CELEX: 51979PC0561
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Date: 1979-10-23
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1979 FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 77.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                            COM ( 79 ) 561 final
                                            Brussels . 23rd October 1979
                   PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1979
                   FOR UNWROUGHT MAGNESIUM  FALLING WITHIN
             SUBHEADING 77.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
                ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
By Regulation ( EEC ) Nrs . 2919 / 78 of 12.12.1978 ( 1 ) and 1385 / 79 of
5.7.1979 ( 2 ), the Council opened and allocated among the Member States
for 1979 a Community tariff quota for unwrought magnesium falling within
subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff and totalling 8.900 metric
tons , which moreover did not preclude adjustments during the quota period .
This total comprised 900 metric tons of extra pure magnesium;1925 metric -
tons of unwrought magnesium not in alloy and 6.075 metric tons of un­
wrought magnesium in alloy .
A review of the state of the market in magnesium and of Community re­
quirements for imports from non-member countries was carried out at the
meeting of the Economic Tariff Problems Group , held on 14 September
1979 , on the basis of the usual estimates for 1979 provided by the
Member States in respect of the three qualities of magnesium used for
the initial quota .                             -                        ■ ' "
It emerged from this discussion that :
a ) at the review carried out at the same period, the . state of the
      Community market in magnesium in 1979 appeared to be substantially
      the same as in 1978 ;
b ) the Community production capacities are not fully utilized especially
      in France , where it has not been possible to reduce the stocks of       '•
      magnesium not in alloy built up in 1978 .
c ) the estimates put forward by the Member States set the usual " factors
      for calculating the quota at the following approximate levels for
      1978 :                                           ,'
      - consumption                                     64.120 metric tons
      - production                                      25.200 metric tons
      - inward processing traffic                         1.800 metric tons
      - duty-free imports carried out under
        other preferential tariff treatment .                                    ,
         ( EFTA , associated countries , etc .)           2.840 metric tons
      - exports to non-member countries                   8.700 metric tons
      - unusual stocks existing on 31
        December 1978                                     2.950 metric tons
 ( 1 ) 0J Nr . L 354 , 18.12.1978 , p . 10
 ( 2 ) 0J Nr . L 167 ,   5.7.1979 , p. 7
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          d ) on this basis and in view of the quota volume of 8.900 tonnes
              already opened , the Community requirements as regards imports
              from non-member countries until the end of the current year          '
              would be set about 13.730 tonnes , i.e. , 11.940 tonnes of magnesium
              not in alloy and 1.790 tonnes of magnesium in alloy .
    , 3 . The Commission considers it necessary however , taking into account the
          uncertainty as to the level which Community consumption might reach
          during 1979 , and also the quantities available within the Community
          to confine itself to an increase of 1.300 tonnes in the quota volume .
      4 . As regards the splitting up for the 1.300 tonnes under consideration
          into the three qualities of magnesium , it should be noted that the          |
          Community requirements for imports from non-member countries of extra-
          pure magnesium could be covered to a large extent by the quota already
       ,  opened 900 tonnes and by the Community production .                        !
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          An immediate increase of 100 tonnes allocated to this quality of
          magnesium should cover the short-term requirements of the Community
          i ndustries .
          Moreover , it is proposed that the balance , i.e. 1.200 tonnes be split
          up among the other two qualities taking account of the supply possibi -       i
          lities of the Community industry , the present level of stocks built
          up since the end of 1978 and the present industrial capacity and thus to
          allocate 200 metric tons to unwrought magnesium not in alloy and 1.000
          metric tons to unwrought magnesium in alljiy .
      5 . The supplementary volumes of 100 and 1.000 metric tons proposed for
          extra-pure magnesium and magnesium in alloy are allotted to the Community
          reserves as set up , whereas the supplementary volume allocated to un­
          wrought magnesium not in alloy is , after deduction of the quantity
          allotted to the Community reserve , divided among the Member States
          according to the percentages originally used .
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 ---pagebreak---                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                increasing the Community tariff quota      opened for *       'for unwrought magne-
                    sium falling within subheading 77.1    1 A of the Common Customs Tariff
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                necessary to allot to the Community reserves all the
   COMMUNITIES,                                               supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne­
                                                              sium and unwrought magnesium in alloy and also a
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­
   Economic Community, and in particular Article 113          cated to unwrought magnesium not in alloy, the
   thereof,                                                   balance of this volume being divided among the
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,         Member States in accordance with the percentages
                                                              originally used,
   Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within
   subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a
   Community tariff quota for 1 979 totalling 8 900           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   tonnes was opened by the Council and allocated
   among the Member States by Regulations (EEC) No
2919 / 78 (') and (EEC) No 1385 / 78(2 );                                              Article 1
   Whereas the economic data at present available with
                                                              The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
   regard to the consumption, production, exports to          Regulations (EEC) No2919 / 78 and (EEC) No
   non-member countries, imports under the inward           1385 / 79 for unwrought magnesium falling within
   processing or other preferential tariff arrangements       subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff is
   and to the abnormal stocks existing in one Member
   State on 31 December        " enable it to be estimated    hereby increased from 8 900 to 10 200 tonnes.
   that Community requirements for imports from non-          This increase of 1 300 tonnes shall be allocated as
   member countries could reach, in the course of 1 979       follows :
   a level of22 630 tonnes ; whereas, in view of the
   quota volume already opened by the abovementioned          (a) 100 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
   Regulations, of the uncertainty as to the levels which          99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium
   Community production and consumption might                      (extra-pure magnesium), intended for the nuclear
   reach and of the quantities available within the                industry and under customs supervision or equiva­
   Community either from stocks accumulated in 1978                lent administrative supervision ;
   or from production in 1 979 the increase should be         (b) 200 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
   limited to 1 300 tonnes ;                                       not less than 99-8 % but less than 99-95 % by
   Whereas, in view, moreover, on the one hand of the              weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­
   present requirements in unwrought magnesium with a              sium not in alloy) ;
   pure content of not less than 99-95 % and on the           (c) 1 000 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
   other of the quantities available in the Community              less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium
   and also the possibility of duty-free imports under             (unwrought magnesium in alloy).
   Agreements concluded by the Community with
   certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­
                                                                                       Article 2
   mated that short-term requirements for imports of
   unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the           The volumes of 100 and 1 000 tonnes referred to in
   proposed increase, reach 100 tonnes of unwrought
   magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of          Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure unwrought
   pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 200 tonnes          magnesium intended for the nuclear industry and to
   of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 % or more           unwrought magnesium in alloy shall be allotted to the
   by weight and not exceeding 99-95 % of pure magne­         Community reserves set up under Articles 2 ( 1 ) and 3
   sium (unwrought magnesium n^t in alloy), and 1 000         (2) of Regulation (EEC) No2919 / 78as amended by
   tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing less than          Regulation (EEC) No 1385 /78, which shall thus be
                                                               increased from 900 to 1 000 tonnes and from 2 925 to
   99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought
   magnesium in alloy) ;                                       3 925 tonnes respectively.
   Whereas, as far as the distribution of the above quota
   volume between Member States is concerned, it is                                    Article 3
   (>) oj No L 354 , 18.12.18 , p . 10                         1.    A first instament of the amount referred to in
    (')Oj No L 167 , 5.7.1979 . p . 7                          Article 1 (b), of 180tonnes of unwrought magnesium
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nor in alloy, shall be allocated among the Member             The amount of the reserve for unwrought magnesium
States as
States  as follows
           follows ::                                         not in alloy, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation
                                           (tonnes)
                                           (tonnes)           (EEC) No291 9 /78^Amended by Regulation (EEC)
    Benelux
    Bénélux                                   301
                                              30-1           ^ 385 / 78 ,     s^a" ^ increased from 170 to 190
    „                                          _ .            tonnes.
    Denmark                                    0-1
    Germany                                 122*0
    France                                     6-0
    Ireland                                    01                                    Article 4
    Italy                                      0-6
    United Kingdom                            21-1
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2. The second instalemnt of 20 tonnes shall consti-           following its publication in the Official Journal of
tute the reserve.                                             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
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
 1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2 . Base juridique : Article 113
3 . Intitulé              mesure tarifaire ï                                      •
      Prop/âition de règlement portant augmentation du volume du contingent
      t>o.faire ^communautaire ouvert , pour l' année 1979 , par les règlement
                  2919 / 78 et 1385 / 79 pour le magnésium brut de la sous-
      position 77.01 A du TDC
4 . Objectif :                                                                       v
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      Respect des obligations contractées au GATT pour le produit en question
5 . Mode de calcul :
     - N° du t.D.C.                         S 77.01 A
        Volurac du /<JafiK contingent ( x) : 1.300 tonnes
     - Droits à appliquer                   : 0 % v .      ■
     - Droits du T.D.C.                     ; 8 % ( droit N0R = 1,6 % dans Com . à 6 )
6 . Perte de recettes !
    Prix à la tonnes : non allié : 1.844 UCE
                             allié        : 1.584 UCE
                                                                 NOR : 47,68 % = 263766 UCE
 Valeur des 300 tonnes de non allié : 553.200 UCE <^Autres :-             289.434 0CE
                                                               NOR : 87,61 % = 1.387.742 UCE
 Valeur des 1.000 tonnes d' allié    *
                                           : 1.584.000 UCE ^ . Autres  : 196.258 UCE
 263.766      UCE x    L! -        4.220 UCE
                       100 ~
                        8
 289.434      UCE x              23.155 UCE
                       100
 1.387.742 UCE x       \A. -     22.204 UCE
                       100 ~
                        8
 196.258      UCE x                7.701 UCE
                       100
                                 57.280 UCE                                    1
 Pertes de recettes estimée lors 2ème augmentation en 1978 : 88.400                 UCE
 Différence en moins par, rapport à 2ème augmentation de 1978 : 31.120 UCE .