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Draft
REGULATION "(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomous
Communitytariffquotafor1974forferro-siliconfallingwithinsub­
headingNo73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Draft
REGULATION (EEC)OETHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomous
Communitytariffquotafor1974forferro-silico-manganesefallingwithin
subheading No73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Draft
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomous
Communitytariffquotafor1974forferro-chromium containingnotmorethan
0.10%"byweightofcarbonandmorethan30%"butnotexceeding90%inclusive
"byweightofchromium(superrefinedferro-chromium )falling
withinsubheading Noex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
Draft
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor1974forferro-chromium containingnotlessthan4%
byweightofcarbonfallingwithinsubheading Noex73.02EI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM74)1064final

EXPLiEATORY MEMORÛUDDM
ThedraftRegulations annexedheretofollowrequestsfromcertain
MemberStatesthatautonomous Communitytariffquotas "beincreasedor
openedfor1974f°rferro-silicon ,ferro-silico-manganese,super-
refinedferro-chromium ,highcarbonferro-chromium ,unwroughtlead
andzinc.
Therequestsconcernedwerestudied,inparticular ,atconsultations
withexpertsfromalltheMemberStatesheldon12February1974on
thebasisofeconomicinformation andforecastssuppliedbythe
competentbodies.Inthiscontexrtitmustbementioned,asthe
Commissionhasalreadydonemanytimes,thatasfarg,sautonomous
Communitytariffquotasareconcerneditisinsufficient simplyto
openquotastomeetestimatedimportneedsfromthirdcountries.
Thisprocedureis,infact,liabletodisruptCommunityproductionor
eventodiscouragefurtherdevelopment ,inthissector.Thisfactis
allthemoretrueinthepresentcircumstances sinceastudywasmade
oftheserawmaterialsontheCommunitymarketatthebe^innincofthe
yearonthebasisofforecastswhich,£iventheuncertainty surrounding
allsectorsofCommunityproduction,couldbechangedduring1974.
Thesefactorsweretakenintoconsideration wheneachproductwas
studied.
Promeconomicforecasts ,suppliedatthatmeetingCommunitytablesmay
bedrawnupinrespectofeachoftheproductsconcernedasfollows:

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DescriptionConsump-
tionProduc­
tionInward
processing
trafficDutyfree
imports
fromthird
countriesQuota
openedon
1January
1974Exports
third
countries
Ferro-silicon 6269004830003000929752000051200
Ferro-silico-
manganese 21155010500028002180050000 950
Supez«-refined
ferro-chromium 16839»113000400012900 30004900
Highcarbon
ferro-chromium 291540170000250013840 10800
Unwrcughtlead
otherthan
"bullionlead113600010180008000430055000101850
Unwroughtpinc14718001398300210006210020000133000
Communityimportrequirements from
mannerfromtheabovefiguresshow
-ferro-silicon
t-ferro-silico-maziganese
-super-refinedferro-chromium
-highcarbonferro-chromium
-unwroughtleadotherthan
"bullionlead
«unwroughtzincthirdcountriescalculatedintheusual
thefollowingdeficitsandsurpluses:
surplusof23275metrictons
deficitof31000metrictons
deficitof30596metrictons
deficitof94400metrictons.
surplusof51150metrictons
surplusof162600metrictons
Theresultisthatforferro-silico-manganese,super-refined ferro-chromium
andhighcarbonferro-chromium ,whichareinshortsupply,theminimum
importrequirements fromthirdcountriesare31000,3.0596and.
94400metrictansrespectively .
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Itshouldbenotedthat,inviewoftheincreaseddemandforferro-silicon
asaferro-alloy owingtotheincreaseinsteelproductionandofthe
presentcomparatively stablecapacityofCommunityproduction,thereis
noguaranteethatin1974therequirements ofconsumerindustrieswill"be
metonthescaleindicatedbytheabovefiguresbydeliveriesfromthe
Communityorfromthirdcountriestowhichthedutyfreearrangements apply.
Thisseemsallthemoretruebecauseinthepastfinalassessments ofthis
metalhavealwaysshownarelativelyhighdeficit.Furthermore ,traditio­
naltradingarrangements betweenthenewMemberStatesandcertainthird
countriesshouldnotbedisruptedunduly,particularly sincesuchtrade
wasgrantedtotalorpartialreductionsincustomsdutiesuntiltheend
of1973.ForthisreasontheCommissionproposesthatanautonomous
tariffquotafixedat25000metrictonsbeopenedatareducedrateof
dutyforferro-silicon .
TheagreementdrawnupbetweenthenineMemberStatesduringtheaccession
neg-otiaticns (seeProtocolNo14annexedtotheActofAccession)was
takenintoconsideration whenstudyingunwroughtleadotherthanbullion
lead.Thisagreementcontainsacomplexactionprogrammewhichisvalid
untilthepndof1977.andrelatestocustomsduties,anannualtariff''-,
quotatobeopened,thedecreasingscaleofthisquotaandareviewof-
thesituationbytheCouncilbeforeabolishingthequotawiththeobject
ofreducingtheautonomousdutyonthismetaltoarateofnotlessthan
1.1u.a./lOOkg.Thisagreement,whichhasbeeninforcesince1971»
hasnotproducedanyproblemsintheCommunityoftheSixandinthe
opinionoftheCommissionitwouldbeprematuretocommencethereview
providedforbyProtocolNo14.during1974>thatisto:say,inthemiddle
ofthetermoftheagreement.Hence,theCommissionbelievesthatin
thepresentsituationitcannotgobeyondtheagreementbyplanningthe
openingofanadditionalautonomousquota. ■•..<..
/

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ItappearsfromthecalculationofCommunityrequirements ofunwrought
zinc,inrespectofwhichasimilaragreementwasdrawnup"bytheMember
States(SeeProtocolNo15totheActofAccession),thatsuchrequirements
may"bemetentirely "bythetariffquotaopenedatthebeginningofthe
yearandbydeliveriesfromtheCommunityorfromthirdcountriestowhich
thedutyfreearrangements apply.UndertheseconditionstheCommission
believesthatitcannotproposetheopeningofanadditionalquotafor
unwroughtzinc.
4.TheCommissionhasfinallybeeninducedbythefactsin2and3aboveto
proposetheopeningofthefollowingautonomoustariffquotas:
-forferro-silicon :25000metrictonsatareduced
rateorduty
-forferro-silico-manganese :31000metrictonsatareduced
rateofduty
-forsuper-refinedferro-chromium :20000metrictonsatareduced
rateofduty
-forhighcarbonferro-chromium :60000metrictonsdutyfree.
5.Theproposedrulesofadministration forferro-silico-manganese,which
involve,interalia,thesettingupofareserve,donetrequirespecial
mentionsincetheydonotdifferfromthosealreadyproposedandupheld
bytheCouncilforautonomousincreasesandtheopeningofcontractual
quotasalreadyreferredtoforthisferro-alloy.TheCommissionbelieves
thateachofthequotasforferro-silicon andthetwoqualitiesofferro­
chromiumshould,onaccountofthesizeoftheproposedq-iotascompared
withtheactualimportneedsfromthirdcountries,besubdividedintotwo
tranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesinproportion
totheirrespectiveneedsandthesecondconstituting aCommunityreserve.
ThesettingupofaCommunityreserveisjustifiedallthemoreinthe
presentcircumstances sincethedraftRegulations annexedheretoprovide
thatatfirstonlythoseMemberStateswhichatpresenthaveactualfore­
seeableneedsshouldshareintheincrease.TheCommissionishoweveraware
oftheproblemsposedbytheevolutionoftheseneec.sandconsequently reserves
therighttoalterthedraftregulationslaterinthelightofnecessities .

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6.Thequota duties adopted fortheautonomous increase inthetariff quotas
forferro-silicon andferro -silico -manganese in1973 were 7$(instead
of1C$)and4$(instead of5.5$ )while thequota duty relating tothe
last increase decided in1970 forsuper refined ferro-chromium was 5%
(instead of8fo). Itseens that infixing thequota duties at7$(for
ferro-silicon ),4$(forferro -silico -manganese )and5*5$ (forsupeus-refined
ferro-chromium )respectively fortheproposed autonomous increases sufficient
attention is "being paid totheCommunity production situation inthese
sectors andtotheneed toencourage thelaying inofsupplies inthe
Community .
TheCommission "believes that inview ofthe special situation ofthe
market inhigh carbon ferro-chromium and ofthefact that itisanew
Community tariff quota there should "benoquota duty levied onthis
product »

AMEXA
Draft
REGULATION(EEC)No/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomous
Communitytariffquotafor1974forferro-silicon fallingwithin
subheading No73.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted "bytheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon fallingwithinsubheading No73-02Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff,aconventional dutyfreeCommunitytariffquota
of20000metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilfor1974andallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No3587/73*of28December1973;
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentproductioncapacitywithintheCommunity
andthelargeincreaseinferro-silicon requiredforthemanufactureof
steel,theabovementionedquotaof20000metrictonswillnotcoverthe
entireCommunityimportrequirements offerro-silicon fromthirdcountries;
whereasitisthereforedesirablethatanautonomous Communitytariffquota
limitedto25000metrictonsbeopened;whereas,soasnottoprejudice
Communitydevelopmentprospectsintheproductionareaconcerned,thequota
dutyapplicableshouldbefixedat
NoL3°5»31Pecember1973»P«29

AÏÏNEXA
Whereasequalsuidcontinuousaccesstothequotashould "beensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashould "be
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciplesarrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunitytariffquota "basedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereasinorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements of
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimportsfrom
thirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisofstatisticsavailableatthetimeandallowingfor
theforeseeable developmentoftheferro-silicon marketduringthecurrent
year,thetariffquotaof20000metrictonsopenedbytheaforementioned
Regulation wasallocatedinthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy64.75
0.75
15.00
0.25
1.25
4.25
UnitedKingdom13.75
Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquotaintended
tocoveradditionalimportneedsarisingintheCommunity,theallocation
ofthecdditionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisoftheactualneeds

AMSXA
expressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereasDenmark,theUnitedKingdom,
IrelandandthethreeMemberStatescomprisingtheBeneluxEconomicUnionhave
statedthattheyrequirefurthersuppliesof1050,52250,100end31050
metrictonsrespectively ;whereastheneedsofGermanymrybeestimatedat
10000metrictons;whereas,according
tothemostrecentlyavailableeconomicinformation andstatisitics,the
otherMemberStateshavenotusedupenoughoftheirsharesoftheinitial
quotaof20000metrictonsopenedbytheabove-mentioned Regulationto
justifytheirparticipation atpresentintheCommunitytariffquota;
whereas,moreover,shouldadditionalneedsarisesubsequently inthose
MemberStatestheymayhaverecoursetotheproceduresetupinArticle3
ofthisRegulation ;whereasthissystemofallocationalsoensuresthe
uniformapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas|totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductconcerned,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
amongtheabovementionedMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequently therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirnewsharesandadditionalrequirements whichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedatarelativelyhighlevelwhich
couldbe20000metrictons;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialsharesatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovided
thatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;

mm. A
■MVI3MMOM
Whereas the initial and additional shares should "bevalid until the end
ofthequota period ;whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between theMember States andtheCommission ,andthe
Commission mast beinaposition tokeep account oftheextent towhich
thequotas have been used upandtoinform theMember States accordingly ;
Whereas ifatagiven date inthequota period aconsiderable quantity
ofaMember State 'sinitial share remains unused inoneMember State while
itcould beused inothers ,that such State should return asignificant
proportion thereof tothereserve ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within and jointly represented by
theBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inrespect oftheadministration
ofthe shares allocated tothat Economic Union maybecarried outbyany
oneofitsmembers ;
I
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.There shall beopened within theCommunity fortheperiod from thedate
ofentry into force ofthis Regulation to31December 1974 inrespect •
offerro-silicon falling within subheading l>To73«02 CoftheCommon
Customs Tariff Community quota of25000metric tons .
2.TheCommunity Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended at7%inrespect of
importations under theabove quota .
3.NewMember States shall apply inrespect ofimportations under thesaid
quotas duties calculated inaccordance with therelevant provisions of-
theAct ofAccession .

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aitneka
I WMSJ3BCVM
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof20000ofthisquotashall "beallocatedamongcertain
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6shallhevalid
until31December1974.shall "beasfollows:
Bénélux 6574metrictons
Demnark 222metrictons
Germany .2118metrictons
Ireland 22metrictons
UnitedKingdom11064metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof5000metrictonsshallconstituteareserve.
Article3.
Shouldferro-silicon berequiredinPranceandItalytheseMemberStates
shalldrawasufficientsharefromthereservetotheextentthatthe
reservesopermits.
I
Article4
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle2hasused
$OfoormoreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(l),orofthat
shareminusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle6,
itshallforthwith,"bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,
totheextentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10^ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.

A2E7E5CA
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused9Ofoormoreofthesecondsharedrawn"byit,theMemberState
shallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph X,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasusedJOfoormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilreserveisexhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1to3,theMemberStatesmaydraw
shareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMember
StateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofitsgrounds
forsodoing.
Article5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbevaliduntil
31December1974.
A""tir.le6
AnyMemberStatereferredtoinArticle2whichon15October1974hasnot
exhausteditsinitialshareshallnotlaterthat10November1974returnto
thereservetheunusedportioninexcessof2Ofooftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnagreaterportionifthere'aregroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull,.

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AMEXA
ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10November1974,notifythe
CoTTanissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimportedup
toandincluding15October1974andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2,3and4andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15November1974,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhausting oneofthereservesisdrawn
theamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.
Artici38
1,EveryMemberStateshalltakeallappropriatemeasurestoensurethat
additionalshrresdrawnpursuanttoeitherArticle3orArticle4are
openedinsuchawaythatimportations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulatedshareoftherelevantCommunityquota.
2,EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductsinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
toit.
3,EveryMemberStateshallchargeimportationsoftheproductinquestion
againstitssharesasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.

AMSXA
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshallhe
determinedonthe"basisoftheimportations chargedagainstthoseshares
inaccordancewithparagraph -3....
Article9
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervalsofthe
importations chargedagainstitsshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
thisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshall"bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, PortheCcuncil,
ThePrésident •

ANNEXB
Draft
REGULATION(EEC)'No
of
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomous
Communitytariffquotafor1974forferro-silico-manganese
fallingwithinsubheading No73*02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAJ?COKMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganesefallingwithinsubheading
No73.02DoftheCommonCustomsTariff,aconventional dutyfreeCommunity
tariffquotaof50000metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilfor1974
andallocatedamongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No3588/73"*"of
28December1973;
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentCommunityproductioncapacity,theabove-
mentionedquotaof50000metrictonswillnotcovertheentireCommunity
importrequirements offerro-silico-manganesefromthirdcountries;whereas
itisthereforedesirablethatanautonomousCommunitytariffquotalimited
to31000metrictonsbeopened;whereas,soasnottoprejudiceCommunity
developmentprospectsintheproductionareaconcerned,thequotaduty
applicableshouldbefixedat4/&>/74OFTHECOUNCIL
**•• ^
OJNoL365931December1973»P*31*

2
AIÏÏJEXB
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccess "tothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbe
applied ,consistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciplesarrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereasinorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements of
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisofstatisticsavailableatthetimeandallowing
fortheforeseeable developmentoftheferro-silico-manganesemarket
duringthecurrentyear,thetariffquotaof50000metrictonsopenedby
theaforementioned Regulationwasallocatedinthefollowingpercentages :
Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquotaintended
tocoveradditionalimportneedsarisingintheCommunity,theallocation
oftheadditionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisoftheactualneedsBénélux
Denmark
Germargr
France
Xreland
Italy8.33
UnitedKingdom0.62
82.20
0.10
1.04
3.54
4.17;
./

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A3BEXB
expressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereastheUnitedKingdom,
Ireland,GermanyandthethreeMemberStatescomprisingtheBenelux
EconomicUnionhavestatedthattheyretirefurthersuppliesof3400,
200,35000and15400metrictonsrespectively ;whereastheotherMember
Stateshavenotusedupenou^ioftheirshareoftheinitialquotaof
50000metrictonsopenedbytheabovementioned Regulationaccordingto
themostrecentlyavailableeconomicinformation andstatistics,tojustify
theirparticipation atpresentintheproposedincreaseintheCommunity
tariffquota;whereas,moreover,shouldadditionalneedsarisesubsequently
inthoseMemberStatestheymayhaverecoursetotheproceduresetupunder
Article3ofthisRegulation ;whereasthissystemofallocationalso
ensurestheuniformapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductconcerned,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
amongtheabovementioned MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
tocoversubsequently therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirnewsharesandanyadditionalrequirements whichmightariseinthe
otherMemberStates;whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,
thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedatarelativelyhighlevel
whichcouldbe25000metrictons;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialsharesatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
/

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AMEX B
Whereas the initial and additional shares should bevalid until the end
ofthequota period ?whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration "between theMember States andtheCommission ,andthe
Commission must beinaposition tokeep account oftheextent towhich
thequotas have been used upandtoinform theMember States accordingly !
Whereas ifatagiv® date inthequota period aconsiderable qaantity ofa
Member State *sinitial share remains unused itisessential ,toprevent
apart ofaquota frcm remaining unused inoneMember State while itcould
beused inothers ,that such State should return asignificant proportion
thereof tothe reserve :
t
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Eucfcy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly represented by
theBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inrespect oftheadministration
oftheshares allocated tothat Economic Union maybeearried out "byany
oneofitsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS EEOULATIOIf :
Article 1
1.There shall beopened within theCommunity fortheperiod from the
date ofentry into force ofthis Regulation to31December 1974 inrespect
offerro –silico-<nanganese falling within subheading Ko73*02 Dofthe
Common Customs Tariff aCommunity tariff quota of31000metric tons#
2.TheCommunity Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended at4f°inrespect
ofimportations under theabove quota .
3.MewMember States shall apply inrespect ofimportations under the
said quota duties calculated inaccordance with therelevant provisions
ofthe Act ofAccession .

AMEX B
Article 2
1.Afirst tranche of25000metric tons ofthis quota shall beallocated
among certain Member States ;theshares ,which subject toArticle 6shall
bevalid until 31December 1974 »shall beasfollows :
Benelux 7125metric tons
Germany 16200metric tons
Ireland - 100metric tons
United Kingdom 1575metric tons .
2*The second tranche of6000metric tons shall constitute areserve .
Article 3
Should ferro –silico-manganese berequired inPrance andItaly ,these
Member States shall draw asufficient share from thereserve tothe
extent that thereserve sopermits .
Article 4
mMU–» »I■–■AH
1•Assoon asoneoftheMember States referred toinArticle 2has
used 90$ormore ofitsinitial share asfixed inArticle 2(1),orof
that share minus anyportion returned tothereserve pursuant to
Article 6,itshall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent that thereserve sopermits ,equal to10$
ofitsinitial share rounded upasnecessary tothenext whole number .
./•

AIÎEExB
2.AsBoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingoneofits
initialshares,hasused90faormoreofthesecondsharedrawn "byit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5$ofitsinitialshare.
3»AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hc.s9ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shall,,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
4»B/wayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3ftheMemberStatesmaydraw
shareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Any
MemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.
Artide5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbevaliduntil
21Decer.ber1974.
Article6
AnyMemberStatereferredtoinArticle2whichon15October1974has
notexhaustedits.initialshareshallnotlaterthan10November "1974
returntothereservetheunusedportioninexcessof20fooftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
•/

AMEXB
ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10November1974»notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimported
uptoandincluding15October1974andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2,3and4andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15November1974»informtheMemberStatesofthe..
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
Itshallensurethatwhenemamountexhausting oneofthereservesis
drawntheajnountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.EveryMemberStateshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat.,
additionalsharesdraiimpursuanttoeitherArticle3orArticle4are
openedinsuchawaythatimportations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulatedshareoftherelevantCommunityquota.
2.EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.

ANïEXB
3.EveryMemberStateshallchcirgeimportations oftheproductinquestion
againstitssharesasand-whentheproductisenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshallbe
determinedonthebasisoftheimportations chargedagainst .thoseshares
inaccordancewithparagraph 3.
Article9
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervalsof
theimportations chargedagainstitsshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article 11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatErussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

ÂŒXc
Draft
REGULATION(EEC)Ho/74OPTHECOUNCIL '
of
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafor1974forferro–chromiumcontainingnotmorethan0.10$"by
weightofcarbonandmorethan30$butnotexceeding90$inclusive "by
weightofchromium(superrefinedferro–chromium)fallingwithinsubheading
Noex73.02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES f
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsferro–chromiumcontainingbyweightnotmorethan
0.10$ofcarbonandmorethan30$butnotmorethan90$ofchromium
(superrefinedferro–chromium)fallingwithinsubheadingNoex.73-02EI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,aconventionalduty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof3000metrictonshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilfor1974and
allocated ;amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(ESC)No35^9/73^of.
28December1973;
Whereas,bearinginmindpresentCommunityproductioncapacity,the
abovementioned quotaof3000metrictonswillnotcovertheentire
Communityimportrequirements ofthisproductfromthirdcountries;
whereasitisthereforedesirableinorderthatCommunitydevelopment
prospectsoftheproductionareaconcernedshouldnotbeaffectedthat
anautonomous Communitytariffquotalimitedto20000metrictonsbe
opened;whereas,forthesamereasons,thequotadutyapplicableshould
befixedat5*5$;
./•
10JNoL365,31December1973,p.34.

AÏJîEXG
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredfor
allCommunityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashould
"beappliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,arrangements
fortheutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
rjnongKemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereasinorderthatitiacycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements ofthe
KemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
IJhereas,onthebasisofstatisticsavailableatthetimeandallowingfor
theforeseeable developmentofthemarketintheproductconcernedduring
thecurrentyear,thetariffquotaof3000metrictonsopenedt>ythe
aforementioned Regulation wasallocatedinthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Benmark
Gen^any
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKinsdom5.66
0.34
6.17
0.34
0.01
84.14
3.34;
Whereas,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquotaintended
tocoveradditionalimportneedsarisingintheCommunity,theallocation
oftheadditionalsharemaybemadeonthebasisoftheactualneeds
expressedbyeachoftheKemberStates;whereasDenmark,Prance,

Airanx c
theUnited Kingdom ,Germany andthethree Member States comprising the
Benelux Economic Union have stated that they require further supplies of
90,7000 ,6900 ,4000 ,and 1685metric tons respectively ;whereas the
other Member States have notused upenough oftheir share oftheinitial quota
of3000metric tons opened bytheabovementioned Regulation ,according to
themost recently available economic information andstatistics ,tojustify
their participation atpresent intheproposed increase intheCommunity
tariff quota ;whereas ,moreover ,should additional needs arise subsequently in
those Member States they mayhave recourse totheprocedure setupunder
Article 3ofthis Regulation ;whereas this system ofallocation also ensures
theuniform application oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;
Whereas ,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 newshares andanyadditional requirements which might arise intheother
Member States ;whereas ,togive importers some degree ofcertainty ,the
first tranche ofthequota should befixed atarelatively high level which
could be18000metric tons ;
Whereas Member States mayexhaust their initial shares atdifferent rates ;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account itshould beprovided
that anyMember State which hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share from thereserve ;whereas each time itsadditional share
isalmost exhausted aMember State should draw afurther share ,andsoonas
many times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial andadditional shares
should bevalid until theendofthequota period ;whereas this form of
administration requires close collaboration between theMember States andthe

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Commission,andtheCommissionmust"beinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantityof
aMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunuseditisessential,toprevent
apartofaquotafromremainingmusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers,thatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
thereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrespectofthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybe
carriedoutbyoneofitsmembers;
ÏÏASAB0PT3DTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.ThereshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiodfromthedateof
entryintoforceofthisRegulationto31December1974*inrespectof
ferro-chromium containingbyweightnotmorethan0.10$oofcarbonandniore
than30%butnotmorethan90%ofchromium(super–refinedferro–chromium)
fallingvdthinsubheading Hoex73»02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariffa
Communitytariffquotaof20000metrictons.
2.TheCommunityCustomsTariffdutyshallbestLspendedat5*5%inrespect
ofimportations undertheabovequota.
3.NewMemberStatesshallapplyinrespectofimportations underthesaid
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession,
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AMEX C
Article 2
1.Afirst tranche of18000metric tons ofthis quota shall "beallocated
among certain Member States ;theshares ,which subject toArticle 6shall
bevalid until 31December 1974 »shall beasfollows :
Benelux : 1540metric tons
Denmark : 85metric tons
Germany : 3660metric tons
Prance : 6400metric tons
United Kingdom : 6315metric tons .
2.The second tranche of2000 metric tons shall constitute areserve .
Article 3
Should ferro-chromium berequired inIreland orItaly ,those Member States
shall draw asufficient share from the reserve tothe extent that the
reserve sopermits .
Article 4 .•
1.Assoon asone ofthe Member States referred toinArticle 2has used
90$ormore ofitsinitial share asfixed inArticle 2(l),orofthat share
minus anyportion returned tothereserve pursuant toArticle 6,itshall
forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw asecond share ,totheextent
that thereserve sopermits ,equal to10/£ofitsinitial share rounded up
asnecessary tothenext whole number .

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ATOEX C
2«Assoon asoneoftheMember States ,after exhausting itsinitial share ,
hasuaed jof:ormore ofthesecond share drawn byit,that Member State V
shall forthwith ,inthemanner andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to5f>ofitsinitial share .
3.Assoon asoneoftheMember States ,after exhausting itssecond share ,
hasused 9Ofoormore ofthethird share dra,wn byit,that Member State
shall ,.inthemanner andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until the reserve isexhausted .
4«Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,theMember States maydraw
shares lower than those specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
forbelieving that those specified maynotbeused infull .AnyMember
State applying this paragraph shall inform theCommission ofitsgrounds for
sodoing .
Article 5
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 4shall bevalid until 31December 1974 *
Article 6
AnyMember State tfeferred toinArticle 2which on15October 1974 has not*'
exhausted itsinitial share shall notlater than 10November 1974 return to
thereserve theunused portion inexcess of20fioftheinitial amount .It
mayreturn agreater portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that such
portion may notbeused infull .
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AMEXC
Those Member States shall !notlater than 10November 1974 ,notify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities oftheproduct inquestion imported uptoand
including 15Octobor 1974 an^charged against theCommunity quota andofany .,
portion oftheir initial shares returned tothereserve . ,
TheCommission shall keep anaccount oftheshares opened bytheMember
States pursuant toArticles 2,3and4andshall ,assoon astheinformation
reaches it,inform each State oftheextent towhich thereserves have
been used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 15November 1974 ,inform theMember States of
theamounts still inreserve following anyreturn -ofshares pursuant to
Article 6.
Itshall ensure that when anamount exhausting oneofthereserves is,
drawn theamount sodrawn does notexceed thebalance available ,andto
this endshali notify theamount ofthat balance totheMember State making
thelast drawing .
Article 8
1.Every Member State shall take allappropriate measures toensure that
additional shares drawn pursuant toeither Article 3orArticle 4are
opened insuch awaythat importations maybecharged without interruption
against itsaccumulated share oftherelevant Community quota . ''
2.Every Member State shall ensure that importers oftheproduct in
question established initsterritory have free access totheshares
allocated toit. ,
3.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsshares shall be
determined onthebasis oftheimportations oftheproduct inquestion
entered for home use .

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Artide 9
Every Member State shall notify theCommission atregular intervals of
theimportations charged against itsshares .
Article 10
TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely toensure that
this Regulation iscomplied trith .
Article 11
imm»»awnHiiaMW
l
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atErussels ,
For th© Council
The Président

ATOEXD
3)raft
REGULATION(EEC)No/74OPTHECOUNCIL t
of••••»•••••
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariff J
quotafor1974forferro–chromiumcontainingnotlessthan4$byweight
ofcarbonfallingvjithinsubheading Noex73»02EIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILFOTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
WhereasCommunityproductionofferro-chromium containingnotlessthan
4$byweightofcarbonfallingwithinsubheading Noex73«02EIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisinadequateandproducersareunabletomeetthe
totalrequirements ofconsumerindustriesintheCommunity;whereasitisthere­
forein,theCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallyinrespectofthismetal '
theapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyuntil31December1974»
uptoalimitwhichshouldbefixedat60000metrictonssothatComr.unity J
developmentprospectsoftheproductionareaconcernedarenotaffected;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciplesarrangements
fortheutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
•/.

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AHHEXD
whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondasoloselyaspossibletothe,
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashould "beinproportiontotherequirements oftheMemberStatesas
calculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative reference'periodandtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquota
intendedtocoverimportneedsarisingintheCommunity,theallocationof
thequotamaybemadeonthebasisoftheactualimportneedsfromthird
countriesexpressedbyeachoftheIlemberStates;whereas,onthebasis
ofeconomicinformationsuppliedandallowingfordutyfreesuppliesfrom
theCommunityorcertainthirdcountries,theseneedswouldbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
I^rance
Italy
UnitedKingdom5718metrictons
240metrictons
12708metrictons
7146metrictons
6354metrictons
27794metrictons;
WhereasthemostrecentlyavailableeconomicinformationconcerningIreland
wouldnotatpresentjustifyitsparticipation intheallocationofthequota;
whereas,sincethequotaisacommunitytariffquota,itisappropriateto
provideforthisMemberStateacommerciallyexploitableshare,whichshould
beraisedat40metrictons;whereasthissystemofallocationalsoensuredthe
uniformapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductconcerned^
'thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamong

certain Member States andthesecond held asareserve tocover subsequently
therequirements .ofMember States which have exhausted their initial share
andanyadditional requirements which might arise inIreland ;whereas ,to
give importers some degree ofcertainty ,thefirst tranche ofthequota
should befixed atarelatively high level which could be50000metric
tons ;
Whereas Member States mayexhaust 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 ,andsoonasmany times asthereserve allows ;whereas the
initial andadditional shares should bevalid until theendofthe quota
period ;whereas this form ofadministration requires close collaboration
between theMember States andtheCommission ,andtheCommission must be
inaposition tokeep account oftheextent towhich thequotas have been
used upandtoinform theMember States accordingly ;
Whereas ifatagiven date inthequota period aconsiderable quantity of
aMember State 'sinitial share remains unused itisessential ,toprevent
apart ofaquota from remaining unused inoneMember State while it
could beused inothers ,that such State should return asignificant
proportion thereof tothereserve ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly represented by
theBenelux Economic Union ,ar>ytransaction inrespect oftheadministration
oftheshares allocated tothat Economic Union maybecarried outbyanyone
ofitsmembers ;

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ATOTEXD
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION "î
Article1
1.ThereshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiodfromthedate
ofentryintoforceofthisRegulationto31December1974inrespectof
ferro-chromium containingnotlessthan4$byweightofcarbonfalling
withinsubheading Noex73*02EIoftheCommonCustomsTariffaCommunity
quotaof60000metrictons.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionalreadybenefitting fromexemption
ofcustomsdutiesbyvirtueofanotherpreferentialtariffarrangementare
notchargeableagainstthistariffquota.
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspendedinrespect
ofimportations undertheabovequota.
4*NewMemberStatesshallapplyinrespectofimportations underthesaid
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession.
Article2.
1«Afirsttrancheof50000metrictonsofthisquotashallbeallocated ,
amongcertainMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6shall
bevaliduntil31December1974»shallbeasfollows:
Benelux :-4765metrictons,
Denmark : 200metrictons
Germany :10590metrictons
France
Ireland5955metrictons
35metrictons
5295"metrictons Italy
UnitedKingdom :23160metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof10000metrictonsshallconstituteareserve.

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AMEXD
Article3
1.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle2hasused
9OfoormoreofitsinitialshareasfixedinArticle2(l),orofthat
shareminusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,
itshallforthwith,"bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,to
theextentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10$ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90$ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto%ofitsinitialshare.
3.AssoonasoneoftheMemberStates,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90foormoreofthethirdsharedrawn"byit,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerexid.totheextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3»aMemberStatemaydraw
shareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsifthereare
groundsfor"believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotheusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionof
itsgroundsforeodoing.
./

A1WEXT>
Article A
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1974» ' ■
Article5
AnyMemberStatereferredtoinArticle2whichon15October1974hasnot
exhaustedoneofitsinitialsharesshallnotlaterthan10November1974
returntothereservetheunusedportioninexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
ThoseMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10November1974jnotifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestionimportedup
toandincluding15October1974andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotas
andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
The-CommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15November1974»informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingoneofthereservesisdrawn
theamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheIlemberStatemakingthelast
drawing.

ANNEXD
Article8
1.EveryMemberStateshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat
additionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopened
insuchawaythatimportations may"bechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulated shareoftherelevantCommunityquota.
2.EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
toit.
3.EveryMemberStateshallchargeimportations oftheproductinquestion
againstitsshareasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall "be
.determinedonthe"basisoftheimportations chargedagainstthatshare
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervalsofthe
importations chargedagainstitsshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
thisRegulationiscompliedwith.

AMEXD
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon...
ThisRegulationshall"bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCourcil.
ThePrésident