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COMMISSION OFTHEBUIIOFSAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1757 final
Brussels,31October1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
increasingthesizeoftheCommunitytariffquota
forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading
No.77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COIl(74)1757final

EXPLANATOBY MEMORANDUM
1.Inanexchange ofletters with theNordic delegation (Doc .NCG (67)Vf
Rev. of13October 19&7 ,Annexes NORD 2and5)1theEuropean Economic
Community undertook to6pen anannual tariff quota forunwrought
magnesium ,thesize ofwhich iscalculated sothat thepart of
Community consumption notcovered byCommunity production maybe
imported atzero duty from the date ofentry into force oftheGeneva
Protocol (1967 ).
2.This being so,theCouncil ,byvirtue of (EEC)Regulations Nos3591/73
of28December 1973 (l)and2092/7^of2August 197^(2)decided to
open aCommunity tariff quota for197^whose total size wasfixed ,
onthebasis ofcautious estimates ,at17,000 tonnes ,not excluding
anew later adjustment .
3.Theproposed regulation annexed hereto istheoutcome ofthe
re-examination ,carried putduring October 197' +»oftheposition
within theCommunity ofthemarket forunwrought magnesium .On
the basis ofthe most recent data and economic forecasts gathered for
thepurpose ,itappears that theimportation requirements ofthe
Community supplied bythird countries might reach alevel of22,500
tonnes during 197^»
Having regard tothe fact that aquota of17,000 tonnes vrasalready
opened ,theadditional importation requirements tobemet from third
countries would therefore amount to5,500tonnes .Thepresent balances
held within theCommunity ,which result firstly from stocks built up
either attheendof1973 orduring 197^andsecondly from theincrease
inCommunity unwrought magnesium output ,mainly centred onunalloyed
unwrought magnesium ,suggest that theCommunity 'simportation t
•••/•••
OJNoL365of31December 1973 »page 39
,^OJNo1218of9August 197^»pageIk.

requirements ofunwrought magnesium upto31December 1974 will be
only 1,000 tonnes .Ontheother hand ,astheportion ofthetotal
quota toextra pure unwrought magnesium according to (EEC)Regulation
No2092/74mentioned above ,covers alltheCommunity requirements
for1974 ,ithasnotbeplanned toincrease itatthemoment .
Itisfor this reason that intheproposed regulation annexed hereto ,
theincrease contemplated forthequota inquestion isfixed at :
-1,000 tonnes forun&lloyed magnesium ;and
-4,500 tonnes foralloyed magnesium .
The division between theMember States ofthesaid volume relating to
unwrought non-alloyed magnesium hasbeen made carefully prorata tothe
import needs ofeach ofthem coming from third countries less shares
allocated tothem under tariff quotas atpresent open .
Ontheother hand ,andtaking account ofthelack ofprecise data onthe
needs ofMember States ,thevolume of4,500 tonnes relating to
unwrought alloyed magnesium hasbeen wholly placed intheCommunity
reserve setupforthis product by (EEC)Regulation No3591/73mentioned
above .

Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
increasingthesizeoftheCommunitytariffquota
forinwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading
No.77*01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomio
CommunityanditsArticle113inparticular j
'HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasbyl^sRegulations(EEC)Nos359l/?3^and2092/74^theCouncil
openedfor1974andapportioned amongtheMemberStatesaCommunitytariff
quotaofatotalsizeof17*000metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesiumfalling
withinsub-heading 77*01AoftheCommonCustomsTarifff
Whereas,havingregardtothemostrecenteconomicdatafor1974onconr-
sumption,production ,.exportstothirdcountries,importsundertheinward
processingarrangements orothertariffpreference sohemeandtotheabnormal
stocksheldbyanumberofMemberStates,thereisreasontoassumethat
Communityimportation requirements tobemetfromthirdcountriesmayreaoh
thelevelof22,500metrictonsduring1974>whereasinconsequencethe
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeincreasedby5»500metrictons;
Whereas,asregardstheapportionment ofthese5»500metrictonsbetween
thedifferentqualitiesofmagnesium,thereisreasonhavingregardto
suppliesavailableintheCommunity,includingthestocksexistinginone
MemberStateon31December1973,forestimating .thatadditionalimport
•••/•••
(1)OJNoL365of31.12.1973,p.39.
(2)OJNoL218of9.8.1974,P.14.

needsamounttoonly1,000metrictonsinrespectofunalloyedunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloyandto4,500metrictonsinrespectofwrought
magnesiuminalloy;
Whereasitisappropriatetoapportionthequotainrespectofunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloyamongthoseMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedthe
possibilities ofimportationprovidedforbytheabove–mentioned Regulations
inproportiontotheiradditionalneeds,whilstpermittingtheotherMember
Statestodrawonthereserveshouldadditionalneedsontheirpartbecome
apparent;whereasontheotherhandasregardsunwroughtmagnesiuminalloy,
itisappropriate toallocatetheentireadditional amounttotheCommunity
reserveprovidedforinArticle2(2)ofESCRegulation3591/73asaforesaid
MSADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheCommunitytariffquotaof17,000metriotonsforunwroughtmagnesium
fallingwithinsub-heading No.77»01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,asopened
underRegulations (EEC)ITos3591/73and2092/74,isherebyincreasedby
5,500metrictonsto22,500metrictons.
Theadditional5|500metrictonsshallbeapportioned asfollows:
(a)1,000metrictonsinrespectofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaininga
percentageofpuremagnesiumbyweightequaltoormorethan99»8
butlessthan99*95unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy;and
(b)4,500metrictonsinrespectofunwroughtmagnesiumcontainingless
than99.8%puremagnesiumbyweight(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).
Article2
1.ThequantityspecifiedinArticle1(a)inrespectofunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloyshallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof800metrictonsshallbeapportioned amongthe
MemberStatesasfollows:

Bénélux
Germany
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom146metrictons
445n
86•
5"
118»
3.Thesecondtrancheof200metriotonsshallconstitutethereserve#
Theamountofthisreservea3constitutedyyArticle2(2)of(EES)
RegulationNo3591/73andvariedby(EEC)RegulstionNo2092/74is
thusraisedfrom320to520metriotons.
IfinDenmarkorinIrelandadditionalrequirements concerningunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloy,thoseMemberStatesshall,Insofarastheamount
ofthereservepermits,drawanappropriate amounttherefrom#
ThequantityspecifiedinArticle1(b)inrespectofunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloyshallconstitutethereserve.Theamountofthisreserve
asconstitutedbyArticle2(2)of(EEC)RegulationNo359l/73andvaried
by(EEC)RegulationNo2092/74isthusraisedfrom2139"to6639metrio
tons.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhdayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.Article3
Article4
DoneatBmssels, PortheCouncil
ThePresident