CELEX: 31980R1957
Language: en
Date: 1980-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1957/80 of 22 July 1980 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

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31980R1957

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1957/80 of 22 July 1980 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  

Official Journal L 191 , 25/07/1980 P. 0004

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 340 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 28 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 152 , 20 . 6 . 1980 , P . 5 .    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1957/80   OF 22 JULY 1980   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   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT REGULATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,   WHEREAS BY ITS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3028/79 ( 1 ) AND ( EEC ) NO 1526/80 ( 2 ), THE COUNCIL OPENED , FOR THE YEAR 1980 , AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA 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 VOLUME OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT THE PROVISIONAL LEVEL OF 240 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WAS EXTENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3028/79 , UP TO THE LIMIT OF 20 % OF ITS VOLUME , TO IMPORTS OF FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING A QUANTITY OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON ;   WHEREAS IT CAN BE ESTIMATED FROM THE ECONOMIC DATA NOW AVAILABLE ON CONSUMPTION , PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS BENEFITING FROM OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS THAT COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES COULD , DURING THE CURRENT YEAR , REACH A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THE VOLUME OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA ; WHEREAS IN ORDER NOT TO DISTURB THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE MARKET FOR THIS FERRO-ALLOY AND TO ENSURE PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT IN SALES OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION AND SATISFACTORY SECURITY OF SUPPLIES TO THE CONSUMING INDUSTRIES , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT ANY INCREASE IN THE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE VOLUME OF THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS , I.E ., 120 000 TONNES , AND TO REVIEW THE POSITION IN DUE COURSE WITH A VIEW TO MAKING A FURTHER ADJUSTMENT ;   WHEREAS , AS REGARDS THE ALLOCATION OF THIS VOLUME AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASSIGN A RELATIVELY SMALL PART OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME TO A COMMUNITY RESERVE , THE BALANCE OF THIS VOLUME BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR FORESEEABLE NEEDS FOR IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :   ARTICLE 1   THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3028/79 AND ( EEC ) NO 1526/80 FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHALL BE RAISED FROM 240 000 TO 360 000 TONNES .   ARTICLE 2   1 .  A FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , I.E ., 102 600 TONNES , SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS FOLLOWS :   //  //  ( TONNES ) // BENELUX //   4 350 // DENMARK //     20 // GERMANY //  39 220 // FRANCE //  20 000 // IRELAND //     10 // ITALY //  20 000 // UNITED KINGDOM //  19 000 //   2 .  THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 17 400 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .   THE RESERVE LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3028/79 AND ( EEC ) NO 1526/80 IS THUS RAISED FROM 20 800 TO 38 200 TONNES .   ARTICLE 3   THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE SEVENTH DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .   THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 JULY 1980 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   G . THORN