond share' Has "been used up,90/oormore of
thethird share drawn "byaMember State has "been used up,that
Member State shall ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 1,
draw upafourth share equal tothethird .
This process shall continue toapply until thereserve is
used up.
4. Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State
maydraw shares lower than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere
aregrounds forbelieving that those fixed may notbeused up.It
shall inform theCommission ofitsreasons forapplying this paragraph .
Article 4
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December 1974 »
Article 5
AMember State which on15October 1974 hasnotused upitsinitial
share shall return tothereserve not later than 31October 1974 'the
unused portion exceeding 20%oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn a
greater portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that itmay not
beused up.
Member States shall ,notlater than 31October 1974 tnotify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities oftheproduct inquestion imported
uptoandincluding 15October 1974 an&counted against theCommunity
tariff quota andanyquantities returned tothereserve .

Article 6Annex B
Member States mayrestrict deductions from their shares ofunwrovight
zinc forcertain purposes orgrades .
Article 7
The Commission shall keep anaccount ofthe shares opened bytue
Member States pursuant toArticles 2and 3andshall ,assoon as
information reaches it,inform each State ofthe extent towhich
the reserve has been used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 15November 1974 »inform the Member States
ofthe amount still inreserve after returns have been made pursuant
toArticle 5»
Itshall ensure that the drawing which uses upthe reserve islimited
tothe balance available and tothis endshall specify the amount
thereof tothe Member State making thelast drawing .
Article 8
1. Meriber States shall take all measures necessary toensure that
supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3are opened insuch
awaythat imports may becounted without interruption against their
accumulated shares inthe Community quota *
2. Member States shall ensure that importers ofthe product in
question established intheir territory have free access tothe
shares allocated tothem .
3» Member States shall administer their share inaccordance with
the system ofprior allocation .

Annex B
4. Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsquota -
sliare shall "bedetermined byreference toimports oftheproduct
inquestion asandwhen such products arepresented forcustoms
clearance under declarations forconsumption .
Article 9
Member States shall regularly inform theCommission ofimports
actually counted against their shares .
Article 10
Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely toensure
that thepreceding Articles areobserved .
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , 19.•
FortheCpuncil
The President