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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)577 final.
Brussels,6November1978
A
Proposalfora
O r.
(councilREGULATION CEEC)
ontheopening,allocating andadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading No73.02CoftheCommonCustoms
XTariff^
Proposalfora ,
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocating andadministration of.aCommunitytariffquota
forferro-silicon-manganese fallingwithinsubheading No73.02Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1979) .
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
ontheopening,allocatingandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0.10%byweightofcarbonand
morethan30%,butnotmorethan90%,byweightofchromium(super-refined
ferro-chromium )fallingwithinsubheading Noex73.02EIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1979)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(78)577final.

■EXPLANATORY ICTflPJOTIIuM
1.Aspart ofthemultinational negotiations within GATT theCommunity
undertook toopen theCommunity duty-free -tariff quotas each year for
thethree following ferro-alloys :
V
73.02 C ferro-silicon 20000tonnes
73«02D ferro-silico -mangane se 50000tonnes
ex73*02 EI •overrefined ferro - .3000tonnes
chromium •
However ,since 1July 1977 »these ferro-alloys canbeimported from
*
Portugal duty free inpursuance oftheagreement concluded with this
country .Dieferro-silicon quota of20000tonnes must therefore be
reduced by4this representing thePortuguese share in Community
imports .Shevolume ofthis quota isthus reduced to19200tonnes
A
for 1979 .
\
2.HieCommission 'sproposals regarding these three ferro-alloys draw
extensively upon those ' putforward forthesame products
inprevious years ,inthat theallotting oftheshare continues tobein
linowith therules habitually adhered to(calculation based onpast figures

andonprospectsfor1979)„Themanagementconditionsproposeddifferfrom
thoseadop-tedfor1978asregardsthevoluraeassignedtoCommunity
reserves,which,inthiscaseaccountsfor5!1°°fthoquotavolunQfor
eachofthethreeferro-alloys .
3.Theproposalsforregulationsannexedheretothereforerelateto
theopening,thedistribution anatypeofmanagementofthefollowing •
Comicunitytariffquotasfor1979-
Description ofQuota QuotaVolumeof oi
product volume dutyreserveinitial
traneno
Anne*Aferro–silicon 19200tCr/o 96Qt13240t
AnnexBferro-silico–50000tOfo25^0"t47t
nsanganece
AnnezCoverrefined 3000tQr/o 150t23>0t
ferro–chroaiua

ANNFXA
Proposalfor;i
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustoms.Tariff
(1979)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Bénélux
Denrnark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom17.22
0.3855.05
1.92
0.16
13.98
11.29;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-siliconfallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomicCommu-
■nityhasundertakentoopenanannualnildutytariff
quotaof20000tonnes;whereasthi^
shouldhoweverbereducedto19200
tonnestotakeaccountofthetradi­
tionalimportsfromPortugalwhich,
since1July1977,havebeenfreeof
customsdutyunderthe
Agreementconcludedwiththat
country;whereas, 'thetariffquota.
concernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January
1979andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorres­
pondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepre­
sentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotayearinquestion;
whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorrespond­
inginportsintoeachoftheKeaberStatesrepres­
entedthefollowingpercentagesoftotalInports
oftheproductin("xst-ian:li/i19761977 •
Bénélux 17-4717-9116.35
Denmark 0-540-600.09
Germany *530353*8858.10
France 1-22 1*582.85
Ireland 0-250-220.08
Italy 13-82138314.21
UnitedKingdom13-6711-988.32
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-siliconfor1979,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows:Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequently the
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbeS5/£ofth8aoountofthequota:
WhereasinitialsharesmaybeUsedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupa
MemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reserveinordertopreventapartoftheCommunity
tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneKenber
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers:
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyone^f
itsmembers,

2
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Foriheperiod1Januaryto31December1979,
aCommunitytariffquotaof19200tonnesshallbe
openedwithintheCommunityinrespectofferro­
siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements.,
1
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustons
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.-TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
ArticleIshallbedividedintotwotranches. .j
2.Afirsttrancheof18240tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which'
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryuntil-
31December1979shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Dcnmark
Gcrmany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondtrancheof960
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%or
moreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereserve
pursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshare,totheextent
thatthereservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawatgirdshareequalto25%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.If'jMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshire,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrav;^byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor•
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallhe
validuntil31December197?«
ArticleÎ
■MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October 1977,t
return-tathereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1979isinexcessof
20%of'theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.>
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979,
notifytheCommissionofthe1total,quantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6.
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirshamtoproductsforcertain
intendeduses.InthatcasetheCoaaunityprovi­
sionsontheraatiershallbeappliedforchecking
thaitheproducthasbeenusedforthestipulated
purpose. ,..■
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup......
Itshall,notlarerthan5October1979,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.,
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhausts
thereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavail­
ableandtothisendshallnotifytheamountof
thatbalancetotheHenberStateoakingthelast
drawing.(tonnes)
3140
70
10040 •
350
30
2550
.2060 ■
"tonnesshallconst!-

Article8 Article9
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofimports oftheproductsinquestion
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979. ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANfJtX
Proposal ior.a
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1970)
'
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES , !
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganesefalling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-
freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore 1,
beopenedon1January1979andallocatedamong
theMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied»
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletoactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotayearinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcon-
pietestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheHenberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesoftotal5jjportsofthe
productinquestion:
/9/51976 .1977
Benelux
Denmark\
Germany'
France.\ 1
Irelandi!
ItalyU
Unitedtyigdom
itIl00
0
71-52
0-58
004
1404
2-8215-29
0
66.16
1-68
ll92
2.9512.67
0
63.40
1.88
18?56
3.49percentagesharesinthequotavolume
expressedroughlyasfollows:maybe
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom12.99
0.10
66.91
1.39
0.10
15.50
3.01
Whereas,^Aviewx>fthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforWyo-silico-manganesefor1979theinitialWhereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedand
thesecondformingareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
setatahighlevel,which,inthiscasemightbe95%
ofthevolumeofthequota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesaridtheCommission ,which
lattermust,inparticular,beabletokeeparecordof
theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupand
toinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState,
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
soastoavoidapartoftheCoBiounitytariffquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bythe?BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure

2
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1..Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1979,
aCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforferro-silico-manganese
fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree"
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarran­
gements.
3.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended .
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof47530tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validfrom1Januaryto31December1979,shallbe
asfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 6170
Denmartë 50
Germany 31780
France 660
Ireland 50
Italy 7360
UnitedKingdom 1430
2.Thesecondtrancheof2500tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
'Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixed'inArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState■
shallfoithwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondiiiare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto■>%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,aft'.ritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreoftnesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenui\dup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemani^randtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drav,athirdshareequalto2.5%ofitsinitial
share,rounde-.upasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
3.If,afteritsecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthehirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedthatMemberStateshallforthwith,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1979.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1979,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1979,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1979,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6*
MemberStatesnayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductisforcertain
intendeduses.InthatcasetheCommunityprovi­
sionsonthenattershallbeappliedforchecking
thattheproducthasbeenusedforthestipulated
purpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles>2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup. •
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1979,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amounts,havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,additionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopened'insuchawaythat

importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.,
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article9
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.•
ι
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXC
Proposqlfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0*10%byweightofcarbonand
morethan30°/obutnotmorethan9u^fbyweightofchroniuo
(super-refinedferro-chromium )fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(197^
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN ,
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean'
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chromium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmore
than30%»butnot"morethan90$,ofchroraiua
(super-refined ferro-chromium )fallingwithin
subheadingex73.02EI,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualnil
dutytariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1979andallocatedamongtheMember
States:percentagesharesInthequotavolunecanbe
expressedroughlyasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom12.86
0.07
34.28
4.24
0.03
30.55
17.97;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedandthe
-secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirementsofMemberStates-whichhave'usedup
theirinitialshare;whereastogiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbe95?oftheamountofthequota;
Whereasarrangements for1theutilizationofthe
Ccnmunitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorres­
pondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe■
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandto-theeconomicoutlook
forthequotayearinquestion
Ί
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichCOO-
pletestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thofollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsofthe
productinquastionj
19751976
Bénélux
iDenmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom10-27
0-15
48-52
0-30
0-01
17-40
23-359.58
0-02
32.31
3.74
0
31.17
23.181977
19.37
,0.02
24.93
8.23
0.02
40.75
6.68
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforferro-chromium for1979theinitialWhereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisrupti'orlofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedup
MemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe.
extenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifat:agivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
.reservetopreventapartoftheCoanunitytariff
quotafroairegainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated

2
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Articlei
1.FortheperiodIJanuaryto31December1979,
aCommunitytariffquotaof3000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityinrespectofferro-•
chromiumcontainingbyweightnotmorethan
0-10%ofcarbonandmorethan30%butnot
corethan802,ofchromium(super-refinedferro­
chromium)fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotba
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyare
alreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunderotherprefer­
entialtariffarrangements.
3.Withinthistariffquota,theConnonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof2850tonnesofthisCoasu-
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
;validfrom1Januaryto31December1979,shallbe
asfollows:
1 (tonnes)
Bénélux 367
Dénmark 2
Germany 977
France 121
Ireland 1
Italy '870
UnitedKingdom 512
2.Thesecondtrancheof150tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
^Article3
IfaMetaberStatehasused90?or
moreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereserve
pursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshare,totheextent
thatthereservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number. •
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto£«5/£0fitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.•
3.!faMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1979..1
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Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979/
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir,initial
sharewhich,on15September1979,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October19#,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September197.9andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
MemberStatessayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertain ■
intendeduses.InthatcasetheConmunityprovi­
sionsonthenattershallboappliedforchecking
thattheproducthasbeenusedforthestipulated
purpose..
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup. ,

Itshall,notlaterthan5October1979,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhausts
thereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavail­
ableandtothisendshallnotifytheamountcf
thatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthelast
drawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
inportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshave
useduptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofioports oftheproductsinquestion
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article9
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares. '
Article10
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TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
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Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
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Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident