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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)314 final .
Brussels ,6July 1978
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Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (SEC)
increasing theCommunity tariff quota opened ,for 1978
byRegulation .(EEC)No2747 /77forunwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 AoftheCommon Customs
Tariff -
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
C0X (7S)314final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Bymeans ofitsRegulation (EEC )No2747 /77of5December
1977 ,theCouncil opened andallocated between theMember States ,
fortheyear 1978 ,aCommunity tariff quota forunwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 AoftheCommon Customs' Tariff ,
theinitial overall volume ofwhich was fixed at5500tonnes ,on
thebasis ofestimates putforward attheendof1977 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 on5April 1978 ,onthe
basis ofavailable forward data relating to1978 ,asfarasthe
three qualities ofmagnesium selected for theinitial quota were
concerned .Itemerged from this discussion that :
(a)owing tothelack ofcertain data onconsumption andproduction
A . •itwas notpossible todraw uptheCommunity balance ofrequi­
rements for imports from third countries tobecovered bythe
quota ;nevertheless onthebasis ofestimates made bythe
competent departments oftheCommission itmay beaccepted that
thesituation onthemagnesium market intheCommunity isthe
same ,now as-in1977 .atthe time ofthefirst re-examination
carried out atthesame period ;
(b)theCommunity production capacities arenot .fully utilized ,
particularly inFrance where ithasnotbeen possible to
reduce thestocks ofmagnesium (approximately 3000tonnes )
left over attheendof1977 andrepresenting three months'
production . , ,
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 1978 .

-2-
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 of4300 tonnes .
U' t /* '> *
4.With regard tothesubdivision ofthevolume of4300tonnes
between the ,three qualities ofmagnesium ,itshould benoted that
therequirements forimports from third countries ofextra-pure
magnesium ofabout 1500tonnes canlargely becovered bythe
quota opened atthebeginning oftheyear (600tonnes )andby
available Community production .Pending thelater ,review an
immediate increase of500 tonnes inthevolume earmarked for
this quality ofmagnesium isappropriate tocover theshort -
term requirements oftheCommunity user industries .
4
Furthermore ,itisproposed that theremainder ,i.e. 3800
tonnes ,besubdivided' "between theother twoqualities ,more or
less inproportion totherequirements forthese twoqualities ,
andthat 1000tonnes beassigned tounwrought magnesium notin
alloy and .2-800 tonnes tounwrought magnesium inalloy .
5. ..The additional volumes of500 and 2800 tonnes proposed for
extra-pure magnesium andmagnesium inalloy areallocated tothe
Community reserves laid down ,whereas that assigned tounwrought
magnesium notinalloy is,after deduction ofthequantity put
into theCommunity reserve ,allocated among theMamber States in
accordance with thepercentage fixed initially .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No••■
of
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978byRegulation(EEC)No
forunwrcughtmagnesiumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff2747/77
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,forunwroughtmagnesiumfallingwithin
subheading77.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,a
Communitytariffquotafor1978totalling5500
tonneshasbeenopenedbytheCouncilandallocated
amongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation(EEC)No
2747/77(>);
whereastheeconomicdataatpresentavailablewith
'regardtotheconsumption andproductionof
unwroughtmagnesiumdonotyetpermitCommunity
requirements ofimportsfromnon-membercountries
tobeevaluatedwithsufficientprecision;whereasit
appearsthatcertainMemberStateshaveconsiderable
magnesiumrequirementswhichcannotbemetby_
Community production;whereasthequota"
concernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyanappro­
priateamount,approximately 4300tonnes;whereas
thefixingatthislevelofthissupplementary quota
doesnotprecludefurtheradjustmentsduringthe
quotaperiod;whereas,inview,moreover,ontheone
handofthepresentrequirements inunwrought
magnesiumnotinalloywithapuremagnesium
contentofnotlessthan99-95%,andontheother
handofthequantitiesavailableintheCommunity
andofthepossibleincreaseinproductionbyCommu­
nityindustriesbasedprincipallyonunwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy4andalsothepossibilityofduty-free"
importsunderagreementsconcludedbytheCommu­
nitywithcertainnon-accedingEFTAcountries,itcan
beestimatedthatshort-termrequirementsforimports
ofunwroughtmagnesiummay,withinthelimitofthe
proposedincrease,reach500tonnesofunwrought
magnesiumcontaining99-95%ormorebyweightof
(')ojNoi318,13.12.1977,p.7puremagnesium (extra-puremagnesium),1000
tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining99-8%
ormorebyweightand,notexceeding99-95%of
puremagnesium(unwroughtmagnesiumnotinalloy),
and2800tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium
containingnotmorethan99-8%byweightofpure
magnesium(unwroughtmagnesiuminalloy);
"Whereas,asfarasthedistributionoftheabovequota
volumesbetweenMemberStatesisconcerned,itis
necessarytoallottotheCommunityreservesofallthe
supplementary volumesallocatedtoextra-puremagne--
siumandunwroughtmagnesiuminalloyandalsoa
relativelysmallpartofthesupplementary volumeallo­
catedtounwroughtfnagnesiumnotinalloy,the
balanceofthislastvolumebeingdividedamongthe
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
originallyused,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
1,Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation(EEC)No/forunwroughtmagne-/
siumfallingwithinsubheading77.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
5500to9800tonnes.
Thisincreaseof4300tonnesshallbeallocatedas.
follows: _ -
(a)500tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
99-95%ormorebyweightofpuremagnesium
(extra-puremagnesium),intendedforthenuclear
industryandundercustomssupervisionorcquiva-
Jlentadministrative supervision ;.
(b)1000tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
notless-than99-8%butlessthan99-95%by
weightofpuremagnesium(unwroughtmagne­
siumnotinalloy);

(c)2800tonnesofunwroughtmagnesiumcontaining
lessthan99-8%byweightofpuremagnesium
(unwroughtmagnesiuminafloy).
Article2
Thevolumesof500and2800tonnesreferredtoin
Article1(a)and(c)allocatedtoextra-pureunwrought
magnesiumintendedforthenuclearindustryandto
unwroughtmagnesiuminalloyshallbeallocated 1to
'theCommunityreservessetupunderArticles2(1)
and3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No/,,which
shallthusbeincreasedfrom600to1100tonnesand
from425to3225tonnesrespectively.
Article3
1.Afirsttrancheoftheamountreferred"toin
Article1(b),of920tonnesofunwroughtmagnesium
notinalloy,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom 105
2.''Thesecondtrancheof80tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Theamountofthereserveforthistypeofunwrought
magnesium,providedforinArticle3(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No/,isthusincreasedfrom130to210
tonnes.2747/77
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .(mtonnes)
191
0-5
600
20
0-5
3
105
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretya.nddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.V. ',
DoneatBrussels,
** FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIERE Date : 12mai 1978
1.Lijjne budgétaire concernée :Chap.,12 art.120
*
2.Ba«e juridique îArticle 113 . . ,
3.Intitulé delaxaesure tarifaire r
.Proposition derèglement portant augmentation duvolume ducontingent
tarifaire communautaire ouvert ,pour i'année 197$ ,parlerèglement
CEEn..2747 /77 -pour 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/^?fcontingent
-Droits âappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.77.01 A'
4.300 tonnes
0% . ..
8%(droit NOR=3 %)
OoPerte derecettes :
Prix àlatonne :non allié :1.680 UCE .
allié ï1.428 UCE -
Valeur des 1.500 tonnes denon allié :2.520.000 UCENOR :1,357.776 UCE
' . Autres :1.162.224 UCE
Valeur des2.800 tonnes d'allié :3.998.400 UCE^-NOR :2'.588.164 UCE
' Autres :1.410.23-6 UCE
1.357.776 υΟΕ χ '3 40.733
00
1.162.224 υΟΕ χ 8 92.977
100
2.588.164 υΟΕχ3= .'77.645
100
1.410.236 υΟΕχ 8= '__112^8]_9 _
\- 100 •324.174
Arrondi à325.000 UCE