CELEX: 51979PC0715
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Date: 1979-12-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) FIXING FOR 1980 COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE EXPORT QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF COPPER ASH AND RESIDUES AND FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF COPPER, ALUMINIUM AND LEAD WASTE AND SCRAP (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(79 ) 715 final
                                             Brussels , 6th December 1979
                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       FIXING FOR 1980 COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE EXPORT QUOTAS      FOR
       CERTAIN TYPES    OF COPPER ASH AND RESIDUES AND FOR CERTAIN
          TYPES OF COPPER - ALUMINIUM AND LEAD WASTE AND SCRAP
             ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.     For a number of years the Community has maintained quantitative export
quotas for the following categories of product :
       ex 26.03      Ash and residues of copper and copper aLloys
       ex 74.01      Waste and scrap of copper and copper alloys
       ex 76.01 B    Aluminium waste and scrap
          78.01 B    Lead waste and scrap .
The quotas have been established , and maintained in the interests of ensuring the
stability of Community supplies of copper A        aluminium and lead .
II .    The advisory Committee set up by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2603 / 69
                                              1
( establishing common rules for exports )       was convened to consider whether /
in the light of the economic situation of these products on the Community market
and the provisions of Regulation No . 2603 / 69 , the export quota arrangements should
be' renewed for 1980 .
      It was agreed at these consultations thatjthe following arrangements should
be established for 1980 :                          ~           •'
(a)   £ogger_ash :   renewal of the 1979 quota of 21,000 tonnes .
( b)  Waste_of_co£ger_a'nd_cog|oer_a llo^s :
      Following a tariff reclassification , some waste previously defined as being
      of nickel are now classed as copper waste .         It was therefore agreed to
                                  *    ♦  ■ -                      -                   » .
      increase the quota volume to take account of this change .         The - increase is
      based on 1979 exports of the nickel waste in question .        This adjustment I
      raises the copper waste > quota from 27,000 tonnes to 28,400 tonnes .
( c)  Aluminium waste :
      A number of delegations wanted an increase TV this quota .        However , in view
      of the fact that this quota had already been increased in 1979 , and that the
      available figures suggested that the 1979 quota would not be fully utilised ,
       it was agreed in the end that the 1980 quota should stand at the 1979               ' -
       level of 5,600 tonnes .
  0J No . L.324 of 27.12.69
 ---pagebreak---         Another factor taken into consideration was that pressure is currently
        being exerted on the US authorities by interested parties to restrict
        exports , the US being a major supplier of aluminium waste to the Community
        market .
  ( d ) Lead_waste :   renewal of the 1979 quota of 2 250 tonnes .
  III .    Following the consultations , Commission staff pointed out that while
  they could agree , in view of the state of the market and 1979 exports under
  quota , to a renewal of the quotas for 1980 , they would be proposing , in the
  course of that year , that there should be a thorough and comprehensive re­
  appraisal of the market situation for these products . The provisions of Reg­
  ulation No . 2603 / 69 , designed to deal with cyclical problems , authorise the
  establishment or adjustment of export quotas where there is . a " critical
  situation due to a shortage of essential products", and should not be used -
. as the foundation for a . settled policy .
         With regard to the administration of the 1980 quotas ( which will be
  dealt with in a later Commission regulation ), Commission officials made
  proposals for a number of changes designed to allow exporters improved ,
  equal and continuous access to Community quotas until they are fully utilised .
  It will be compulsory after a given date to return all non-utilised portions
  of Member States' quota shares to the Community reserve , and it will be
  easier to draw on the reserve .
  IV .    Accordingly , it is proposed that the Council adopt the attached
  regulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( F.EC)
               fixing (or / 9W Community quantitative export quotas for certain types of
               copper ash and residues and for certain types of copper, aluminium and lead
                                              "  *       waste , and scrap                 *      . '             ,
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                        •                 whereas the provisions relating to the control of trade
COMMUNITIES.                                         , -             within the Community laid down in Commission
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 223 /77 ( 5 ) apply Only if
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the measures introducing export res­
Economic Community,                         •                        trictions provide_.fon. their applica- :
                                                                     tion ,                                             -
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
260V69 of 20 December 1969 establishing common
rules for exports ( ' ), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
1023/ 70 of 2 \ May 1970 establishing a common proce­
dure for administering quantitative quotas ('), and in               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) - No
1 07S / 7 ! ot 25 May 1971 establishing common rules,                                             Article /
for exports and opening a Community quantitative
export quota for certain types of ash and waste of non­
ferrous metais 'topper, lead and aluminium) (3), and in              Community quantitative export quotas are e$ta~
particular Article 4 thereof,                                        blished as follows for 1980 : ,
                                                                                                                              I 1     1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                         cor                                                [ Q'i:«riliiv
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Whereas, in order to avoid supply " difficulties for                                                                          !
certain types of copper ash and residues as well as for .            ex 26.03           Ash and residues of copper and j
certain tvpes of copper, aluminium and lead waste and                                   copper allbys .                           21000     ■
scrap . Community quantitative export quotas were                    ex 74.01           Waste and . scrap of. copper and
fixeii by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3038/ 78                                         copper alloys -                           28 400
whereas' these quotas remain, in force until 3U                          76.01 B      I Aluminium waste and scrap             I      5 600
December 1979 ;
                                                                         78.01 B j      Lead waste and scrap                         2 250
Whereas after consulting the Committee set up by .
Regulation \ I' EC) No 2603 /69 it was considered neces­
sary to maintain these quotas in force "for . 1980 ; -
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas the . criterion for their allocation should                                      •   ' -   -              i '
be determined .
                                                                     The quotas fixed in Article 1 shnll be                     allocated
    DI No L .* 24. r. I 2. A "*69, p . 2.1 .
(■: (>• V; L 124, 8 . 6. 1 •# ?(). p. 1 .                            according to the estimate of requirements.
{•: O " N. . L ; 16. 2H. 5 . 1971 . p. '5 .
                 361 , 23.12.1978 , p.                               (>) OJ No L .58/ 9. 2. 19-77. p. 20.
 ---pagebreak---                               : Artide 3       -                               . . ,   '   Artide 4
  Exports outside the Community of products listed in •         ^ Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 shall apply to movement
  Article I obtained under inward processing arrange-              within the Community of. the products listed in
  merits. within the meaning of Council Directive                  Article 1 .
  6 t) / ? V lil-'C of 4 March 1V69 on the harmonization of
  provisions l.iid down by law, regulation or ndministra -                                Article 5
 live .Kimn III respect of .nward processing (') shall be • Thc Council shall decide in good time and in any
 char.-ed a,;,mst the quota share of the exporting               - case before 31 DeCcmber MO.on the measures to be
  Member Mate. However derogations may be made in                  taUcn after expjfy of thc vaIjdjfy of *this Rcj?uIatjon as
 spewtu eases following an opmion from the Quota c rcgafds |hp cxpoft of thc products ljstcd jn Artjclc
 Ail:iimi.ii._ition Committee set up by Regulation                                 ' -
 ( I IA .)N P 102 5/ 70 .                                                                 Artide 6
  Temporary exports for working , pro- '                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
  cessing or repair in a third country ,                           following its publication . in the Ojfitial Journal of_
  within the meaning of Council Direct -                           the European Communities.
  ive 76/ 119 / EEC of 18 December 1975                            It shall apply until 31 December 1980 .
  on the harmonization of provisions                          '
  Laid down by Law , regulation or admin­
  istrative action in respect of out­
  ward processing ( 2 >/ of. products                       *                                   ""~ r'
  which are to be reimported for home
  use within the customs territory of
  the Community shall be charged •                    -                                                             .
  against the quota share of the /
  exporting Member State .                      '
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
  all Member States .                                                 '  t       '
  Done at Brussels ,                              ''                                       For the Council
                            ■           .  .                                                The President
[ ) O ! No L 58 , 8 . 3 . 196V, p. 1 . . ■
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 24 , 30 . "1.1976 , p. 58