CELEX: 31974R2088
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2088/74 of the Council of 2 August 1974 on the opening, allocation and administration of an autonomous Community tariff quota for 1974 for ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff

9. 8 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 218 /3
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2088 / 74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 2 August 1974
              on the opening , allocation and administration of an autonomous Community
              tariff quota for 1974 for ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the
                                                 Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 Benelux                         64-75
COMMUNITIES,                                                                Denmark                          0-75
                                                                            Germany                         15-00
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       France                           0-25
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                            Ireland                          1-25
thereof ;                                                                   Italy                            4-25
                                                                            United Kingdom                 13-75
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
the Commission ;                                                 Whereas, since the quota is an autonomous Commu­
                                                                 nity tariff quota intended to cover additional import
Whereas, as regards ferro-silicon falling within                 needs arising in the Community, the allocation of the
subheading 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff, a               additional share may be made on the basis of the
conventional duty-free Community tariff quota of                 actual needs expressed by each of the Member States ;
20 000 metric tons has been opened by the Council                whereas Denmark, the United Kingdom , Ireland and
for 1974 and allocated among the Member States by                the three Member States comprising the Benelux
Regulation ( EEC) No 3587/73 (') ;                               Economic Union have stated that they require further
                                                                 supplies of 1 050 , 52 250, 100 and 31 050 metric tons
Whereas, bearing in mind present production capacity             respectively ; whereas the needs of Germany and Italy
within the Community and the large increase in ferro­            may be estimated at 10 000 and 2 000 metric tons
silicon required for the manufacture of steel , the              respectively ; whereas in the case of France, according
abovementioned quota will not cover the entire                   to the most recently available economic information
Community import requirements of ferro-silicon from              and statistics, its share of the initial quota opened by
third countries ; whereas it is therefore desirable that         the abovementioned Regulation has not been suf­
an autonomous Community tariff quota limited to                  ficiently used up to justify its participation at present
26 500 metric tons be opened ; whereas , so as not to            in the proposed supplementary tariff quota ;
prejudice Community development prospects in the
production area concerned , the quota duty applicable            Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the
should be fixed at 7 % ;                                         Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
                                                                 Luxembourg. are united within and jointly represented
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota                 by the Benelux Economic Union , any measure
should be ensured for all Community importers and                concerning the administration of the shares allocated
the rate of duty for the tariff quota should be applied          to that Economic Union may be carried out by one of
consistently to all imports until the quota is                   its members ,
exhausted ; whereas, in the light of these principles,
arrangements for the utilization of the tariff quota
based on an allocation among Member States would
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
seem to be consistent with the Community nature of
the quota ; whereas . to correspond as closely as
possible to the actual trend of the market in the
                                                                                          Article 1
product in question , allocation of the quota should be
in proportion to the requirements of the Member
States as calculated by reference to statistics of imports        1.   From the date of entry into force of this Regula­
from third countries during a representative reference           tion until 31 December 1974 a tariff quota of 26 500
period and to the economic outlook for the quota                 metric tons shall be opened in the Community in
period in question ;                                             respect of ferro-silicon falling within subheading
                                                                 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff .
Whereas , on the basis of statistics available at the time
and allowing for the foreseeable development of the              2.    Within this quota , the Community Customs
ferro-silicon market during 1974, the tariff quota of            Tariff duty shall be suspended at 7 % .
20 000 metric tons opened by Regulation ( EEC) No
3587/73 was allocated in the following percentages :             3.    Within this quota , new Member States shall
                                                                 apply quota duties calculated in accordance with the
(') OJ No L 365 , 31 . 12 . 1973 , p. 29 .                       relevant provisions of the Act of Accession .
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                       Article 2                              the product is entered with the customs authorities for
                                                              home use .
The Community tariff quota set out in Article 1 shall
be allocated as follows among certain Member States :                                Article 4
        Benelux                 8 000 metric tons
        Denmark                   222 metric tons
                                                              Each Member State shall notify the Commission at
                                                              regular intervals of the importations charged against
       Germany                  5 500 metric tons
                                                              its share .
        Ireland                    22 metric  tons
        Italy                   1 756 metric tons
                                                                                     Article 5
        United Kingdom        1 1 000 metric  tons .
                                                             The Member States and the Commission shall co­
                       Article 3                              operate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                              complied with .
1.    Each Member State shall ensure that importers
of the products in question established in its territory                             Article 6
have free access to the share allocated to it .
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
2.    Each Member State shall charge importations of          day following its publication in the. Official Journal
the product in question against its share as and when         of the European Community.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 August 1974.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                          B. DESTREMAU