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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)591 final
Brussels .22October 1981
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 Cofthe
Common Customs Tariff (1982 )
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota foraferro -silco -manganese falling within subheading 73.02 D
I
oftheCommon Customs Tariff (1982 )
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forferro-chromium containig notmore than 0.10% byweight
ofcarbon andmore than 30%butnotmore than 90%byweight ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )falling within subheading ex73.02 EIof
theCommon Customs Tariff (1982 )*\/X
-■*•,'S
-/\
S\
-V­
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )-\
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C0M(81 )591 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1..Aspartofthemultinational negotiations within6ATT
theCommunityundertooktoopentheCommunityduty-freetariff
quotaseachyearforthethreefollowingferro-alloys
73.02C ferro-silicon 20.000tonnes
' ' '-1 •
73.020ferro-silico-manganèse 50.0Q0tonnes
'ex73.02EI,*'overrefined ferro-chromium 3.000tonnes
/ ' . ;
However,since1July1977/theseferro-alloys canbeimported
fromPortugaldutyfreeinpursuanceoftheagreementconcluded .
»
withthiscountry.'Asfrom1January1980thiswillalsoapply
toproductsfromthe,otherEFTAcountries.Th^sequotasmust
thereforebereducedbyquantities,representingtheshareof
thesecountriesCommunityimports.Thevolume^ofthesequotas N
•"arethusreduced . *to11.100.tonnesfor?ferro-silicon,'•
18.550tonnesfor«.ferro-si lico-mangandse and3.950tonnesfor.
overrefined-ferro-chromium . * ::
\ ■.-/,"-
'•''•* ■•■( l
2.-TheCommission's' proposalsregardingthese,f7rst'twoferro-alloys
drawextensively uponthoseputforwardforthesameproducts
:inpreviousyears,inthattheallottingofthesharecontinues
tobeinlinewiththeruleshabitually adheredto(calculation
basedonpastfiguresandonprospectsfor198,2). j
Forthethird,intheabsenceof;equivalent precedents,theallotting
ofthesharebetweentheMemberStatesisbasedsolelyonthefore­
castneedsprovidedbytheMemberStates.
i••/■■•

«
.-3.Theproposals forregulations annexed hereto therefore
relate totheopening ^thedistribution andtype of -
management ©fthefollowing Community tariff quotas for *
. • ;
198^:
fr «
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! Γ»ολ<·ÏΐρIittftof
£Γ JΤO'Kjt Λ '
voiuse
VQuota
-dutyVolume of
reserve -
*Volume of
initial
trar.c.'e
Annex A ferro-si 1icon ·.'.1.1.100.*· .. 0*...*'
.500 -t ·'«·· 10.600 t
Annex S/ferro-si licoj-
manganese 38.550 t ,0% 900 t. ,
i '17.650 t
Annex C overrefined
ferro-chromium-72.950 t:.0* -<15St ;
'> '
X
t2.809 t

proposalfora.
*• * *•••»«»–AnncxA
•COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)Ne
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationo£aCommunitytarifiL.H/^qOoS
ferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariffAW-J
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon,fallingwithin
subheading75.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-freetariff
quotaof20000tonnes;whereasthisshouldhowever
bereducedto11100tonnestotakeaccountofthe
traditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhave
beenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththpsecountries;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1982andallocatedamongtheMember
States: -
whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;
.Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong.
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorres­
pondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
«
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented197 197,197
Benelux 9.269.237.71,
Denmark 0.920.170
Germany Ç6.3044.0645.36
Greece 0.700.450.06
France 2.342.6513.33
Ireland 000.
Italy 18.0417.8415.18
UnitedKingdom
/22.4325.6018.36.
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-siliconfor1982,theinitialpercentage,
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows: '
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKirtedoiji9.26
0.17
45.47
0.52
9.70
0.11
17.55
17.22
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequently the
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthis
caseshouldbeapproximately 95%ofthevolumeof
thequota;

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Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial,share
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.,From1Januaryto31December1982aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof11100tonnesshallbeopenedin
theCommunity forferro-silicon fallingwithin
subheading73.02-CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof10600tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;thesharesrwhich
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31
December 19$,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom 1825
»
3.Thesecondinstalmentof500tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
,2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto2-5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
.byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
,shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharesJowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.982
18
4820
55
1028
12
1860
1825

Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1982.
Article5 '
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September 1982isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October.198?,-
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1982andchargedagainsttheCommunity'
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve. >•
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended '
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMember.StatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshallnotlaterthan5October1982,informthe-
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
•reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccessto.thesharesallocatedtothem.
3.Theextenttowhichthe.MemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
oftheimportsoftheproductsinquestionentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
AttheCommission srequest.MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.■
, Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ;
DoneatBrussels, . !
, I FortheCouncil
ThePresident

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEQ ANNEXB-
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese,falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthisshouldhoweverbereducedto18550
tonnestotakeaccountofthetraditionalimportsfrom
EFTAcountrieswhichhavebeenfreeofcustomsduty
undertheAgreementsconcludedwiththosecoun­
tries;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshouldthere­
forebeopenedon1January1982andallocated
amongtheMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasin
thelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,arrange­
mentsfortheutilizationoftheCommunitytariff
quotabasedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
.representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-silico-manganesefor19$,theinitkl
percentagesharesinthequotavolumecanbe
expressedapproximately asfollows:
1978197Ç1980
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom '0.52
0.
bl-ll8.08
0.06
012.5211.600.82
0
68.67
5.43
3.89
014-376.826.44
0
5f:li
4.47
l8:SBenelux 3.26
Denmark0.03
Germany 62.20
Greece 7.70
France 4.08
Ireland 0.03
Italy 12.75
UnitedKingdom 9.95
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated
and,thesecondformingareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstal­
mentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatahigh
level,whichinthiscaseshouldbeapproximately
95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure

-2-
concerningtheadministration oIthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
'- 'Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1982aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof18550tonnesshallbeopenedin
theCommunityforferro-silico-manganese,falling
withinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistarriffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
I
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979,
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof17650tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December1982
shallheasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmarlc
Germany
Hreere
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
576
5
10.97?
1.359
720
5
2.250
1.756
2.Thesecondinstalmentof900tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
ArticleJ2-IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph!,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3,IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothe(hird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
'AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1982.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial'
sharewhich,on15September1982,'sinexcessof
20,%oftheinitialtvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1982,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthatthe.producl
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose. '
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareas.fixedinArticle2(1)*orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttc
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumberArticle7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonas-theinformationreachesit
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup. •

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Itshall,notlaterthan5October1982.informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen-theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMeriiberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttheCommissionsrequest.MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportersactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
198?.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXC
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0-10%byweightofcarbon
andmorethan30%butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium (super-
refinedferro-chromium ),fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIofthe
CommonsCustomsTariff(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined •ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheading73.02E1,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freetariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthisshould
howeverbereducedto2950tonnestotakeaccount
ofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhich
havebeenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1982-andallocatedamongthe-Member
States:
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketin
theproductinquestion,allocationofthequota
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasferro-chromium ofthisquitespecificquality
isnotsingledoutintheMemberStatesstatistical
nomenclatures ;whereastheircorresponding imports
fromthirdcountries,notalreadybenefitingfroman
equivalentpreferentialarrangement ,,couldnotbe
detailedintheirentiretyfortheabovementioned refer­
enceperiod;Whereas,takingintoaccounttheforeseeableevolu­
tionofthemarketinsuchferro-chromium forthe
year198Aandinparticulartheforecastsmadebythe
MemberStates,theinitialpercentagesharesinthe
quotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece i
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom13.82
0.18
31.46
0.21
37.96
0.12
6.50
9.75.
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ;thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequently the
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthis
caseshouldbeapproximately 95%ofthevolumeof
thequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
an"additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe.
quotaperiod;thisformofadministration requires
cloSecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiod.a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState

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shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers; ,
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article?7
1.From1Januaryto31December1982aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof2950tonnesshallbeopenedin
theCommunityforferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),fallingwithin
subheading73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
I
3.Withinthisquota,-CommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended .
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe.
relevantprovisionsintheActofAccessionof1979.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof2800tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
,MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December1982,
shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
387
5
881
6
063.
m
2.Thesecondinstalmentof150tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshare-asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
•roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
J
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December19821.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1982,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September19f£,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofany.portionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheir'sharestoproductsforcertainintended
uses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthe
mattershallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproduct
hasbeenusedforthestipulatedpurpose.

Article7
TheCommissionshailkeepanaccountortheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1982,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenthedrawingwhichexhausts
thereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,and
tothisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1..MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiragregateshareoftheCommunityquota.,2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productin.questionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwith
thecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
.Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.•
Article11
ThisRegulation.shallenterintoforceon1January
198?.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddireictlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident