CELEX: 31977R2864
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2864/77 of 21 December 1977 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1977 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

23 . 12. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 330/ 11
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2864/77
                                                   of 21 December 1977
              increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1977 for unwrought magne­
                 sium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas as far as the distribution of the above quota
COMMUNITIES,                                                     volume between Member States is concerned, it is
                                                                 necessary to allot to the Community reserves all the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne­
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                sium and unwrought magnesium in alloy and also a
thereof,                                                         relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­
                                                                 cated to unwrought magnesium not in alloy, the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               balance of this volume being divided among the
                                                                 Member States in accordance with the percentages
                                                                 originally used,
Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within
subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a
Community tariff quota for 1977 totalling 9 800
tonnes was opened by the Council and allocated
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
among the Member States by Regulations (EEC) No
2930/76 0 and (EEC) No 1 645/77 (2) ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the economic data at present available with
regard to the consumption, production , exports to
non-member countries, imports under the inward                   The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
processing or other preferential tariff arrangements             Regulations (EEC) No 2930/76 and (EEC) No
and to the abnormal stocks existing in one Member                1645/77 for unwrought magnesium falling within
State on 31 December 1976 enable it to be estimated              subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff is
that Community requirements for imports from non­                hereby increased from 9 800 to 1 1 200 tonnes.
member countries could reach , in the course of 1977,
a level of 20 900 tonnes ; whereas in view of the quota          This increase of 1 400 tonnes shall be allocated as
volume already opened by the abovementioned Regu­                follows :
lations, of the uncertainty as to the levels which
Community production and consumption might                       (a) 100 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
reach and of the quantities available within the                     99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium
Community either from stocks accumulated in 1976                     (extra-pure magnesium), intended for the nuclear
or from production in 1977 the increase should be                     industry and under customs supervision or equiva­
limited to 1 400 tonnes ;                                             lent administrative supervision ;
                                                                 (b) 200 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
Whereas, in view, moreover, on the one hand of the                    not less than 99-8 % but less than 99-95 % by
present requirements in unwrought magnesium with a                   weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­
pure content of not less than 99-95 % and on the                     sium not in alloy) ;
other hand of the quantities available in the Commu­             (c) 1 100 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing
nity and also the possibility of duty-free imports                    less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium
under agreements concluded by the Community with                     (unwrought magnesium in alloy).
certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­
mated that short-term requirements for imports of
unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the                                          Article 2
proposed increase, reach 100 tonnes of unwrought
magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of
                                                                 The volumes of 100 tonnes and 1 100 tonnes referred
 pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 200 tonnes
of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 % or more                 to in Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure
by weight and not exceeding 99-95 % of pure magne­               unwrought magnesium intended for the nuclear
sium (unwrought magnesium not in alloy), and 1 100               industry and to unwrought magnesium in alloy shall
 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing less than              be allotted to the Community reserves set up under
99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought                    Articles 2 ( 1 ) and 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 magnesium in alloy) ;                                           2930/76, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1645/77, which shall thus be increased from 1 100 to
(•) OJ No L 334, 3 . 12 . 1976, p. 3 .                            1 200 tonnes and from 3 225 to 4 325 tonnes respec­
(2) OJ No L 184, 23 . 7. 19 77, p. 1 .                           tively.
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                        Article 3                            2.   The second instalment of 20 tonnes shall consti­
                                                             tute the reserve .
1.    A first instament of the amount referred to in
Article 1 (b), of 180 tonnes of unwrought magnesium          The amount of the reserve for unwrought magnesium
not in alloy, shall be allocated among the Member            not in alloy, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation
States as follows :
                                                             (EEC) No 2930/76, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                            tonnes           No 1645/77, shall be increased from 210 to 230
       Benelux                                30-1           tonnes .
       Denmark                                 0-1
       Germany                              1 22-0                                   Article 4
       France                                  6-0
       Ireland                                 0-1           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
       Italy                                   0-6           following its publication in the Official Journal of
       United Kingdom                         21-1           the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 21 December 1977 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                           J. CHABERT