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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,17November 1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAFORUNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM
FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 77.01AOFTHECOMMON CUSTOMS
TARIFF.
(Submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InanexchangeofletterswiththeNordicDelegation,theCommunity
undertook toopenatthebeginning ofeachyearatariffquotafor
unwrought magnesium fallingwithinsubheading 77.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;thevolumeofthistariffquotaistobecalculated
insuchawaythatanyexcessofCommunity requirements overCommunity
production ofthisproduct maybeimportedduty-free .
Thisproposal concernstheopning,allocation andadministration of
thetariffquotafor1979.
Itisprovedtobeextremely hazardous tofixthetariffquotavolume
inrecentyearowingtotheimpossibility offorecasting Community
consumption andproduction levels.Forthesereasons,thetariffquota
volumeopenedon1Januaryeachyearhasbeenfixedatamoderate level,
calculated conservatively andmid-year adjustments basedonmoreaccurate
dataandestimates havebeenruledout.
Apreliminary examination afterthe"TariffEconomic Problems"group
meetingof22September 1978hasrevealed noevolution ofthesituation,
thatacceptable forecasts canbemadebefore1979andthattheCommunity
magnesium marketsituation islargelyidentical nowtothewayitwas
whenthe1978quotawasopenedup.
Inthesecircumstances ,itisproposed onceagaintousethemethod
usedinpreviousyearforthetariffquotatobeopenedon1January
1979andtorepeatthemeasuresadoptedfor1978bytheCouncilfor
fixingthetotalvolume,itssubdivision intothreegradesofmagnesium
anditsdivision betweentheMemberStates.

PROPOSAL FOP
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotaforunwrought magnesium fallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
Common CustomsTariff(1979)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,siumcontaining lessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium (hereinafter called'unwrought magnesium
inalloy')differconsiderably ;whereasadistinction
shouldthereforebemadebetweenthesethreequali­
tiesandthequotavolumeunderconsideration should
bedividedbetweenthem;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas ,inanexchange oflettersdated30June
1967,confirmed inanexchange oflettersdated16
April1973,theEuropean Economic Community has
undertaken ,asregardsunwrought magnesium falling
withintariffsubheading 77.01A,toopenanannual
Community tariffquotaforaquantitysuchthat'
Community requirements forthesaidgoodsnot
coveredbyCommunity production maybeimported
dutyfree;whereas ,takingintoaccountanoverall,provisional
quotavolumeof5500tonnes,thefollowingquanti­
tiesmaybeallocatedtoeachqualityoftheproductin
question :600tonnesforextra-pure magnesium ,
1325tonnesforunwrought magnesium notinalloy
and3575tonnesforunwrought magnesium inalloy;
whereasthesefiguresappearjustifiedbothbythe
formerratiosofconsumption ofthesequalitiesto
totalconsumption ofmagnesium andbythesupply
possibilities forthesequalitiesofmagnesium within
theCommunity ;
whereas ,inordertoestablish thevolumeofthe
Community tariffquota,anassessment mustbemade
ofthetotalconsumption bytheuserindustries ofthe
MemberStatesduringthequotayearandof'the
Community production levelforthesameperiod;
whereasevenaveryroughassessment oftotal
consumption andproduction for1979wouldbe
highlyunreliable sinceitisatpresentimpossible to
estimateeitherthevolumeofunwrought magnesium
usedincertainMemberStatesintheyearunder
consideration orthelikelylevelofCommunity
output;whereas,inanycase,itisunlikelythat
Community production willfullymeetdemandinthe
quotayear;whereastheannualquotavolumemust
thereforebefixedatanappropriate level,probably
about5500tonnes;whereasthisassessment isbased
onconservative estimates andlatei;adjustments are
notexcluded ;whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythe
newMemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquotamust
complywiththerelevantprovisions oftheActof
Accession ;
Whereasthemarketsinmagnesium containing
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium (here­
inaftercalled'extra-pure magnesium' ),inmagnesium
containing 99-8%ormore,butlessthan99-95%,by
weightofpuremagnesium (hereinafter called
'unwrought magnesium notinalloy')andinmagne-Whereasequalandcontinuous accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof-
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,in
thelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,aCommu­
nitytariffarrangement basedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Community natureofthequota;whereas,torepre­
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopment of
themarketinthesaidgoods,theallocation must
followproportionately therequirements ofthe
Member Statescalculated bothfromstatistics of
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotayearinquestion ;
Whereas ,however ,theavailablestatisticsofimports
intotheMemberStatesfromthirdcountries which
didnotbenefitfromanequivalent tariffpreference
underanyotherpreferential arrangements coveronly
unwrought magnesium inalloyandunwrought magne­
siumriotinalloy;whereas,duringthelastthreeyears
forwhichstatisticsareavailable ,suchimportsrepre­
sentedthefollowingpercentage oftotalimportsofthe
saidgoods;whereas,fromtheinformation atpresent
tohand,itwouldseemthatimportsofextra-pure
magnesium areeffectedalmostwhollyintheUnited
Kingdom :

197519761977
forextra-pure and
unwrought magnesium
notinalloyBcnelux 10-049'8620*45
Denmark o0-060·06
Germany 5551-63 41•81
France 18*18rt0-90 14»76
Ireland oo 0
•Italy 7*470<53 1«84
UnitedKingdom 9*3127*0221«08
–forunwrought magne*
siuminalloy:
Bénélux j 1-880*39 0'74
Denmark !o0*80 1«07
Germany P6-23'P0-5097-21
France o0-820'50
Ireland o0-65 0*30
Italy 1*080Ί30Ό9
UnitedKingdom 10-816-710-09
Whereas inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheseproductsin1979itisnecessaryin-the
caseofextra-pure unwrought magnesium toallocate
onanexperimental basisthequotavolumeforthis
qualitytotheCommunity reserveandtoprovidefor
MemberStateswhichhaverequirements tobemetto
beabletodrawuponthisreserveinappropriate quan­
tities;whereasitisnecessarytofixfortheotherquali­
tiesofmagnesium initialpercentage sharesatapproxi­
matelythefollowing levels:
' • \–forunwrought magnesium notinalloy:
Bénélux .16-74
Denmark 004
Germany 67-80
France 3*34
Ireland * ~ 0-04
Italy '0-33
UnitedKingdom 11-71
–forumvrouvht magnesium inalloy:
Bénélux 2*12
Denmark 0-03
Germany 96*50
France 0*03
Ireland 0-02
Italy .0-80'
UnitedKingdom 0-50
Whereas ,-inordertotakemoreaccurateaccountof
futureimporttrendsforunwrought magnesium notin
alloyandinalloy,thetotalquotavolumeforthese
qualitiesshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoguarantee
importerssomedegreeofsecurity,thefirsttranchesshouldbefixedatI195tonnesofi^nwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloyand3150tonnesofunwrought
magnesium inalloy,thebalancesbeingheldasthe
reserves ; ' *
Whereas ;theinitialsharesmaybeusedupmpreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore ,inordertoavoid
disrupting supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhas
almostuseduponeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawa
supplementary sharefromtherelevant reserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostused
up,asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMember StatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commission mustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof ;
Whereas if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
MemberStatehasaconsiderable quantityofoneofits
initialsharesleftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificant proportion thereoftotherelevant
reserve,topreventapartofoneorotherquotavolume
fromremaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium ,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
by.theBeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasure
concerning theadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomic unionmaybecarriedoutby.any
oneofitsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.From 1Januaryto31December1979,a
Community' tariffquotaof5500tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forunwrought magnesium
fallingwithinsubheading 77.01AoftheCommon
Customs Tariff. '
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotashallbedivided
asfollows :
(a)600tonnesforunwrought magnesium containing
.99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
('extra-pure magnesium' ),intendedforthenuclear
industry.Controloftheuseforthisspecial
purposeshallbeeffectedpursuanttotherelevant
Community provisions ;
(b)1325tonnesforunwrought magnesium
containing 99-8%ormore,butlessthan
99-95%,byweightofpuremagnesium
("unwrought magnesium notinalloy');

(c)3575tonnesforunwrought magnesium
containing lessthan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium ('unwrought magnesium inalloy').
3.Importsofthesaidgoodsshallnotbecounted
underthetariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferential tarifftreat­
ment.
4.WithinthetariffquotatheCommon Customs
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended .
Article2
1.Thevolumeof600tonnesreferredtoinArticle
1(2)(a),allocatedtoextra-pure unwrought magnesium
intendedforthenuclearindustry,shallbeallottedto
theCommunity reserve.
2.IfinaMemberStateaneedisfeltforextra-pure
unwrought magnesium ,thatStateshalldraw,tothe
extentpermitted bytheamountofthereserve,asuffi­
cientshareofthereservethussetup.
Artide3
1.Afirsttrancheofeachofthevolumesprovided
forinArticle 1(2)(b)and(c),whichamountsto1195
tonnesforunwrought magnesium notinalloyand
3150tonnesformagnesium inalloyshallbedivided
amongtheMemberStates.Theshares,whicharevalid
upto31December1979subjectt0Article6,amount
tothefollowingquantities :
(a)forunwrought magnesium notinalloy:
■ (tonnes)
Bénélux 200
Denmark 0-5
Germany 810
France 40
Ireland 0-5
•Italy 4
UnitedKingdom 140
(b)forunwrought magnesium inalloy:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 67
Denmark 1
Germany 3040
France )
Ireland <"1 =
Italy 25
UnitedKingdom 15
2.Thesecondtranches,of130tonnesand425
tonnesrespectively ,shall ■beheldasCommunity
reserves .
Article4
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberStates
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle3(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtotherelevantreservewhereArticle6isapplied,hasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%
■ofitsinitialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoff
upwardstothenextunit,insofaraspermittedbythe
amountofthereserve .
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare,wherenecessaryroundedoffupwardsto
thenextunit.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordance withthesameconditions ,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserves
areusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
intheseparagraphs iftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommission ofitsreasons'forapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article S
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December 1979.
Article6
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
thanIOctober1979,theunusedportionoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1979,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1Octoberl979,,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcerned effectedundertheCommunity
-quotasuptoandincluding 15September1979and,
whereappropriate ,theproportion ofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .
Article7
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3
and4andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthanJ
October1979.oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amounts havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article6.

Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa Article9
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable ,andtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember ,UponarequestfromtheCommission ,MemberStates
Statemakingthelastdrawing. shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary .
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant ricelu
toArticle4areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir'MemberStatesandtheCommission
accumulated sharesintheCommunity quota. eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthis1
..,observed. ',
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters esta­
blishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem. ~ Article11
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup 1
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthequan-ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceo
titiesofthesaidgoodsenteredforhomeuse. -1979.
* .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
'·· Ί -»
DoneatBrussels, ,
, FortheCouncil
' '.ThePresident' Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation is
observed . ',
Articleil ^
i
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1979.

FICHE FINANCIERE Date s <
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12art .120
2.Base juridique :Art .113dutraité
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :Proposition derèglement duConseil
portant ouverture ,répartition etmode degestion ducontingent tarifaire
communautaire demagnésium brut (année 1979 )
4.Objectif : Assurer lerespect desengagements contractés parla
Communauté . - ^
S.Mode decalcul : f
-N°duT.D.C. :77,Cil A
.-Volume du/d^6contingenté )/^5.^00tonnes
-Droits àappliquer - ■:0%
-Droits duT.D.C. s8Z<1/6%deNorvège dans Com.originaire )
6.Perte derecettes :
Nonallié sNorvège , 11.692.500 UCEà1,6% - 27.080 UCE
Autres pays *'1.857.200 UCEà8% - 148.576' UCE
Allié irNorvège !4.961.179 UCEà1,6% ■ 79.379 UCE
*Autres pays *701.621 UCEa8% - 56.130 UCE
..311-165UCE
Arrondi à 311.000 UCE