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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)599 final
Brussels ,10November 1978
Proposal tor a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
increasing theCommunity tariff quota opened for 1978
forunwrought magnesium falling within
subheading 77.01 Aofthe
Common Customs Tariff
"• -(Submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ByRegulation (GEC)N°s2747/77.of5.12.1977and1785/78"of'25.7.1978 ,
theCouncilopenedandallocated amongtheMemberStatesfor1978aCommunity
tariffquotaforunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CrcwimonCustomsTariffandtotalling8.900metrictons,whichmoreoverditnot
precludeadjustments duringthequotaperiod.Thistotalcomprised900metric
■tonsofextrapuremagnesium,1.925metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumnotin'
alloyand6.075metrictonsofunwrought magnesiuminalloy.
2.Areviewofthestateofthemarketinmagnesium andofCommunityrequirements
.forimportsfromnon-member countries wascarriedoutatthemeetingofthe
JEconomicTariffProblemsGroup,heldon22September 1978,onthebasisof
theusualestimatesfor1978providedbytheMemberStatesinrespectofthe
•threequalitiespfmagnesium usedfortheinitialquota.Itemergedfromthis
,discussion that:
r*
i.a)atthereviewcarriedoutatthesameperio^l,thestateoftheCommunity
marketinmagnesiumin1978appeared -tobesubstantially thesameasin
1977; '
b)theCommunityproductioncapacities arepoi;fullyutilizedespeciallyin
France,whereithasnotbeenpossibletoreducethestocksofmagnesium
notinalloybuiltupin1977andequivalent tothreemonths'production
.andwhichhavefurtherincreasedduring,,1978,andinboth.Italyand
Francewhere,o'w.irgto.lackofpurchasers,the'productionofmagnesium
hashadtobereducedtoavoidbuildingupexcessivestocks.
*
.c)theestimatesputforwardbytheMemberStatessettheusualfactorsfor
calculating thequotaatthefollowingapproximate levelsfor'1978:
-consumption 55.020metrictons
-production 27.900metrictons
1-inwardprocessingtraffic .3.300metrictons
-duty-freeimportscarriedout *
underotherpreferentialtariff
treatment (EFTA,associated coun- *
tries,etc.) 2.895metrictons
-exportstonon-m'emoer countries 2.100metrictons
-unusualstocksexistingon31 <,
December '1977 3,000metrictons
•i
{M->fa.L318,13.12.1977,p.7
(2*205v29.7.-1978,p.1

d)onthisbasisandinviewofthequotavolumeof8.900tonnesalready
openedtheCommunity requirements asregardsimportsfromnon-member
countries untiltheendofthecurrentyearwouldbesetatabout
6-925tonnes,,i.e.600tonnesofextrapuremagnesium ,,4.275tonnes
ofmagnesium notinalloyand2.0.l50tonnesofmagnesium inalloy.I
TheCommission considers itnecessary however 1,takingintoaccountthe
uncertainty asto'thelevelwhichCommunity consumption mightreach
during1978,,andalsothequantities available withintheCommunity to
confine .ftselftoanincreaseof1,300tonnesinthequotavolume.
Asregardsthesplitting upforthe1.300tonnesunderconsideration
intothethreequalities ofmagnesium,itshouldbenotedthatthe
Community requirements forimports fromnon-member countries ofextra-/
puremagnesium .oftheorderof1.500metrictons -couldbecoveredtoa
largeextentbythequotaalreadyopened900tonnesandbytheCommunity
production .
Animmediate increase of100tonnesallocated tothisqualitvofmagnesium
/
shouldcovertheshort-term requirements oftheCommunity industries .
Moreover,itisproposed thatthebalance,i.e.1.200tonnesbesplitup
amongtheothertwoqualities takingaccountofthesupplypossibilities
# ■ ... ,'
oftheCommunity industry,-liYe-present*' i.ev"e;Iof-.stocksbuiltupsincethe
endof197?andthepresentindustrial capacity andthustoallocate
200metrictonstounwrought :magnesium notinaLloyand1.0G0metric
tonstounwrought magnesium inalloy.
Thesupplementary volumesof100and1.000metrictonsproposed for
extra-pure magnesium andmagnesium inalloyareallotted t*>theCommunity
reserves assetup,whereasthesupplementary volumeallocated tounwrought
magnesium notinalloyis,afterdeduction ofthequantityallotted to
theCommunity reserve,divided amongtheMemberStatesaccording tothe
%
percentiles oriqma,lly used.

PROPOSAL FORA.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
of/78
incrcasisig theCommunity tariffquotaopenedfor1978forunwrought magne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading 77.01AoftheCommon CustomsTariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROFCAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,.aridinparticular Article113
•thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas ,forunwrought magnesium fallingwithin
subheading 77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff;a
.Community tariffquotafor1978totalling8.900
tonneswasopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
=anion?:theMemberStateshvRegulations (EEC)No
2747/77?)(EEC)•]785/78.('):
Whereastheeconomic dataatpresentavailablewith
regardtutheconsumption,' production ,exportsto
non-member countries ,import.',undertheinward
processing orotherpreferential tariffarrangements
andtotheabnormal stocksexistinginoneMember
Stateon31December ■joy-enable ittobeestimated
thatCommunity rsq'.'i/ementsfo;importsfromnon-
membercountries couldreach,inthecourseof197b
alevelof15825 l-nrir,';s'•whereasinviewofthequota
volumealreadyopenedbytheabove-mentioned Regu­
lations,oftheuncertainty a;.tothelevelswhich
Community production andconsumption might
reachandofthe.quantities available withinthe
Community either stocksaccumulated in1977
orfromproduction in']978t',emcica'se .shouldbe
limitedtotor.nes; ''%■
Whereas ,inview,moreover ,ontheonehandofthe
presentrequirement ;iivuinv.-oughl magnesium witha
purecr>met;iofnoilessthan99-95%andonthe
otherhandofthequantities availableintheCommu­
nityandalsothepossibility ofuuty-iroe imports
underagreements con<.iudedbyliteCommunity with
certainnon-acceding EiTAcountries ,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-term ,requirtmenls torimport:;of
unwrought .magnesium may,withinthelimitofthe
proposed increase ,reach 100tonnesofunwrought
magnesium containing 99-95%ormorebyweightof
puremagnesium (extra-pure magnesium ),200tonnes
otunwrought magnesium containing 99-8%ormore
byweightandnotexceeding 99-9S%ofpuremagne­
sium(unwrought m.v>nesium notinalloy),arid1000
tonnes">funwrought magnesium containing lessthan
998%byweightofpuremagnesium (unwrought
magiiesium inalloy);
oOjNoL318,13.12.1977 ,p.7OOjNoL 205»29.7.1978 ,p.1Whereas .asfarasthedistribution oftheabovequota
volumebetweenMember Statesisconcerned ,itis
necessary toallottotheCommunity reservesallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-pure magne­
siumandunwrought magnesium inalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwrought magnesium notinalloy,the
balanceofthisvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordance withthepercentages
originally used,
HASADOITED THISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
ThevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquotaopenedby
Regulations (EEC)No2747/77and(EEC)No
1785/78"'orunwrought magnesium tailingwithin
subheading 77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffis
herebyincreased from8900to10200 tonnes.
Thisincreaseofl3Q0tonnesshallbeallocated as
follows :
(a)100tonnesofunwrought magnesium containing
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-pure magnesium ),intended'forthenuclear
0V";'industry;*
(b)200tonnesofunwrought magnesium containing
notlessthan99-8%butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwrought magne­
siumnotinalloy);
\c)1000tonnes ofunwrought magnesium containing
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
,(unwrought magnesium inalloy).
Anide2
Thevolumesof100tonnesandlQOQ tonnesreferred
.toinArticle 1(a)and(c)allocated toextra-pure
unwrought magnesium intended forthenuclear
industryandtounwrought magnesium inalloyshall
beallottedtotheCommunity reservessetupunder
Articles2(1)and3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2747/77asamended byRegulation (EEC)No
1785/78whichshallthusbeincreasedftom900 to
1000tonnesandfrom2925to3925tonnesrespec­
tively. „

'ArtideJ
1.Afirstinsrament ofiheamountreferredtoin
Artkk 1fcl'Jiiot18Wtonnesoiunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,shall\>callocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows :.
tonnes
Bénélux'
Donm^rk
Germany
wanee
fifland;
Italy
UnitedKingdom'30-1
0-1
1220
6-0
01
0-6
21-12.The.secondinstalment of20tonnesshallconsti­
tutetheroscivc -.
Theamountofthereserveforunwrought magnesium
notinalloy,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2747/^TisamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1785/78shallbeincreased froin17Q to190
tonnes .
I
Article4
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublication intheOfficial'Journalof
theEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States. . .
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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