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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
VVCOM(76)534 final
Brussels,15October1976
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofan
autonomousCommunitytariffquotafor1976forferro­
siliconfallingwithinsubheading73.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff/
Draft i
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening/allocationandadministration ofan
autonomous Communitytariffquotafor1976forferro-
silico-manganese fallingwithinsubheading73.02Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthe-opening,allocationandadministration ofan
autonomousCommunitytariffquotafor1976forsuper-refined ,
ferro-chromiumfallingwithinsubheadingex73.02E
CommonCustomsTariff .
M'
■ i­
:......, ■^/
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission/:>N\
..-»
C0MC76)534final

1*T'lvocraftIic£uiatio :i3axuvaxGdheretofollowrequestsfro.",certain
h;;;ocrS^citesti^^c^o^ion^o'iicuomrriiiiix ^ci-X^xxxGtiOus.3ocopciiecl
for1976f°^ferro-siiicon ,ferro-silico-nanganese ■iandsupei–'
rexmeaierro–cnrojaiuml
2.Thurequestsconcernedwerestudied,inparticular ,atconsultations
withexpertsfrcrualltheMerrierStatesholdon10June1976on
~hshasisofeconomicinformation andforecastasupplied "by'the
competent "bodies.In-«h.iscontextit^usthamentioned,aathe
Commissionhasalreadydonemarytiir.es,thatasfarasautonomous
Communityt?.riffq-aotasareconcerneditisinsufficient simplyto
openquotastoinoexesuj-rjatedxinportneedsxronixnirc.countries.
Thisprocedureis,infactjliabletodisruptCo~iir.unityproduction
andtojeopardizerationalization - Thisfactis
,allthesoretrueinthepresentcircuir.stancos sinceastudywasrr.ade
oftheserawmaterialsontheCoarriuiiitymarket
onthe"basisofforecastswhich,~iventheuncertainty surrounding
.andconsumptionalxsectorsgj.Coiffiiramtyproc.ucticn/co'.iiduesignificantly changedtheyear.
Thesefactorsweretakenintoconsideration -wheneachproductwas
studied.
3-f"-o;.iccononioforecastssuppliedatthatmeetingCorrjmnitytablescry
V.idromupinrespectofeachoftheproductsconcernedasfollows:

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escription Consun.p-Proauc-Aonorma !Inwara
tion t'ion stocks Proces-
on sma
31.12.75 Trf'fficDuty-free
imports
from
1hird
countries
carried
outout­
sidethe
contrac-
tusI
quotaExports Quota
to opened
tlnrd 1.1.76
countries
inmetric tons-
erro-si Licon
erro-silico-
anganese
jpei–refined
erro-cliromium536640
218150
122550295500
85000
122000•20000 2000 103790
280301700020000
200050000
000 9450 15000 3000
ammunity importrequirements fromthirdcountries calculated intheusualmanner
~omtheabovefigures showthefollowing deficits andsurpluses :
ferro-si licon deficitof 78350metrictons
ferro-silieo-manganese deficitof 55120metrictons
super-refined ferrochromium surplus of 28900metrictons.
sregardstheseproaucts,itshouldbenotedthat
Community
onsumption offerro-si Iiconandferro-silico-manganese isrunningibovethe
975estimates ,whereasaccording yotheproducer MemberStates'experts Community
roduction capacity wouldappear"iMveb..=nvoluntarily reduced soasnotto
ncreaseexisting stocks.
»
tallevents,itiscertainthat,asregardsferro-siliconandferro-silico-manganese
tleast,therequirements oftheconsumerindustries cannotbemetinfullby
ommunity production andbydeliveries fromassociated orsimilarcountries .Thisis
11themoretruebecause,inthepast,finalstocktakings ofthesemetalshavealways'
hownarelatively highdeficit.

Asregardssuper-refined ferro-chromium ,thedeficitnotedin1975inthe
estimates hasturnedintoasurplusofabout29000metrictons,mainlyowing
toareduction inconsumption whichwasitselfcausedbytheuseofaless
elaborate andcheapersubstitute material :high-carbon ferro-chromium .
Nevertheless ,traditional patterns oftradebetween MemberStatesandthird
countries shouldnotbedisrupted unduly.
Moreover,becauseoftheuncertainties whichstillaffectallsectorsofCommunity
production andconsumption inspiteofthesignsofamodestimprovement inthe
economic situationitisstilldesirable ,soasnottodisturbtheproduction
sector,toshowprudence infixingtheamountsofautonomous quotas.
Forthesereasons,theCommission proposes thatanautonomous tariffquotabe
openedandfixedat:
-10000metrictonsforferro-si licon
-20000metrictonsforferro-silico-manganese
-3000metrictonsforsuper-refined ferro-chromium .
Theproposed rulesofadministration forthesequotasdonotrequirespecial
mentionsincetheydonotdifferfromthosealready adopted bytheCouncilin
1975inthesamecontext.Eachofthequotasistherefore subdivided into
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStatesinproportion
totheirrespective needs,andthesecondconstituting aCommunity reserve.
Thesetting upofaCommunity reserveisallthemorejustified inthepresent
circumstances sincethedraftRegulations providethatatfirstonlythoseMember
Stateswhichatpresent haveactualforeseeable needsshouldhaveashare.
Contrary tothesolution adoptedinprevious years,therespective needsofthe
MemberStateswerenotdetermined onthebasisoftheestimated needsputforward
bytheMemberStatesbutaccording totheusualallocation criteria basedon
previous importsfromthirdcountries ,i.e.inthiscase,ontheaverageforthe
lasttwoorthreeyearsforwhichstatistics areavailable ,lessthesharesallocat ..
ofthecontractual quotasopenedatthebeginning of1976,ordrawnfromthe
Community reserves setup.

5.Thequotadutiesadoptediortheautonomous increase inthetariffquotas
forferro-si Licon,ferro-silico-manganese andsupei–refinedferro-chromium
in1975wererespectively 7%(insteadof10%),4%(insteadof5.5%)and5.5%
(instead of8%).
Itseemsthatinmaintaining thequotadutiesattheselevelsfortheproposed
autonomous increases sufficient attention isbeingpaidtotheCommunity production
situation inthesesectors andtotheneedtoencourage anincreased supplyin
theCommunity .

Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheopening ,allocation and aaraini strati onofanautonomous
Comarunity tariff quota for1975 forferro-silicon falling within
subhoading 73*02 0ofthe Common Customs Tariff
THECOUNCIL OPTHE'EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 28thereof ,
Having regard tothe draft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas ,asregards ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 Cof
theCommon Customs Tariff ,aconventional duty free Community tariff quota
of20000metric tons hasbeen opened bytheCouncil for1976 andallocated
among theMember States byRegulation (EEC)No2880/75"1'of29October 197-3 ;
Whereas ,bearing inmind present production capacity within theCommunity
theabove mentioned quota of20000metric tons will notcover the
entire Community import requirements offerro-silicon from third countries -,
whereas itistherefore desirable that anautonomous Community tariff ^uota
limited to10000metrio tons beopened ;
whereas ,soasnottoprejudice Community development
prospects intheproduction area concerned ,thequota duty applicable should
bofixed at7
OJKoL292,12November 1975 .p.12.

Whereas eq^al andcontinuous access "tothequota should "beensurod forall'
Ccr.u^anity importers andtheratq ,ofduty fcrthetariff quota shoul d*bs .
rpplied consistently toallimpckrts oftheproduct inquestion until the
quota isexhausted ;whereas inthe "li^ht ofthese principles arrangement s
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota "based onanallocation
amorg Member States would socm1,0"bsconsistent tvith theCommunity natur©
ofthequota ;whereas inorder that -itmaycorrespond asclosely as , ■
possible totheactual trond ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion ,
allocation ofthequota should "tieinproportion totherequirements of
theXember States ascaloulated "byreferonco tostatistics ofimports from
third countries during arepresentative reference period andtotheeconomic
outlook forthequota period inquestion ;
yhereas ,durin «the Last three years forwhich statistics are fully
available ,thecorresponding imports into each oftheMember States were
asfollows :
1973 1974 1975 Average for
the 3years
Bénélux 34300 32000 27920 31406
Denmark 1081 753 854 896
Germany 103 936 119 029 84764 102 506 .
France 548 1100 1955 1201
Ireland 0 507 397 301
Italy 18380 2953622088 23331
United Kingdom 10355 28460 21849 20388
Total 169 lû'u 211 385 159 827 180 099
Whereas inview ofthese factors ,theforeseeable development oftheferro­
silicon market in1976 and the shares allocated inthe tariff quota of
20000metric tons opened bytheaforementioned Regulation (EEC )No2880 /75,
the initial percentage shares inthequota canbefixed asfollows :

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Bénélux 11.53
Denmark 0.46
Germany ■62.20
France 0.72
Ireland 0.03
Italy 14.04
United Kingdom 11.02 ;
Wll01?3cU~3 *uOc-Oc-CCOcLT *oO-u j-4.;lJGX*X "l/JT* >-•ÌCA' ^rC».uCi /■„
■thequota should bedivided into twotranches ,tnefirst aoinj allocated
among theabove mentioned ilenber States andthesecond held asareserve to
cover subsequently therequirement 3ofKember States v;hich have exhausted
their new shares ;.
whereas ,togive importers scao degree ofcertainty ,the
first tranche ofthequota should befixed atarelatively high io:olwhich
could be 9CCOmetric tons ;
Whereas I<Ieiaber States zr.ay exhaust their initial shares atdifferent rate -;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies on "this account itshould boprovided
that aoyKeisber State which hasalmost used' upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share from thereserve ;whereas each tias itsadditional
share isalmost exhausted aliesbe rState should draw afarther share ,and co
onasmany tiiaies asthe reserve a-^j-owsi

Uhorcas the initial sad additional rjharss -should ocvalla until the end
ofthequota period ;vhoreas this fora ofadministration requires closs
collaboration octwoon the J'esibor States andtheCoasiBsion ,andthe
Corjr .:3*^1.oninuiGt ooX-~apos ,^^onTOIcC'-Ti ^CCGW JQL -G–Jnoc«rt »CNT WO *WNXCN
thequotas havo boon u«»d u;>andtoinform theSca'acr States accordingly ;
Whereas ifata,>Lven date :lnthequota period aconsidcrabxe quantify
ofaKcaber State 'sinitial share remains uraicod "itisessential that
such State shoulc !return apart ofaCorr.mumty cjuota irom remaining unused
inoneMember State while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since theKm^don ofilalgiua ,theICingdoa ofthei'sthorianos and
thoGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg are -united vrithin andjointly represented "by
theBenelux Economic Union ,any measure concerning thoadnini atration '
ofthe shares JLlocated tothat Docnoaio union uaysocarried cut "byany .
oneofitsaeaDers ,
'*
EiS £30PTSD ISIS ÏŒGULiTICÏ :
Article 1
1.Frorn thedate ofentry into force ofthis Regulation until 2iDecember I,;6,
aCommunity tariff quota of10000metric tons shall beopened within the
Community forferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff .
2.Within this quota ,the C...-or.Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended at77..
3.Within this quota ,newMember States shall apply duties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions oftheActofAccession .

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Article2
1aj..,„•metrictonsJ-.-ixirsu«roneheof9COO/o^+>!■;o ->-1->•,,ff- "quotasnailbeallocatedamongtheiuP^nPT * .j.•»« OCiiCDuc-ies 1:nflo>1r> ...»... ΐηβ
:naros,.which'subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1576,shallbeasfollows;
Bénélux ,
Deronark
Geraany •559b
France 55
Ireland 3
ItaLy i263
UnitedKingdom 99?1038
41
5598
65
3metrictons
cetrietons
metrictons
metrictons
raotrictons
Ee'srictons
metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof-1000met?»■!<*oonssrictlicoîastx'fcuxôthereserve.
Article3
•UAssoonas .aKemberState •"«VA
90/ooriiorsofitsin-;-m~1- hasusedit-liuoiaisnaroasfixedin*rt^*9,'iV'snareminusanyportion'rot–nedto ^)»or01that«shallforthwithbyn0-i/-"^*********pursilaJrt>Article5,
*>th_.I'Z2sthe a'SMOndsilare;biierGKR-mro •, ' ac"nereserveso«armi-ts.x-,
roundedUPw„■^aai™^7'ofitsinitial?a-*–«•«»•*>«.•»«*Bhoienu™„.
./·

2.Assoon as a Member State ,/after exhausting itsinitial share ,
hasused $0"/*ormore ofthesecond share drawn "byit,theMember State
shall forthwith ,inthemaimer andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,
draw athird chare equal to^ofits irurcilal share .
3.Assoon as a Member State ,after emanating itssecond share ,
'hasused SOfoormore ofthethird -share' drawn byit,that Identer State
shall ,inthemanner and ,totheextent provided inparagraph 1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until thereserve isexhausted .
4.Syvay ofderogation frcm paragraphs 1to3>thoMember States maydraw
I
shares lower than tnoG© specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
forbelieving that those specified naynot "beused infall .AnyMember
State applying this paragraph ,shall inform theCommicsion ofitsgrounds
for sodoing . • .•
* • 1»'
. '* '' ' ''" '
Artide 4 1• •
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall DOva-iid until
31December 1976.\
ν . . . .
Article 5 .
The KercherStates • shall return tothereserve ,not
later than 1November 1976 (ttheunused portion oftheir initial snare which ,
on15October 1976 ,isin (=£coess of20facftheinitial volume .Thay may-
return acreator portion i;*there aregrounds forbelieving that such portion
maynotboused .

_7-
vhoseiIo,iberS«c.tcusias.ilinotlaterthanJIscvenber 1J76,notifythe
Commission cfthetotalquantities oftheproductinquestion imported up
toandincluding 15October 1976andchargedagainsttheConur.ur.it;' -quota
andofanyportioncftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
A2?"uo.C1G Ô
TheCcsacission shallhoopaiaccountoftneshare3openedoytheHcrsbcr
bircivC3 u'*>w..nvu^.cj.w2ano3a^asna^JLjassoonasulaea.nxomiauXon
reachesit,infer:.:eachStateoftheextent ~:owhich ,thereserves have
0G611uSOu,Up.
i
Itshall}notlaterthan>lloveraoer -916,informtheKesiberStatesofthe
.amountsstillinreservefollowing anyreturn -ofsharespursuant to
Article 5»
•i.cs^cbjilensurevuuu-..-lenc*n oned"onereservesiscra*^n
theamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable ,andtothisend
shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance'totheJieabsrStatemaicinjthe
lastdrawing.
Artici^7
liveryMemberStateshelltakeallappropriate measures toensuretna«
additional shoresdrawnpursuant to Article 3 are
opon-.oingrxchawaythatimport maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulated shareoftherelevant Community quota.
,:£.'Every'ISember2tc.tcshallensure'thatimporters oftr.Sproducts .inquestion
established interritory lave'free-ac-uosato-tho:sharesallocated
3.EveryMemberStateshallchargeimportoftheproductinquestionagainst
itssharesasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.

a
mmi*
LTli©extent "towhich&"I.rosber Statehaausedupitsshareoshalloo*
•determined ontheTsauis'c>theiaporfc .chargedagainstthoseshares
inaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article S
AttheCommission 'srequest, ;t-..eI'^-nhcrSpatesBiullinform ^
itOfth©icocrtactually chargedagainsttr.eirshares. .:
Article 9.
TiioMe^oerState3andthe•Co/.raission ?hculoocpcrato dcady "tocn-arethat
thisRegulation iscompliedvfith.' .
Article 10.....
ThisHe^ulation shallenterintoforoeonthe'seventh dayfollov.-in^tha
dateofitspublication intheOffioial JournalotthoEurooc£.a Coic^anitica .
Thi«Puliation ohallDOcindinjinitaentirety anddiroctlytpplic&blo
inallHembo?States. "•"•
Icnaa-.Dru.ssel's> FortheCouncil,.
»• *
•;:. -hoPresident ''•

Draft ......
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) •-
< _ <
ontheopening ,alloca"tion andadministration ofanautonomous
Community tariff quota for1976forferro-silico-manganese
falling within subheading' 73-02 DoftheCommon Customs Tariff
Ν
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES V \ \
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 28 .thereof , •■• • '
•• • * .
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission , .
Whereas ,asregards ferro -silico -manganese falling within subheading
73.02 DoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,aconventional duty free Community
tariff <juota of50000metric tons hasbeen opened bytheCouncil for1976
andallocated among theMember States byRegulation (EEC)HoJ-» of
29October 1975 ; '
Whereas ,bearing inmind present Community production capacity ,the'above -
mentioned quota of50000metric tons will notcover theentire Community
ir.port requirements offerro -silico -manganese from third countries ;whereas
itistherefore desirable that anautonomous Community tariff '"quota limited
to20000metric tons boopened ; >
whereas ,soasnottoprejudice Community development prospects in
theproduction area concerned ,thequota duty applicable should befixed at
4ck
_____ •/.
X0Jl\oL292-12November 1975 ,p.14.

Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should "beensured forall
Comaronity .Importers and thqirate .ofduty forthe -tariff quota should ha
applied consistently toallImports oftheproduct inquestion "until the
cuota isexhausted ;whereas Inthelight ofthese principles arrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota "based onanallocation
among Jlcraber States would seem tobeconsistent with theCommunity nature
cfthequota ;whereas inorder that itmaycorrespond asclosely as
possible totheactual trend ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion , ■
allocation ofthequota vf "beinproportion totherequirements of
theUesber States ascalculated "byreference tostatistics ofimports . .
from third countries during arepresentative referenoe period andtothe
economic outlook forthoquota period inquestion ; .
Whereas ,during the Last three years forwhich statistics are fully available ,
the corresponding -imports into each oftheMember States were asfollows :
1973 1974 1975 Average for
the 3years
Bénélux 18955 21100 10512 16856
Denmark .0 0 0 0
Germany 71237 67469 68325 69010
France 1055 521 557 711
Ireland 0 0 37 12
Italy , 18166 22475 13415 18018
United Kingdom , 4579 3020 2694 3431
Total 113 992 114585 95540 108 038
Whereas inview ofthese factors ,theforeseeable development oftheferro-si lico-
manganese market in1976 andtheshares allocated ordrawn from thereserve under -
thetariff quota of50000metric tons opened by-theaforementioned Regulation .
(EEC )No2881 /75,theinitial percentages shares inthequota canbefixed as
follows :

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Bénélux 19.61
Germany 50.25
France 1.12
Italy 26.59
United Kingdom 2.43 ;
Whereas inthecase ofDenmark andIreland their share intheinitial quota of
50000metric tons •and __ :
themost recently available economic information andstatistics donotjustify at
present their participation ;intheproposed increase intheCommunity - ,
* .· . · ..· »tariff quota ;-whereas ,moreover ,should additional needs arise subsequently
inthese Member States they mayhave recourse totheprocedure sotupunder
Article 3ofthis Regulation ;whereas this system ofallocation' al3o
ensures theuniform application oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;. •.
VJhareas ,.totake account offuture import trends fortheproduct concerned ,
thequota should bedivided into twotranches ,thefirst being allocated
among' theabovementioned Member States andthesecond ,held asareserve
tocover subsequently therequirements ofMember States which have exhausted •
their new shares andanyadditional requirements which might arise inthe
ofMember States
other Member States ;whereas ,togive importers /some degree ofcertainty ,
thefirst tranche ofthequota should befixed atarelatively high level
which could be18000metric tons ;
Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial shares atdifferent rates ;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account itshould be
provided that anyMember State which hasalmost used upitsinitial share
should draw anadditional share from thereserve ;whereas each time its
additional share isalmost exhausted !aMember State should draw afurther
share ,and 'soonasmany times asthereserve allows : ' "r

Vrr.areas theinitial andadditional shares should "bevalid until theend "k
ofthequota period ;wherer ^thisformofadministration requires olose '■
collaboration "between theMeipber States andtheCommission ,andthe
Λ
Commission must beinaposition tokeep aocount oftheextent towhich
thequotas havebeenusedupandtoinform theMember States accordingly ;
Whsreas ifatagiveidate inthequota period aconsiderable quantity ofa
llember Stato Tsinitial share remains unused itisessential -that such State
should return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve inorder to
prevent apart ofaCommunity quota from remaining unused inoneMember State
while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom o;FBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly represented by
theBenelux Economic Union ,}a*iy •measure concerning oftheadministration
oftheshares allocated totjiat Economic Union mayboearried out "byany
oneofitsmembers j
HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMTIOlTs ... .
Article 1
1.From thedate ofentry into force ofthis Regulation until 31December 1976
aCommunity tariff quota of20000metric tons shall beopened within the
Cnmmunitv fnr ferro-s iIico-manganese falling within subheading 73.02 Dofthe
Common Customs Tariff .
2.Within this quota ,theCommon Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended at4%.
«
3.Within this quota ,newMember States shall apply duties calculated inaccordance
with the relevant provisions ofthe Act ofAccession .

Article2■•
1.Afirsttrancheof18000metrictonsofthisquotashall-heallocated
amongcertainMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6shall
"bevaliduntil.31December .197^jshall"boasfollows:
Benelux.... -3530,metrictons
•Germany 9045__metriotons
Prance '.•: 202>,.metrictons
Italy .4786metrictons
UnitedKingdom h437metrictons.
'2.'Thesecondtrancheof2000metrictonsshallconstituteareserve.
Article3
Shouldferro-silico-manganesehe.requiredinDenmarkandIreland,these.
MemberStatesshalldrawasufficient sharefromthereservetothe
extentthatthereservesopermits.
Articleft> ,'
1.Assoonasoneofthe.MemberStatesreferredto'inArticle2has
used90$OTmoreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(l),orof
thatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article6,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondshare?totheextentthat.thereservesopermits,equalto10$
t
'oxitsinitialsnareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenucioer.

2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingoneofit3
initialshares,hasused90r>ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn "byit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5$ofitsinitialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hecusod^Ofoormoroofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtothoextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
, ·ν I ·.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted. ".
4.wayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3»theMemberStatesmaydraw
shareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearogrounds
forbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplying'thisparagraphshallinformthoCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.■
Article5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbevaliduntil
31December1976# v..
Article6
TheMemberStatesreferredtoinArtiole2shallreturntothereserve,,not
laterthan1November1976,theunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,
on15October197isis.excessof20$oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreater -portion ,iftherearogroundsforbelievingthatsuohportion
maynotbeused. '

ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November197°?notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimported'
uptoandincluding15October1976andchargedagainsttheCossunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve»
Article1
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedaytheKenoer
StatespursuanttoArticles2,3end4andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhich.thoreserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November .1976,.informthoMemberStatesoftho
amountsstillinreservefollowingany.returnofsharespursuantto','
Article6.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhausting oneofthereservesis
drawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatesalting
thelastdrawing. ..,'
Article8
1*Everyi-.crnocrStateshalJ.takeallappropriate measurestoonsure.that
additionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoeitherArticle3orArticle4-are
openedinsuchawaythatixspor't maybochargedwithoutinterruption
agc.institsaccumulatedshareoftherelevant .Communityquota.
2.EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof'theproductinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
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3.F.vcrylumberStateshall ,chargoimport'ofthoproductinquestion
againstitssharesasand.wl;hentho-produotisenteredwiththocustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
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4.TheextenttowhichaJiomberStatehasusedupitssharesshallba
determinedonthebasisof1;hoimportat chargedagainstthoseshares
inaccordancewithparagraph3* ' ■ "
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshallinformitofthe
importsactuaLlychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
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ThoMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloaolytoonsuro
thatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
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•Article11
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ThisRegulationshallonterinto,fo.rcoontheseventhdayfollowingthedateofitspublicationinthoOffioialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities#
ThisRegulationshallbobindinginitsentiretyand.directlyapplicable ■
inallMomber -Statos»'''
2>onoat'Brussels,•
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
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ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofan'autonomous Community
tariff quota for1976for buper-re fined ferro -chromium falling 1within
subheading ex73*02 3IoftheCommon Customs Tariff
•THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COlBSUUITHiS , '
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 28thereof , '
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas ,asregards ferro –chromium containing byweight notmore thanO
0.10/oofcarbon andmore than 30%butnotmore than $0%ofchromium
(super ^refined ferro-chromium )falling within subheading ex.73.0221
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,aconventional duty–free Community tariff
quota of3000metric tons hasbeen opened bytheCouncil for1976 and
allocated among theMember States byRegulation (EGG)]So28S2 /7'5^of
29October 1975 ;
Whereas ,bearing inmind present capacity ,Community production together with
theabovement ioned quota of3000metric tons should cover the entire Community
requirements ofthis product' whereas itis,
however ,desirable ,inorder toavoid unduly disrupting traditional patterns
oftrade between Member States andthird countries ,that anautonomous Community
tariff quota beopened and itsvolume limited to3000metric tons soasnot
tojeopardize Community development prospects intheproduction sector concerned
whereas forthe same reasons thequota duty applicable should befixed at5.5% ;
0JNoL292,12November 1975 ,p.17 .

V.'r.Groas equal andcontinuous excess tothoquota should *00ensured for
allCommunity importers andthorata ofduty forthotariff quota should
"beapplied consistently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until the
quota isexhausted ;whereas ,inthelight ofthese principlos ,arrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota based onanallocation
cmor.g fenbor States would seem to "boconsistent with theCommunity nature
'ofthequota ;whereas inorder that itmaycorrespond asclosely as
possible totheactual trend ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion ,
allocation ofthequota must boinproportion totharequirements ofthe
Member States ascalculated byreference tothastatistics ofimports •
from third countries during 3,representative reference period andtothe
econonio outlook forthequota period inquestion ;
'■'hereas ,during the Last three years forwhich statistics aro fully available ,
thecorresponding imports into each oftheMember States were .asfollows :
1973 1974 1975 Average for
1974 &1975
Bénélux 1050 2200 3457 2829
Denmark 60 20 50 • 35
Germany 59*
972 13800 16331 15066
France 800 3000 100 2550
Ireland 0 18 5 12
Italy 5000 5643 5856 5752
United Kingdom 7225 5464 7858 6661
Total 74107 32150 33657 32905
Ferro-chromium ingeneral
Whereas inview ofthese factors ,theforeseeable development ofthe super -
refined ferro-chromium market in1976 and the allocated shares ofthe tariff
quota of5000metric tons opened bytheaforementioned Regulation (EEC )
No2882 /75,1,0 ■|'v:L\'alpercentage shares inthequota volume canbefixed
asfollows :•

Bénélux 8.89
Denmark 0.08
Germany 49.76
France 8.49
Ireland 0.04
Italy 10.80
United Kingdom 21.94 ;
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fortheproduct concsrned ,
thequota should oedivided into tv;otranches ,thefirst 'being allocated .
among the - ^liemoer States andthosecond held asareserve
tocover suasequontiythorequirements ofMember States which have exhausted
their new shares ;
'where asjtogive isporters some degree ofcertainty ,the
first "Tranche "ofthequota should "befixed atarelatively high level which
could "be2400 netric tens ;
Ivhsre asMember States mayexhaust their initial shares atdifferent rates ;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account itshould *ooprovided
that anyMother State which hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share froci thereserve ;whereas each tise itsadditional share
isalmost exhausted c.Moabcr State should draw afurther share .ana soon .as
r.i.'^y tiv.es asthereserve allows ;whereas tho initial andadditional shares
should "bevalid until xhe ;endofthequota period ;whereas this fora of
adaisis-sratioa requires close collaboration "between .-the Ker-Vbcr States and the

Commission ,and "theCommission .oust ooinaposition tokeep account ofthe
extent towhich thequotas have «"been usod upendto"'inform theXlember States
accordingly ; ' > ' ■
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Whereas ifatagiven datemthequota perioa aconsiderable quantity of
aIlcmber State 'sinitial share remains unused itisessential ,toprevent
a ■Dart ofaquota from recliiining unused inoneMember State while itcould
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beused inothers ,that suoh State should return asignificant proportion
thereof tothe reserve :
«
fthereas ,since theKin£dom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
hytheBenelux Economic Un;|.on ,any measure concerning the
administration oftheshares allocated tothat Economic Union jaay "be
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carried outbyoneofits^embers
"HAS£DO?TZD THIS PJLGULATIOtf :
Article 1 <
1.From thedate ofentry into force ofthis Regulation to31Decerber 19?6 ?
aCommunity tariff quota of3000metric tons shall beopened within the
Community forferro-chromium containing byweight notmore than 0.10% of
carbon andmore than 30% but notmore than 90% ofchromium (supei–refined
ferro-chromium )falling within subheading ex73.02 EIofthe Common Customs
Tari ff.
2..Within this quota ,the Common Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended at
5.5% .
3.Within this quota ,newMember States shall aplly duties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions oftheAct ofAccession .

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Article 2
1.Afirst tranche of2400 'me*fcrio tons cfthis cfaota shall .beallocated
among the ■Member States ;theshares ,which subject to .Article 5shall
bevalid until 31December 1976 ,shall beasfollows :
Benelux . s 213 metric tone
Beiiinark : 2metric tons
Germany : 1194 metric tons
France : ' 204 metric tons
Ireland ;. 1metric ton
Italy - • 259 metric tons
United Kingdom : 527 metric tons .
2.The second tranche of 600 metric tons shall constitute areserve .
Article 3
1. -Assoon as a ifcsbor State lias used '
''9<$ ormore ofitsinitial share asfixed .inArticle 2(l),.or ofthat share
minus anyportion returned tothereserve pursuant toArticle 53itshall
forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draxv asecond share ,totheextent
that thoreserve sopermits ,equal toIO70ofitsinitial share rounded up
asnecessary tothonext whole number#
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2.A3soon as a Mciabor State ,aftor exhausting itsinitial sh/vro,
hasused $ofornor© ofthepooond share dram "byit,that Kembor Stato
shall forthwith ,'inthenannpr andtotheextent provided inparagraph-1 ,
draw athird share equal topfiofitsinitial share .
3.Assoon aa a Ileiabor Stato ,after exhausting itsseoond share , ■
hasused JCjoormore ofthethird share drawn "byit,that Member State
shall ,.inthemanner andtothe©stent provided inparagraph 1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird , ,
Itshall continue inthis fashion until the reserve isexhausted .
i/zyofderogation fro;o paragraphs 1to3»theMember States -maydraw
shares loxver than those specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
for "believing that those specifiod maynotbeused infull .AnyMember
Stato applying this paragraph shall inform theCommission ofitsgrounds for
sodoing .
■ ■ •' 'Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until 31Deoember 1976
Article 5
Tne ^.ember States )shall return tothereserve ,not •
.later than 1November 1976,theunused portion oftheir initial share which ,
on15October 1976 ,isinea;oess of20%oftheinitial amount .They may
return agreater -portion ifthere arcgrounds forbelieving that cuch portion
ixynotboused infull . * 'l

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ThoseKemborStatcsshall,no'slaterthan1iTovembar1976notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including15October1976andchargedagainsttheCommunityQuotaandofany
-oortionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto.thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall5assoonastheinformation
reachesit7informeachStateoftheextenttoT.;hichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November19763informtheMemberStatesof
theamountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatv/henanamountexhausting oneofthereservesis
dravntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable }andto1
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemailing
thelastdrawing. '.
Article7
1.Everyx'emocrStateshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat
additionalsharesdrawn •pursuanttoArticle3 arc
openedinsuchawaythatimportations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulated shareoftherelevantCommunityquota.
2»SveryKemberStateshallensurethatimportersof.theproductin
questionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtoit,
3TheextenttoxihiohaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshallbe
determined onthebasisoftheimportations oftheproductinquestion
enteredforhomeua-3.

Or-'receiptoi*3,GCTU.{5jTpoin."fciioCofrnrd-SGio^iy "t/icXCGITIOGj?Si/2.oG3SIICLIj.no*fcix^y
itof"theimportations chargedagainstuiieirsnar^.
Article9
TheKenberStatesandtheCoarr.issionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
thisRegala"cioniscomplied\jith*
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthoseventhdayfollowingtne
dateofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanConcranities.•
ThisRegulationshall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates#
DoneatBrussels,......
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