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DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
INCREASING THE VOLUME OFTHE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA
OPENED FOR1980 /FORFERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOTLESS THAN 4%
BYWEIGHT OFCARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX73.02 EI
OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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r–' 'EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM '.r''T"
'l0ByitsRegulations (EEC)No'3028/79of20December1979(1)and1526/80
?0f18June1980(2),theCouncilopenedandallocated amongtheMember .
States,"inrespectoftheyear1980,aduty-free Communitytariff |
•'quotaforferro-chromium containing notlessthan4%byweightof
carbon(endtoalimitedextentaquantity ofcarbonofbetween 3and
4%(hereinafter callest'high-carbon ferro-chromium )thevolumeof^
jwhichwasfixedattheprovisional globallevelof240000tonnesto•
|meettherequirements ofthefirst ,months,whilstnotinanyway•r
i'.=precluding adjustments duringthequotaperiod. >'j
|Thepurposeofopeningsuchaquotaistomeet'Community require-' ■•-
f.mentsatanilrateandfollowuptheconclusion ofanagreement .)
f"betweenproducers andconsumers underwhichtheconsumers wouldj
?havetheirrequirements forimportsfromthirdcountries metbya.|
^duty-freetariffquota*inexchange;foraguaranteethatCommunity.\f^j
:output/whichhasbeenreducedinappropriate proportions ,will
I-findamarket. V';v;i'V-;.f: ■.A'k '•••,j■.
'Thesituationprevailing inthemarketforthisferrowchromium and'fj
therequirements forimportsfrom ,thirdcountries werereviewedar:|.
I>thatmeetingoftheEconomicTariffProblems Groupheldon13JuneV
(,r1980,Thismeetinghadbeenpreceded byatalkwiththeconsumers ^v;f;,"•? ..... ....
;on;-.6_June1980.emergedfromthesediscussions that-;^j:
a)theexperience gainedinconnection withtheimplementation ofthe
Agreement in1980isadequate foranewincrease inthevolumeof
'thequotatobecontemplated withoutitbeingpossible,however,to
provideverypreciseinformation concerning theactualrequirements
fortheimports fromthirdcountries .
b)theprovisional dataprovided bytheMemberStatesforthenormalele
mentstakenintoaccountincalculating quotasareasfollows t
(1)O.J.No.L340of31.12.1979 ,p.28.
(2)O.J.No.L152of20.6.1980,p.4.

2
apparent consumption
-actualproduction
inwardprocessing traffic negligible
importsatzerodutyby .
virtueofotherpreferential
regimes (EFTA,Zfmbabwe,Turkey,
etc.) 88,000tonnes
-*exportstothirdcountries 1,500tonnes
c)onthesebasistheimportneedsfromthirdcountries untiltheend
of1980could,takingintoaccountthequotavolumealready opened,
.1amounttoanadditional 120,000 tonnes. *
3.Thisbeingso,theCommission feelsthatitisconvenient ,havingre-
regardtotheuncertainties astothelevelofconsumption ,Communi­
tyoutputandthelevelofimports necessary fromthirdcountries and
theneedtoensure aparallel development ofsalesofCommunity out­
putandsupplies totheuserindustries onfavourable conditions ,to
beprudentinfixingthevolumeofthetariffquota,soasnottoen-\
dangertheequilibrium ofthemarket.HowevertheCommission proposes
t
toaugmentthevolumeofthequotaopenedfor1980totheLevelofthe
established deficit,thatis120,000tonnesandtoreviewthesitua­
tionagainbefore31December 1981ifitisfeltnecessary .
4.jpXsIsusualInsuchcases,thevolumeoftheproposedincreasehas->.
•beendividedIntotwoinstalments of.whichthefirst,.whichmakes/'
jupaboutv80%,,lisallocated amongtheMemberStatesinproportion
f/totheirforecastimportsfromthirdcountries andthesecond,making'
|upthebalance,"constitutes theCommunityreserve.Theconstitution
iofareserveofthissize irsjustified inthepresentcaseespecially
jsincethequotavolumereachesanappreciable level,whichisstill ^
|liabletoberevised,andsjncetheinitialsharesassignedtoeach
^of.theMemberStatescannotbeascertained asaccurately asmight
l;.beiwished. '.f579,000tonnes
135,000 tonnes
negligible
88,000tonnes
1,500tonnes
«

DRAFT FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No^<>/g0
of.......1980
increasing thevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquota,openedfor1S80,forferro­
chromium ,containing notlessthan4%byweightofcarbonandfallingwithin
subheading ex73.02EIoftheCommon CustomsTariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article28
thereof,
Afterconsulting theCommission ,
WhereasbyRegulations (EEC)No3028v9(' )and
(EEC)Not52d/800/heCouncilopened,forT980,
andallocatedamongtheMemberStates,aduty-free
Community tariffquotaforferro-chromium ,
containing notlessthan4%byweightofcarbonand
fallingwithinsubheading ex73.02EIofthe
Common CustomsTariff,thevolumeofwhichwas
fixedattheprovisional levelof240000tonnes;
whereasthebenefitofthe-tariffquotainquestionwas
extendedbyRegulation (EEC)N<3028'79 uptothe
limitof20%-ofitsvolume,toimportsofferro­
chromium containing aquantityofbetween3and
4%byweightofcarbon;
Whereas itcanbeestimated fromtheeconomic data
'nowavailable onconsumption ,production and:
importsbenefiting fromotherpreferential tariff
arrangements thatCommunity requirements of
importsfromthirdcountriescould,duringthecurrent
year,reachalevelhigherthanthevolumeofthe
abovementioned quota;whereas,inordernotto
disturbtheequilibrium ofthemarketforthisferro­
alloyandtoensureparalleldevelopment insalesof
Community production andsatisfactory securityof
suppliestotheconsuming industries ,itisappropriate '
tolimitanyincreaseinthequotavolumetothe
volumeoftheneedsforeseeable upto31December
198Qi.e.120000tonnes,andtoreviewtheposition
induecoursewithaviewtomakingafurtheradjust­
ment;
Whereas,asregardstheallocation ofthisvolume
amongtheMemberStates,itisappropriate toassigna
relativelyA'partoftheadditional volumetoaimportantCommunity reserve,thebalanceofthisvolumebeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesinproportion to
theirforeseeable needsforimportsfromthirdcoun­
tries,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
ThevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquotaopenedby
Regulations (EEC)No302?79 and(EEC)No1526/80
forferro-chromium ,containing notlessthan4%by
weightofcarbonandfallingwithinsubheading ex
73.02EIoftheCommon CustomsTariff,shallbe
raisedfromp/g000'°360®00tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment oftheadditional volume
referredtoinArticle 1,i.e.100000tonnes,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows:■=.
(tonnes)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom7,030
50
48,780
21,620
'18,020
4,500
2.Thesecondinstalment of20()00tonnesshall
constitute thereserve .
ThereservelaiddownbyArticle2(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)N(?02§/79,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)Ncr.
1526/80,isthusraisedfrom20,800to40,800
tonnes . ■
Article3;
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowing itspublication intheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States. ••
DoneatBrussels,'
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(')OjNoL 340,31.12.1979 ,p.28
WOjNoL152/20.6.1980,p.4.