CELEX: 51978PC0314
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Date: 1978-07-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No 2747/77 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                    COM(78)314 final.
                                                                    Brussels , 6 July 1978
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                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (SEC )
              increasing the Community tariff quota opened , for 1978
              by Regulation .( EEC) No 2747 / 77 for unwrought magnesium
              falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs
              Tariff                                                       -
                     ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
C0X ( 7S ) 314 final
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   By means of its Regulation ( EEC) No 2747 / 77 of 5 December
1977 , the Council opened and allocated between the Member States ,
for the year 1978 , a Community tariff quota for unwrought magnesium
falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs' Tariff ,
the initial overall volume of which was fixed at 5 500 tonnes , on
the basis of estimates put forward at the end of 1977 although an
adjustment during the quota period was not excluded .
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2.   The situation on the magnesium market and the requirements • for
imports from third countries were re-examined at a meeting of the
Working Party on Economic Tariff Problems on 5 April 1978 , on the
basis of available forward data relating to 1978 , as far as the
three qualities of magnesium selected for the initial quota were
concerned . It emerged from this discussion that :
( a) owing to the lack of certain data on consumption and production
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     it was not possible to draw up the Community balance of requi­
     rements for imports from third countries to be covered by the
     quota ; nevertheless on the basis of estimates made by the
     competent departments of the Commission it may be accepted that
     the situation on the magnesium market in the Community is the
     same, now as- in 1977 . at the time of the first re-examination
     carried out at the same period ;
(b ) the Community production capacities are not. fully utilized ,
     particularly in France where it has not been possible to
     reduce the stocks of magnesium ( approximately 3 000 tonnes )
     left over at the end of 1977 and representing three months'
     production .                                         , ,
3.   These various factors indicate that caution should still be
exercised in fixing the quota volumes for this product , bearing
in mind the uncertainty as regards the level which Community /
consumption and production could reach during 1978 .
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       The Commission therefore considers it advisable , pending
a further review of the situation which could take place in
September on the basis of more accurate forecasts , to confine
itself to a still provisional increase in the tariff quota
of a volume of 4 300 tonnes .
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4 . With regard to the subdivision of the volume of 4 300 tonnes
between the, three qualities of magnesium , it should be noted that
the requirements for imports from third countries of extra-pure
magnesium of about 1 500 tonnes can largely be covered by the
quota opened at the beginning of the year ( 600 tonnes ) and by
available Community production . Pending the later, review an
immediate increase of 500 tonnes in the volume earmarked for
this quality of magnesium is appropriate to cover the short-
term requirements of the Community user industries .
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       Furthermore , it is proposed that the remainder , i.e. 3 800
tonnes , be subdivided' "between the other two qualities , more or
less in proportion to the requirements for these two qualities ,
and that 1 000 tonnes be assigned to unwrought magnesium not in
alloy and . 2-800 tonnes to unwrought magnesium in alloy .
5.  .. The additional volumes of 500 and 2 800 tonnes proposed for
extra-pure magnesium and magnesium in alloy are allocated to the
Community reserves laid down , whereas that assigned to unwrought
magnesium not in alloy is , after deduction of the quantity put
into the Community reserve , allocated among the Mamber States in
accordance with the percentage fixed initially .
 ---pagebreak---                                                         Proposa l fora
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                  ••■
                                                        of
                   increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No                2747 / 77
                             for unwrcught magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
                                                  Common Customs Tariff
      THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 1 000
      COMMUNITIES,                                                tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 %
                                                                  or more by weight and, not exceeding 99-95 % of
      Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European       pure magnesium (unwrought magnesium not in alloy),
      Economic Community, and in particular Article 113           and 2 800 tonnes of unwrought magnesium
      thereof,                                                    containing not more than 99-8 % by weight of pure
                                                                  magnesium (unwrought magnesium in alloy) ;
      Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                " Whereas, as far as the distribution of the above quota
      Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within             volumes between Member States is concerned, it is
     subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a           necessary to allot to the Community reserves of all the
     Community tariff quota for 1978 totalling 5 500              supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne- -
     tonnes has been opened by the Council and allocated          sium and unwrought magnesium in alloy and also a
     among the Member States by Regulation (EEC) No               relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­
  2747/ 77 (>);                                                   cated to unwrought fnagnesium not in alloy, the
                                                                  balance of this last volume being divided among the
      whereas the economic data at present available with         Member States in accordance with the percentages
'    regard to the consumption and production of                  originally used,
     unwrought magnesium do not yet permit Community
     requirements of imports from non-member countries
     to be evaluated with sufficient precision ; whereas it
     appears that certain Member States have considerable         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     magnesium requirements which cannot be met by _
     Community production ; whereas the quota"
     concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­                     1   ,        Article 1
     priate amount, approximately 4 300 tonnes ; whereas
     the fixing at this level of this supplementary quota         The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
     does not preclude further adjustments during the             Regulation (EEC) No /             for unwrought magne- /
     quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the one        sium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the
     hand of the present requirements in unwrought                Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from
     magnesium not in alloy with a pure magnesium                 5 500 to 9 800 tonnes.
     content of not less than 99-95 % , and on the other
     hand of the quantities available in the Community            This increase of 4 300 tonnes shall be allocated as .
     and of the possible increase in production by Commu­         follows :                  _                         -
     nity industries based principally on unwrought magne­
     sium not in alloy4 and also the possibility of duty-free "   (a) 500 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
     imports under agreements concluded by the Commu­                 99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium
     nity with certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can            (extra-pure magnesium), intended for the nuclear
     be estimated that short-term requirements for imports            industry and under customs supervision or cquiva-
                                                                    J lent administrative supervision ; .
    of unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the
     proposed increase, reach 500 tonnes of unwrought             (b) 1 000 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
     magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of                not less- than 99-8% but less than 99-95 % by
                                                                      weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­
     (' ) oj No i 318 , 13.12.1977 , p. 7                             sium not in alloy);
 ---pagebreak---  (c) 2 800 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing                                                       (m tonnes)
     less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium                     Bénélux                               191
     (unwrought magnesium in afloy).                                  Denmark                                  0-5
                                                                      Germany                               600
                          Article 2                                   France                                  20
                                                                      Ireland                                  0-5
 The volumes of 500 and 2 800 tonnes referred to in
                                                                      Italy                                    3
 Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure unwrought              United Kingdom                         105
 magnesium intended for the nuclear industry and to
 unwrought magnesium in alloy shall be allocated1 to          2. ' 'The second tranche of 80 tonnes shall constitute
'the Community reserves set up under Articles 2 ( 1 )         the reserve.
 and 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No / ,            , which      The amount of the reserve for this type of unwrought
 shall thus be increased from 600 to 1 100 tonnes and
                                                              magnesium, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation
 from 425 to 3 225 tonnes respectively.                       (EEC) No /           , is thus increased from 130 to 210
                                                              tonnes.        2747 / 77
                          Article 3
                                                                                        Article 4
 1.    A first tranche of the amount referred " to in
 Article 1 (b), of 920 tonnes of unwrought magnesium          This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
 not in alloy, shall be allocated among the Member            day following its publication in the Official Journal
 States as follows :                                          of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety a.nd directly applicable in all Member
               States.      V     .                                                                   ',
               Done at Brussels,
                                        **                                  For the Council
                                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE                                                       Date :        12 mai 1978
1 . Lijjne budgétaire concernée : Chap.,12 art . 120
                                                                                            *
2 . Ba«e juridique î         Article 113                                                    .  .  ,
3 . Intitulé de la xaesure tarifaire r
   . Proposition de règlement portant augmentation du volume du contingent
      tarifaire communautaire ouvert , pour i' année 197$ , par le règlement
     CEE n . . 2747 / 77 - pour le magnésium' brut de là : sous -»-position 77.01 A du TDC .
A. Objectif :                »                                     •'
    Respect des obligations contractées au GATT pour le produit en question .
5 . Mode de calcul :
     - N° du T.D.C.                               77.01 A '
     - Volume du/ ^?f contingent                  4.300 tonnes
     - Droits â appliquer                         0 %.       ..
     - Droits du T.D.C.                           8 % ( droit NOR =3 % )
Oo Perte de recettes :
     Prix à la tonne : non allié : 1.680 UCE                     .
                               allié        ï 1.428 UCE-
                                                                         NOR : 1 , 357.776 UCE
     Valeur des 1.500 tonnes de non allié : 2.520.000 UCE
                                                   '       .             Autres : 1 . 1 62 . 224 UCE
     Valeur des 2.800 tonnes d' allié : 3.998.400 UCE^-NOR : 2'.588.164 UCE
                                             '                        Autres : 1.410.23-6 UCE
      1.357.776 υΟΕ χ       '3                 40.733
                               00
      1.162.224 υΟΕ χ         8                92.977
                            100
     2.588.164 υΟΕ χ           3   =    . '    77.645
                            100
      1.410.236 υΟΕ χ          8   = ' __112^8]_9_
                  \-        100           • 324.174
                                     Arrondi à 325.000 UCE