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DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(79)697
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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
^PROPOSAL^FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORFERRO-SILICON FALLING
WITHINSUBHEADING 73.02COFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1980)
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORFERRO-SILICO-MANGANESE FALLING
WITHINSUBHEADING 73.02DOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1980)
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FOR.THEADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORFERRO-CHROMIUM ,CONTAINING NOTMORE
THAN0.10XBYWEIGHTOFCARBONANDMORETHAN30%BUTNO
MORETHAN90%BYWEIGHTOFCHROMIUM
(SUPER-REFINED FERRO-CHROMIUM ),FALLINGWITHIN
SUBHEADING EX73.02EIOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1980)*
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)/--r/ ---M
!t":""c*
-r\yPROPOSALJ^ORACOCOM(79)697final
Brussels,6thDecember1979
COM(79)697final

EXPLANATORY' MEMORANDUM
Aspartofthemultinational negotiations withinGATT
theCommunityundertooktoopentheCommunityduty-freetariff
quotasedchyearforthethreefollowingferro-alloys :
However,since1July1977,theseferro-alloys canbeimported
fromPortugaldutyfreeinpursuanceoftheagreementconcluded
withthiscountry.Asfrom1January1980thiswillalsoapply
toproductsfromtheotherEFTAcountries.Thesequotasmust.
thereforebereducedbyquantities,representing theshareof
thesecountries Communityimports.Thevolumesofthesequotas
arethusreducedfor1980to5.500tonnesforferro-silicon,"
15.000tonnesforferro-silico-manganese and2.300tonnesfor
overrefined ferro-chromium .
TheCommission's' proposalsregardingthesethreeferro-alloys
drawextensively uponthoseputforwardforthesameproducts
inpreviousyears,inthattheallottingofthesharecontinues
tobeinlinewiththeruleshabitually adheredto(calculation
basedonpastfiguresandonprospectsfor1980).Themanagement
conditions proposeddifferfromthoseadoptedfor1979asregards
thevolumeassignedtoCommunityreserves,whichinthiscase
accountsforabout5%ofthequotavolumeforeachofthethree
ferro-alloys .,73.02C
73.02D
ex73.02EI•ferro-silicon
ferro-silico-manganèse 50.0Q0tonnes
overrefined ferro-chromium -3.000tonnes20.000tonnes

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3.Theproposals forregulations annexed hereto therefore
relate totheopening ,thedistribution andtype of
management ofthefollowing Community tariff quotas for
1980 :
Description of
productQuota
volumeQuota
dutyVolume of
reserveVolume of
initial
tranche
Annex A ferro-si licon 5.500 tf
0% 250 t 5.250 t
Annex Β ferro-si lieo-
manganese 15.000 t 0% 750 t 14.250 t
Annex C overref ined
ferro-chromium2.300 t 0% 100 t 2.200 t

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
fcrro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
tariffquotaof20000tonnes;whereasthisshould
howeverbereducedto5.50Ctonnestotakeaccountof
thetraditionalimportsfromtheEFTAcountries
whicharefreeofcustomsdutyunderthe
Agreementconcludedwiththese,countries,;whentrietariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon
1January1980andallocated ■amongtheMember
States:19761977
Bénélux 17-91.16-35
Denmark 0-600-09
Germany 53-885810
France 1-582-85
Ireland 0-220-08
Italy. 13-8314-21
UnitedKingdom 11-988-32
»
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-siliconfor1979,theinitial
percentagesharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
roughlyasfollows:
Bénélux 15.79
Denmark .o.38
Germany 58.11
eaSFrance 2.12
Irelando.14
Italy
UnitedKingdom14.
9.32
14-1978
13.31
0.46
62.02
1.94
0.11
14.89
7.27
Whereas"arrangementsfortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,to
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendof
themarketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
oudook.forthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe95%ofthe
amountofthequota;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshare-shoulddrawan

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additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
addition.-)]shareitialmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedro
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December !980,a
Communitytariffquotaof55cqtonnesshallbe#
openedwithintheCommunityinrespectofferro-silicon ■'
fallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariffduty
shallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof525utonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1980shallbeasfollows:(tonnes)
Bénélux v829
Denmark '20
Germany 3054
France .111
Ireland 7
Italy 752
UnitedKingdom 480
3.Thesecondinstalmentofi50tOnnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber;
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto2-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4 ,
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December^9S0
ArticleS
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980/
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September9S0,isinexcessof20%

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oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October19t'.Q
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September192Q,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
Article6 ■"
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports .
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1980/informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe-
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
-2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation.
Article9
'AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates,
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoeiarethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
!'*
■--Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat. _v
- FortheCouncil
' ThePresident

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
.<1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganesefalling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;whereas
thisshouldhoweverbereducedto
15,000tonnestotakeaccountofthe
traditional importsfromE.F.T.A.
countrieswhicharefreeof
CustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththesecountries;
whereasthe
tariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon
1January1990andallocatedamongtheMember
Suces:
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
arrangementsfortheutilizationoftheCommunitytariff
quota.basedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto
statisticaldataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic'
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-silico-manganesefor1SBQ,theinitial
percentagesharesinthequotavolumemaybeexpressed
roughlyasfollows:
Bénélux T3.89
Denmark 0.02
'Germany 63.TO
France 3.39
Ireland 0.02
Italy •15.9C
UnitedKingdom 3.68'
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareserveto'coyeranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedara
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe95%ofthe
amountofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1976
15-29
0
66-16
168
0
13-92
2-9519771978
2-6713.82
00
3-4060.91
1-885.54
a0
8-5615.42
,4.3112-67
0
63-40
1-88
0
18-56
349Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
rerurnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinand-jointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof.
itsmembers.Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December^gg ,a
Communitytariffquotaof/^000tonnesshallbe
openedwithintheCommunity inrespectof
ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02
DofiheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
'thatMemberStateshall,-inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare'
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor-
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariffduty
shallbetotallysuspended.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31D.ember1980.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof14.250tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryuntil
31December1980shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Gerrnany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
1,979
3
8,992
483
3
2,266
■524
2.Thesecondinstalmentof750tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.ArticleS
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October198Q,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September198Q,isinexcessof20%
ofdieinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull. ,■ •
•• s
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1.980
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1980andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve..
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheArticle6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
vuses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.

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Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1S80,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
-anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productisenteredwith,thecustomsauthoritiesfor
Treecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedetermindedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates,
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1.980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium ,containingnotmorethan010%byweightofcarbonandmorethan30%
butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium(super-refinedferro-chromium),falling
withinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff<1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,'
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission.
"Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium ,containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheading73.02EI,theEuropean .Economic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanarinualduty-free
tariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthisshould
howeverbereducedto2,300tonnesto
takeaccountofthetraditionalimports
fromE.F.T.A.countries,whichare
freeofcustomsdutyunderthe
Agreementsconcludedwiththesecountries;
whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January '
198CandallocatedamongtheMemberScares;
Whereasarrangementsfortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonalnallocationamong-
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthe'quota;whereas,to
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendof
themarketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
•quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,the-correspondingimportsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom19/619771978.
9-5819-3740.24
0-020-020.12
32-3124-9327.61
3-748-236.52
0•.002.0.05
31-1740-7512.51
23-18 •6-6812.95Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarket
forecastsforferro-chromiumfor\9SO,thepercentage
sharesmthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughlyasfollows:
Benelux
.Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom18.59
>:o.04
28.84
5.83
0.02
31.22'
15.45
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
neidasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements
piMemberStareswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;'
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe95%ofthe
amountofthequota; ^-
Where.,ir:tialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;-
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
the.reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministrationrequiresclose
collaborationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformcheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
ofthe.NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof

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Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasures
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1980 9a
Communitytariffquotaof2.300tonnesshallbe
openedwithintheCommunity inrespectof
fcrro-chromium ,containingbyweightnotmorethan
0i0'X>ofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmore
than90%ofchromium(super-refinedferro-chromium ),
fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIof.theCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof2.200tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shall-bevalidfrom1Januaryto31December
198C>s^a"beasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom 340
2.Thesecondinstalmentof100tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondsha're,totheextentthatthereservesopermit*,equalto10%ofIt*initialihare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31DecemberT980.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshall,not-laterthan1October1980 ^
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September^8Q>'s'nexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1980andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.
InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthematter
shallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeen
usedforthestipulatedpurpose.(tonnes)
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Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October -1!£0,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
*
Itshallensurethatwhenthedrawingwhichexhausts
thereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing. I
Article82.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocated'tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfrgecircu|ation.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shall'informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
19S0.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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FICHE l'INANCIEREDûce :
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12arc.120
.2.\Base juridique :Article 113dutraité * -, J
3..Intitulé delamesure tarifaire : ° -•
.Propositions derèglements duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition et
mode degestion descontingents tarifaires communautaires contractuels
pour lesferro-alliages (année 1980 ) .
-ferro-si liciura .du73.02 C • ■'
-ferro-si lico-manganèse du73.02 D
* ferro-chrome surraffiné duex73.02 El .
4.Objectif :Respect desengagements contractes auGATT .
5.Mode decalcul :
.-NaduT.D.C.
-Volume du/descontingent(s )"
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.73.02 C;DetexEI -
5.500 tonnes ,15.000 tonnes et2.300 tonnes
0X "
10X, 5,5 % et8X ,
•6.Perte derecettes :
Ferro-si licium
Valeur 1tonne Cen UCE )
Valeur totale (enUCE )
Perte (enUCE )385,12
2.118.160
211.816
IFerro-si 11co
manganèse
407,82
6.117.300
336.452 -Ferro-chrome
807,41
1.857.043
148.563
696.831 UCE
Parrapport à1979 ,diminution despertes derecettes de1.103.169 UCE