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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ByRegulation (EEC)No126/76of20January 1976',theCouncil opened
andallocated among theMember States for 1976 aCommunity tariff
quota forunwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 Aofthe
Common Customs Tariff andinitially totalling 5500metric tons ,based
onestimates putforward attheendof1975 ,which moreover didnot
preclude adjustments during thequota period .
When this Regulation wasadopted bytheCouncil ,theCommission was
prompted todeclare itsreadiness tofurther thestudy ofthe state' of
themarket inthis product and topropose anincrease inthequota
volume before mid-1976 ifitappeared that Community requirements as
regards imports from non-member countries would exceed thequota
volume under consideration .
Such istheobjective ofthis proposal fbraregulation .
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2.Areview ofthestate ofthemarket inmagnesium andofCommunity
requirements forimports from non-member countries wascarried outat
themeeting oftheEconomic Tariff Problems Group ,held on23March
1976 ,onthebasis oftheusual estimates for 1976 provided bythe
Member States inrespect ofthethree qualities ofmagnesium used for
theinitial quota .Itemerged from this discussion that :
(a)theeffect produced bythedifferent resumption oftrade inthe
various sectors oftheeconomy and ,inparticular ,inthe
aluminium sector mayresult ,fairly shortly ,inanincrease in
theconsumption ofmagnesium ,starting from Community imports
from non-member countries ;
(b)byextending thepresent plants inItaly production there may ,
during thecoming months ,reach alevel above 15000metric tons ;
(c)theestimates putforward bytheMember States settheusual
factors forcalculating thequota atthefollowing approximate
levels :
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-consumption 57136metric tons
24729 metric tons
3650metric tons-production
-inward processing traffic
-duty-free imports carried out
under other preferential tariff
treatment
(EFTA ,associated countries ,etc.) 2032 metric tons
1982metric tons -exports tonon-member countries
-unusual stocks existing on31
December 1975 2300 metric tons
(d)onthis basis and inview ofthequota volume of5500metric
tons already opened atthebeginning oftheyear ,the .Community
requirements asregards imports from non-member countries until #
theendofthecurrent year would besetatabout 17000metric
tons .
3.These various factors make itnecessary tobemore cautions when
fixing quota volumes forthis product ,taking into account the
uncertainty astothelevel which Community consumption might reach
during 1976 .
For this reason theCommission considers itnecessary ,inthe
expectation ofafurther review ofthesituation which might be
carried out inSeptember onthebasis ofmore specific estimates ,to
confine itself again toaprovisional increase inthetariff quota of
4500 metric tons .
4*Asregards thesplitting upofthe4500metric tons under consideration
into thethree qualities ofmagnesium ,itshould benoted that the
Community requirements forimports from non-member countries ofextra -
pure magnesium oftheorder of 1750metric tons could becovered toa
large extent bythequota opened atthebeginning oftheyear (600
metric tons )andbyCommunity production ofabout 700metric tons .In
theexpectation ofasubsequent review ,animmediate increase of350
metric tons allocated tothis quality ofmagnesium should cover the
short-term requirements oftheCommunity industries .

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Moreover,itisproposedthatthebalance,i.e.4150metrictons,be
splitupamongtheothertwoqualitiesaccordingtothesame
percentages asthoseusedundertheintialregulationandthusto
allocate1120metrictonstounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyand3
030metrictonstounwroughtmagnesiuminalloy.
5.Thesupplementary volumesof350and3030metrictonsproposedfor
extra-puremagnesiumandmagnesiuminalloyareallottedtothe
Communityreservesassetup,whereasthesupplementary volume
allocatedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyis,afterdeductionof
thequantityallottedtotheCommunityreserve,dividedamongthe
MemberStatesaccordingtothepercentagesoriginallyused.

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
increasing theCommunity tariff quota opened for1976
byRegulation (EEC)No126/76forunwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 AoftheCommon Customs
Tariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
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Whereas ,forunwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 Aofthe
Common Customs Tariff ,aCommunity tariff quota for 1976 totalling 5500
metric tons hasbeen opened bytheCouncil andallocated among theMember
States byRegulation (EEC)No126/76(1).
Whereas theeconomic data atpresent available with regard totheconsump­
tion andproduction ofunwrought magnesium donotyetpermit Community
requirements forimports from non-member countries tobeevaluated with
sufficient precision ;whereas itappears that certain Member States have
considerable magnesium requirements which cannot bemetbyCommunity pro­
duction ;whereas thequota concerned should therefore beincreased by .
anappropriate amount ,approximately 4500metric tons ;whereas thefixing
atthis level ofthis supplementary quota does notpreclude further
adjustments during thequota period ;whereas ,inview ,moreover ,onthe
onehand ofthepresent requirements inunwrought magnesium notinalloy
with apure magnesium content ofnotless than 99.95% andontheother
hand ofthequantities available intheCommunity andofthepossible
increase inproduction byCommunity industries based principally on
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unwrought magnesium notinalloy ,andalso thepossibility ofduty-free
imports under agreements concluded bytheCommunity with certain non-
acceding EFTA countries ,itcanbeestimated that short-term requirements
forimports ofunwrought magnesium may ,within thelimit oftheproposed
increase ,reach 350metric tons ofunwrought magnesium containing 99.95%
ormore byweight ofpure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium ), I120metric
tons ofunwrought magnesium containing 99.8% ormore byweight andnot
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exceeding 99.95% ofpure magnesium (unwrought magnesium not inalloy ),and
3030metric tons ofunwrought magnesium containing notmore than 99.8%by
weight ofpure magnesium (unwrought magnesium inalloy );
Whereas asfarasthedistribution oftheabove quota volumes between
Member States isconcerned ,itisnecessary toallot totheCommunity
reserves all thesupplementary volumes allocated toextra-pure magnesium
andunwrought magnesium inalloy andalso arelatively small part ofthe
supplementary volume allocated tounwrought magnesium not inalloy ,the
balance ofthis volume being divided among theMember States .inaccordance with
thepercentages originally used ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : '
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Article 1
Thevolume oftheCommunity tariff quota opened byRegulation (EEC)No
126/76forunwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 Aofthe
Common Customs Tariff ishereby increased from 5500 to10000metric tons .
This increase of4500 metric tons shall beallocated asfollows :
(a) 350metric tons ofunwrought magnesium containing 99.95% ormore
byweight ofpure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium ),intended for
thenuclear industry andunder customs supervision orequivalent
administrative supervision ;
(b) 1120metric tons ofunwrought magnesium containing notless than
99.8% but less than 99.95% byweight ofpure magnesium (unwrought
magnesium not inalloy );
(c) 3030metric tons ofunwrought magnesium containing less than 99.8%
byweight ofpure magnesium (unwrought magnesium inalloy ).
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(b)
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Article 2
Thevolumes of350metric tons and 3030metric tons referred toinArticle
1(a)and (c)allocated toextra-pure unwrought magnesium intended forthe
nuclear industry andtounwrought magnesium inalloy shall beallotted to
theCommunity reserves setupunder toArticles 2(1)and 3(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No126/76,which shall thus beincreased from 600to950
metric tons andfrom 425to3455metre tons respectively .
Article 3
1.Afirst tranche oftheamount referred toinArticle 1(b),of 1000
metric tons ofunwrought magnesium notinalloy ,shall beallocated '
among theMember States asfollows :
Benelux 167.4 metric tons
Denmark 0.4 metric tons
Germany 678 metric tons
France 33.4 metric tons
Ireland 0.4 metric tons
Italy 3.3metric tons
United Kingdom 117.1 metric tons .
2.Thesecond tranche of120metric tons ,shall constitute thereserve .
Theamount ofthereserve forthis type ofunwrought magnesium ,
provided forinArticle 3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No126/76,shall be
increased from 130 to250metric tons .
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force ontheseventh dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President