CELEX: 51980PC0261
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Date: 1980-05-22
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1980, FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4% BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                          DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA
               OPENED FOR 1980,   FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT
               LESS THAN 4 * BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN
              SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I   OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
                   (presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(80 ) 261 final
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    ; By its Regulation.' ! ( EEC ) No3028<79 of 20 December                                                      - -, ~>r
                                                                                                                           1979 /                                 J ' 'j1
                                                  the Council opened and allocated among the Member |
   . States, in respect of the year 1980 ^ a duty-free Community tariff 1.
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  jquota for ferro-chromium containing not less than                                                                               by weight of .j
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      carbon ( and to a limited extent a quantity of carbon of between 3 and
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                  (hereinafter called 'high-carbon ferro-chromium), the volume of j
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  iwhich was fixed at the provisional                                                                      / level of 120 000 tonnes tq|
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  'meet the requirements of the initial.' months, whilst not in any way
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  [ precluding adjustments during the quota period .
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 iThe purpose of opening such a quota is to meet Community require-
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 iments at a nil rate and follow up the conclusion of an agreement
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 . between producers and consumers under which the consumers would
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 [ have their requirements for imports from third countries met by a
     duty-free tariff quota in exchange for a guarantee that Community
Joutput, which has been reduced in appropriate proportions/ will
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> The situation prevailing in the market for this ferro-chromium and j
[ the requirements for imports from third countries were reviewed at[j
l a meeting of , the Economic Tariff Problems Group held on 29 February
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L1980. This meeting had been preceded by a ta.lk^withYpjodqcers ancfy
      consumers on 11 February 1980 .
      It emerged from these discussions that :                                                                                                                              '
                    despite the relatively short period that has elapsed since the
      ^™.beginning of the year ( the conclusion of the agreement}^" the
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    ' '■            exper.iencegained Jn connection with , its implementation in 1980
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        \ i s^ never theless jdequate for a 'new increase in the volume of the
                    quota to be contemplated without it being possible , however , to
       »           p_rovide very pr ecise information concerning the actual requirement s 4
                    for imports from third countries ;
       ( 1 ) OJ No . L 340 of 31 . 12.1979 , p. 28 .
 ---pagebreak---           - the influence on the Community market of the decision taken by the
               Council in the Regulation ( EEC ) No . 120 /80 of 21 January 1980 ( 1 ),
               to admit products originating in Southern Rhodesia with exemption
             . of customs duty ,        will be relatively slight in the course of the
               next few months , given that supply contracts have already been con­
               cluded . This decision could however introduce a new element of un­
               certainty into the future evaluation of the import needs to be covered
               by a quota .
       This being so, fixing the increase in the quota must still b6 done                                         ^
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       prudently in order not to endangfer the equilibrium of the market .                                        4
   ^ To this end and having regard on the one hand to the time required                                           .5
       by the procedures for the approval of regulations and on the other                                           •
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   jhand to the need to ensure the parallel development of sales of
       Community output and supplies to the user industries on favourable
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       terms and conditions whilst providing them with some security/ the                                   / 'J
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      Commission feels that it is appropriate to fix the volume of the                                             i
  ; increase in question at the volume of the forecast import require-                                             j
     ments for the - next few months,, and so                         ^ preview the situ-                         j
 ^ation again in September                         if it seems necessary. !                                       j
 , Frpm the information at the Commission 's disposal / the supplementary j
^ requirements of imports from third countries not enti tled to any
      other preferential tariff arrangement ( EFTA or associated ) amount
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       at the moment to 120 000 tonnes .
     In the absence of convincing arguments for a modification , it is proposed
     that the same allocation as was used for the first quota should be used,
     the Community reserve which would be raised to 28 800 tonnes because of
     the increase, being sufficient to react to an unforeseen evolution in
     imports into the different Member States , especially as a new revision
      •is scheduled for the end of the year .
         ( 1 ) 0J No . L 16 cf 22.1.1980 , p. 12 .
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                                                       Draft of
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota, opened for the year 1980
                for ferro-chromium containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon and
                     falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  allocated among the Member States in proportion to
  COMMUNITIES,                                                 their foreseeable needs for imports from third coun­
                                                               tries,    .   "              1 •
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
  thereof,                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   Having regard "to tha draft Regulator; submitted
   by the Commission ,               i                                                 Article Î
  Whereas, by its Regulation (EEC) No302879 ('), the           The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
  Council opened, for the year 1S80 , and allocated            Regulation (EEC) No-502^79 for ferro-chromium
  among the Member States a duty-free Community                containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon,
  tariff quota for ferro-chromium containing not less
  than 4 % by weight of carbon and falling within              falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the
                                                               Common Customs Tariff, shall- be raised from12CP00
  subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs                to24 0 000 tonnes.
  Tariff, the volume of which was fixed at the provi­
  sional level of120000 tonnes ; whereas the benefit of                                Article 2
- the tariff quota in question was extended by the same
  Regulation, up to the limit of 20 % of its volume, to        1.     A first instalment of the additional volume
  imports of ferro-chromium containing a quantity of           referred to in Article 1 , i.e, 1(9 6 '00 tonnes, shall be
  between 3 and 4 % by weight of carbon ;                V
                                                               allocated among the Member States as follows :
  Whereas it can be estimated from the economic data                                                        tonn **
  now available on consumption, production and                         Bénélux                             4 350
  imports benefiting from other preferential tariff arran­             Denmark                                 20
  gements that Community requirements of imports                       Germany                          39 220
  from third countries could, during the current year,                 France                           18 000
  reach a level - higher than the volume of the above-                 Ireland                                10
  mentioned quota ; whereas, in order not to disturb the               Italy
  equilibrium of the market for this ferro-alloy and to                United Kingdom                   «
  ensure parallel development in sales of Community            2.     The second instalment of XI 400 ' tonnes shall
  production and                       of supplies to the      constitute the reserve.
  consuming industries, it is appropriate to limit any
  increase in the quota volume to the volume of the            The reserve laid down by Article 2 (2) of Regulation
  immediate needs, i.e., 1 20 000 tonnes, and to review        (EEC) No3 023/79 is thus raised froml 0400 to20800
  the position in due course with a view to making a           tonnes.                                           -  ...
  further adjustment ;
                                                                                       Article 3         *
  Whereas, as regards the allocation of this volume
  among the Member States, it is appropriate to assign a       This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
  relatively small part of the additional volume to a          day following its publication in the Official Journal
  Community reserve, the balance of this volume being          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 .
  (')OjNoL 340 , 31 . 12.1979 / p. 28
 ---pagebreak---    FICHE FINANCIERE                                  Date :
   1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
   2 . Base juridique : art . 28
   3 . Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire :                    '**"
       Projet de règlement du Conseil portant augmentation du volume du
       contingent tarifaire communautaire autonome ouvert pour certaines
       qualités de ferrd-chrome , de la sous-position ex 73.02 E I du
       tarif douanier commun ( 1980).                   N
   4 . Objectif :
       Assurer un approvisionnement satisfaisant des industries utilisatrices
       communautaires .                                               •
   5 . Mode de calcul :
       - N° du T.D.C.                :  ex 73.02 E I
•v     - Volume du contingent        :  120.000 tonnes
     , - Droits à appliquer          :  0 %
       - Droits du T.D.C.            :  8 X
   6 . Perte de recettes :
       Valeur d' une tonne : 807 / 41 UCE
       Valeur des 120.000 tonnes : 96.889.200 UCE
       Perte de recettes :
             96.889.200 UCE à 8 % =        7,751.136 UCE ,
       Par rapport à la première augmentation du contingent de 1979 /
       augmentation des pertes de 3,685 , 535 UCE .