Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1991 for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon
Date: 1991-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ferro-alloy, tariff quota

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C0MC91) 430 final 

Brussels,  4 November  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

Increasing  the volume of  the Community  tariff quota opened 
for  1991  for ferro-chromlum containing more  than 6 % 
by weight of carbon 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

Council  Regulations  (EEC) Nos 3402/90<1>  and 2027/91( 2) opened for 
the year  1991 a duty-free Community  tariff quota  for  ferro-chromium 
containing more  than 6 % by weight  of carbon. 
The volume of  the tariff  quota was fixed provisionally at 425 000 
tonnes. 

2. 

The possibility of  further  increasing  the quota volume was examined 
at a meeting with producers and users, and  in the  "Economic Tariff" 
Group. These discussions revealed  that  : 

the tariff quota of 425 000 tonnes already opened will  not be enough 
to cover  needs until  the end of  the current  year  for  imports from 
non-preferential  third countrles. 

3. 

The Commission  proposes that  the relevant  tariff  quota should be 
increased by 120 000 tonnes. 

Such  is the purpose of  this proposal. 

(1)  OJ NO L 328, Of 28.11.1990, p. 1 
(2)  OJ No L 186, of  12.7.1991, p. 3 

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Proposa I for 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

increasing  the volume of  the Community  tariff  quota opened  for 1991 
for  ferro-chromium containing more  than 6 % by weight  of carbon 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty establishing  the European Economic  Community, 
and  in particular  Article 28 thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

Whereas Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3402/90<1>  and  (EEC) No 2027/91<2> 
opened  for  the year  1991  a zero-duty  Community  tariff quota  for ferro-
chromium  containing more  than 6 % by weight  of carbon; whereas  the quota 
volume was fixed provisionally at 425 000 toonnes; 

Whereas  it can be estimated  from  the economic  data now available that 
immediate Community  requirements  for  imports of  this product  from non-
member  countries could during  the current  year  reach  levels higher  than the 
volume  laid down by the above-mentioned Regulations; whereas,  in order not 
to disturb  the equilibrium of  the market  for  this product  and  to ensure 
both an outlet  for Community  production and sufficiently  secure supplies 
for user  industries, the quota volume should  be  increased  by a quantity 
corresponding  to the needs of user  industries until  the end of  the year, 
i.e. by  120 000 tonnes; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

The volume of  the Community  tariff  quota opened  by Regulations  (EEC) 
No 3402/90 and  (EEC) 2027/91  for  ferro-chromium containing more than 
6  % toy weight  of carbon shall  be  increased  from 425 000 to 545 000 
tonnes. 

(1)  OJ No L 328, 28.11.1990, p. 1 
(2)  0J No L 186, 12.7.1991, p. 3 

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Article  2 

This Regulation shall  enter  into  force on  the  seventh  day  following  its 
publication  in the Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety  and  directly  applicable  in 
a 11 Member  States. 

Done  at 

For  the Council 
The  president 

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FINANCIAL  RECORD 

1. Budget  line concerned  : Chap. 12 Art. 120 

2. Legal  basis  : Art. 28 of  the Treaty 

3. Title of  the tariff measure concerned  : Proposal  for a Council  Regulation  (EEC) 
increasing  the volume of  the Community  tariff quota opened  for  1991  for  ferro-
chromium  containing more  than 6% by weight  of carbon 

4. Oblective  : To ensure an adequate supply  for Community user-industries 

5. Method of calculation : 

CCT heading: 7202 41 90 
Increase  in volume  : 120 000 tonnes 
Duty  to be applied: 0 % 
Normal CCT duty: 8 % 

6. Duty-loss : 

Value per  tonne  : 1 218 ecus 
Value per  120 000 tonnes  : 146 160 000 ecus 
Loss of duties  : 11 692 800 ecus 

Comparison with quota opened  in 1990 : 

Initial  quota 

1st  increase 

2nd  increase 

Total 

1990 

1991 

27 792 000 ecus 

9 264 000 ecus 

11 580 000 eues  48 636 000 ecus 

29 232 000 ecus 

12 180 000 ecus 

11 692 800 ecus  53 104 800 ecus 

Increased  loss of 4 468 800 ecus. 

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