CELEX: 51980PC0449
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Date: 1980-07-24
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1980, FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4% BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 73.02 E I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                     DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA
  OPENED FOR 1980/ FOR FERRO-CHROMIUM CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 4%
  BY WEIGHT OF CARBON AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING               EX 73.02 E I
                      OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
              (presented by the Commission to the Council )
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    'l 0 By its Regulations ( EEC ) No ' 3028 / 79 of 20 Decembe r 1979 ( 1 ) and 1526 /80
    ? 0f 18 June 1980(2 ),the Council opened and allocated among the Member .
           States," in respect of the year 1980 , a duty-free Community tariff                |
    • 'quota for ferro-chromium containing not less than 4% by weight of
           carbon ( end to a limited extent a quantity of carbon of between 3 and
           4% ( hereinafter callest 'high-carbon ferro-chromium ) the volume of             ^
  j        which was fixed at the provisional global level of 240 000 tonnes to •
  | meet the requirements of the first , months, whilst not in any way • r
   i' .= precluding adjustments during the quota period .                                 > 'j
  |        The purpose of opening such a quota is to meet 'Community require-'               ■ •-
  f . ments at a nil rate and follow up the conclusion of an agreement                   . )
  f"       between producers and consumers under which the consumers would                  j
  ?        have their requirements for imports from third countries met by a . |
  ^ duty-free tariff quota* in exchange ;for a guarantee that Community .\f^j
  :        output / which has been reduced in appropriate proportions , will
  I - find a market .                    V';v;i     'V-; . f: ■ . A'k               ' ••• ,j ■.
'          The situation prevailing in the market for this ferrowchromium and ' fj
           the requirements for imports from ,third countries were reviewed ar : |.
   I > that meeting of the Economic Tariff Problems Group held on 13 June V
   (, r1980 , This meeting had been preceded by a talk with the consumers^ v ;
   f;        ,"•?                         .  .  ...      ....
   ;       on;-. 6 _ June 1980 .        emerged from these discussions that - ; ^         j :
           a ) the experience gained in connection with the implementation of the
                  Agreement in 1980 is adequate for a new increase in the volume of
       '          the quota to be contemplated without it being possible , however , to
                  provide very precise information concerning the actual requirements
                  for the imports from third countries .
           b ) the provisional data provided by the Member States for the normal ele
                 ments taken into account in calculating quotas are as follows t
       ( 1 ) O.J. No . L 340 of 31.12.1979 , p. 28 .
       ( 2 ) O.J. No . L 152 of 20 . 6.1980, p.            4.
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           apparent consumption                  579,000 tonnes
-          actual production                     135,000 tonnes
           inward processing traffic             negligible
           imports at zero duty by                        .
           virtue of other preferential
           regimes ( EFTA , Z fmbabwe , Turkey,
           etc .)                                 88,000 tonnes
- *        exports to third countries              1,500 tonnes
c)        on these basis the import needs from third countries until the end
          of 1980 could, taking into account the quota volume already opened,
   .1     amount to an additional 120,000 tonnes .              *
3.       This being so , the Commission feels that it is convenient , having re-
           regard   to the uncertainties as to the level of consumption, Communi­
          ty output and the level of imports necessary from third countries and
          the need to ensure a parallel development of sales of Community out­
          put and supplies to the user industries on favourable conditions , to
         be prudent in fixing the volume of the tariff quota , so as not to en- \
          danger the equilibrium of the market . However the Commission proposes
                                 t
          to augment the volume of the quota opened for 1980 to the Level of the
          established deficit , that is 120,000 tonnes and to review the situa­
          tion again before 31 December 1981 if it is felt necessary .
4.       jpXs Is usual In such cases, the volume of the proposed increase has - > .
          • been divided Into two instalments of. which the first ,. which makes /'
         jup about v80%,, lis allocated among the Member States in proportion
        f/ to their forecast imports from third countries and the second, making'
       | up the balance," constitutes the Community reserve. The constitution
       i of a reserve of thissize irs justified in the present case especially
      j since the quota volume reaches an appreciable level, which is still ^
      | liable to be revised, and sjnce the initial shares assigned to each
      ^ of. the Member States cannot be ascertained as accurately as might
      l;.bei wished .                 '.f
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 ---pagebreak---                                              DRAFT FOR A
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ^ <>/g0
                                                   of ....... 1980
               increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota, opened for 1S80, for ferro­
               chromium, containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon and falling within
                           subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Community reserve, the balance of this volume being
  COMMUNITIES,                                                allocated among the Member States in proportion to
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European       their foreseeable needs for imports from third coun­
                                                              tries,
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
  thereof,                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  After consulting the Commission,                                                     Article 1
  Whereas by Regulations (EEC) No3028v9(') and
  (EEC) Not52d/ 800/he Council opened, for T980 ,            The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
  and allocated among the Member States, a duty-free          Regulations (EEC) No302?79 and (EEC) No 1526 /80
  Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium,                  for ferro-chromium, containing not less than 4 % by
  containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon and        weight of carbon and falling within subheading ex
                                                              73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be
  falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the
  Common Customs Tariff, the volume of which was              raised from p / g 000 '°360 ®00 tonnes.
  fixed at the provisional level of 240 000 tonnes ;                                   Article 2
  whereas the benefit of the-tariff quota in question was
  extended by Regulation (EEC) N<3028'79 up to the            1.     A   first instalment of the additional     volume
  limit of 20 %- of its volume, to imports of ferro­          referred to in Article 1 , i.e. 100000 tonnes, shall be
  chromium containing a quantity of between 3 and             allocated among the Member States as follows : ■ = .
  4 % by weight of carbon ;                                                                             (tonnes)
  Whereas it can be estimated from the economic data                  Bénélux                           7,030
' now available on consumption, production and :                      Denmark                                50
  imports benefiting from other preferential tariff                   Germany                          48,780
  arrangements that Community requirements of                         France                           21,620
  imports from th ird countries could, during the current             Italy                           '18,020
  year, reach a level    higher than the volume of the                United Kingdom
  abovementioned quota ; whereas, in order not to
                                                                                                        4,500
  disturb the equilibrium of the market for this ferro­       2.     The second instalment of20 ()00 tonnes shall
  alloy and to ensure parallel development in sales of        constitute the reserve.
  Community production and satisfactory security of
  supplies to the consuming industries, it is appropriate '   The reserve laid down by Article 2 (2) of Regulation
  to limit any increase in the quota volume to the            (EEC) N(?02§/79, as amended by Regulation (EEC) Ncr.
  volume of the needs foreseeable up to 31 December            1526 /80 , is thus raised from 20,800 to 40,800
   198Q i.e. 120000 tonnes, and to review the position        tonnes.                               ■
   in due course with a view to making a further adjust­
  ment ;                                                                               Article 3  ;
  Whereas, as regards the allocation of this volume           This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
  among the Member States, it is appropriate to assign a      day following its publication in the Official Journal
  relatively A ' part of the additional volume to a            of the European Communities.
            important
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.                        • •
               Done at Brussels,'
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
  (')OjNoL 340 , 31.12.1979 , p . 28
  W Oj No L 152 / 20.6.1980 , p .               4.