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Date: 1974-06-24
Title: DRAFT REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of Community tariff quotas for bullion lead, and unwrought lead other than bullion lead, falling within subheadings Nos 78.01 A I and A II of the Common Customs Tariff.#DRAFT REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for unwrought zinc falling within subheading No 79.01 of the Common Customs Tariff

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                                                          COM(74) 918 final
                                                          Brussels , 24 Jane 1974
                                      DRAFT
                       REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
    on the opening , allocation and administration of Community tariff quotas
   for "bullion lead , and unwrought lead other than "bullion lead , falling
   within subheadings Nos 78 <> 01 A 1 and A II of the Common Customs Tariff.
                                      DRAFT
                       REGULATION (SEC) OF THE COUNCIL
    on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota
    for unwrought zinc falling within subheading Ho 79.01 of the Common
    Customs Tariff
  COM(74) 918 final
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                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    At the negotiations with the countries which had applied for
      accession to the Communities , an overall solution was arrived at
      concerning lead and zinc . That solution , which entails the
      renunciation by Member States of rights enjoyed under Protocol
      No XV on list G , is embodied in Protocols Nos 14 and 15 to the
      Act of Accession .  It may be summarized as follows :
Bullion lead
( a ) the subdivision of this metal in the Common Customs Tariff by the
      creation of a new subheading within heading No 78.01 ;
( b ) the conversion of the present specific duty of 1.32 u.a. /lOO kg
      into an ad valorem duty of
( c ) to cover the period until the entry into force of a total suspension
      of the duty for an indefinite period , a nil duty Community tariff
      quota to be opened , of an amount equal to the total of requests
      received from Member States , together with a reserve , both to be
      subject to the system of prior allocation ;
( d) the new Member States to share in the tariff quota from
      1 January 1974 ?
fe ) the duty to be suspended at a level of 2% from 1 January 1975 ?
(f) from 1973j "the possibility of a total suspension of the duty for
      an indefinite period to be reviewed annually %
Unwrou£ht lead other than bullion lead
( a) the conversion as soon as possible and by 1 January 197^ at the
      latest of the present specific duty of 1.32 u.a. /lOO kg into an
      ad valorem duty of k.5% with a minimum charge of 1.1 u.a. /lOO kg ;
( b ) the new Member States to share in the 55 000 metric ton nil duty
      Community tariff quota from 1 January 197^;
  In point of fact , the Common Customs Tariff provides in respect of
  this subheading for an autonomous duty of k,5% and a conventional
  duty of 1.32 u.a. /lOO kg .
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 ( c ) the reduction from 1 January 1975 of the amount of the quota ,
       which will be abolished by 31 December 1977 ;
 ( d) an examination of the situation , before the quota is abolished ,
       with a view to deciding on a possible reduction of the duty ( with
       a minimum charge of 1.1 u.a.AOO kg), it being understood that ,
       whatever the action taken , protection of the Community smelting
       industry must continue :
Unwrought zinc
( a) the conversion from 1 January 197^+ of the specific duty of
       1.32 u.a. /lOO kg into a duty of k.5% with a minimum charge of
       1.1 u.a. /lOO kg ;
( b ) the new Member States to share from that date in the nil duty
       tariff quota which , fixed at 30 000 metric tons in 1971 1 will be
       reduced each year , except in 197^1 and will be abolished with
       effect from 31 December 1977-
2.     The Commission notes that , although the Community nature of the
       quotas opened was insufficiently marked , the system adopted for
       the years 1971 to 197^ constituted the only means possible of
       progressing from the purely national arrangements towards a
       Community} solution . This is why. the draft Regulations annexed
       hereto , concerning the quotas to be opened for 1975 1 are very
       largely based on those for the preceding years as regards the
       conditions on which the quotas are opened , their allocation and
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       uniform method of administration .
Furthermore , these draft Regulations take account of the opinion
jointly expressed by the experts that the Member States should be at
liberty to restrict the unwrought lead other than bullion lead and the
zinc . to be charged against the quotas to lead and zinc of certain
qualities or lead and zinc to be used for certain purposes .
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                                                      ANNEX A
                                   Draft
                  REGULATION ( EEC )        OF THE COUNCIL
        on the opening , allocation and administration of Community
        tariff quotas for bullion lead , and unwrought lead other
        than bullion lead , falling within subheadings Nos 78.01 A I
        and A II of the Common Customs Tariff
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 draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ;
Whereas Protocol lV*" to the Act of Accession provides that the
Community is to open each year nil duty Community tariff quotas for
bullion lead ( for refining , containing 0.02# or more by weight of
silver) falling within subheading No 78.01 A I until the entry into
force of a total suspension of the customs duty for an indefinite
period and for lead' other than bullion lead falling within subheading
No 78.01 A II , the amount of the quota to correspond , in the case of
bullion lead , to the total amount in respect of which requests have
been received by Member States , plus a Community reserve and , in the
case of unwrought lead other than bullion lead , to decrease annually
from 1 January 1975 by an amount fixed for 197^ at 55 000 metric tons
to zero in 1978 ; whereas the Protocol also provides that the new
Member States are to share in the tariff quotas from 1 January 197^5
 OJ No L 73 , 27 Marc h 1972 , p. 171 .
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                                                       ANNEX A
whereas the duties to be applied by the new Member States in respect
of imports coming within those tariff quotas must be in accordance
with the provisions laid down therefor in the Act of Accession ;
whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened on
1 January 1975 for *fl 000 metric tons of unwrought lead other than
bullion lead and for 350 000 metric tons ( representing the estimated
requirements of the Member States ) of bullion lead ;
Whereas , in view of the fact that interpenetration between the markets
in bullion lead and in unwrought lead other than bullion lead is
slight and that full statistics relating to these two qualities of
lead are lacking , it does not seem possible to base th6 allocation
of the Community tariff quotas in question on earlier data ; whereas
the figure of ^1 000 metric tons fixed for unwrought lead other than
bullion lead takes account of the need to preserve a certain balance
among the various products which could be charged against the tariff
quota for unwrought lead in general , thereby maintaining protection
of the smelting industry ; whereas Member States should therefore
be at liberty to authorize only products satisfying certain
conditions as to quality and intended use to be charged against that
quota of kl 000 metric tons ;
Whetfeas , in order to make greater allowance for changes in import
trends in respect of the products in question , the quota for each
quality of unwrought lead should be divided into two tranches , the
first to be allocated among the Member States , the second to form a
reserve intended to cover any subsequent requirements of Member
States which exhaust their initial shares ; whereas , in order to
ensure a certain degree of security for importers , the initial
tranches should be set at 315 600 metric tons , in the case of bullion
lead , and 38 130 metric tons , in the case of unwrought lead other
than bullion lead , the remainder constituting the reserve ; whereas ,
having regard to estimates taking account of market trends in these
products , the first tranches may be allocated as follows :
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                                                          ANNEX A
                                                               raetric toas
                                   bullicn. lead     unwrought load , other
  Bénélux                              35 000               1k 210
  Denmark                                   50                 386
  Germany                              90 000                8 127
  Freine e                                 500                 226
  Ireland                               '   50                    5
  Italy                                ko 000                8 12?
  United Kingdom                      150 000                7 0^9
  Whereas Member States may exhaust their' initial shares at different
  rates ; whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on this account it
  should be provided that any Member State " which has almost used up
  either of its initial shares should draw an additional share from
  the reserve ;   whereas each time one of its additional shares is almost
  exhausted a Member State should draw a further share , and so on as
  many times as the reserve allows ;     whereas the initial and additional
  shares should be valid until the end of the quota period ;      whereas
-.this form of administration requires close collaboration between the
  Member States arid the Commission , and the Commission must be in a
  position to keep account of the extent to which the quota has been
  used up and to inform the Member States accordingly ;
  Whereas if at a given date in the quota period a considerable quantity
  of one or other of a Member State 's initial shares remains unused it
  is essential , to prevent a part of one or other of the quotas from
  remaining unused in on'e . Member State while it could-_be used in others ,
  that such'' State should' return a significant proportion thereof to the
  reserve ;
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                                                               AF.IRX A
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Grand Daohy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by
the Benelux Eoonomic Union, any transaction in respect of the administration
of the shares allocated to that Eoonomic Union may be carried out by any
one of its members :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
1.   There shall be opened within the Community for the period 1 January
     to 31 December 1975 in respect of the produots and in the amounts
     indicated below. Community tariff quotas as follows :
           CCT                                                  Quota
                             Description of goods
        Fpg.ding Np                                             amount
        78.01 A I       Unwrought lead for refining,          350 000 t
                        containing 0.02% or more by
                        weight of silver (bullion lead)
        78.01 A XI      Unwrought lead other than              41 000 t
                        bullion lead
2.  Where the produots in question are already imported duty-free under
    other preferential tariff arrangements entered into by certain Member
    States , in particular free trade agreements , such imports shall not be
    counted against these tariff quotas ,
3.  The Common Customs Tariff duty shall be totally suspended in        respect of
    importations under the above quotas .
4»  New Member States shall apply, in respect of importations within the
    quotas , duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions
    of the Act of Accession.
                                 Article 2
1.  The first tranches of 315 000 metric tons of bullion lead and 38 130 metric
    tens of unwrought lead other than bullion lead shall be allocated among
    the Member States .   The shares , which subject to Article 5 shall be
    be valid from 1 January to 31 December 1975 * shall be allocated as
    follows :
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                                                             AMIEX A
(a) unwrought lead for refining, containing 0.02$ or more lay weight of
     silver (bullion lead) :
    Bene iux                     35 000 met ne tons
    Denmark                          50 met rie tons
     Germany                     90 000 metrxc tons
    France                          500 met ri c tons
     Ireland                         50 metric tons
     Italy                       40 000 metric tons
    United Kinguom              150 000 metric tons ;
0»)  unwrought le ad, other :
    Bénélux                      14 210 metric tons
    Denmark                         386 metric tons
    Germany                       8 127 metric tons
    France                          226 metric tons
    Ireland                           S metric tons
     Italy                        8 127 metric ton3
    United Kingdom                7 049 metric tons
2.  The second tranches - of 34 400 ( metric tons ) and
    respectively, shall constitute Community reserves .
                                 Article 3
1.  As soon as a Member State has used 90% or more of one of its initial
     shares as fixed in Article 2(1 ), or of" that share minus any portion
    returned to the relevant reserve p-.irsuant to Article 5 > it shall forth­
    with, by notifying the Commission, draw a second shire , to the extent
    that the reserve so permits , equal to 10$ of its initial share rounded
    up as necessary to the next whole number.
2.  As soon as a Member State , after exhausting one of its initial shares ,
    has used 90$ or more of the second share drawn by it , that Member State
    shall forthwith, in the manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1
    draw a third share equal to 5$ of its initial share rounded up as
    necessary to the next whole number.
3.  As soon as a Member State , after exhausting one of its second shares ,
    has used 90$ or more of the third share drawn by it , that Member State
     shall , in the manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1 , draw a
    fourth share equal to the third.
    It shall continue in this fashion until the reserve is exhausted.
4.  By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 , a Member Scats may
     draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs if there are
     grounds for believing that those specified may not be used in full .
    Any Member State applying this paragraph shall inform the Commission
     of its grounds for so doing.
                                 Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
31 December 1975 *                                                       /
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                                                             A'TKPX A
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                                Article 5
A Member State which on 15 October     1975 ha-3 not exhausted, one of its
initial shares shall not later than 31 October 1975 return to the reserve
any unused portion in excess of 20$ of the initial amount .      It may
return a greater portion if there are grounds for "believing that such
portion may not be used in full .
Member States shall , not later than 31 October 1975 ? notify the
Commission of the total quantities of the products in question imported
up to and including 15 October 1975 aiid charged against the Community
quota and of any portion of their initial shares returned to the reserve .
Member States may restrict the unwrought lead other than bullion lead which
may be oharged against their quota shares to lead of certain qualities
or lead to be used for certain purposes .
                                Article 7
The Commission shall keep an aocount of the shares opened by the Member
States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall, &e soon as the information
reaches it , inform each State of the extent to which the reserve has been
used up .
It shall , not later than 15 November 1975 * inform the Member States of
the amount still in reserve following any return of shares pursuant to
Article 5 *
It shall ensure that any drawing which exhausts the reserve is limited
to the balance available and, to this end, shall speoify the amount
thereof to the Member State making the last drawing.
                                Article 8
1,    Every Member State shall take all appropriate measures to ensure
      that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in
      such a way that importations may be charged without interruption
      against its accumulated share of the Community quota.
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 2#    Every Member   State shall ensure that importers of the products
       in question established in its territory have free access to the
       shares allocated to it .
 3.    Every Member State shall administer its share of the bullion lead
       quota aocording to a system of prior allocation,
 4.    The extent to whioh a Member State has used up its share shall be
       determined on the basis of the importations of the product in
       question entered with the customs authorities for home use .
                                 Article 9
 Every Member State shall notify the Commission at regular intervals of
the importations charged against its share .
                                 Article 10
 The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure
 that this Regulation is complied with.
                                 Article 11
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 *
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
 in ail Member States .
 Done at Brussels .
                                                For the Oouncil
                                                The Président
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                               DRAFT
              REGULATION (ESC)           OP THE COUNCIL
on the opening, allocation and administration of a Comnunity tariff
quota for unwrought zinc falling within subheading No 79*01 A of the
Common Customs Tariff
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 draft Regulation submitted "by the Commission;
Whereas Protocol 15^ to the Aot of Accession provided that the Community
is to open each year a nil duty Community tariff quota for zinc falling
within subheading No 79.01 A, the amount of which quota, fixed at
30 000 metric tons for 1971 > is to decrease annually, except in 1974,
and be abolished on 3 t December 1977 ? whereas the quota calculated
on that basis amounts to 15 000 metric tons for 1975 ? whereas the
Protocol also provides that the new Member States are to share in the
                       -, - :
10J No L 73, 27 March 1972, p." 172,
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tariff quota from 1 January 1974 ;         whereas the duties to "be applied
by the new Member States in respect of imports coming within these
tariff quotas must be in accordance with the provisions laid down
therefor in the Act of Accession ;         whereas the Community tariff quota
in question should therefore be opened on 1 January 1975 ?
Whereas , in view of the fact that intsr-penet ration between the markets
in unwrought zinc is slight , it does not seem possible to base the
allocation of the Community tariff quota in question cn earlier data ;
whereas the figure of 15 000 metric tons take3 account of the need
not to exoeed a reasonable amount , thereby protecting Community
rvoductions ;     whereas fcr the purpose of determining tb.3 size of " the
qivyba,   "the estimated requirements of Member States for specifio
qualities of zinc have not been taken into account ;         whereas Member
States should therefore be at liberty to authorize any products
satisfying certain conditions as to quality and intended use to be
charged against that quota ;
Whereas , in order to make greater allowance for changes in import trends
in respect of the products in question, the quota of 15 000 metric tons
should be divided into two tranche s . the first to be allocated among
the Member States , the second to form a reserve intended to cover
any subsequent requirements of Member States which exhaust their initial
shares ;     whereas , in order to ensure a certain degree of security for
importers , the initial tranohe should be set at 13 500 metrio tons , the
remainder constituting the reserve ;        whereas , having regard to
estimates taking account of market trends in these products , the first
tranche may be allocated approximately at the following         percentages :
        Bénélux                    25.33
        Dcnmark                     0,31
        Germany                    42.67
        France                      1 » 33
        Ireland                     0.15
        Italy                      10.67
        United Kingdom             19.54»
Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial shares at different
rates ;     whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on this account it
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     should be provided that any Member State whioh has almost used up its
     initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve }
     whereas each time its additional share is almost exhausted a Member
     State should draw a further share, and so on as many tines as
     the reserve allows ;    whereas the initial and additional shares
     should be valid until the end of the quota period }
     Whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration
     between the Member States and the Commission, and the Commission must
     be in a position to keep account of the extent to which the quota has
     been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly }
     Whereas if at a given date in the quota period a considerable quantity
     of a Member State 's initial share remains unused it is essential , to
     prevent a part of the quota from remaining unused in one Member State
     while it could be used in others, that suoh State should return a
     significant proportion thereof to the reserve }
     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 Economio Union, amy transaction in respect
     of the administration of the shares allocated to that Economic Union
     may be carried out by any one of its' members }
       HAS ADOPTED TETS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
1 » There shall be opened within the Community for the period 1 Januaiy to
     31 December 1975 * in respect of unwrought zinc falling within subheading
    No 79.01A of the Common Customs Tariff, a Community tariff quota of
     15 000 metric tons .             •
 2. Where the product in question is already iaported duty free under other
     preferential tariff arrangements entered into by certain Member States, in
     particular free trade arrangements, such imports shall not be counted
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  3. The Common Customs Tariff duty shall be totally suspended in respect of
      importations under the above quota. . . ,
  4* New Member States shall apply, in respect of importations within the quote ,
      duties' calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act
              /          –•     ^
    . of Accession*
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                              Article 2
  A first tranche of 13 500 metrio tons shall "be allocated among
 the Member States.       The shares, whioh subject to Artiole 5
  shall "be valid from 1 Jfinuarjr to 3 * Deoember 1975> shall be
  as follows :
           Bone lux            3 420 metric tons
           Denmark                42 metric tons
           Germany             5 760 metric tons
         . Franca                180 metric tons
           Ireland                20 metric tons
           Italy               1 440 metno tons
           Uoited Kingdom      2 638 netrio tons .
The second tranche , of 1 500 tons9 shall' constitute the Community
reserve .
                            • Article 3
 As soon as a Member State has used 90$ or more of its initial
 share as fixed in Article 2(1 ), or of that share minus any
 portion returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 5 * it
 shall, forthwith,, by notifying the Commission, draw a second
 share , to the extent that the reserve so permits, equal to
  10io of its initial share, rounded up as neoessaiy to the
 next whole number.
 As soon as a Member State , after exhausting its initial share ,
 has used 90$ or more of the peoond share drawn by it , that
 Member State shall forthwith'     in the manner and to the extent
 provided in paragraph 1 , draw a third share equal to 5$ of its
 initial share , rounded up as necessary to the next whole number.
 As soon as a Member State, after exhausting, its second share,
 has used 90$ or more of the third share drawn by it , that
 Member State shall, in the' manner and to the extent provided
 in paragraph. 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
 It shall continue in this fashion until the reserve is exiiausted*
                                                             ./•
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4*    By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 ? a Member State
      may draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs
      if there are grounds for believing that those specified may
      not "be used in full. Any Member State applying this paragraph
      shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so doing.
                               Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Artiole 3 shall be valid until
31 December 1975 *
A Member State which on 15 October 1975 has not exhausted its
initial: share shall not later than 31 October 1975 return to the
reserve any unused portion in excess of 20$ of the initial account .
It may return a greater portion if there are grounds for believing
that such portion may not be U3ed in full.
Member States shall, not later than 31 October 197£> notify the
Commission of the total quantities of the product in question imported
up to and including 15 October 1975 and oharged against the Community
quota and of any portion of their initial shares returned to the
reserve .
                               Article 6
Member States may restrict the unwrought zinc which may be charged
against their quota shares to zinc of . certain qualities ^or zinp to
be used for certain purposes .       . ,
                               Artiolei 7
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall, as soon as
the information reaohes it , inform each State of the extent to
which the reserve has been used up.
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It shall? not later than 15 November 1975 > inform the Member States
of the amount still in reserve following any return of shares pursuant
to Article 5 »
It shall ensure that when an amount exhausting the reserve is drawn
the amount so drawn does not exceed the balance available, and to
this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the Member State
making the last drawing.
                                Article 8           ' •
1.    Every Member State shall take all appropriate measures to
      ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3
      are opened in such a way that importations may be oharged
      without interruption against its accumulated share of the
      Community quota.      ' '
2.    Every Member State shall ensure that importers of the product
      in question established in its territory have free access to
      the shares allocated to it .
3.    The extent to whioh a Member State has used up its share
      shall be determined on the basis of the importations of the
      product in question entered with the oustoms authorities for
      home use .
                                .Article 9
Every Member State shall notify the Commission at regular intervals
of the importations charged against it 3 share .
The Member ; States and the Commission shall 00– operate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is oomplied with.
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                          Article 11
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This  Regulation shall enter into foroe on 1 January 1975-
This Regulation shall he binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all  Member States .
Done at Erussels ,
                                                For the Council
                                                The Président