Council Regulation (EEC) No 2918/78 of 12 December 1978 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium, containing not more than 0*10% by weight of carbon and more than 30% but not more than 90% by weight of chromium (super-refined ferro-chromium), falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff (1979)
Official Journal L 354 , 18/12/1978 P. 0007 - 0009
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2918/78
OF 12 DECEMBER 1978
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM , CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 0,10 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND MORE THAN 30 % BUT NOT MORE THAN 90 % BY WEIGHT OF CHROMIUM ( SUPER-REFINED FERRO-CHROMIUM ) , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1979 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS , AS REGARDS FERRO-CHROMIUM , CONTAINING BY WEIGHT NOT MORE THAN 0,10 % OF CARBON AND MORE THAN 30 % BUT NOT MORE THAN 90 % OF CHROMIUM ( SUPER-REFINED FERRO-CHROMIUM ) , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 73.02 E I , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OPEN AN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE TARIFF QUOTA OF 3 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF QUOTA CONCERNED SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED ON 1 JANUARY 1979 AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , TO CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS INTO EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION :
*1975*1976*1977*
BENELUX*10,27*9,58*19,37*
DENMARK*0,15*0,02*0,02*
GERMANY*48,52*32,31*24,93*
FRANCE*0,30*3,74*8,23*
IRELAND*0,01*0*0,02*
ITALY*17,40*31,17*40,75*
UNITED KINGDOM*23,35*23,18*6,68*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM FOR 1979 , THE PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME CAN BE EXPRESSED ROUGHLY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX : 16,21
DENMARK : 0,35
GERMANY : 47,76
FRANCE : 0,69
IRELAND : 0,03
ITALY : 3,93
UNITED KINGDOM : 31,03
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER ANY SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO