CELEX: 51979PC0317
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Date: 1979-06-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1979 by Regulation (EEC) No 2919/78 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(79 ) 317 final .
                                                   Brussels , 15 June 1979
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                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1979 by
         Regulation ( EEC ) No 2919 / 78 for unwrought magnesium
                falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
                           Common Customs Tariff
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(79 ) 317 final .
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.     By means of its Regulation ( EEC) No 2919 / 78 of 12 December
197 8 , the Council opened and allocated between the Member States ,
for the year 1979 , a Community tariff quota for u'nwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs' Tariff ,
the initial overall volume of which was fixed at 5 500 tonnes , on'
the basis of estimates put forward at the end of 1978 although an ■
adjustment during the quota period was not excluded .              „
2.      The situation on the magnesium market and the requirements • for
imports from third countries were re-examined at a meeting of the
Working Party on Economic Tariff Problems on 2 April 1979 , on the
basis of available forward data relating to 1979., as far as the
three qualities of magnesium selected for the initial quota were
concerned .      It emerged from this discussion that :
( a)    owing to the lack of ce'ttain data on consumption and production
        it was not possible to draw up the Community balance of requi-
      ; rements for imports from third countries to ie covefred by the
        quota ;   nevertheless on the basis of estimates made by the
     • competent departments of the Commission it may. be accepted that
        the situation on 1 the magnesium market , in " the Community is the
        sanie. now as- in 1933 at the time of the first re-examination • ,
        carried out at the same period ; ' -
( b)    the Community production capacities are not fully utilized ,
        particularly in France where it has not been possible to
        reduce the stocks of magnesium ( approximately 2 500 tonnes )      ,
        left over at the end of 19718 .
3 . ' These various factors indicate that caution should still be
exercised in fixing the quota volumes for this product , bearing
in mind the uncertainty as regards the level which Community
consumption and production could reach during 197 9.
( I ) 0J No L 354 ,- 18.12.1978 , p. J0 .
 ---pagebreak---        The Commission therefore considers it advisable , pending
a further review of the situation which could take place in
September on the basis of more accurate forecasts ,, to confine
 itself to a still provisional increase in the tariff quota
of a volume of 3 400 tonnes ;
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4,     With regard to the subdivision of the volume of 3 400 tonnes
between the three qualities of magnesium, it should be' noted that
the requirements for imports from third countries of' extra-pure
magnesium of about 1 85Q tonnes can largely be covered by the
quota opened at the beginning of the year ( 600 tonnes ) and by
available Community production /^$enSingeflae later review an
iiftmediate increase of 3 00 tonnes in the volume earmarked for
this quality of magnesium is appropriate to cover the short-
term requirements of the Community user industries .            *
       Furthermore , it is proposed that the remainder,, i.e. '3 100 .,
tonnes , be subdivided* "between the other two . qualities , more or
less in proportion to the requirements for these two qualities ,
and that     600 tonnes be assigned to unwrought magnesium not in
alloy and . 2 500 tonnes to unwrought magnesium in alloy .
5 . '".The additional volumes of 300 and 2 50Qtonnes proposed for
extra-pure magnesium 'and magnesium in alloy are allocated to the
Community reserves laid down , whereas that assigned to unwrought
magnesium not in alloy is , a.fter deduction of the quantity put
into the Community reserve , alloca'ted among the Mamber States in
accordance with the percentage fixed at the occasion of the first
increase in the. quota for J 9.7 8 ,   . « .
 ---pagebreak---                                                    proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No
            2919 / 78     for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
                                                Common Customs Tariff
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                by weight and not exceeding 99-95 % of pure magne­
   COMMUNITIES,                                               sium (unwrought magnesium not in alloy), and 2 500
                                                              tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing not more '
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium
   Economic Community, and in particular Article 113          (unwrought magnesium in alloy) ;
   thereof,
 : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,         Whereas as far as the distribution of the above quota
                                                              volumes between Member States is concerned, it is
   Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within            necessary to allot to the Community reserves all the
   subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a         supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne­
   Community tariff quota for 1979 totalling 5 500            sium and unwrought magnesium, in alloy and also a
   tonnes has been opened by the Council and allocated        relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­
   among the Member States by Regulation (EEC) No             cated to unwrought magnesium not in alloy, the
2919 / 78 (');                                              ' balance of this last volume being divided among the
   Whereas the economic data at present available with ,      Member States in accordance with the percentages
   regard to the consumption and production of               used when the first increase to the
   unwrought magnesium do not yet permit Community            quota for 1978 was made .
   requirements of imports from non-member countries
   to be evaluated with sufficient precision ; whereas it     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   appears that certain Member States have considerable
   magnesium requirements which cannot be met by
   Community production ; whereas the quota                                            Article 1
   concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­
   priate amount, approximately 3 400 tonnes ; whereas        The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
   the fixing at this level of this supplementary quota       Regulation (EEC) Nc29,l 9 / 78for unwrought magne­
   does not preclude further adjustments during the           sium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
   quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the one      Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from
                                                              5 500 to 8 900 tonnes.
   hand of the present requirements in unwrought
   magnesium, not in alloy, with a pure magnesium
                                                              This increase of 3 400 tonnes shall be allocated as
   content of not less than 99-95 % and, on the other, of
                                                              follows :
   the quantities available in the Community and of the
   possible increase in production by Community indus­        (a) 300 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
   tries based principally on unwrought magnesium, not            99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium
   in alloy, and also the possibility of duty-free imports        (extra-pure magnesium), intended for the nucleai
   under Agreements concluded by the Community with               industry ;
   certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­
   mated that short-term requirements for imports of
   unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the           (b) 600 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
   proposed increase, reach 300 tonnes of unwrought               not less than 99-3 % but less than 99-95 % by
   magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of              weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­
   pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 600 tonnes              sium not in alloy) ;
   of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 % or more           (c) 2 500 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
                                                                  less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium
   (') OJ No L 354 ,              1978 , p. 10 .                  (unwrought magnesium in alloy).
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 2                                                                   (tonnes)
                                                                  ■ Bénélux                           116-5
The volumes of 300 and 2 500 tonnes referred to in
                                                                    Denmark                              0-2
Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure unwrought             Germany                           365-5
                                                                    France                         ;    12    .
magnesium intended for the nuclear industry and to                  Ireland                              0-2
unwrought magnesium in alloy shall be allocated to
the Community reserves set up under Articles 2 (1 )                 Italy                                1-6
and 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) Nc2919 / 7& which                     United Kingdom                      64
shall thus be increased from 600 to 900 tonnes and
from 425 to 2 925 tonnes respectively.                       2.    The second tranche of 40 tonnes shall constitute
                                                             the reserve.
                                                             The amount of the reserve for this type of unwrought
                                                             magnesium, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation
                         Article 3                           (EEC) Nc29 1 9 / 7 § is thus increased from 130 to 170
                                                             tonnes.
1.    A first tranche of the amount referred to in                                   Article 4
Article 1 (b), of 560 tonnes of unwrought magnesium          This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
not in alloy, shall be allocated among the Member            day following its publication in the Official Journal
States as follows :                                          of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.                                                         ,
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
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             1 . Lifcne budgétaire concernée : Chap.,12 art . 120
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             2 . Ba«c juridique : Article 113              •
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             3 . Intitulé de la nesure tarifaire
                .• Proposition de règlement portant augmentation du volume du contingent
                    tarifaire communautaire ouvert , pour i'année 1979 , par le règlement.
                    CEE n . . 2919 / 78 pour le magnésium- brut de là - sous-position 77.01 A du TDC .
             A. Objectif :                 .»
                                                                     ■         « ■  '
                  Respect des obligations contractées au GATT pour le produit en question .
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             5 . Mode de calcul :
                   - N° du T.D.C.                               77.01 A *
                   - Volume du           contirc.ont           3.400 tonnes
                   - Droits â appliquer                         0 Z        •
                   - Droits du T.D.C.                           8 7. ( droit NOR        1,6 % dans Com . à 6 )
             6 . Perte de recettes î             .•     ••                                        .
                   Prix à la tonne : non allié :             1.844 UCE             .•
                                    •'       allié  - S      1 . 584 UCE                       ' '      '   '       ' ' .
                                                                   ,   •                   KORÏ 47,68 % =
                   Valeur des      900     tonnes de non allié :           1.659.600 UCE         791.298 UCE  '
                                       • .                       *                        ^Autres : 868.302 UCE
                   Valeur des 2.500tonnes d' allié : 3.960.000 UCE^-NOR                          87,61% - 3.469.356 UCE
                                                                                        Autres : 490.644 UCE    .
              791 . 298          υΰΕ χ 1 ,_6            12.661 UCE                                  •
                                           100
             868.302           ► UCE x      8           69.464 UCE
                                                                         *
                                           100
           3.469.356             UCE x      I_,6     " 55.510 UCE .                          . _ ; r
                                           100
             490.644             υΟΕ χ      8           39.252 IJCE
                                           100
                                                     • 176.887 UCE ( arrondi à 177.000 UCE )
 erte de recettes estimee lors 1ère augmentation en 1978 : 325.000' UCE
Différence en moins par rapport à 1ère augmentation de 1978' : 148.000 UCE
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