AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER AT A LATER DATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHO HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF SECURITY , THE FIRST INSTALMENTS SHOULD BE FIXED AT 1 195 TONNES OF UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM NOT IN ALLOY AND 3 150 TONNES OF UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM IN ALLOY , THE BALANCES BEING HELD AS THE RESERVES ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP MORE OR LESS QUICKLY ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , IN ORDER TO AVOID DISRUPTING SUPPLIES , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES SHOULD DRAW A SUPPLEMENTARY SHARE FROM THE RELEVANT RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE AS EACH ONE OF ITS SUPPLEMENTARY SHARES IS ALMOST USED UP , AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY SHARES MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS FORM OF ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , AND THE COMMISSION MUST BE IN A POSITION TO FOLLOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA VOLUME HAS BEEN USED UP AND INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A MEMBER STATE HAS A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES LEFT OVER , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RELEVANT RESERVE , TO PREVENT A PART OF ONE OR OTHER QUOTA VOLUME FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY MEASURE CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 JANUARY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 5 500 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 77.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 . THE VOLUME OF THE TARIFF QUOTA SHALL BE DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS :
( A ) 600 TONNES FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM CONTAINING 99,95 % OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF PURE MAGNESIUM ( " EXTRA-PURE MAGNESIUM " ) , INTENDED FOR THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY . CONTROL OF THE USE FOR THIS SPECIAL PURPOSE SHALL BE EFFECTED PURSUANT TO THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY PROVISIONS ;
( B ) 1 325 TONNES FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM CONTAINING 99,8 % OR MORE , BUT LESS THAN 99,95 % , BY WEIGHT OF PURE MAGNESIUM ( " UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM NOT IN ALLOY " ) ;
( C ) 3 575 TONNES FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM CONTAINING LESS THAN 99,8 % BY WEIGHT OF PURE MAGNESIUM