CELEX: 51991PC0191
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1991 FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING MORE THAN 6 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           C0M(91) 191 final
                                           Brussels, 6   June 1991
                            Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened
         for 1991 for ferro-chromium containing more than 61
                          by weight of carbon
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3402/.90 of 19 ftoverober 1991  (1)
      opened for the year 1991 a duty-free Community t a r i f f quota
      for ferro-chromium containing more than 61 by weight of carbon.
      The volume of the t a r i f f quota was fixed provisionally at
      300 000 tonnes.
2.    The possibility of increasing the quota volume for the first
      time was examined at      (meeting with producers and users of
                             17 April 1991*
              These discussions revealed that:
      a) subject to subsequent revision, consumption of ferro-chromium
         in 1990 should be l ^ ^ h L W n " 1990;
      b) the tariff quota of 300 000 tonnes opened at the beginning
         of the year will not be enough to cover needs, arising before
         the planned review for September based on more accurate econo-
         mic data, for imports from non-preferential third countries;
         also it may be necessary to increase the tariff quota again,
         with effect from the beginning of November 1991.
3.    In view of the above factors, the Commission proposes that the
      relevant tariff quota should provisionally be increased by
      125 000 tonnes, which is an amount likely to cover any needs until
      the beginning of November 1991.
      Such is the purpose of this proposal.
(1) 0J NO L 328, 28.11.1990, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                     Proposal for ax
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                     /91
                                                   of
                increasing the volume of the Community tariff qvota opened for 1991 for
                         ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by slight of carbon
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        should be increased by a quantity corresponding to the
                                                                needs of user industries until the autumn, i. e. by 1 25000
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tonnes ; whereas this ino-ase in the quota volume does
Economic Community and in particular Article 28                 not preclude the possibility o: a further adjustment in the
thereof,                                                        autumn,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3402 <90 (')
opened for the year 1991 a zero-duty Community tariff           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
quota for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by
weight of carbon and its volume was fixed provisionally at                               Article 1
300 000 tonnes;
                                                                The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
Whereas it can be estimated from the economic data now
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 3402/90 for ferro-chromium con-
available on consumption, production and imports
                                                                taining more than 6 % by weight of carbon shall be
                                         that immediate
                                                                increased from 300 000 tonnes to 425 000 tonnes.
Community requirements for imports of this product
from third countries could during the current year reach
levels higher than the volume laid down by Regulation                                    Article 2
(EEC) No 3402/90; whereas, in order not to disturb the
equilibrium of the market for this product and to ensure        This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
both an outlet for Community production and sufficiently        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
secure supplies for user industries, the quota volume            European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Luxembourg,
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
 (') OJ No L 328,28.1 X 1990>1
 ---pagebreak---      FICHE FINANCIERE
     !••   Ligne budgétaire oonoernée : Chap. 12 art. 120
     2.    Base Juridique : art. 28 du traité
     3.    Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement
           du Conseil portant augmentation du volume du contingent
           tarifaire communautaire ouvert pour oertaines qualités de
           ferroohrome.
     4.    Objeotlf : Assurer un approvisionnement satisfaisant des
           industries utilisatrioes communautaires.
     5.    Mode de oaloul :
           - Code NC : 7202 41 90
           - Volume de l'augmentation : 125.000 tonnes
           - Droit à appliquer : 0 %
           - Droit applicable : 8 %
     6.    Perte de recettes :
           - Valeur d'une tonne : 1 158 éous
•••i
           - Valeur des 125.000 tonnes : 144.750.000 éous
           - Perte de recettes : 11.580.000 éous
           Par rapport au oontingent ouvert en 1990 :
                  Contingent        1ère augmentation     Total
           1990   27 792 000 éous   9 264 000 éous     37 056 000 éous
           1991   29 232 000 éous  11 580 000 éous     40 812 000 éous
           Augmentation des pertes de 3.756.000 éous
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