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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)317final.
Brussels,15June1979
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasing theCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1979by
Regulation (EEC)No2919/78forunwrought magnesium
fallingwithinsubheading 77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(79)317final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Bymeans ofitsRegulation (EEC )No2919 /78of12December
1978,theCouncil opened andallocated between theMember States ,
for theyear 1979 ,aCommunity tariff quota foru'nwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 AoftheCommon Customs' Tariff ,
theinitial overall volume ofwhich was fixed at5500 tonnes ,on'
thebasis ofestimates putforward attheend of1978 although an ■
adjustment during thequota period wasnotexcluded . „
2.Thesituation onthemagnesium market and therequirements •for
imports from third countries were re-examined atameeting ofthe
Working Party onEconomic Tariff Problems on2April 1979 ,onthe
basis ofavailable forward data relating to1979 .,asfarasthe
three qualities ofmagnesium selected for theinitial quota were
concerned .Itemerged from this discussion that :
(a)owing tothelack ofce'ttain data onconsumption andproduction
itwasnotpossible todraw uptheCommunity balance ofrequi -
;rements forimports from third countries toiecovefred bythe
quota ;nevertheless onthebasis ofestimates made bythe
•competent departments oftheCommission itmay .beaccepted that
thesituation on 1themagnesium market ,in "theCommunity isthe
sanie .now as-in1933 atthetime ofthefirst re-examination •,
carried out atthesame period ; '-
(b)theCommunity production capacities arenotfully utilized ,
particularly inFrance where ithasnotbeen possible to
reduce thestocks ofmagnesium (approximately 2500tonnes ) ,
left over atthe end of 19718 .
3. 'These various factors indicate that caution should still be
exercised infixing thequota volumes forthis product ,bearing
inmind theuncertainty asregards thelevel which Community
consumption andproduction could reach during 1979.
(I)0JNoL354 ,-18.12.1978 ,p.J0.

TheCommission therefore considers itadvisable ,pending
afurther review ofthesituation which could take place in
September onthebasis ofmore accurate forecasts ,,toconfine
itself toastill provisional increase inthetariff quota
ofavolume of3400tonnes ;
.• W'» ' f 'jl') 'v •^ .*
4,With regard tothesubdivision ofthevolume of 3400tonnes
between thethree qualities ofmagnesium ,itshould be'noted that
therequirements forimports from third countries of'extra-pure
magnesium ofabout 185Qtonnes canlargely becovered bythe
quota opened atthebeginning oftheyear (600tonnes )andby
available Community production /^$enSing eflaelater review an
iiftmediate increase of300tonnes inthevolume earmarked for
this quality ofmagnesium isappropriate tocover the short -
term requirements oftheCommunity user industries . *
Furthermore ,itisproposed that theremainder ,,i.e. '3100.,
tonnes ,besubdivided *"between theother two .qualities ,more or
less inproportion totherequirements forthese twoqualities ,
andthat 600 tonnes beassigned tounwrought magnesium notin
alloy and .2500tonnes tounwrought magnesium inalloy .
5.'".The additional volumes of300and 250Qtonnes proposed for
extra-pure magnesium 'andmagnesium inalloy areallocated tothe
Community reserves laid down ,whereas that assigned tounwrought
magnesium notinalloy is,a.fter deduction ofthequantity put
into theCommunity reserve ,alloca'ted among theMamber States in
accordance with thepercentage fixed attheoccasion ofthefirst
increase inthe .quota for J9.78, .« .

proposal for a
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978byRegulation (EEC)No
2919/78forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
:HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1979totalling5500
tonneshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No
2919/78(');
Whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith,
regardtotheconsumption andproductionof
unwroughtmagnesiumdonotyetpermitCommunity
requirementsofimportsfromnon-membercountries
tobeevaluatedwithsufficientprecision;whereasit
appearsthatcertainMemberStateshaveconsiderable
magnesiumrequirementswhichcannotbemetby
Community production ;whereasthequota
concernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyanappro­
priateamount,approximately 3400tonnes;whereas
thefixingatthislevelofthissupplementary quota
doesnotprecludefurtheradjustmentsduringthe
quotaperiod;whereas,inview,moreover,ontheone
handofthepresentrequirements inunwrought
magnesium,notinalloy,withapuremagnesium
contentofnotlessthan99-95%and,ontheother,of
thequantitiesavailableintheCommunityandofthe
possibleincreaseinproductionbyCommunityindus­
triesbasedprincipallyonunwroughtmagnesium,not
inalloy,andalsothepossibilityofduty-freeimports
underAgreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywith
certainnon-acceding EFTAcountries,itcanbeesti­
matedthatshort-termrequirements forimportsof
unwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach300tonnesofunwrought
magnesiumcontaining99-95%ormorebyweightof
puremagnesium(extra-puremagnesium),600tonnes
ofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-8%ormore
(')OJNoL354 , 1978 ,p.10.byweightandnotexceeding99-95%ofpuremagne­
sium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy),and2500
tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontainingnotmore'
than99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy);
Whereasasfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumesbetweenMemberStatesisconcerned,itis
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne­
siumandunwroughtmagnesium ,inalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy,the
'balanceofthislastvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
used when the first increase tothe
quota for 1978 wasmade .
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation(EEC)Nc29,l9/78forunwroughtmagne­
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
5500to8900tonnes.
Thisincreaseof3400tonnesshallbeallocatedas
follows:
(a)300tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-puremagnesium),intendedforthenucleai
industry;
(b)600tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notlessthan99-3%butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium (unwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy);
(c)2500tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy).

Article2
Thevolumesof300and2500tonnesreferredtoin
Article1(a)and(c)allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustryandto
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyshallbeallocatedto
theCommunityreservessetupunderArticles2(1)
and3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)Nc2919/7&which
shallthusbeincreasedfrom600to900tonnesand
from425to2925tonnesrespectively.
Article3
1.Afirsttrancheoftheamountreferredtoin
Article1(b),of560tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:(tonnes)
■Bénélux 116-5
Denmark 0-2
Germany 365-5
France ;12.
Ireland 0-2
Italy 1-6
UnitedKingdom 64
2.Thesecondtrancheof40tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Theamountofthereserveforthistypeofunwrought
magnesium,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)Nc2919/7§isthusincreasedfrom130to170
tonnes.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ,
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIEREDate
1.Lifcne budgétaire concernée :Chap.,12 art.120
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2.Ba«c juridique :Article 113 ' .
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3.Intitulé delanesure tarifaire
.•Proposition derèglement portant augmentation duvolume ducontingent
tarifaire communautaire ouvert ,pour i'année 1979 ,parlerèglement .
CEEn..2919 /78pour lemagnésium -brut delà -sous-position 77.01 AduTDC .
A.Objectif : .»
■ « ■ '
Respect desobligations contractées auGATT pour leproduit enquestion .
5.Mode decalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volume du contirc.ont
-Droits âappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.•' 4
77.01 A*
3.400 tonnes
0Z •
87.(droit NOR 1,6 %dans Com .à6)
6.Perte derecettes î .• •• .
Prix àlatonne :non allié :1.844 UCE .•
•' allié -S 1.584UCE '' ' ' ' '.
, • KORÏ 47,68 %=
Valeur des 900 tonnes denon allié :1.659.600 UCE 791.298 UCE '
• . * ^Autres :868.302 UCE
Valeur des 2.500tonnes d'allié :3.960.000 UCE^-NOR 87,61% -3.469.356 UCE
Autres :490.644 UCE .
791 .298
868.302
3.469.356
490.644υΰΕχ 1,_6
100
►UCE x
UCE x8
100
I_,6
100
υΟΕ χ 8
10012.661 UCE •
69.464 UCE
*
"55.510 UCE . ._;r
39.252 IJCE
•176.887 UCE (arrondi à177.000 UCE )
ertederecettes estimee lors1èreaugmentation en1978 :325.000' UCE
Différence enmoins parrapport à1èreaugmentation de1978' :148.000 UCE