CELEX: 31973R3579
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3579/73 of the Council of 28 December 1973 on the increase in volume of the supplementary Community tariff quota for ferro-silicon falling within subheading No 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff for 1973

28 . 12. 73                         Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 359 /47
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3579/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 28 December 1973
               on the increase in volume of the supplementary Community tariff quota for ferro-silicon
                   falling within subheading No 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff for 1973
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     the framework of the said increase should be set at
                                                                7%,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 28 thereof;                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                                    Article 1
the Commission ;
                                                               The volume set out in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC)
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 2729/72 (»), the                 No 2729/72 shall be increased to 27 000 metric tons ;
 Council opened and allocated among the Member                 within the framework of this increase the quota
States, for the year 1973 , a duty-free conventional           duty shall be suspended at the level of 7 %>.
Community tariff quota of 20 000 metric tons of
ferro-silicon falling within subheading No 73.02 C
of the Common Customs Tariff;                                                        Article 2
Whereas, in view of current Community production                The share assigned to Benelux under Article 2 of
potential, the said quota volume will not suffice to           Regulation (EEC) No 2729/72 .shall be increased to
cover the import requirements of certain Member                22 500 metric tons .
States     for  ferro-silicon    from   third   countries ;
whereas it is therefore desirable to increase the
volume of the said quota, while however limiting                                     Article 3
the increase to 7 000 metric tons in view of the need
not to jeopardize future expansion of this                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
production sector in the Community; whereas for                its publication in the Oftidal J&urnal of the
the same reasons the quota duty applicable within              European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in .all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                             Ove GULDBERG
(i) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 62.