CELEX: 31974R2092
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2092/74 of the Council of 2 August 1974 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1974 by Regulation (EEC) No 3591/73 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

No L 218 / 14                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               9 . 8 . 74
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2092/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 2 August 1974
             increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1974 by Regulation ( EEC) No
             3591 / 73 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
                                                 Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      necessary to apply the criterion contained in Regu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     lation (EEC) No 3591 /73 for unwrought magnesium
                                                                 in alloy ; whereas, as far as unwrought magnesium not
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            in alloy is concerned, it is necessary to maintain the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                pro rata arrangement for supplementary importation
thereof ;
                                                                 requirements ; whereas for the volume of extra-pure
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              unwrought magnesium , in the absence of statistical
                                                                 data relating to importations coming from third coun­
Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within                  tries, it is necessary to consider distribution based, in
subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a               particular, on the specific requirements of processing
Community tariff quota for 1974 totalling 10 250                 industries of each Member State ; whereas, on the
metric tons has been opened by the Council and allo­             basis of information at present to hand, it appears that
cated among the Member States by Regulation (EEC)                the British industry is almost the only one using this
No 3591 / 73 (') ;                                               special quality of magnesium ; whereas, in
Whereas the economic data at present available with              consequence, it is necessary to allot to the United
regard to the consumption and production of                      Kingdom a preponderant share of the quota volume
unwrought magnesium do not yet permit Community                  in question , allotting to the other Member States less
requirements of imports from non-member countries                important shares, while safeguarding the Community
to be evaluated with sufficient precision ; whereas it           character of this quota by setting up an adequate
appears that certain Member States have considerable             reserve ,
magnesium requirements which cannot be met by
Community        production ; whereas the quota
concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
priate amount, approximately 6 750 metric tons ;
whereas the fixing at this level of this supplementary                                    Article 1
quota does not preclude further adjustments during
the quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the            The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
one hand of the present requirements in unwrought                Regulation ( EEC) No 3591 /73 for unwrought mag­
magnesium not in alloy with a pure magnesium                     nesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
content of not less than 99-95 % , not produced                  Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from
within the Community, and on the other hand of the               1 0 250 to 1 7 000 metric tons .
quantities available in the Community and of the
possible increase in production by Community indus­              This increase of 6 750 metric tons shall be allocated as
tries based principally on unwrought magnesium not               follows :
in alloy, and also the possibility of duty-free imports
under agreements concluded by the Community with                 (a) 1 500 metric tons of unwrought magnesium
certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­                  containing 99-95 % or more by weight of pure
mated that short-term requirements for imports of                     magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), intended for
unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the                      the nuclear industry and under customs super­
proposed increase, reach 1 500 metric tons of                         vision or equivalent administrative supervision ;
unwrought magnesium containing 99-95 % or more                   (b) 1 000 metric tons of unwrought magnesium
by weight of pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium),                   containing not less than 99-8 % but less than
1 000 metric tons of unwrought magnesium                              99-95 % by weight of pure magnesium
containing 99-8 % or more by weight and not                           (unwrought magnesium not in alloy) ;
exceeding 99-95-% of pure magnesium (unwrought                   (c) 4 250 metric tons of unwrought magnesium
magnesium not in alloy), and 4 250 metric tons of                     containing less than 99-8 % by weight of pure
unwrought magnesium containing not more than                          magnesium (unwrought magnesium in alloy).
99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought
magnesium in alloy) ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas as far as the distribution of the above quota
volumes between Member States is concerned , it is                1.    A first tranche of each of the amounts referred to
                                                                 in Article 1 , of I 200 metric tons of extra-pure mag­
(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1973 , p. 39 .                        nesium , 830 metric tons of unwrought magnesium
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not in alloy and 3 111 metric tons of unwrought mag­             2.    The second tranche of 300 metric tons, 170
nesium , in alloy, shall be allocated among the                  metric tons and 1 139 metric tons respectively shall
Member States as follows :                                       constitute the reserve .
(a) For extra-pure unwrought magnesium :
                                                                 The amounts of the reserve for the latter two types of
           Benelux                   3 metric tons
                                                                 unwrought magnesium , provided for in Article 2 (2) of
           Denmark                   1 metric  ton
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 3591 /73, shall be increased
           Germany                   1 metric   ton              respectively :
           France                    1 metric  ton
           Ireland                   1 metric  ton               (a) from 150 metric tons to 320 metric tons vfor
           Italy                     1 metric   ton                   unwrought magnesium not in alloy ;
           United Kingdom       1 192  metric   tons             (b) from 1 000 metric tons to 2 139 metric tons for
(b) for unwrought magnesium not in alloy :                            unwrought magnesium in alloy.
           Benelux              1 52-7 metric tons
           Germany              478-5 metric tons                                         Article 3                       -
           France                 98-6 metric tons
           Italy                   6-2 metric tons               Should    Denmark      or   Ireland  require  additional
           United Kingdom         94-0 metric tons ;             unwrought magnesium not in alloy, they shall draw a
                                                                 sufficient share from the appropriate reserve to the
(c) for unwrought magnesium in alloy :
                                                                 extent that the reserve so permits .
         " Benelux                 150 metric tons
           Denmark                   1 metric ton
           Germany              2 904 metric tons                                         Article 4
           France                    1 metric ton
           Ireland                   1 metric ton                This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
           Italy                    39 metric tons               day following its publication in the Official Journal
           United Kingdom           15 metric tons.               of the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its' entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 2 August 1974.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                             B. DESTREMAU