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PROPOSAL TOR A
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
increasing theCommunity tariff quota forunwrought magnesium
falling within subheading No77.01 AoftheCommon Customs
Tariff
(Submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY I®?0RA1-IDIJI1
1,B7exohargeoflettersr-iththeNordicDelegatio n(documentNCG(67)
44Rev,of13.10.1967-AnnexesNord2and5)^heEuropeanEconomic
Communityundertooktoopenanannualduty–freetariffquotatothe
extentthatCommunityrequirements werenotcovered "byCommunity
production,assoonasthe196?GenevaProtocolenteredintoforce#
2.Accordingly,theCouncildecidedinRegulation(EEC)No2737/72of
1
19December1972toopenfor1973atariffquotathevolumeof
whichhasbeenfixedat7000metrictons,basedonconservative
estimatesandsubjecttosubsequentadjustments.
3.TheproposalforaRegulationannexedheretofollowsareviewof
themarketsituationinunwroughtmagnesiumwithintheCommunity,
whichwascarriedoutatameetingofthe"TariffEconomy"adhoc
groupheldon4April1973*
Basedonprovisional economicdataandestimatescollatedatthe
meeting,theCommunity'sevaluationofthesituationisasfollows:
Consumption 75.820metrictons
Production 21600metrictons
Exportstothirdcountries 1770metrictons
Forwardprocessingtraffic 10150metrictons
Stocks(31.12.1972) 1800metrictons.
Takingintoaccountthefactthatatariffquotaof7000metric
tonshasalreaclybeenopenedatthebeginningoftheyear,the
Community'sevaluationindicatesthattheadditionalrequirements
inimportsfromthirdcountriesunderthetariffquotawillamount
tomorethan30000metrictons.However,pendingafurtherCommunity
OJlioL291,28December1972,page129»Consumption
Production
Exportstothirdcountries
Forwardprocessingtraffic
Stocks(31.12.1972)

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eve.lv.ationto"bemadeduringnextSeptemberonthe"basisofmore
precisedataontheconsumptionandrealproductionoftheCommunity,
thisincreaseshould "belimitedtoavolumeofpossibly6000metric
tons,takingintoconsideration thequotasopenedinpreviousyears.
Furthermore ,thequantitiesatpresentavailablewithintheCommunity,
duetostocksbuiltupeitherattheendof1972orinthefirst
monthsof1973andtotheincreaseinCommunityproductionof
unwroughtmagnesium,especiallyunalloyed,seemtoindicatethat
atleastuntilthenextreviewofthesituationinSeptember1973
theimportrequirements oftheCommunityforunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloymaybeentirelycoveredbyCommunityproduction.That
iswhyintheproposalforaregulationannexedhereto,theprojected
increaseofthequotainquestionrelatesonlytoimportsofunwrought
magnesiuminalloyfromthirdcountries.
AstheCommissionhasoftenproposedinsimilarcases,itisintended
toplacethewholeoftheproposedincreaseintheCommunityreserve
constitutedunderRegulation(EEC)Ho2737/72.

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•Proposalfor
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotafor
unwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading
No77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading
77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariffquota
totalling7.000metrictonshasbeenopenedfor1973andallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No2737/72^;
Wherea^basedonprovisional economicdata,for1973asregards
consumption ,production ,exportstothirdcountries,imports
fallingunderinwardprocessingtrafficandabnormalstocksin
oertainMemberStates,itisestimatedthattheCommunity's
requirements forimportsfromthirdcountriesmay,in1973|reach
amuchhigherlevelthanthequotavolumeof^000metrictons
openedbytheCouncilRegulationreferredtoabove;whereas,
pendingafurtherCommunityevaluationtobemadeonthebasis -
ofmorepreciseeconomicdata,theincreaseshouldbelimitedin
amountto6000metrictons,fixedonconservative estimatesand
subjecttolateradjustments ;whereas,inview,moreover,ofthe
^OJNoL291»28December1972,page129.

stocksheldinoneMemberStateon31December1972,and.ofthe
substantialquantitiesavailablewithintheCommunity,theadditional
requirementsforimportsfromthirdcountrieswouldseemtorelate
tounwroughtmagnesiumcontaininglessthan99.8/0tryweightofpure
magnesium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy);whereasthetariff
quotaunderconsideration shouldbeincreasedasproposed,butonly
inrespectofthatgradeofunwroughtmagnesium;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.TheamountoftheCommunitytariffquotaof6,580metrictonnesfor
unwroughtmagnesium(exsubheading17,01AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)providedforinArticle1ofRegulation(EEG)N°2737/72
shallbeincreasedto12,580metrictonnes»
2.TheCommunityreserverelatingtounwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99.8$by.weightofpuremagnesium,constitutedunder
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)Ho2737/72fshallbeincreasedfrom
880metrictonsto6880metrictons.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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