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REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
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amendingRegulation (EEC)'No3174/74inrespectof
thebreakdownofthequotavolumeopenedamongthethree
qualitiesofunwroughtmagnesium
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Byexchange ofletters with theScandinavian delegation (Document
NCG(67)44 Revof13October 1967 ,Annexes NORD 2and 5)theEuropean
Economic Community undertook toopen anannual tariff quota for
unwrought magnesium thevolume ofwhich would becalculated toallow
that part oftheCommunity 'sconsumption that wasnotcovered by
Community production tobeimported atanilrate ofduty asfrom the
entry into force oftheGeneva Protocol (1967 ).
2.TheCouncil accordingly byRegulation (EEC)No3174 /74of11December
1964' opened andallocated among theMember States aCommunity tariff
quota for 1975 thetotal thetotal volume ofwhich was fixed at12000
metric tons onthebasis ofestimates made attheendof1974 ;an
adjustment during thequota period wasnothowever excluded .
3*Onafirst examination ofthestate oftheCommunity magnesium market
made atameeting oftheGroup onEconomic Tariff Problems on15May 1975
itwasevident that thequota volume of12000metric tons opened atthe
beginning oftheyear would ,atleast asfar astheimmediate future was
concerned ,amply cover theCommunity 'srequirements inunwrought magnesium .
Itwas agreed however that thematter should bereconsidered intheautumn
onthebasis ofmore precise economic data andtaking account asfaras
possible ofthedevelopment oftheeconomic recession .
Reconsideration took place on1October atafurther meeting oftheGroup
and itwasconfirmed that theinitial tariff quota volume plus Community
production ofthemetal wassufficient tocover theCommunity 'stotal
requirements ofunwrought magnesium until theendoftheyear .Itwas
also clear that themarked decline inCommunity consumption ofunwrought
magnesium inalloy andthecurrent insufficiency ofavailable Community
supplies ofextra-pure magnesium necessitated anamendment ofthe
breakdown ofthequota among thethree qualities currently listed by
transfering specific quantities from theavailable reserve ofthequota
portion allotted tounwrought magnesium inalloy totheportions ofthe
same quota allotted toextra-pure unwrought magnesium andunwrought
magnesium notinalloy .
(1)OJNoL339of18.12.1974 ,p.1,

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InviewofthefactthatCommunityproductionisgearedmainlyto
unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyandonlysecondarilytotheother
qualitiesandofthestocksestablishedinMemberStateswhichare
magnesiumproducers,thequantitiestobetransferred maybelimited
to800metrictonsforunwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloyandto200
metrictonsforextra-puremagnesium.
Thisistheintentionoftheproposedregulation ,inwhichtheCommission
proposes
(a)theapportionment ofthe800metrictonsofunwroughtmagnesiumnot
inalloyamongtheMemberStatesinaccordancewiththekeyadopted
inRegulation No3174/74;
(b)theassignmentofthe200metrictonsofunwroughtextra-pure
magnesiumtotheCommunityreserveestablishedunderArticle2(2)
ofRegulation No3174/74.

Proposal for a
Regulation (EEC)No /75oftheCouncil
of
amending Regulation (EEC)No3174 /74inrespect ofthe
breakdown ofthequota volume opened among thethree
qualities ofunwrought magnesium
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,byitsRegulation (EEC)No3174/74of11December 1974 ^theCouncil
opened for 1975 ,aCommunity tariff quota forunwrought magnesium falling within
subheading 77.01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,thetotal volume of12000
metric tons ofwhich wasassigned asfollows :700metric tons forextra-pure
magnesium ,1500metric tons forunwrought magnesium not inalloy and 9800
metric tons forunwrought magnesium inalloy ;
Whereas ,having regard tothemost recent economic information fortheyear
1975 ,onconsumption ,production ,export tothird countries ,importations made
under theinward processing arrangements orother tariff preference scheme and
totheabnormal stocks existing incertain Member States ,there isreason to
assume that thetotal requirements oftheCommunity inunwrought magnesium
will befully covered byCommunity production andbythetariff quota of
12000metric tons opened on 1January 1975 bytheabove-mentioned Regulation ;
whereas there istherefore noneed tocontemplate anincrease inthevolume
ofthis tariff quota ;
Whereas ,having regard tothemarked decline inCommunity consumption of
unwrought magnesium inalloy andtosupplies available intheCommunity ,there
isreason toamend thebreakdown oftheabove-mentioned volume of12000metric
tons among thequalities ofunwrought magnesium bytransferring from the
available Community reserve forunwrought magnesium inalloy quantities of200
andof800metric tons totheportions ofthetariff quota allotted tothe
0JNoL339 ,18.12.1974 ,p.1

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totheextra-pure magnesium and tothemagnesium not inalloy respectively ;
Whereas asregards theunwrought magnesium notinalloy itisappropriate to »->
apportion definitively thesupplementary volume of800metric tons among the
Member States approximately inaccordance with scale adopted forthis quality
ofmagnesium intheabove-mentioned Regulation (EEC)No3174 /74;whereas
onthecontrary thevolume of200metric tons reserved forextra-pure unwrought
magnesium should bewholly assigned totheCommunity reserve established
under Article 2(2)ofthesaid Regulation ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Thetext ofArticle 1(2)(a)(b)and (c)ofRegulation (EEC)No3174 /74
isreplaced bythefollowing ;
" (a)900metric tons forunwrought magnesium containing 99.35 %ormore
byweight ofpure magnesium ("extra-pure magnesium "),intended
for thenuclear industry ,tinder customs orequivalent administra­
tive control ;
(b)2300metric tons forunwrought magnesium containing not less than
99.8% ormore ,but less than 99.95% ,byweight ofpure magnesium
("unwrought magnesium notinalloy ");
(c)8800metric tons forunwrought magnesium containing less than
99.8% byweight ofpure magnesium ("unwrought magnesium inalloy ").
2.Thequantity of 1250metric tons appearing atArticle 2(1)astheamount
ofthefirst tranch ofthequota volume assigned tounwrought magnesium not
inalloy isreplaced by2050metric tons .
3.Thetexts ofArticle 2(1)(b)and (2)arereplaced bythefollowing !
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(b)forunwrought magnesium notinalloy ;
Benelux 320 metric tons
Denmark 2metric tons
Germany 1281metric tons
France 92metric tons
Ireland 2metric tons
Italy 7metric tons
United Kingdom 346metric tons .Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom

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2.The second tranches ,of400metric tons ,250metric tons and800metric
* h
i tons respectively ,shall beheld asCommunity reserves .
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force ontheseventh dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President