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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)659final
Brussels,5November1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandproviding
tariffquotaforferro-siliconferro-silicon faltingwithinheadministration ofaCommunity
withinsubheading73.02Cofthe
CommonCustoms/Tariff
V-,
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforferro-silco-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02D
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforferro-chromium containingnotmorethan0.10%byweight
ofcarbonandmorethan30%butnotmorethan90%byweightofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium )fallingwithinsubheadingex73.02EIof
theCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(80)659final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Aspart ofthemultinational negotiations within 6ATT
.theCommunity undertook toopen theCommunity ,duty-free tariff
quotas each year ,forthethree following 'ferro-alloys
73.02 C ferro-si licon - 20.000 tonnes
73.02 D ferro-si lico-manganèse 50.000 tonnes
ex73.02 EI' 'overrefined ferro-chromium 3.000 tonnes
However ,since 1July 1977 ,these ferro-alloys canbeimported
from Portugal duty free inpursuance ,oftheagreement concluded
1
with this country .Asfrom 1January 1980 this will also apply
toproducts from theother EFTA countries .Th^se quotas must
therefore bereduced byquantities ,representing theshare of...
these countries Community imports .Thevolume ^ofthese quotas
arethus reduced for1981 to1.1.100tonnes for (ferro-silicon ,
18.550 tonnes forferro-si Iico-mangan^se and3.950 tonnes for .
overrefined -ferro-chromium . '
TheCommission 'sproposals regarding these first^two ferro-alloys
draw extensively upon those putforward forthesame products
.inprevious years ,inthat theallotting oftheshare continues
tobeinline with the rules habitually adhered to (calculation
;based onpast figures andonprospects for198'd
"" ■** .ν -- -
Forthethird ,intheabsence ofequivalent precedents ,theallott
oftheshare between theMember States isbased solely onthefore
cast needs provided bytheMember States .

–2– ,
•» 3.Theproposals forregulations annexed hereto therefore .
..- relate totheopening ,thedistribution andtype of
imanagement ofthe :following Community tariffquotas for
1981 :
Description of
.product
\Quota
volume :
lQuota
>•dutyVolume of
reserve .Volume of
initial
tranche
-Annex A : .ferro-si licon >.v',1.1.100 ,t....0%.. 500 "t '10.600t
Annex Β ferro-si lieo-
manganese 18.550 t ,0% 900' .t..\x
.t –
17.650 t
Annex C overref ined >.
,.ferro-chromium.2.950 t .0%
■"-:l
*
•<-,,2.800 t
\ •

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitywriffquowfor
ferro-siliconfailingw.thinsubheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff(198
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon,fallingwithin
subheading73.02C,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
tariffquotaof20000tonnes;whereasthisshould
howeverbereducedto1110Otonnestotakeaccountof
thetraditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhave
beenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries;whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January
1981andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;
whereasarrangcmewsfortheutilisationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanauuuuunamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,tocorrespond
ascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketin
theproductinquestion,allocationofthequotashould
beinproportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
inquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
Bénélux
Denmark
GermanyGreeceFrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1977
13.61
'0.97
43.43
0.68
2.08
■0.
21.02
18.2119781979
9.268.97
0.920.18
46.30 [49.17
0.700.49
2.342.86
0 '0
18.0410.63
22.43 .27.70"Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forferro-siliconfor1981,theinitialpercentagesharesin
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximatelyas
follows: ,
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
m&e
Ireland
lt?ly
UnitedKingdom9.70
0.44
46.36
•0.592.82<
0.07
16.23
23.79;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoversubsequentlytherequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
highlevel,whichinthiscaseshouldbeapproximately
95%ofthevolumeofthequota; .
\
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
:shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonas.manytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshould
.bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,which
lattermustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextent
towhichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly;
"Whereasifatagivendateindiequotaperioda
'considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,-in-
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux

–?•»H
EconomicUr.ion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1981a
Communitytariffquotaof111OScnnesshallbeopened
intheCommunityforferro-siliconrailingwithin
subheading73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionrtjaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.WithinthisquotatheCommonCustoms.Tariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
4.WithintheLimitsofthistariff
quota,Greeceshallapplydutiescalcu­
latedinaccordance withtherelevant
provisions intheActofAccessionof
thatcountry(1).2.IfrMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto2-5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
it,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird. •
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4;Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformthe
Commissionofits*,groundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1981.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments ^.i
10600...
2.Afirstinstalmentof.tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto3.1December
198"Jshallbeasfollows:.
Bénélux .
Denmark
GermanyGreeceFrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom{tonnes)
■%028
'.•;•47
:4-914
63
'299
7
•1,720"
2522
3.Thesecondinstalmentof500tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.ArticleS
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October19b1,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1981„<sinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvplunve.Theymayreturnagreateryortion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
Infull.' ^- '
.MemberStates.'shall,notlaterthan1October,1981y
.notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe.
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15SeptemberI98i1andchargedagainsttheCommunity :
quotaandof.$nyportionof.theirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve^. ■
Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.
InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthematter
shallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeen
usedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Article3
I.aMemberSiacclu:.-..sod90%ormoreofits
initialsharecs'.:cdinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
mmusaryportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallfo.^h'.vaij,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawa-eccndshare,totheextent;latthe
sov.^rrrr:
•Jedv.?.-usnecessa;quaito
tofr.:5%
ne;-"l'­Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
0JNoL291,19.11.19..?c­

■3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1981,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensure,thatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
IMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
•/
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
'sharesoftheCommunityquota..
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
.productin-questionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3..TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
\AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
.rArticle11
ThisRegulationshallenterinfoforceon1January1981
I ~/ .V,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, ^■.1980«.
.FortheCouncil
ThePresident

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION (EEQ
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-siiico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommonCustoms.Tariff
1981)
THECOUNCILOFTOEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,.1977 19/81979
Benelux
Denmark
GermanyGreece
France
Ireland7.0.05
0
68.41
5.71
•0.03
•0-,0.52
0
*67.22
8.08
0.06
02.12
0 •
67.11
5.31
3.81
0
Italy •13.1712.5214.04
UnitedKingdom12.6311.60|7.61.!
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese,falling
withinsubheading73.02D,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free.
Communitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;whereasthis
shouldhoweverbereducedto18550tonnestotake
accountofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTAcountries
whichhavebeenfreeofcustomsdutyunderthe
Agreementsconcludedwiththosecountries;whereasthe
tariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon
1JanuaryI98'1andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasinthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquotabasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmay
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthequota'
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyReferencetostatistical
dataonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion; <
Whereas,..u»ii»g*uelastthreeyearforwhichcomplete
sxatisw->•available,thecorrespondingimportsinto,
t&civ Sum thefollowing
percentagesoithetotalii-.p^-fsoftheproductin
ques *Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forferro-silico-manganesefor1981theinitial
percentagesharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows: •.
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany'GreeceFrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1.77
0.03
?63.92
7.01
4.42
0.03
13.47
9.35
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimportsof
theproductinquestion,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
formingareserveintendedtocoveranysubsequent'
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,inordertogiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariffquota
shouldbefixedarahighlevel,whichinthiscaseshould
beapproximately 95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
aitaws;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshould
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration

betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,which.
Isttermr.s:beinap'ositionto.<eecaccountoftheextent
towhichthequotash.-vebqer>.u^cdupar-.ltoiofon.ithe
MemberStaresaccordingly;'-.v
Where?.-ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
cons.derabiequantityofaMemberState'sinitnlshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthat'hatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontc-thereserve,in
order;oavoidapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,dieKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunited-withinandjointlyrepresentee !bytheBenelux
Economic •-Union,.anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,2.T,>esecondinstalment
constitutethereserve.of900tonnesshall
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthat,share
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshailforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.■IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare'drawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshailforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
.equalto5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December198*1a
Communitytariffquotaof18550tonnfesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforferro-silico-manganese, '
fallingwithinsubheading73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe•
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements.' ' >
'3.WithinthisquotatheCommorvCustoms,Tariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
A.WithintheLimits'ofthistariff ,'
quota,GreeceshaLLappLydutiescaL-
cuLatedinaccordance withthereLevant
provisionsintheActofAccessionof
thatcountry(1).
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof17650tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5'
shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31December1981^shall
beasfollows:
^(tonnes)
313;
>*•J.
11282
1237
5
23^8
1650"Bénélux
Denmark
GermarïyGreece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
'it,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformthe
Commissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1981• ,,
'Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1981,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1981,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull. .
MemberStates-shall,notlaterthan1October1981,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestion-importeduptoandincluding
15September1981,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
(1)0JNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.

Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.
InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthematter
•shallbeappliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeen
usedforthestipulatedpurpose. ■.
Article7 ■.
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbydieMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,gssoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStatectf'theextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
'>*■
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1981/informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.<
Article8chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproduct
^isenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
•circulation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
-chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
. Article9 /
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures Article11
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe-ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,., .1980.
.{.
.FortheCouncil
ThePresident

pPROPOSAL .I-ORA
COÙNCJLREGULAUGN (EEQ
'jpe.T.'it;,a'Joc-ca'garu.pjovioing *ortheaairiniitwiion -ofaCommunitytariff^uotafor
.owlumc-wi'-i'.wgemmorethan.0i0%bywcigntofcarbonsndmorethan30%
butno;morsth-an9C?'.'afcjwi^htofcbrcwiiim(super-refined,ferro-chromiuro }LHit-within
si'bheac"\g«x73.02EioftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,■
HavingregardtotheTreavyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,StndinparticularArticle113.
thereof, ' ,\
Havingregardtotheproposa'fromtheCommission,
Whereas,asregardsferro-chroirium containingby
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbonandmorethan
30%butnotmore,than90%ofchromium
(super-refined ferro-chromium ),.fallingwithin
subheading .73.02EI,'theEuropeanEconomic .
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
tariffquotaof3000tonnes;whereasthisshould
howeverbereducedto295Qonnestotakeaccountof'
the.traditionalimportsfromEFTAcountrieswhichhave
beenfreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedWiththosecountries;whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1January
1981andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
^consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
-whereasarrangements fortheutilizationofthe
Community"'tariffqtiofabasedonatvallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Commutt'rtyrnatureofcthequota;whereas,tocorrespond
ascloselyaspossible^totheactualtrendofthemarketin
theprodu&;inquestions-allocation ofthequotashould
beinproportiontoritherequirementsoftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreference ,tostatisticsofimports
-fromthird.countries ,duringarepresentativereference
.periodand.totheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
_ipquestion^..'Ac:c.'
Whereasthe'ffcfro-chromium ofthis
wellspecifiedqualityisnotsen-..
gledoutintheMemberStatesstati-
stical^nomenclatures ,andwhereastheir
corresponding importsfromthirdcoun-
.tries>notalreadybenefitingfroman
equivalentpreferenti aLarrangement,cOu
Tnotbe'detailedintheirentirety
forthe'abovereferenceperiod;where­
astakingintoaccounttheforesee":
ableevolutionofthemarketinthis
ferro-chromiuxn fortheyear19"!and
inparticular !:theforecastsmaueby.theMember.States,theinitialper­
;centage "sharedinthequotavolume'
mayapproximately bystatedtobe
,asfollows:
Bénélux'
Denmark ..'
Germany .,Greece
France
Ireland
Italy'-
UnitedKingdom19.91
-0.23
38.07
8:11
'0.05
-7.02
-.26.35
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments;thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe'requirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitial
share;whereas,"tojjive'importerssomedegreeof
certainty,thefirstInstalmentofthetariffquotashould
befixedatahighlevel,whichinthis"caseshouldbe
approximately95%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
!shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
'almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
1shareisalmostusedupaMemberState^houlddrawa
'furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
.allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshould
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;thisformof
>administration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
'MemberStatesandtheCommission ,which;lattermust
-.beinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhich
;thequotashavebeenusedupandtoinfoftnrt^e
Statesaccordingly; nofinitial"
V-n'-xecssot20%
Whereasifat'aif,-"
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityof-aMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiont6thereserv^jn
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunity-quota
remainingunusecjinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers: .?

-2~10
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrant"-DochyofLuxembourg
areunitedv.-hinandjoin-'representedbytneBenelux
Economie'Jnlon,anyconcerningthe
administrationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1From1Januaryto31December198a
Communitytariffquotaof2950tonnesshallbeopened
intheCommunityforferro-chromiumcontainingy
weightnotmorethan0-10%ofcarbon.andmorethan
30%butnotmorethan90%otchromium
(super-refinedferro-chromium),fallingwithin
subheading73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustomsdut.esunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.Withinthisquota,CommonCustomsTariffduty
shallbetotallysuspended.1-•
4.Withinthelimitsofthistariff
quota,Greeceshallapfityduties-
caIculatedinaccordancewiththere­levantprevisions :X$ y,:-*.'
VAccess-minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,-bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reserveIQpermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytethenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
■hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%of'itsinitialshareroundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
Share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
it,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs'1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounfsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStatpapplyingthisparagraphshallinformthe
Commissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
.atedinaccoraduue wim••«-
:'.-.prev-isions,;io.•ti|£jfe't-'
3ionofthât'toufrf/')»Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
valid,until31,December1981:,. ■ -
Article5
Article2
1.Afirst
Community ;
Member .Stsi
shallbei'.lid
-beasfollov-s
.Denmark 5
V ■
France
■reland
Luv
UiiiutdKingdom>'N •'^'^retSn'VttereserveIhe«iiiii>e<iportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,.on15September,1?8.1,isinexcessof20/„-'crfthe?rtitialvofnm'e.'Theymay.returnagreaterportion.
-,;'■.^thatit.mavnotbeused
fi-«hSttêr^feerCaioniwsjpn o.t/tne-louu*^arm' 1_é-Ain/i11*1r*»dr'c„t8I'ls"SeitmfamUn^charged ,agams,theCom­..p-'Jan.!'>:..>•!>•jofflonoftkeirinitialshares
-'*•turnedtothereserve..'ΗΑ
■4.&,
ί-ι
2.
consriaitesecondinstaurent
thereserve.229rx
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197^
■150tonnesshallArticle6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimports
againsttheirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.
InthatcasetheCommunityprovisionsonthematter
shallbeappliedforcheckingtha'theproducthasbeen
usedforthestipulatedpurpose.
Artch
iivf~•.jZate/'an
.3haii/.edintrtised50%'>rroo-
2(1!1)0JNoT-^TTTTOÏTI9??,

-3-
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup. x-
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1981^informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstil!inreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
,Itshallensurethatwhenthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe.
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing..
?Article8
.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainst,their'aggregate
sharesoftheCommunityquota.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccess-tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveused
upthfeirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importsoftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththe,
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation..
Article9'
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
,shares..
Article10
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■'V':"••'-•:■■•K'lMYV •••-
fTheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
01iV;.<
ArtiçkJL
j.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein^allMemberStates.
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