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DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
INCREASING THE VOLUME OFTHE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA
OPENED FOR1980 ,FORFERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT
LESS THAN 4*BYWEIGHT OFCARBON AND FALLING WITHIN
SUBHEADING EX73.02 EIOFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
C0M(80 )261 final

'EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I
;ByitsRegulation.' !(EEC)No3028<79of20December1979/Jj--,~>r ''1
theCouncilopenedandallocatedamongtheMember|
.States,inrespectoftheyear1980^aduty-freeCommunitytariff 1.
r' /.!jquotaforferro-chromium containingnotlessthanbyweightof.j
.*■■ " i
carbon(andtoalimitedextentaquantityofcarbonofbetween3and
' ..■■■.i
F4M<1 •0. «1>l'«1•É ■ •* I I .t. 4... •^(hereinaftercalled'high-carbonferro-chromium ),thevolumeofj
iwhichwasfixedattheprovisional /levelof120000tonnestq|t "•. • , ■\A
'meettherequirements oftheinitial.'months,whilstnotinanyway
i - .
[precludingadjustments duringthequotaperiod.
f • •.
iThepurposeofopeningsuchaquotaistomeetCommunityrequire-
v■- '* t ,. *
imentsatanilrateandfollowuptheconclusionofanagreementi - -: .
.betweenproducers andconsumersunderwhichtheconsumerswould
■;. . 'n:
[havetheirrequirementsforimportsfromthirdcountriesmetbya
duty-freetariffquotainexchangeforaguaranteethatCommunity
Joutput,whichhasbeenreducedinappropriateproportions/will
[findamarket.•.VY-.'"'.'•'v''-:;Y\; --
Y l
>Thesituationprevailinginthemarketforthisferro-chromium andj
[therequirementsforimportsfromthirdcountrieswerereviewedat[jlameetingof,theEconomicTariffProblemsGroupheldon29February
F,'■ .■ . -
L1980.Thismeetinghadbeenprecededbyata.lk^withYpjodqcers ancfy
consumers on11February1980.
Itemergedfromthesediscussions that: '
despitetherelatively shortperiodthathaselapsedsincethe
^™.beginningoftheyear(theconclusionoftheagreement}^"the
......_ <· ;..ΓΤΤ-Γ ', .,·->·>1ΓΏ«·:
''■exper.iencegained Jnconnection with,itsimplementation in1980ΕΙ.' ·~. ■~Γ"*"Γ~Γ –V*'τ·,"·Ι ~~7Τ~–■·"",Τ·■'·ν;–1,■·>1,1μ\is^neverthelessjdequatefora'newincreaseinthevolumeofthe
quotatobecontemplated withoutitbeingpossible,however,to
»p_rovideverypreciseinformation concerning theactualrequirement s4
forimportsfromthirdcountries;
(1)OJNo.L340of31.12.1979,p.28.

-theinfluence ontheCommunity marketofthedecision takenbythe
CouncilintheRegulation (EEC)No.120/80of21January 1980(1),
toadmitproductsoriginating inSouthern Rhodesia withexemption
.ofcustomsduty,willberelatively slightinthecourseofthe
nextfewmonths,giventhatsupplycontracts havealreadybeencon­
cluded.Thisdecision couldhowever introduce anewelement ofun­
certainty intothefutureevaluation oftheimportneedstobecovered
byaquota.
A
''jJThisbeingso,fixingtheincrease inthequotamuststillb6done^
I ■ ■ A
prudently inordernottoendangfertheequilibrium ofthemarket.4
^Tothisendandhavingregardontheonehandtothetimerequired .5
bytheprocedures fortheapproval ofregulations andontheother •
ί' ·: . '·' ' .,·.··■' ■■'Ijhandtotheneedtoensuretheparallel development ofsalesof
Community outputandsuppliestotheuserindustries onfavourable •.j
•' ..
termsandconditions whilstproviding themwithsomesecurity/the/'J
' - • ► • ''>»•'^Commission feelsthatitisappropriate tofixthevolumeofthe i
;increaseinquestionatthevolumeoftheforecastimportrequire-j
mentsforthe-nextfewmonths,,andso ^previewthesitu-j
^ationagaininSeptember ifitseemsnecessary.!j
,Frpmtheinformation attheCommission'sdisposal/thesupplementary j
^requirementsofimportsfromthirdcountriesnotentitledtoany
otherpreferential tariffarrangement (EFTAorassociated )amount
TSZZr.'-lvirjTV".Z'VZZ~LZZZZ~ ~~ -T'Z-"v' .■"••'-rrr–m>'■aiYr.-.yr~1-7-.J,rvflatthemomentto120000tonnes.
Intheabsenceofconvincing arguments foramodification ,itisproposed
thatthesameallocation aswasusedforthefirstquotashouldbeused,
theCommunity reservewhichwouldberaisedto28800tonnesbecauseof
theincrease,beingsufficient toreacttoanunforeseen evolution in
importsintothedifferent MemberStates,especially asanewrevision
•isscheduled fortheendoftheyear.
(1)0JNo.L16cf22.1.1980,p.12.

2
Draftof
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
increasing thevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquota,openedfortheyear1980
forferro-chromium containing notlessthan4%byweightofcarbonand
fallingwithinsubheading ex73.02EIoftheCommon CustomsTariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
Havingregard "tothadraftRegulator ;submitted
bytheCommission , i
Whereas,byitsRegulation (EEC)No302879 ('),the
Councilopened,fortheyear1S80,andallocated
amongtheMemberStatesaduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaforferro-chromium containing notless
than4%byweightofcarbonandfallingwithin
subheading ex73.02EIoftheCommon Customs
Tariff,thevolumeofwhichwasfixedattheprovi­
sionallevelof120000tonnes;whereasthebenefitof
-thetariffquotainquestionwasextendedbythesame
Regulation ,uptothelimitof20%ofitsvolume,to
importsofferro-chromium containing aquantityof
between3and4%byweightofcarbon;
V
Whereas itcanbeestimated fromtheeconomic data
nowavailable onconsumption ,production and
importsbenefiting fromotherpreferential tariffarran­
gementsthatCommunity requirements ofimports
fromthirdcountriescould,duringthecurrentyear,
reachalevel-higherthanthevolumeoftheabove-
mentioned quota;whereas,inordernottodisturbthe
equilibrium ofthemarketforthisferro-alloy andto
ensureparalleldevelopment insalesofCommunity
production and ofsuppliestothe
consuming industries,itisappropriate tolimitany
increaseinthequotavolumetothevolumeofthe
immediate needs,i.e.,120000tonnes,andtoreview
thepositioninduecoursewithaviewtomakinga
furtheradjustment ;
Whereas,asregardstheallocation ofthisvolume
amongtheMemberStates,itisappropriate toassigna
relativelysmallpartoftheadditional volumetoa
Community reserve,thebalanceofthisvolumebeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesinproportion to
theirforeseeable needsforimportsfromthirdcoun­
tries,." 1•
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
ThevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquotaopenedby
Regulation (EEC)No-502^79 forferro-chromium
containing notlessthan4%byweightofcarbon,
fallingwithinsubheading ex73.02EIofthe
Common CustomsTariff,shall-beraisedfrom12CP00
to240000tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment oftheadditional volume
referredtoinArticle1,i.e,1(96'00tonnes,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomtonn**
4350
20
39220
18000
10
«
2.Thesecondinstalment ofXI400'tonnesshall
constitute thereserve.
ThereservelaiddownbyArticle2(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3023/79isthusraisedfroml0400to20800
tonnes. -...
Article3 *
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublication intheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities ..
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
/States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident .
(')OjNoL 340,31.12.1979/p.28

FICHEFINANCIERE Date:
1.Lignebudgétaire concernée :Chap.12art.120
2.Basejuridique :art.28
3.Intitulé delamesuretarifaire : '**"
Projetderèglement duConseilportantaugmentation duvolumedu
contingent tarifaire communautaire autonome ouvertpourcertaines
qualités deferrd-chrome ,delasous-position ex73.02EIdu
tarifdouanier commun (1980). N
4.Objectif :
Assurer unapprovisionnement satisfaisant desindustries utilisatrices
communautaires . •
5.Modedecalcul :
-N°duT.D.C. :ex73.02EI
•v-Volumeducontingent :120.000tonnes
,-Droitsàappliquer :0%
-DroitsduT.D.C. :8X
6.Pertederecettes :
Valeurd'unetonne:807/41UCE
Valeurdes120.000tonnes:96.889.200 UCE
Pertederecettes :
96.889.200 UCEà8%=7,751.136 UCE,
Parrapportàlapremièreaugmentation ducontingent de1979/
augmentation despertesde3,685,535UCE.