CELEX: 51977PC0329
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-silicon falling within subheading No 73.02C of the Common Customs Tariff#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-silico-manganese falling within subheading No 73.02D of the Common Customs Tariff#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium containing not more than 0.10% by weight, of carbon and more than 30% but not exceeding 90% inclusive by weight of chromium (super-refined ferro-chromium) falling within subheading No ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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          ^ tariff quota for ferro-silicon falling within subheading                                                                       subheading No   No                         ■
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                    on the opening ^ allocation and administration of a Community
                     tariff quota for ferro-silico-manganese falling within .                                                                                   , /
     vsubheading No 73.02D of the Common Customs Tariff                                                                                                             •
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                                                                                  •• Proposal for a                                         ••
                                                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   v               on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community
                   tariff quota for ferro-chromium containing not more than 0.10%
                   by weight ,of carbon and more than 30% but not exceeding 90%
                 . inclusive by weight of chromium ( super-refined ferro -chromium)
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               ■ falling within subheading No ex 73.02 E J of the Common Customs
              / Tariff./:,,;                                                                        . J, , i                            V/:,.             V
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                                                                 ( submitted to the Council by . the Commission )
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            At «» iha                 ms*a*m* mpMIOm, vltt «W «• Oc^unity <«*«*«*
            to open mdir Ml teor                                      nl » «*" «aotaa for th» foUonin*
            tfare® fexTd-ail^'S s
            73.-02 0                                     Ferro-flllluon                          20 000 mertrio tons
            73 . 02 -S                               ,, Jferr^illooHwmganesa '                   50 000 metric tons
         #*«c73«Û2 '&•#                                  StmarHrefinod forro-ohromiura 3 009 matrio tons
      2.       tthe ComiDRion proposals for ih& '-throo forro-alloys are T»s*4 Xarogxy
               on thoao toy -fe'ho mamo produota /for 'proooding yoas's In the sans® thaw L<.&
             . chores &ro aIXcoated in aooordahba with "tho rules regularly followed
                (calculated "by r&feroneo to priw rfc^ifffeioa and fereoaaio for. "UT8
               proposed rales of edasiadBtx'a'Siiott^ift'oJP eqawtwha-i i>oca ifchoo® at pxoaent i0
               foroo in tlia-fe ia onattre the' wdforrn apr^Zlpailon of 'A® Coramon Oae-fc'omo
                            !U lis prcp&eod ihttt amtsmrv^ 1»                           tip £o* "batik fwro««iXiooa nod
               tsupotHPofined fws'o-ohraml'oni*                                                             .
        3 ' • Th& attached proposal® for ragulationa ' ' *«£•*                                     to-      opening»    • ,
               • Allocation, 'and susthod ot administration* ffvs? thfc y«ar 1278 d ot th®
               following 'Contomnlfcy tariff •tfuotae i'                                                             '
                                                                                                          Réserva           Volume
                          Beaorlotion &f proûmiB I *■ Quota                               Quota                             0'. th*
                                             ' 4                        I  vôluro®        dttty •         voluaa
                                                                                                                            first
                                                                                                                            ■tranew
innex A              f@xTro~silloon                                       20^000 ro«w»J      0 ?&        ?:.-0r'0 m.t#       18,00-) ra
omex B              1 0rrsh»éil io«»«Mimg&n.e©»                           $0»QQ0 a.t01 \     o'jfe       k, 000 nu-t *      45.000 »..
'jmax 0              àupaxHrôfij*e& ramte» ;•
                     0hroM,w<®                                            '3*000 «n t <      0*             300 nio » •       2 S 70J m
                 ^ίββΜβΜ^ϊϊβίβ^ίίΙϊ&κβήβϊΒβΒΒίΑδάΒί*»·*# ΜΜΒΒΗΜΙΙίΙίΐίΜ
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         4 . In order to facilitate the verification for which the Commission is
               responsible under the Treaties/ moreover , it has been stipulated in
               Article 10 of each of the proposals that Member States must forward
               to the Commission within a specific period the provisions they have
               adopted with a view to the application of the tariff measures .
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                • r.. %m                        «il»w>lioa-ftso4 ffldsríitóaira^í ta <ot a QoBemsáXf
                     j.:li£ \^v%& ■£ .:,::                                    falling vitals*
               .«■$ ?                 ef trá; Cctíwor* Cu& tases                      ( 19?3 )
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                     .y r-- .- .:' >A » fw 'Vv^- ",ivm ft"Ll:..:rfi: KKtrin                             8o T$.<02 0
 cf tiie Cc- ^H'-o Cti»t«»K« tariff , tha E^rop^iro tiorvs^is CofWJMty has urvJertaken
 fto own aw wwl ft *5 1 dtuty tariff cjuota of ?0 000 ssetri# twa ; whereas the
 tififf qt.'ota ecr»<Msr;'»«Hl 'WK>v f.<l therefor* be opened on 1 January 19 / 8 &n4 ,«
 allocated aranog t«e                                States ;
"Mmroas wTO'ipTer.^!} f.-\ lb® uti.lisKi.tioa!. vl ihs Cnwsunity tariff quota.
Ixxfod ca &a &L2o.v.: • L-ja erw*r^ Kewheff Sfiatos ir&Ald setw* to be eoMi^iont witi*
the CociHrtJuJ.. v-; ■                     «£ i.l t-n                  *fceire»& f to correspond
oo olonwsi/ k^2 p»#» •*»>,>«? ',;: i tSva actual trand p* .tfee martat In the, pro&uot
In qt,^«i,.i                       -30# * im j...|' tii© nj.fctfw* a&culd 'be , ta prcjS'artloa to tl»s
roq,w,,i;"'.a»t??T*^ -t*.r> tba V K.'hair                            &g e<;JUmXato& " h'S"                to etatifftisw*
ftf                    i ". *»; "Ibis-i ??rr'„;'.;tslé8
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           Whereas , during the last three years for whioh statistics are available ,
           the corresponding imports into eaoh of the Member States represented the
                    m
           following percentages of their total imports of the product in questions *
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                                  «V t                                                                                    : . 15.14 ■* ' 17 «47                                17-86
     ' Döamaxk                                                             S .                       «ft:                                           N 0.54
                                                       , • . i' '          Ai ("         <* A • •                                   0.36                                        0,59
       . Germany                                                                                                                 56.31                - 53.03                 53.74
         Franco .                                                                      •                                                                                        1.58
                                                                                                                                    0.52              • 1.22
      . Irelotu                             ' » .                                                                                                                               0.22
                                                                                                                               . 0.24                     0.25
  '. Ital3r ,                                 .< ■                                                                           • 13.97                  . 13.62                 14,05
  t Unitod Kinfldoo                                                                                       •'                     13.46                   13.67                 11,96 ;
            ereaa, in view of these footore and of maaWfc foreoasts for ferro-silioon
        for 1976,i the percentage share® in the quots volume oan be expressed .•• '■
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,• ereasr to take aooount of future import trends for the produota oonoemed,
             c^uota should be divided into two tranches, the first being allocated'
    ««1 the seoond held as a reserve to oover subsequently the requirements oit
           nbei» States vhioh have 'esdiausted their initial sharef whereasf to give ;
I importers soae degree WoerUiM^ the firjrtf trazioheofthe tariff quota should                                 • « '' •«           ' •  • •            •         .                    '•   1   '
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    ^ v4>V ; AiarwpSgiw* t?f t-tv^pli aa art thi* ' account it eiiculd "bo provided if^it a^
                     St-to whic-'b &*m almost laeed «p ito initial sharo should draw an
■               j.-.nsi&l feikar© ffrcea iha jro®srv®| wLoreaa eaoh tin© ita ed&ition&l shaw­
    ls                   si&aaet&d & iSsasiber Stato ehOttM.drasr ft farther share , e»& 00 so •
   m                             && tJso **33i?rw alloraj ^i^raaa 'iha initial o»d odfli'Siofiftl
    uijarae ciizxOA "bo V&X3JL until tha i>ni. of t:;@ qusta pario&j where ea this .
   tox*u               A&iibis^Micni jnkf^©? oloao oollcrixaatioa "batwaoa tho ^ra'&or
                as w.il the CcwjElBBiow, end th# Ctxw&ssion Bturt b® in ft position "to
   k"5G*5 fcnecwnt of ih«i exssmt to vhloh tb» qtiioiaa haw T>««m usad vp a**! ^
   it&yk'it f-h* iysikr States e^oardirigtyj
                      if sH a                                      tha quota perl©# a om^'Jiorabia ' *£A nvsli'jr of ,
   a                    3l;at© J « initial ,ehoro jrosn&itta trnuaed it i» esaa&tlal that such State
   shovW rtturn a sii^-ificafst proportion thereof to the reserve , in order to. •
  'pr®ve"'t a part of a quota from remaining unused in one Member State while
    it coo id be used in others ;.                                                   ■                        ^                 •
   Wha*ef*a f siuoo the                                    of UiiXgluia, ilia Kiiigsiay of tiia Hethai'Aandft awd
   tho 'Cfcfimi Zhiohp of T&'i&Siixnrg aw unitoft ritMa ajral jointly r®pr«»«f -                                                            togr
   *h« 'Scnolux B&moKio 1Mmf any.nwasure ctwieemlnoi th« administratis
   of the ahaxtw 'ill;"-                             <?o              3®&csnooio' Union ®Kjf h*s ©£OTi®rI o*at !r/ one t. "
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                                                                       Article 1
                                                   '·    "                                 . \.. ·      · ' ' *                       '   . .·
    For * t§v: pe^fad 1 January to 31 December 197s ® Co^unity tariff Qt.K>t a of
   20 6i*v- rntris tons *fial.t h* opened within the Community in respect of                                                                 _
    f f (■" fy s 1 1, li ~.                     witHIn                                 No /3»0?C of the Co®»on Cust^ws
   T.ari'ff . -                  •    ., «.-"•'•♦r         .v-;.".''.,1' •' ' - •":• ■>' •                      • ' < ••       "; ;• ' .        .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                    ANîïEX A -
                                                                                         ■ 'Ι' · 'ψ1
    . Iaporfcs of tiiQ produoi in qoeeUon may not bocharged against this tariff
         quota if they are already free of oustoma duties tm&er other preferential
         tariff treatment •                       '                              1              '           •
         Within this quota. Common Customs Tariff duty shall be totally suspended .
                                                                                                               1 1.
                                                                                                                 1   •
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                                                 Artioli 2                                                  • ■ «.        '■
                             '    ' .                            * '       '. *       ·
. The Community tortff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be mvided' "
 . . into twp tranohes.' •.
•         first tranche of 18 000 metrio tons shall "be allooatod amori; the ,
       Momber States} the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be *alid until
      31 December 1978 ,r shall 'be as followoi
      Bonelux
                                          3.600             motrio tons .  ,
   , Denmark       ■
                                              90            motrio tons.            •   \
      Gorraany                            9.540             metrio tons                                  ■»
                                                                                                     . • u
                               ,t  ,                    " '                  •
      Pronoe
                                             234       ' motrio tons.
      Ireland
                                              54            metrio tons
      Italy                                                                                    /
                                          2.520            .metrio tons' •
     United Kinaim                   *•
                                          1.V62
                                                    «•   *
                                                           metrid tons                       /•
     «Μ
     Ππ.       . Μ   .                  ,               ' '            >       ·               1 .           . ·       « *
           seo       traaoho. of 2 000 motrio ions shall constitute a reserve . * '
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                                                                       5 -                             • XSWJL^k
                                                                Art loi ai 3
    1 , M soon aa a &mb&v Sta*# fcaa tsaed 90# off mo?e of' ita inttirJ. share 6»
              Slxed la                 2^2 } ? off of "that share ii.Hua a»y portion TOturao^ "^o
         • wtnerwa pur«uaci ts Artiole 5, it ehall fortieth, "by notifying tb»
             ^aacdasioEig, draw a voeani sharet to the extent that fee roaorve so
             5mTOit®»                   10^ ®f **>* initial share rowK!ied up as necessary to * Ne
             rnrrt win?!.® oiBfoer .                         ....
   «♦ ^                   &a & Umhø? State« aftør MkKøtlofi its initial øhare, ha#
      .■            <sw* BO£3<$ of *fch© ^ooos'i         ,   e
                                                                (iJtB&su "by £*fe * *fc.te*fc Kbuib®?          ©LtelX   ■
             t -.yxihirilfhf in the nasmar aa& to tha extent jnwMe«i**in paragraph. 1 -,
           form a tMM chare e nml                             of its ittS.ti.al ©foar'o rounded up" as " necessary
          40 the nest whole nust»-«r .              ■ "*
   %« Am goon^ as a Itaabev 6fc<aie# , aftar utouitins its seo&bd showj Js^a tt&ed. $09^
'•                c>.>ra           tfci-^'4 laLcu® ^yam tjf it f th&^ Jfeaoas." Ctai# sh&JL.j xxi the naiaawp
           £mi to tJke cutout pro«?jAe& la paragraph 1 , &ra»f a                                        i&fire wyml to the
           tidrdt         ■ •                                 '                        '                  ''
           *                                ...                                                                 «9        .
       -. It whalX oontimo in tbdg fashion until tho rasai-vo ia exhausted®
                  1
  4* py vagr of derogation fraai paragraph® 1 to 3, a limber State nay draw owaree
          low? thaa those e^uotfiod in thoao paraerapha' if tfcoro am growni1« £g~ .
          >alia"«lng t<m$ thoee..«pedified -®ay not Tto waei ia full* ' As^r                                          _
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                                  '■ "      ArtlöV                '        '' •••:
    Mditi«ml teharea dJrawn pursuant te Artide 3 shall be valid until                            '
    31 Deoemtor 197 8 »                              '
                                                 I                  '                             ' '
                                    •
                                            Artlo^o ^
                                                   .           *•
  Member States shall ; not later than 1 ..October 1978/ return to the. reserve ,
  the unused portion of their Initial share which ; on 15 September 1978 / .
   is ( in excess of 20% of the initial volume . . Tjiey may return                                ' >■
  a groator portion if thnra are grounitf for tolioving that i t
  may not to used in full#
                                                                                                        '   *
'Momtor Statoo shall,1 not later than 1 October 197& , notify t;hd Commission
  of the total quantities of the prcducJt in (juefaiion imported up to and                                "
 including 15 September 1978 and ohargod against tlie Community quota and. ■ '
 of any portion of these Initial e'l&roa returned to the reseiife#'
 Ihe Caramission eKall keep tuj aoodunt of the shores opened by tho Mentor
 States pursuant to Artloloc 2 and 3 and shall, as soon- as the information
 roaoheeriti inform oaoh State of the extent to whioh the reserve hsrs toen ■
uoed up#          '     ' •           ...     •                          •             -i
                        '                                                        *   '    •           '
It Bhall, not later than 5 Oototor 1978 , inform the Member S+/vtes of the
amount still in reserve following any soturn of shares pursue* v< to
Artiol* 5#
             •                  .                                                               *
  t shall ensure that ,when an amount exhausting the reserve ie drawn the |
amount do drawn does not oxoeod tho balance available, awl .to this end
shall notify the amount of th&t balonoe to the Member State Diking the .
laat drawing# ' •
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                                                                        Arti eia 7
        1- The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that additional
              ohayos drawn pureo&nt "to Article . 3 are opened In each a way that
  ι ,
              inportations saay t» charged without intarnipti Oaa against their accumulated                                          ·
             shares of the Community quota .
                                                                              *                                            • •         v
        2. The Member States sfcall enourt that ioportara of tha product in quacrfcim
              ostabHahed in their territory have free access to the shares allocated
             to the*.                                    '           '                                           ;•              • . •
   I­
             Thi& ©xtsnt to vhioh the Member States have used up their shares shall be
  S ' detarmlaed on tha "bagJ.0 of the importatioooa of tha produota in quaatioa .
             eat®r<sd with tho ouatcBW* authorities for h«ae feiie.                                                            -
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             At . the request of the Commission/ the Member State# shall inform it of­
                 • 4                               n
             » lBporfcationa charged against their shares .                                               s                              .
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                                                   (;               |ftrtlcle 9                                                ,
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         J ' Th@ Member States And tho OocuQiaoion Shall oooparata                               '    1 •
                                                                                                            oloaaly to» anoura
             that this Escalation 1B complied with.
                    •*                                              Article 10 . '
             The Member States shall forward to the Commission within 45 days of the
             publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European
             Communities , the provisions they have adopted with a view to its
             application .
                                                                      Article 11
             Thla Regulation shall enter Into frfroa on 1 January 1978*
             Thia Regulation eEalS                         binding In ita entirety and directly applicable
             In all Jfenfcar 8taiaa « '
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                           :                                                         ' 1 1 ' '"
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                                                   Proposal          for a
               ϊ,
                                              .       s   » S. ; *             •
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            ' ,         on the opening, allooation and administration of a Community .
 .                    ' tariff quota for ferrtHsilioo-manganese falling within •
                        subheading No 73.02D of the Oonunon Ouetcme Tariff ( 1978)
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     •                                                                           I
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 •; THE 00DK0IL GP TO! EX7RGPEAN" OaMJOTTIES ,                                             . -
        •                                                          t                                     »
            Having regard to the .Treaty establishing the European Booncaaio Ooonrunity,
                                                                      .    . .                      •
            and in particular Artiolo 113 thereof,
            Having regard to the proposal from the Oommieoipn, .
           Wheresto , as rogoaxls forro-oilioo-tnanganeDo falling within subheading
; Ito 73«02D of the Common Customs Tariff, the European Economic Community
         has undertaken to opfert an annual nil duty tariff quota of 50 000 metric tons; •
         whereas the tariff quota concerned should therefore be opened on 1 January 1978
         and allocated among the Member States ;. >
   . r"                                         "       ' "        " '             .                        I
          whoreaa equal and continuous oooesn to the quota should be ensured for
          all Community importore and tho rate of duty for the tariff quota should
          be applied consistently to all imports until .                                                 ,
   .         ..                       . ' .         ■      ■          .                       •       »»"•
       ■ the quota is exhausted } whereas in the light of these principles .                             »
                                                                                                          , .
■ arrangements for the utilization of the Community tariff quota based on an
             1 I
          allocation
             0
                             among Member States would soem to bo oonsiBtont with, the
          Community nature of tho quota; whereas , in order to correspond
    . as olosely as poriaiblo to the actual trend of the market in the produot •
         in questiont allocation of the quota should bo in proportion to the
        requirements of the Member States as oaloulated by reference to otatlstioo
  ' of imports frost third countries during a representative reference period '
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       and to «te •occunio ootloolc for the quota period In questionj
      Hhereaa during the laot thred jroaA-a for vhioh etatiatioa are available, .
      the ocrrospending iaports into each of the Member States represented the
      following poroentagos of their total loporta of tha produot in otMetloui •
                           -*--4                                                         10"
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                                             ΙΟ'Λ 1
                                                                ■ <; i2Z4                      \ 'ïm               r   1976
     Βοηβΐμχ .
                              • '.<·« · V . ^ -                                                  , 11.00                15.22
     Eonmark                                                  ,             0                VI 0                        0
     Germany                                                              58.88              i.' ! 71*52
                                 » '            ·  .. 1
                                                                                                                       67.87
    France                 , ' ;i                     t
                                     "•     *■      •    ;       ' • •. ..           i
                                                                                                    0.58                 1.68
    Iroland                                    ■ . V»                       ο                       0.04                 0
    Italy                                                                 19.61                   14.04                14.29
    Uhited KinMon                                                    . : s.64
                                                                       I' *   ,        '
                                                                                                    2.82                 2.94 ;
                                     – j
   whereast in view of these faotctf* and of narkat foreooats for ferro-eilioo«* 1
                                                                                .                                               .          .  »
   manganese for 1978V the percentage' shares lathe quota voluae oan V» . .r ,
    oxpreaaod roughly aa foll'owoi 1 :                                                                                , vS'Ka s'                : 4
                         ·■ ν,· ■ "                              .> ·.·. ·2* ' *                              ν·".   V > V···.         '·ν' .    ·» .
   Bénélux '                               • .! 15,20
   Senuapk '• ' • •               *,                    0.01
   Germany                                          66,20
   France                                               0.50
.■ Ireland "        V' .                  ' . 0,01
                                                   15.28
  United Klnglôu                                        2,80;
         «i ■ t y                                                                                 '*-i IB ' ( "        V" » ;     .. *              *#
  Wherea*, to "telcer'aooottnt <^f future iaport trends focr the.produot oattoeraed,,
  tl* .quota should" t»•' ' 'divided    '             '
                                                           into t*o t**nohos,     • * ••
                                                                                                   > tha.
                                                                                                      \
                                                                                                                first being " .. ,r .. :,>:
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        allocated and the seoond held CJ a reserve to oovor subsequently the
        requirements' -of Hotaber Status'w^iioHiiave exhaustod their initial share|
        vheraaj*, to give importare., eGme lagroe of oertaintyf the first tranohe of the
        tariff quota should be fixed at 4 relatively high level which could be 90%
     , of the amount of the quota;
       Wfceroas initial shores bay be exhausted at- different ratonj whor^aa to ■
  , 'avbid disruption of supplies on this account , it should bo provided that
       any Member State whioh hcm almost used up its initial shexe should draw
       oh additional share from the roqoryoj whereas eaoh time its additional
       shore is almost exliausted a Mombor State should draw a further share , and so
       on AS many times au the reserve bllowuf whereas the initial and additional
       shares should be valid until the end of the quota period) whereas this :* 1
      form of edministrati on inquires oloao collaboration between the Moober
                                    ■ I '     .                                   '
      States
         •'
               and the Oorranission. ami the Commission must be in a position to.«
     keep aooount of the extent to wMoh the quota had "been used up awl to .
      inform the Member Statesaooordinglyi
     Whereas If at a fflvxan dat ? in the quota' period a oonsldereble quantity of
     a Member Stato 's initial sharo remains unused it is essential that such
    State should return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve in *
" orsier to prevent a part of the quota from remaining unused In one Member
    State while 1t could be used 1n others ;
    Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Motherlands
    and the Grand Duohy of tuxembourg axo unitod within fend Jointly
    ropreseatad by the BenoId* Eocmoraio Union, any measure concerning „ „
 , th» administration of th& shares . allocated to that Eoonomio Union may
   be oaraled out by one 6f Its members*
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                  '            ''                                                             Artici#-'                      '« - •                   '•
  For the period 1 January to 31 December 1978 a Community tariff quota, of
  50 000 wetric tons shall be opened within the Community in respect of
  ferro^silico-manganese falling within subheading No 73.020 of the Common
  Customs Tariff .                                                            ...                                                                                                                              '                                >
              ■ ·■··■.               .                                 ··' >                               . ;                           . ·;. . · ·                      "              .           * "                      Γ ν ; ·· "             .
  Imports of ih# pxxninoie la quefition ehall&ot W covered by this tariff .
  quota if they are ttreadgr tn» of Oturtoui dutiea tart#* <rfcber preferential ' '
  tariff. irpotoeirt .•                                                                              ■,                     ' /.>, V-                                     -v                                                -. JK-
                                              . ; • . . '■                   » I         •     '   ..           '              '           •                     v                    '     • •          1 . ' ' .»»• .                   ' ->•
/ Within this quota# Common Customs-Tariff duty shall be totally suspended .;,".
                           .•                                                                           i" .                 ...                f                                                                *'Î£Î;.                      '• ' •
                              ·!·,'■·· ■                     !.· «                                                ■.      '»· , VI ■                   .                   ··          *
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                                                                                              Article 2                                                                                            •i .
                                                                                                                                                  i
                »                                                                                                                                                           i                                         i    •                      ~    •
 A firattroaota of 45 000 netvio tons of thia Community tariff gyota &hall be
 allocated among the Heaber States ; the shares# which subject to Article , 5, shall be
 valid ^11 31'$eo<M)itor 1978 shall tie ao feUotrai                                                                      'HoMII
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                                                   ' 6.840 'L'aetrlo tona
 Denoaric"'                                              1            5              • aetrlo tbna
 Ooroajiy ('i :'t }- 'v 's 7 -29.790                                                 •' aetvio tona                                                                       . v ; vi* -* ■ v :•> v; >                     *.
 Pranoo                                                          2'dS                ? notrio toaaa
 Irelwnd                                                              5 ' , aetrio         ttetrio toiuitona                                                                                                                                 . ••
                                                         6.875 imatrio' tona'V:^-:v/^ \                                                                                        > '•                                        !'S . ''W
 ^^:;ΐΐΜβΐβ·;:·^'Λ 1.260
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  2.           Cm sooood tranche       of 5 000 metric tons             shall oourtitata a reserve.
                «
       /•                        '                                        ■
                             ..      *              . /jrtlolo^î                •              . / «
                         •                                                                             m
  1 * is soon as a Mecaber State has used 90S* or more of Its initial share as
              fixad in Ariiole 2(1 ), C* of that shore minus any portion returned, to
                                                             • ·.·»                      μ
              the reserve pursuant to Artiolo 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying
       •
             the Ocomission, draw a second share , to the extent that the reserve so
                                                                    .
             pormitB, equal to 1G$ of its initial share rounded up as necessary to
             the next whole number .             ..                                                      r
 2« Aa soon as a Member St&td, aftsr exhausting It® initial shore , has- Used
             90# or more of the seoond share drawn "by it, that Moober State ,shall
            forthwith, in the manner and to tho extent provider! -in paragraph 1 ,
    , draw a third share equal to 556' df its Initial, share rounded up as necessary
      . to the next whole number .                                                                          .
   ••                                                                                               •     é
3» As soon as a Member State, after exhausting its seoond shore , has used
            9C§£ or more of the third share drawn by it, that Member State shall,
 .. forthwith, and in accordance -Hth the same conditions, draw a fourth -
            share equal to the third .
           Hi shall oontinue in this fashion until the resorvo is exhausted *
4« v- By way of' derogation tocuif paragraphs 1 to 3, a Member Stato jw^y drat
         •          lower than those speoified in those paragraphs if there are grounds
           for believing that those erpooified may not bo used in full* Any Member
           Stats applying this paragraph shall inform the Commission of Its grounds
           far so doing*                     *•         v.                            •'
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            ■      vjilfci- a - -* llf t.ji laisr than 1                                               "i'*' ??)* re ",• urn to                     r «js * «- ve ,
           ^ » ? ©r? ih - '- tion of ? N?ir initial f»- ar- s wvich , or; 15 Septe^ier' WS , U' •
  is                    t-u «is- ^ of £*«s                          volume *                    They m?.y return a jiestf
 t > "■ ! "-ft. li! lii^j-8 &>' «                           fxr-.' bfcJW/iug tÅ-*"* it *tay m?t b*                                                ' ' '" • ■
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KwiWi'1 $-b<*o« g'i.Il , . rot* *                               i.-k^n 1' C-Jtobw 1?è"2s p&tlfy t^'- J-'^walreum
 cf" 1sb > ■*• r " i ?:l «r.vK&tAtlt-S' af 'tha trodwo^ I 's. «msaWwi                                                                vï'              #«.*$.
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acá. af » 'v portie*» «-f £!>*#« ízi%S-%l «••.«¡s-ai r# ■r^MJíS. i®                                                               7í«áSr<
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Th<& Cv-'i^ieaSLGB                     1              <sn                       of8 I;** $                                      try t'^a
? tstfs3 jroroiiatrfc                  ^ s-tlolwn 9! «mA 3 w4 Sf'«*X> r «« #»oo»i #9 'tl4,-ï Jtr£<y *• •••;♦ •
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      «•        o
 *•            The Member States 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 accumulated shane
               of the Community quota .
       • '     Η
                                                  # •                      »
2*             The Member States, bhnll ensure that importers of the prcduot in question
            eattfKtiehed in their territory have free access to the shares allocated
               to them .
3« • The Member States shall charge importations of the produot In question
           against their shares as and when the product is entered with the customs
           outhoritien for horae usé .
U The extent to vhich the Member States have used up their shares shall be •
           determined on the "fe&ais of the importations against these shares 4 in                                                          *
           aooordanoe with paragraph 3.                                                                        ,
                   •                               ''               AHijol e 8
             **                                 i
     . At the request of the Commission# the Member States shall inform it of-
           t„he importations actually charged against their shares#
.m . ' •                      ,           ..
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                                                                   >l«iilXi»Hte IWIWII
                                                                                                                  •                             •
          The Member Btates and the Oearaissi'on shall ooopor&te oloaely to ensure
 •     '
          that thia Regulation 14 compiled with.
                                '                 «
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                                             * '
                                                              ■    Artio^a. fip                                   m' ,       '
         The Member States shall forward to the Commission within 45 days of the
        publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European
         Communities, the provisions they have adopted "with a v^w to its
        application .
                                                                Article 11
                          • •       . ;           i1        .                              "            « •'
    ^ uma Regulation shall fctor into force On 1 January 1978 <•                                                               .                *
                                                                ,                    •:                          . ' ■ (t               , ■
           Whia Regulation «hali "be binding' in its entirety and direotly applicable
           in all Member States#'' ' /                                   * ·»··.· . ·        ·: '       ■    ,        ■· ■  · · .. ν »■
           Ion. rt Bfu.s.1.,                  . ".•                                         } yw th. floaOTU .
         ' /     •     • • . ■
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                                          ;•     ■      Ifaùpoml                a.  '    •" i      '         • •                          '
                        ; . ,     . ■           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )                     v.' .          f" •
      *    ' >                                                                                             .
                    : ■     : •    .                      \v  . -j -, . '                       '
   .     '               oa tfof* opening * ' • allocation • and adminifi tratloa of 6. ■'
                      '■pGmwtMaf tariff q^ota for farro-6kroHd.ua contoitxing
                '        not mre than 0.10% by weight of carbon and more than 30X ■ _
                  "      but not «sxo«adifl.g 90$ iacluaiv® by weight of ohronaiuia , - . ;
                        Xaupar-refifrsd ferro-chromlum ) falling witkLa arubh«a&&&5 _
                                                                        •                         **
                        Jfio eat 75*02 li.X..of the Cowo** Cuatos&s £*riff
                                              s                               .
                                                                                                                ( 1978 )- ••         *
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      TES COOliCKL CS* $5£B EïfSûrSA? OOMMOIÎÏTIES ,                             .
                                                                                                      •* ■          •              '   »
                                                    » ·                 ι                                                       · «
. kaviug regard to the Treaty establishing i-h« Europe**® JScdaomis
                                      ι ,                                                                                                   ·  ,
     Coaj»UKdty , anv& i» particular Article 11? ..thereof ,: t                                                ;   . ,•
                                                                                                                            «          •.
     K&viag *agox*d to the propoaal' ^Irett the Cotawiaaiwa^.. :■ .•                                                                           * •
                         '      *
                                                                                                       ■ «            •
     Vhereaa , as 'regards Jferaro-ohrcmiiiai ooataifcift£j fcj wsSght not more than 0.1 #
     of carbon and mere than 30X but not exceeedlng 90% of chroaiu*
      ( supcrre fined ferro-c hro«iuin ) falling withia cabheodiug No 73 »^* ®
     of the Cohwkxi Cuscowa Tariff, the European Economic Ccmjnity has undertaken
     to open an annual nil duty tariff quota of 3 000 metric tons ; whereas the-
     tariff quota concerned should therefore' be opwed on 1 January 19?8 wd j
     allocated among the Newfeer SfTetes ;
  /            (~ " "                              r        : 7~          *                                                                        •
                                   •                                        t                                           #•
     Whor^-M * ^.rirc                        for tho - ilfc&OLis&fcibxif of the* Comnsuaifcy tariff' tittofca
     based éa *r allocatilo a . «a©!** Meraber ' Stat«« • votaid eeem to-be ooaaiate^t
 . with ths Community Mat-are of tfco quote ;                                      whereas , to
     porrfjepm.d • olotmly tm possible/ to the - actual trend of .the • aarke fe au
     4rbe -$rodi>9t in' qutostioia ^ 1 elloo&tloh of the' ; 'quota' showld be la                                                              . '*
■ propartiou to the requirements of the Metaber fitatea aa' colculat-ad by
     r©foy<st'oe to atatietles of l»^e.'rt« frc-ra tki^d • countries 'during a
     ropreso&t&tive Xat®r®m » 'pa^:.,ai and to ttm ®coao®lo outlook for the
    quota period la' qu##tioo|' .,                                                    .1      " •' "
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                                                                                                                                              AKBÏTC C
     ' Whereas t durlog the lut thrco years for which Btatisticfl ars
          available , the corresponding imports - into -each; of the Member States
    f represented the following percentages of' their ,.total imports of the :
          produot In quostlont                                                   ♦ ·       ' '. ' ι
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      . Beuoltue                 ' ' .* r                 A -Xf                                                  6M ,                         10*27 . • ' 10,14
   :» ' • Denmark''       ,
                                              " i              '! ' I .
                                                                        .tv                   :                  0«07 •            .
                                                                                                                                                0*15                       0#02
                                                                                                                                                                          _ . «_
    / Germany                                                'V:,                      ' ■;? y,; '.'.42.92 ' '                                48.52 '                     34'18
          flranoe . ...                                                                  .:,vî " -.15J55 V                                      0.30                        3,95
    u Ireland               •, »
                                                                  ''. ''•.   \          ; i :      »
                                                                                                        .•/ • 0.06 •.' ,                         0.0i
                                                                                                                                                                          27,17
    Ixtaly
    ! '                  •                                        .
                                                                                                '' r 17.57
                                                                                            é ' '        È' '        .
                                                                                                                                              17*40        »:
    t Pnited Eingdoa
    I            •
                                                   >.                 '    •
                                                                                                         V. 17 ■                       . 23.35 •                   ..   .
                                                                                                                                                                          24 »54;
    f                                                                                                                     "     ■>   ■      •     .                   ■            ; ».  .
                                                                                                                                                                              ι .
                                                                                                                                             • '...     •.!                            \
    | Whereoat la view of these' fActora and of »arke t'foreoaats for* ferro­
    • ehromltta for 1978 ; . the                              ••
                                                                      percentage
                                                                             •       . r
                                                                                                  shores In• •the            ,«
                                                                                                                                   quota,>
                                                                                                                                                    rol'mo
                                                                                                                                                    ••
                                                                                                                                                                         can bo
    ; sxpressed rou^hty M follows                                                                i           . *•, •>:, *■*;/,V i                             • 'V            T , ; • ' :'•?
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          Boneluxt
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                                                     .              0r
          Dcnxmtrki :•                         .. .i ,
                                                                     0• 25' '
          Germany * ••                                           40
                                                           I
       ' Franco
              ■'
                    i.                       *         i
                                                                    0,50
          Xrelandi                        !      *                  0.25
          Italy ! •                                      -       24
          United Kingdom*                                        26 ;          ,
                                                                    »    '
  fWhere&s , to take aooount of future;' import .trends . fo?. the products
  t 'coaeomed,' tho ^ota should bo divided Intd two tranches, the first ' «
v.belnaf
ι·. . ·.
                   alloej&ted and ·'·the. * aoeond held as a reserve, to                                                                '· ;♦*.
                                                                                                                                               cover subsequently       *
      • the' requlreiaents of.Koaber States * which h&vf exhausted tholr Initial
     • share | \whsrAfks> torsive istporter^i sose , degree                                                                            b«^tainty, ,the . fira^J
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       tranche of the tariff quota should be fixed at a relatively high level
      which could be 90% of the amount of the quota ;
                                                  ί                            1 ·
   . hhuTQaa initial eharoa may bo exhausted at different ratos ; whereas
 . to avoid disruption of supplies on this aeoounfc it should 'ho provided
      that any Kembor State which has almost used up its initial 6hare
 '                                            .                <-
 ' fihouia draw an fdditiomil shore from the raeorve-, whereas oach time .
      its additional eWre is almost exhausted a Member Stato should draw
     a further chare, $xnd bo oa as many tines as tho jrosarvo allows;
     wboreos the Initial and additional shared shoulitf be valid until the
v end of thequota period? this form of adminiotriition requires close
     eollaboratioa between the Member States and tho 'Cejafflissioa , aad the
    Commieoion must bo In a position to kdep account) of the extent to
    which tho quota has been Used up and to inform Ifa© Member States
    accordinglyj                                  \         )
                                                             j
                                                            !
    whereas if at a given dote in tho quoti period a considerable quantity
    f f a Member Stato 'a initial share renmina unut jd it is oesontial^hat such
     • State should return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve/ to prevent
     a part of the quota from remaining unused , in one Member State while 1t coulo
    used In others .                                      1
   Vhoroao , sinco tho Kingdom of Btilgium^ tho Kingdom of the Motherlands
   and tho Grand Ducfay of Luxembourg I ;
                                              are united
                                                    ! •
                                                         within and. jointly
                                                                        '           *
   freproeentod by « ho Benelux Ecojttdajio Union, any measure concerning
     •' the administration of the skhrea allocated to that Economic Union
 «ay be carried out by            one bf its members .
                                       î                                  . •
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                            t
                                      Arti cl o 1
1 *. For the period 1 January to 31 December 1978 / « Community tariff quota
        1.   »                            I
           of 3 000 metric tor*  1 fcm>o||?ne.d within the Community 1n respect of
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                                                                                                                                                          AHÏÏEX G                      •
                                                                                                                                                                                                    '*         t'
           ferro-chromlmum containing by weight not More than 0.1 OX of carbon
           and more than 30% but not exceeding 90% of chromium ( super re fined
           ferro-chromlum) falling within subheading No - 73.02 C of the Common
           Customs Tariff .
                                                            .                      '                                ■                 '          •                        :        ■ ■' .         ■
           Imports of the product la question ahall not bo fcovsr'td by this - _
                    4           _     . .                                           .                                                                                   .    .   .
      ! tariff quota if they are already free ©fooaiotos duties uffider ' 'other
     ; preferential' tariff t*eat»«ttt .                                                 m      '*V     • •           1 ••• •                   ♦•••        ''i     •
                                                                                                                                                                      ':(•?* ' ,       '   *'          '»       •
% . ' ]               ■                                                                                                            ..           \                  ■ -y '
                                                                                                                                                                •           « *                       .«     '
*• Within' this quota, Common Custom* Tariff duty shall be totally
                                                                                       •         »               «
           suspended .                                  '     ι                                                  * ·                '                                 *      · ί · ' *                  ·      4
                                                                              .»« . « .
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                                                                                 Artiolo 2 1
                                                                                 ■■ '■ " IMWSM                                              * •               • /
 •           first tranche of 2 700 metric tons of this Community tariff quota                                                                                                                                            '
         shall be allocated among the Member States; thv shares, which subject to
         Article 5 ihali be valid from 1 January to 31 Dfcentosr 1^8 sh«U! Lt ®# follows »
                          . '      *,   '         «       '                                                 '            1                                    _ .3               '        *
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         7 , "Ij<                             i;;                   7    ( '•■•tlpiö'
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         Oannaayt . <,                         ' , 0«n                                             *                    «V.V'               '                     1/           ' ' \ V, •                  ;
   ^          ^                                     ltWU                 , uotrld tons                                                                  ' ' /, ,                              ^ '' • :               <
         TxùÌIG si I       "                                    1*                                                               *            '    »'                               % ,
                                                      v               . mptrlo'
                                                                             «Ptrio ' tons        tons'■ •                       ^                    •, •" .• W. . 'C                \4-' V. ■                     •
                                                                                           Jk     1a«é                   ' 4 . ' ^" I. t              1                         ^                                 •
        «
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       •                      ,. .·                              ·.             ,                      ; ·; ι·;.····. ·
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        2».;            second tmrnha , of $00 metric to.&a       ehall oo&fit^tufc* a-                    •
                .   reserve *
              ,       .    .                        Article 3             '                   ^
                                                                                          ' '          '■■   <     .
      1 »" Aa soon aa a Member Stato has used $0% or moro of its initial '> ,
                   share as fixed in Article 2(1),' or of that share minus any
         «
                   portion returned to the reserve pursuant to Ariiclo 5 » i* shall
                                                     '                                 *
            ■ • forthwith* by notifying tfca Cociffliosion, draw a second . share , to •
                   the ©actont that the reserve so permits , equal to 10# of its * ' ' '
                   initial share rounded up at necessary to the n®xt whole rsunfcer .
                                                                                                             β
     2« As, Boon aa a Maasfosr State , •ai'tor exhausting its initial sharo , has
        ' usod 90# brmcra of the second share drawn by it , that' Member                                         ,
     • v / State shall forthwith, in the manner and' to the extent provided                                  t
                  in paragraph 1 , draw a third-share equal ^o % of its initial,
                  share rounded cp as necessary ,o the next whole number .
                              '                                                                      '
     3 » As soon as a Member State , after exhausting its second sharo ^ had .
                  uaod 90# or more of the third share drawn by it , that Komber
                'm                                '% *•     ,                        *         1   '
         v State shall , la the manner and to tho extent providod In
                  paragraph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the third *
                  It shall continue in "this fashion until the reserve is. exhausted# •
                 By , way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 , a Member Stato may \
             .'draw ©hares lower than those specified in those paragraphs 'if "
                 thore aro grounds for believing that thoso epocifiod nay not be*
                used i& fuH. Any Member State applying thio paragraph shall ...> { \
t'. . .                   tlw Costeisaiotf-of'• ltd grounds - for so. doing* : ;•••                            ,
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      Additional ®hare» drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall bevo3j.d until
     51.1>eoeaber 1978 *
                                                                                 '     '               · "/· . '         ;·
                                                  Article 5                                                       '
     Hcbcr States shall , not later than 1 October* 1978 / return to the reserve
      th* unuBed P°*tion of their initial share whiohj.on 15 September 1978, .
      U in «xo«»a of 20 ^ of the initial volume . ..                                                                                 "■
     They may return a greater portion if there are ground# for believing
     that it may not be Used in full .
        ' .. .           ' '                                     /
    Membor States shall , noi later than 1 October 19% , notify ' the •
    Commission of the total, quantities of the produot in iuostion imported
    Up to and including 1$ Septembor 197s                                    oharged against the
    Community quota And of' any por ion of their initial abares returned '
    to tho reserve*'                         /                      .                ■                    ,,        :■<           '
, l*he Cqmmiaaion ahall keop on aooount of the shares opened by the
   K.ob« atatM piw»UBnt to Artiolo. 2 «M J ond .hall , m won .« th. :
   Information r.ooho. it, tnfara ..on tt.t. of tho *xt«nt to vhioh th.
  roservo baa been used ttp «        , »          i
                                                             #         '                            ,
                1   • -        ;                           '                                                     . ... '       •' <
  It .hail , not later than .J Ootober 1978 , inform the Member' States
  of tho amount still' in reserve following any' return of share* pursuant
  to              m                                     >                                                            4
                           >,        *                >                    ,                   |
    t shall ensure that when an amount exhausting the roae^v# is drawn v
 tho amount «o drav* doos not exceed the balanoe' nyftilnblo, and to'
 thi* end shall notify the amount of that balanoo toxthe Kembo* dtate
 making the last drawing* -"V                 ' ' •*,*? ,          l'- 1 •              v.' * • ,                         <• '
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          1 -                                               '                                  ♦                    ι      # /      ·
         .                                                        ' ' Article '                                               j         '
  X * The Member States                               shall take all appropriate measures to onsure
           . that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such , a way
    -.. '■'.that importations may be charged without interruption against their .
         '.accumulated shares of tho Community quota* '
                                             •                                             .                                                       »*
  ?• . The Member States                              shall ensure that importers of tho product in .
 ■ S question established in their territory have .'free access to the                                                                                . *
              shores allocated to them .
                      .                                                                          •                    «                             .
              tPhe extent to which the Member States have used up their shares shall be
           . determinod on the basis of the importations of tho products in '
              question entered with the oustoms authoritiee for home use . '
                                                                            Artici e 8
            At the request_of the Commissi oit ; the Member Stater shall inform it of the
            inportations charged against their shares .                                                                        f „
                                                "                • •' Article 9                            ■■ ' \ Vi . ■ •                  '
           ...«ti                                                                                             •' .            v           »•.**.
 Th® Mombar Pttttga-Bend–bhcnOoaiiuioaiua-triitdl" u uuy«rn 'rs fll6attly"'to
 that this Regulation is. complied yith.                                                                                    ,
                                                         •            •     Article 10
 The Member States shall forward to the Commission within 45 days of the
 publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of th# European
 Communities, the provisions they have adopted *wU ha view to its
 application .
                                                                        Article 11
   JChis Regulation shall enter into foroe on 1 January 197 «»
   This Regulation shall be binding in its                                                           entirety and directly
. applicable in all Member, States .                                                             .    "".v'fv '                                ' ' '•
                                                                           \ '.••• -:X}'                 V :''Z •       •'
  Done 'at .Brussels ,                                                             v: 7                                     Tor the Council.'
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                                                                                                       .      w *..
 ---pagebreak---  FINANCIAL               STATEMENT                                Bat# :  25 mai 1977
 1 . Budget line concerned s Ch . 12 Art , 120
 2 . Legal basis :    Art . 113
 3 * Title of the tariff measure :
     oD ;al,C rr' l .^9Ulat i0n °n the °Penin9' allocation and administration
     of contractual Community tariff quotas for iron alloys (year 1978)
      Ferro-si licon of heading 73.02 C
     Ferro-si 11 co-manganese of heading 73.02 0
     Super refined ferro-chromium of heading 73.02 EI
4 . Objectives :
    Respect of engagements contracted under the 6ATT
5 . Method of calculation i
    - No of CCT             S    73.02 C , 0 and ex E I
    - Quota volume          !    20,000 metric tonnes , 50,000 metric tonnes and 3,000 metric
    - Quota duty ratt       l   0%
                                                                                         tonnes
    - Duty rate CCT         I    10*,  5.5% and   8%
6. Loss of receipts :         3,350,000 EUR
                              of which 1,000,000 EUR for ferro-s*i licon
                                        1,000,000 EUR for ferro-si Uco-manganese
                                        1,350,000 EUR for super refined ferro-chromium