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Bj-,__i -.-^;r4+ Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products 
(fourth series 1994), and amending the Council Regulations 
(EC) Nos. 3466/93 and 3672/93 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural, chemical and 
industrial products 
ssmsm (presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In response to requests from Member States the Commission, Jointly 
with the appropriate government experts, has been considering the 
desirability of opening on the one hand two new tariff quotas for 
agricultural and industrial products for the second six-months of 
1994, and on the other hand, of amending Regulations (EC) Nos 3466/93 
of 10.12.1993<1> and 3672/93 of 22.12.1993<2>. 
2. With respect to the opening of new quotas, the study of the question 
at meetings of the Economic Tariff Problems Group, most recently on 
10 June 1994, indicated that agreement would be forthcoming from the 
Member States on tariff quotas for the following products with no 
resultant disturbance of the markets concerned: 
- Tuberous roots 5 000 000 pieces at 0% 
- Flat-rolled products 300 T at 0% 
3. With respect to the amendment of the above-mentioned regulations, it 
is recalled that the Council opened various tariff quotas for 1994 by 
these régulât ions: 
- Ferro-chromium 6% of carbon (order n* 09.2711) 
- Ferro-phosphorus (order n* 09.2717) 
- Magnesium (order n* 09.2741) 
- Mixed isomers (order n' 09.2859) 
- Ferro-chromium 4% of carbon (order n* 09.2799) 
(1) O.J. No L 317 of 18.12.1993 
(2) O.J. No L 338 of 31.12.1993 
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4. It seems absolutely necessary to increase the volume of these tariff 
quotas and to extend the scope of the last of these quota (order rt* 
09.2799) tf the needs of Community industries are to be satisfied. 
It emerges that 
a) the quantities of the said tariff quotas have to be increased 
with the following amounts: 
- Ferro-chromium 6% of carbon: + 30 000 T 
- Ferro-phosphores : +15 000 T 
- Magnesium: + 800 T 
- Mixed Isomers: + 2 000 T 
- Ferro-chromium 4% of carbon: + 5 000 T 
b) the definition of the tariff quota for Ferrochromium 4% of carbon 
must be modified, in order to permit its full utilisation. 
Such is the purpose of this proposal. 
Proposal for a 
Council Regulation (EC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products 
(fourth series 1994), and amending the Council Regulations 
(EC) Nos. 3466/93 and 3672/93 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural, chemical and 
industrial products 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Community, and in particular Article 
28 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the 
Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of certain 
agricultural and industrial products will 
remain in the course of the second half of 
1994, unable to meet the specific requirements 
of the user industries in the Community; 
whereas, consequently. Community supplies of 
products ot this type will depend to a 
considerable extent on imports from third 
countries; whereas the most urgent Community 
requirements for the products in question 
should be met immediately on the most 
favourable terms; whereas Community tariff 
quotas at zero duty should therefore be opened 
within the limits of appropriate volumes for a 
period from 1 July 1994 until 31 December 1994, 
taking account of the need not to disturb the 
markets for such products nor the starting out 
or development of Community production; 
Whereas bv Regulations (EC) No 3466/930) and 
3672/93(2) the Council opened, for 1994, 
Community tariff quotas for certain industrial 
products, and in particular ferro-chromium 
containing by weight more than 6% of carbon 
(order No 09.2711), ferro-phosphorus (order No 
09.2717), magnesium (order No 09.2741), 
diisopropylnaphtalene (order No 09.2857); 
Whereas current economic data suggests that 
Community demand for non-Community imports of 
the products in question could in the course of 
the year exceed the volumes laid down in the 
above Regulations; whereas the volume of the 
quota in question should therefore be 
increased; Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 3466/93. the 
Council opened, for 1994, a Community tariff 
quota for ferro-chromium containing by weight 
more than 1,5 mm but not more than 2% of carbon 
and not more of 55% of chromium; 
Whereas the benefit of this quota should be 
extended to other import needs and the 
description of this quota should consequently 
be amended and its amount increased; 
Whereas the decision for the opening, 
of autortomous tariff quotas should be 
taken by the Community; whereas, to 
ensure the efficiency of a common 
administration of these quotas, there is 
no reasonable obstacle to authorising 
the Member States to draw from the 
quota-volumes the necessary quantities 
corresponding to actual imports; whereas 
this method of administration requires 
close cooperation between the Member 
States and the Commission and the latter 
mu^st In particular be able to monitor . 
the raté at which the quotas are used up 
and rhform the Member States 
accordingly; 
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 
the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica­
tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of 
the products concerned into all Member States until the 
quotas have been used up ; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. From 1 July 1994 until 31 December 1994, 
the duties applicable to Imports of the 
following products shall be suspended at the 
levels and up to the limits of the Community 
tariff quotas shown below: 
(1) OJ No L 317, 18.12.1993, p. 4 
(2) OJ No L 338, 31.12.1993, p. 42 
Order No 
09.2781 
09.2875 CN-code 
ex7226 10 91 
ex0601 10 90 Description of goods Amount of 
quota 
Flat-rolled products of si I icon-elect rial steel, 
cold—rolled, grain oriented, of a width not 
exeeding 500 mm, of a thickness of 0,23 mm or 
less, with a nominal magnetic inversion loss rate 
of 0,8 W/kg or less determinated by the Epstein 
method with a current of 50 cycles and one 
induction of 0,7 tes I a 300 T 
Tuberous roots of the species "Rumohra ad I anti-
formis", dormant, for the manufacture of 
ornamental plants (a) 5 000 000 
pieces Quota duty 
(%) X 
(1) See Taric codes in the annex. 
2. For order Nos 09.2711, 09.2717, 09.2799. 09.2857 the table in Article 1 of the Regulation 
No 3466/93 is hereby replaced by the following table: 
Order No 
09.2711 
09.2717 
09.2857 
09.2799 CN-code 
ex7202 41 91 
ex7202 41 99 
ex7202 99 19 
ex2902 90 90 
ex7202 49 90 Description of goods 
Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 6% 
of carbon 
Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15% or 
more of phosphorus, intended for the manufacture 
of refined phosphoric iron or steel (a) 
dîisop ropy I naphthalene, mixed isomers 
Ferro-chromium containing more than 1,5%, but 
not more than 4% by weight of carbon and not 
more than 70% of chromium 
i Amount of 
quota (T) 
580 000 
30 000 
9 000 
15 000 Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
I 
Nevertheless, with respect to the order number 09.2799, the modification of the description shal 
be affective as of the entering into force of this Regulation. 
3. For order No 09.2741, the table in Article 1 of the Regulation No 3672/93 is hereby 
replaced by the following table: 
Order No 
09.2741 CN-code 
ex8104 11 00 Description of goods 
Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less 
than 99,95% in the form of ingots, intended for 
the manufacture of elements used in the nuclear 
industry (a) Amount of 
quota (T) 
1 800 Quota duty 
<%) 
Article 2 G* 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 (1) 
shall be managed by the Commission, which may 
take any appropriate administrative measure to 
ensure that they are managed efficiently. 
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 
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi­
rements from the appropriate 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 lull, it shall 
return any unused portion to the corresponding quota 
volume as soon as possible. 
If the quantities requested arc 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 
products in question have equal and continuous access to 
the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant 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 the seventh day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
Tht6 Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Luxembourg, 
For the Council 
The President 
ANNEX 
Tarte codas 
Orcter No ON codas Tarie codas 
09.2781 ex 7226 10 91 * ^° 
09.2875 ex 0601 10 90 * 4.0 ^ 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products 
(fourth series 1994), and amending the Council Regulations Nos. 
3466/93 and 3672/93 opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural, chemical and 
industrial products. 
4. Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industr ies 
5. Method of calculation : 
Descr ipt ion of 
the products Quantities Price 
ECU/unit Normal 
rate 
(%) Quota duty 
(%) Duty-loss 
(ECU) 
Ferro-chromium 
6% of carbon 
Ferro-phosphoru 
Magnesium 
Flat-rolled 
products 
Ferro-chromium 
4% of carbon 
Mixed isomers 
Tuberous roots 30 000 T 
15 000 T 
800 T 
300 T 
5 000 T 
2 000 T 
5 000 000 
pieces 1 408 
234 
7 182 
2 250 
1 349 
1 050 
0,7 8 
5 
5,3 
6 
8 
6,3 
8 3 379 200 
175 500 
304 516 
40 500 
539 600 
132 300 
280 000 
Additional duty-loss for 1994 : 4 851 6l6 ECU, 
ISSN 0254-1475 
COM{94) 350 final 
Catalogue number : €B-CO-94-361-£N-e 
ISBN 92-77-72057-3 
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