CELEX: 51987PC0680
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Date: 1987-12-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-phosphorus falling within subheading ex 7202 99 19 of the Combined Nomenclature (submitted by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(87 ) 680 final
                                                      Brussels , ^1 December 1987
                                      Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
             tariff quota for ferro-phosphorus falling within subheading
                     ex 7202 99 19 of the Combined Nomenclature
               V. ;
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                             ( submitted by the Commission )
C0M(87 ) 680 final
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . For some time now the Council has on various occasions opened a Community
     tariff quota at zero duty for ferro-phosphorus containing 15% or more by
     weight of phosphorus , intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric
     iron or steel , in order to make supplies available on favourable terms to
     Community user industries .   The last such quota was opened by Regulation
     ( EEC ) No 1449/ 87 . 1
2 . Following a request from the German authorities , the Economic Tariff
     Problems Group again examined the situation at its meeting on
     7 October 1987 . It found that Community production of these products is
     still insufficient to cover needs and that the opening of a tariff quota at
     zero duty could be approved by all Member States . Statistics supplied by
     the Member States suggest a Community shortfall of 56 000 tonnes in 1988 .
3 . The Commission therefore proposes the opening of a tariff quota at zero
     duty for a volume corresponding to the import needs indicated , to be
     allocated among the user Member States in proportion to their needs after
     constitution of a Community reserve , which in 1988 should contain 33% of
     the quota volume in the context of the " Communitizing" process .
 Annex : 1 proposai for a Régulation
 1
    0J No L 138, 26.5.1987, p. 4 .
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                       COüNCïl. KE6ULAT.ON ( FtC )
opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
   quota for f erro-phosphorus falling within subheading ex 72 02 99 19 of the
                               Combined Nomenclature
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 proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Community production of ferro-phosphorus containing 15% or more by
weight of phosphorus is currently insufficient to meet the requirements of
Community user industries ; whereas , consequently , the Community currently
depends to a considerable extent on       imports from third countries   for  its
supplies of that product ; whereas it is in the Community 's interest to suspend
totally the Common Customs Tariff duty on the products in question within the
limits of a Community tariff quota of an appropriate volume ; whereas , in order
not to harm the prospects for increasing production of such goods within the
Community while at the same time making adequate supplies available to user
industries , the tariff quota should be limited to 56 000 tonnes of products
intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric iron or steel and opened
for the period 1 January to 31 December 1988 at zero duty ;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all
Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied
consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States
untit the quota is exhausted ; whereas , in the light of these principles ,
allocation of the tariff quotas among the Member States would seem to preserve
the Community nature of the quotas ; whereas in order to correspond as closely
as possible to the real trend of the market for the product in question the
allocation should reflect the requirements of the Member States based on
statistics of imports of the said product from third countries during a
representative reference period and on the economic outlook for the quota
period in question ;
Whereas , since this is an autonomous Community tariff quota intended to cover
import needs arising in the Community , the quota volume may be allocated on
the basis of each Member State 's estimated provisional import needs from third
countries ; whereas these allocation arrangements will ensure the uniform
application of the Common Customs Tariff ;
Whereas , to allow for possible changes in imports of the said product , the
quota volume should be divided into two parts , the first being allocated among
certain Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent
requirements of those Member States which have used up their initial shares
and any requirements which might arise in the other Member States ; whereas , to
afford importers in each Member State some degree of certainly , the first part
of the Community tariff quota should be set at a relatively high level , which
in this case could be 37 520 tonnes ;
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Whereas the initial shares of the Member States may be used up at different
rates ; whereas , in order to avoid any break in the continuity of supplies on
this account , it should be provided that any Member State which has almost
used up its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve ;
whereas each time on of its additional shares is almost used up a Member State
should draw a further share and so on as many times as the reserve allows ;
whereas the initial and additional shares must be valid until the end of the
quota period ;   whereas this form of administration requires close cooperation
between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must be able to
monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been used up and to inform
the Member States accordingly ;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the
Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning the administration of the
quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of
its members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988 the customs duty applicable to imports
    of the following products shall be suspended at the level indicated and
    within the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below :
 ---pagebreak---     Serial     ¡  Combined      |            Description          I Volume of | Rate of j
      No       ¡Nomenclature    |                                 ! tariff I duty       j
              I      No        I                                  I quota I ( % )       I
              !                I                                  I ( tonnes ) ¡
               I               !                                  I            !
   09.2718 ¡ex 7202 99 19 |        Ferro-phospiiorus containing
              1                1 15% or more by weight of         I            I
              1                1 phosphorus , intended for the    I            I
              1                1 manufacture of refined           I            I
              1                1 phosphoric iron or steel         I 56 000     I   0    I
              !                1                                  !            I
2 . Within the limits of this tariff quota , the Kingdom of Spain and the
     Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance
     with the relevant provisions of the 1985 Act of Accession .
3 . Use of the products for the particular purpose Laid down shall be monitored
     in accordance with the relevant Community provisions .
                                            Article 2
1 . The first part of this Community tariff quota , amounting to 37 520 tonnes ,
     shall be allocated among certain Member States ; the quota shares shall be
     valid until 31 December 1988 and shall be as follows :
                             ( tonnes )
     Benelux                   20 921
     Germany                   10 123
     Spain                        3 778
     France                       1 688
     Portugal                       132
     United Kingdom                 878
2 . The second part of the quota ,         amounting to 18 480 tonnes , shall constitute
     the reserve .
3 . If an importer gives notification of imminent imports of the product in
     question into a Member State which has not been allocated an initial share
     and applies to take advantage of the quota , the Member State concerned
     shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its
     requirements to the extent that the avaiable balance of the reserve so
     permits .
                                            Article 3
1 . If a Member State has used 90% or more of its initial share as specified in
     Article 2(1 ), it shall forthwith , by notifying the Commission and to the
     extent that the reserve so permits , draw a second share equal to 10% of its
     initial share , rounded up where necessary to the next whole number .
2 . If , after its initial quota share has been used up , a Member Stale has used
     90% or more of its second share as well , it shall , using the pi oc . lure
     provided for in paragraph 1 , draw a third share equal to 5% of its ii.it i a L
     share .
 ---pagebreak--- 3 . If , after its second share has been used up , a Member State has used 90% or
    more of its third share , it shall forthwith , using the same procedure , draw
    a fourth share equal to the third .
    This process shall continue until the reserve is used up .
4 . By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3, Member States may draw
    smaller shares than those specified in the said paragraphs if there is
    reason to believe that they might not be used in full . They shall inform
    the Commission of their reasons for applying this paragraph .
                                     Article 4
The additional     shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
31 December 1988 .
                                     Article 5
By 1 October 1988 at the latest Member States must return to the reserve the
unused portion of their initial share which , on 15 September 1988, is in
excess of 20% of the initial volume . They may return a greater portion if
there is reason to believe that it might not be used .
By 1 October 1988 at the latest Member States must notify the Commission of
the total quantities of the product concerned imported on or before
15 September 1988 and charged against the Community quota and of any portion
of their initial share that they are returning to the reserve .
                                     Article 6
The Commission shall keep account of the shares drawn by Member States
pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall inform each Member State of the extent
to which the reserve has been used up as soon as it has been notified .
It shall inform the Member States not later than 5 October 1988 of the state
of the reserve following any return of quota shares pursuant to Article 5 .
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve does not exceed
the balance available , and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance
to the Member State making the final drawing .
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1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that additional
    drawings of shares pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged
    without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community
    tariff quota .
2 . Member States shall ensure that importers of the product concerned have
    free access to the quota shares allocated to them .
3 . Member States shall charge imports of the product concerned against their
    shares as and when the goods are entered with the customs authorities for
    free circulation .
A. The extent     to which a Member State has used up       its share shall be
    determined    on the basis of the imports charged        in accordance with
    paragraph 3 .
                                    Article 8
At the request of the Commission ,    Member  States shall inform it of imports
actually charged against their quota shares .
                                    Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that
this Regulation is complied with .
                                   Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels
                                                        For the Counci l
                                                        The Commission
 ---pagebreak---                  FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
   I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure?
      Assurer L' approvisionnement des industries utilisatrices , à des conditions
      favorables
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées :      Non recherchées
       En particulier :
       - Y a-t- il un grand nombre de PME ?
       - note t' on des concentrations dans des régions :
          - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
          - éligibles au Feder ?
III . Ctelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
        Néant
 IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées
        indirectement aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
        Néant
    V. Y a-t-il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?      Non
        - Lesouelles ?
  VI . Quel est 1 ‘ effet prévisible ?
        - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ? Augmenter des . la compé îers .
                                                                   pays t
                                                                                 des
           entreprises communautaires face a La concurrence
        - sur l renploi ?
           Maintien ou amélioration de l' emploi .
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ?        Non
        - avis des partenaires sociaux .
 ---pagebreak---                    P'ChE r> • .v ':?An*" t'Q LA O. t *" .VTTViTE E? I. ' EKTLOl
  I    Quello est la. just. L fixation pr i nciptie de la masure?
      Assurer i 'approvisionnement des industries uti l i satn ces , à des c . rvJ i t ionj
      tavorap 1 es
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées :                 Non recherchées
       En particulier :
       - Y a- t- il un grand ncrribre de PME ?
       - note t' on des concentrations dans des régions :
          - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
          - éligibles au Feder ?
III . Chelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
        Néant
 IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées
       indirectement aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
        Néant
  V. Y a-t-il des mesures spéciales pour les FME ?                    Non
       - Lesquelles ?
 VI . Quel est 1 ‘ effet prévisible ?
       - sur la compétitivité dçs entreprises ? Auqmentcr , La compétitivité des
           entreprises communautaires race a la concurrence des pays tiers .
       - sur l roriploi ?
           Maintien ou amélioration de L' emploi .
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ?                     Non
        - avis des partenaires sociaux .