CELEX: 51990PC0501
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1990 FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING MORE THAN 6 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                             COM(90) 501 final
                                             Brussels, 25 October 1990
                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           Increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened
              for 1990 for ferro-chromlum containing more than 6 %
                               by weight of carbon
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                           (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3693/89 of 4 December 1989 (1) and
      1928/90 of 29 June 1990 (2) opened for the year 1990 a duty-free
      Community tariff quota for ferro-chromlum containing more than 6 % by
      weight of carbon.
      The volume of the tariff quota was fixed provisional I y at 400 000
      tonnes.
2.    The possibility of further increasing the quota volume was examined
      at a meeting with producers and users on 5 September 1990, and on 21
      September 1990 in the "Economic Tariff" Group.   These discussions
      revealed that :
      a)  subject to subsequent revision, consumption of ferro-chromlum in
          1990 should be slightly higher than in 1989;
      b)  Community production, which had earlier been reduced by agreement
          between producers and users, should increase again this year by
          about 45 000 tonnes as a consequence of the opening of a new
          plant in Italy, and will therefore nullify the above-mentioned
          agreement ;
      c)  the tariff quota of 400 tonnes already opened will not be enough
          to cover needs until the end of the current year for Imports from
          non-preferential third countries.
(1) OJ No L 362, Of 12.12.1989, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 174, of 7.7.1990,   p. 4.
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3.    The Commission proposes that the relevant tariff quota should be
      increased by 125 000 tonnes, which takes account of actual use in
      1989 (about 536 500 tonnes) and the above-mentioned factors relating
      to consumption and production.
Such is the purpose of this proposal.
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 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposa! for
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     Increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1990
             for ferro-chromlum containing more than 6 % by weight
                                   of carbon
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3693/89 (1) and (EEC) No 1928/90 (2)
opened for the year 1990 a zero-duty Community tariff quota for ferro-
chromlum containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon; whereas the quota
volume was fixed provisionally at 400 000 tonnes;
Whereas It can be estimated from the economic data now available on
cc.îeumption, production and Imports under other preferential tariff
arrangements that Immediate Community requirements for Imports of this
product from non-member countries could during the current year reach
I eve is higher than the volume laid down by the above-mentioned Regulations;
whereas, in order not to disturb the equilibrium of the market for this
product and to ensure both an outlet for Community production and
sufficiently secure supplies for user Industries, the quota volume should
be Increased by a quantity corresponding to the needs of user Industries
until the end of the year, I.e. by 125.000 tonnes;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
       The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulations (EEC)
       No 3693/89 and (EEC) No 1928/90 for ferro-chromlum containing more
       than 6 X by weight of carbon shall be increased from 400 000 tonnes
       to 525 000 tonnes.
                                   Article 2
       This Regulation shall enter Into force on the seventh day following
       Its publication In the Official Journal of the European Communities
       This Regulation shall be binding In Its entirety and directly
       applicable In all Member States.
       Done at                                   For the Counc
                                                 The president
(1) OJ No L 362, 12.12.1989, p. 6
(2) 0J No L 174, 7.7.1990, p. 4
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 ---pagebreak---   FICHE FINANCIERE
  1.    Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120
  2.    Base juridique : art. 28 du traité
  3.    Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement
        du Conseil portant augmentation du volume du contingent
        tarifaire communautaire ouvert pour certaines qualités de
        ferrochrome.
  4.    Objectif : Assurer un approvisionnement satisfaisant des
        industries utilisatrices communautaires.
  5.    Mode de calcul :
        Code NC : 7202 41 90
        Volume de l'augmentation : 125 000 tonnes
        Droits à appliquer : 0 %
        Droit applicable : 8 %
  6.    Perte de recettes :
        Valeur d'une tonne : 1 158 écus
        Valeur des 125.000 tonnes : 144.750.000 écus
        Perte de r e c e t t e s : 11.580.000 écus
        Par rapport au contingent ouvert en 1989 :
        Contingent               1ère            2ème           Total
          Initial            augmentation    augmentation
1989  26 400 000 écus      13 200 000 écus   6 160 000 écus 45 760 000 écus
1990  27 792 000 écus        9 264 000 écus 11 580 000 écus 48 636 000 écus
  Augmentation des pertes de 2 876 000 écus.
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 ---pagebreak---          FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
La présente proposition vise l'augmentation d'un contingent
tarifaire communautaire autonome destiné à couvrir, à des
conditions favorables, les besoins des industries utilisatrices.
Elle aura pour effet de permettre à ces industries de
concurrencer celles des pays tiers sur les marchés de la
Communauté et des pays tiers et de maintenir ou même d'améliorer
l'emploi dans la Communauté.
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