Council Regulation (EEC) No 3059/83 of 17 October 1983 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 (1984)
Official Journal L 304 , 05/11/1983 P. 0026 - 0028
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/83 OF 17 OCTOBER 1983 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 ( 1984 )
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 EX 73.02 E I , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OPEN AN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE TARIFF QUOTA OF 3 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THIS SHOULD , HOWEVER , BE REDUCED TO 2 950 TONNES TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE TRADITIONAL IMPORTS FROM EFTA COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE BEEN FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTY UNDER THE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITH THOSE COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF QUOTA CONCERNED SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED ON 1 JANUARY 1984 AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO THE QUOTA SHOULD BE ENSURED FOR ALL IMPORTERS AND THE RATE OF DUTY FOR THE TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO ALL IMPORTS UNTIL THE QUOTA IS USED UP ; 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 FERRO-CHROMIUM OF THIS QUITE SPECIFIC QUALITY IS NOT SINGLED OUT IN THE MEMBER STATES' STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES ; WHEREAS THEIR CORRESPONDING IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , NOT ALREADY BENEFITING FROM AN EQUIVALENT PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENT , COULD NOT BE DETAILED IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED REFERENCE PERIOD ; WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FORESEEABLE EVOLUTION OF THE MARKET IN SUCH FERRO-CHROMIUM FOR 1984 , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FORECASTS MADE BY THE MEMBER