QUARTER OF 1981 , THAT IS TO SAY 636 TONNES . THE EXCESS PRODUCTION WITH WHICH IT IS CHARGED IS THEREBY REDUCED TO 376 TONNES .
8 THE COMMISSION REJECTS THAT ARGUMENT AND CONTENDS THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO CARRY FORWARD PRODUCTION QUOTAS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1981 TO THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1981 BY REASON OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THE PRECEDING SYSTEM BY THE NEW GENERAL DECISION , DECISION NO 1831/81 , WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1981 . THE COMMISSION EMPHASIZES , FIRST , THAT THAT DECISION INTRODUCED NEW RULES FOR CALCULATING THE AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE CARRIED FORWARD : UNDER THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY DECISION NO 2794/80 UP TO 50% OF THE UNUSED PART OF THE QUOTA COULD BE CARRIED FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING QUARTER , WHEREAS DECISION NO 1831/81 ENABLES UP TO 5% OF A QUOTA , OR OF THE PART OF A QUOTA WHICH MAY BE DELIVERED IN THE COMMON MARKET , TO BE CARRIED FORWARD WHERE THE QUOTA OR PART OF THE QUOTA HAS NOT BEEN EXHAUSTED . SECONDLY , DECISION NO 1831/81 PROVIDED A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL PRODUCTS : GROUP IV , DEFINED IN ARTICLE 2 OF DECISION NO 2794/80 AS COVERING ' ' LIGHT SECTIONS ( COILED WIRE ROD , CONCRETE REINFORCING BARS AND OTHER MERCHANT BARS ) ' ' , WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE NEW CATEGORIES BY ARTICLE 1 OF DECISION NO 1831/81 ( CATEGORY IV : WIRE ROD , CATEGORY V : REINFORCING BARS , CATEGORY VI : MERCHANT BARS ).
9 IT SHOULD BE NOTED , AS THE COMMISSION HAS ITSELF RECOGNIZED , THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF CARRYING FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING QUARTER ALL OR PART OF THE UNUSED PORTION OF A QUOTA ALLOCATED FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER EXPRESSES THE COMMISSION ' S WISH TO MAKE THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS MORE FLEXIBLE , SO AS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY PRODUCERS IN ADAPTING THE RHYTHM OF THEIR PRODUCTION TO A SYSTEM OF QUARTERLY QUOTAS .
10 IT MUST BE NOTED , MOREOVER , THAT ALL THE GENERAL DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION SINCE 1980 ESTABLISHING THE SUCCESSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS FOR STEEL WHICH HAVE APPLIED SINCE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1980 MADE PROVISION FOR SUCH CARRYING FORWARD FROM ONE QUARTER TO THE NEXT . MORE SPECIFICALLY , DECISION NO 1831/81 DID NOT CONTAIN ANY PROVISION EXCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF CARRYING FORWARD UNUSED QUOTAS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1981 TO THE THIRD QUARTER .
11 IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THE COMMISSION WAS UNDER A DUTY TO ENSURE , FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERY PRODUCER , THE CONTINUITY OF THE SYSTEM OF CARRYING FORWARD QUOTAS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS OF 1981 , AT LEAST IN SO FAR AS THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY DECISION NO 1831/81 TO THE SYSTEM WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN FORCE DID NOT MAKE IT TECHNICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT WHICH THE PRODUCER IN QUESTION WAS ENTITLED TO CARRY FORWARD