CELEX: 51995PC0544
Language: en
Date: 1995-11-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) modifying Regulation (EC) 2878/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                           Brussels, 13 11 1995
                                                           COM(95) 544 final
                                          Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EQ
modifying Regulation (EC) 2878/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community
                  tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products.
                                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of the Commission
have examined, in conjunction with the Government experts concerned, the question of
increasing in 1995 tariff quotas for various products.
Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic Tariff Questions" group
 meetings, it has been determined that the increasing of tariff quotas for the following products
 could have the agreement of the Member States without disturbing the markets for such products:
Ferro-Chromium                                       150 000 T          at 0%
containing by weight
 more than 6 % of carbon
Ferro-Chromium                                       9 000T             at 0%
containing more than 1,5 %
 but no more than 4 % by weight
of carbon and not more than 70 % of chromium
                                 This is the aim of this proposal.
 ---pagebreak---                                                           Proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
   modifying Regulation (EC) 2878/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community
                             tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
I laving regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff
Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,                 quotas should be taken by the Community, whereas, to ensure
                                                                 the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas,
1 laving regard to the proposal from the Commission,             there is no reasonable obstacle to authorising Member States
                                                                to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities
Whereas production in the community of certain industrial       corresponding to actual imports,
products will remain in the course of 1995 unable to meet the
spec ilk requirements of the user industries in the Community;  Whereas, however, this method of administration requires
whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of        close cooperation between the Member States and the
this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from  Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
third countries; whereas the most urgent Community              monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform
requirements for the products in question should be met         the Member States accordingly,
immediately on the most favourable terms;
                                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas by Regulation ( EC )n°2 878/94 ' the Council opened,
for 1995 Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and
industrial products, and in particular fcrro-chromium
containing by weight more than 6% of carbon (order N°
09.2711 ), and ferro-chromium containing more than 1,5 %
but no more than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than
70 % of chromium (order N° 09.2799);
Whereas by Regulation (EC) n° 1404/95 2 , the Council
increased for 1995 Community tariff quotas for ferro-
chromium containing by weight more than 6% of carbon
(order N° 09.2711);
Whereas current economic data suggests that the Community
demand non-Community imports of the products in question
could in the course of the year exceed the volumes laid down
in the above Regulation, whereas the volume of the quota in
question should therefore be increased;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
Community importers equal uninterrupted access to the said
quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates
laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products
concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been
 used up;
1
  O.J n° L 304. 29.11.1994, p 1
2
  O.J. n ° L 140, 23.06.1995, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 Article I
In the Regulation (EC) n° 2878/94 the table shown in Article 1 is replaced, for the order n° 09.2711 and 09.2799 by the following
table
     Order                        TARIC                                                         Amount of        Quota        End of
    number        CN Code           Code                      Description                         quota          duty      quota period
                                                                                                                  (%)
    09.2711     7202 41 91      -              Ferro-chromium containing by weight                 850 000 T       0      31.12.1995
                72024199                       more than 6% of carbon
    09.2799     ex7202 49 90    *10            Ferro-chromium containing more than 1,5            24 000 T         0      31.12.1995
                                               % but no more than 4 % by weight of
                                               carbon and not more than 70 % of
                                               chromium
                                                                Article 2
 Hiis regulation shall enter into force on the 3rd day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall l>e apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                              FINANCIAL RECORD
1.        Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2         Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
3         Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation modifying Regulation
           (EC) 2878/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quota for
           certain agricultural and industrial products.
4         Objective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries.
5.        Method of calculation :
   Description                    additional     Price     Normal rate  Quota duty    Duty loss
                                  Quantities     Ecus/unit (%)          (%)           (Ecus)
   Ferro-chromium                   150 000 T       1478      7,2       0              15 962 400
   containing by weight more than
   Ferro-chromium                   9000T          1416        7,8      0                   994 032
   containing more than 1,5 % but
   than 70 % of chromium
Total duty loss:       16 956 432 Ecus.
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