Council Regulation (EEC) No 3352/82 of 3 December 1982 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff (1983)
Official Journal L 358 , 20/12/1982 P. 0001 - 0003
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3352/82
OF 3 DECEMBER 1982
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FERRO-SILICON FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 73.02 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1983 )
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-SILICON , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 73.02 C , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OPEN AND ANNUAL DUTY-FREE TARIFF QUOTA OF 20 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THIS SHOULD HOWEVER BE REDUCED TO 11 100 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 1983 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 EXHAUSTED ; 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 THE TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION :
*1978*1979*1980*
BENELUX*9,26*9,23*7,71*
DENMARK*0,92*0,17*0*
GERMANY*46,30*44,06*45,36*
GREECE*0,70*0,45*0,06*
FRANCE*2,34*2,65*13,33*
IRELAND*0*0*0*
ITALY*18,04*17,84*15,18*
UNITED KINGDOM*22,43*25,60*18,36*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR FERRO-SILICON FOR 1983 , THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME CAN BE EXPRESSED APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX : 9,65
DENMARK : 0,17
GERMANY : 50,11
GREECE : 0,51
FRANCE : 5,10
IRELAND : 0,02
ITALY : 11,26
UNITED KINGDOM : 23,18
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 SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF