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C0M(91) 202 final 
Brussels, 3 June 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of a 
Community tariff quota for a certain form of manganese 
(1991) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. As a result of requests submitted by various Member States, the Commission 
departments in collaboration with the Government experts concerned, found 
it necessary to examine the possibility of opening either a suspension or 
a quota for a form of manganese, for the second half of 1991. 
2. After consulting the profession, the Commission is of the opinion that 
the solution which would be acceptable to the Member States, would be to 
open a tariff quota for this product, as indicated below, without 
detriment to the market: 
-Electrolytic manganese: 1 750 tonnes at 0% for 6 months 
This is the subject of the present proposal. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
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opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
a certain form of manganese (v1) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of certain 
form of manganese w'" remain in the course of 1991 
unable to meet the specific requirements of the user 
industries in the Community ; whereas, consequently. 
Community supplies of products of this type will depend 
to a considerable extent on imports from third countries ; 
whereas 
the most urgent Community requirements for the 
product in question should be met immediately on the 
most favourable terms ; whereas a zero duty Community 
tariff quota should therefore be, opened within the limits 
of an appropriate volume for j^pèTriod|up to 71 December 
1991, taking account of the need not to disturb the 
market for such products nor the starting out of Commu­
nity production ; 
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 
the said quota and to ensure the uninterrupted applica­
tion of the rate laid down for the quota to all imports of 
the product concerned into all Member States until the 
quota has been used up ; 
Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures 
to ensure efficient Community administration of this tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportu­
nity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quan­
tities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this 
method of administration requires close cooperation 
between the Member States and the Commission and the 
latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at 
which the quota is used up and inform the Member States 
accordingly ; 
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux 
Economic Union, all transactions concerning the admi-
nidstration of the quantities drawn by that economic 
union may be carried out by any one of its members, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
l. From 1 July up to 31 December 1991, 
the customs duty applicable to import into the 
Community of the product listed below shall be 
suspended at the level and within the limit of the 
Conmunity tariff quota shown below: 
Order 
No 
09.2821 CN code 
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ex 3111 uù 11 Description 
weignt of 99.7? or more, fortne martifactilire 
of norrferrous alloys (1) Amount of 
quota 
(tonnes) 
1 750 Quote 
duty 
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OTARIC code: 0111 00 11*20 
(DControl of tho ur»e for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the 
relevant Community provisions. 
2. Within the limits of this tariff quota, the Kingdom 
of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply a 
customs duty calculated in accordance with the relevant 
provisions of the 1985 Act of Accession. 
Article 2 
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed 
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate 
administrative measures to ensure that it is managed effi­
ciently. 
Article 3 
Where an importer submits a product covered by this 
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member 
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran­
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho­
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the 
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Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi­
rements from the quota volume. 
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the 
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. 
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chrono­
logical order of the dates on which the customs authori­
ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries 
for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai­
lable balance so permits. 
If a Member State does not use a drawing in full, it shall 
return any unused portion to the quota volume as soon as 
possible. 
If the quantities requested are greater than the available 
balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo­
cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall 
inform the Member States of the drawings made. 
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
product in question have equal and continuous access to 
the quota for as long as the balance of the quota volume 
so permits. 
Article 5 
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
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FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 12U 
2. Base juridique : art. 28 du traité 
3. Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement 
du Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion d'un 
contingent tarifaire pour une certaine variété de 
manganèse. 
4. Objectif : Assurer la couverture À des conditions 
favorables, des besoins communautaires. 
5. Mode de calcul : 
- Volume du contingent : 1 750 tonnes 
- droit a appliquer : 0 % 
- droit applicable : 4,5 % 
6. Perte de recettes : 
- valeur d'une tonne : 1 370 écus 
- valeur totale : 2 397 500 écus 
- perte de recettes (4,5 %) : 107 000 éous 
Nouvelle mesure tarifaire. 
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