CELEX: 51991PC0430
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1991 for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                        C0MC91) 430 final
                                         Brussels, 4 November 1991
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                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           Increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened
              for 1991 for ferro-chromlum containing more than 6 %
                               by weight of carbon
                      (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3402/90<1> and 2027/91 ( 2 ) opened for
      the year 1991 a duty-free Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium
      containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon.
      The volume of the tariff quota was fixed provisionally at 425 000
      tonnes.
2.    The possibility of further increasing the quota volume was examined
      at a meeting with producers and users, and in the "Economic Tariff"
      Group. These discussions revealed that :
      the tariff quota of 425 000 tonnes already opened will not be enough
      to cover needs until the end of the current year for imports from
      non-preferential third countrles.
3.    The Commission proposes that the relevant tariff quota should be
       increased by 120 000 tonnes.
Such is the purpose of this proposal.
(1)   OJ NO L 328, Of 28.11.1990, p. 1
(2)   OJ No L 186, of 12.7.1991, p. 3
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 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposa I for
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1991
      for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3402/90<1> and (EEC) No 2027/91<2>
opened for the year 1991 a zero-duty Community tariff quota for ferro-
chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon; whereas the quota
volume was fixed provisionally at 425 000 toonnes;
Whereas it can be estimated from the economic data now available that
immediate Community requirements for imports of this product from non-
member countries could during the current year reach levels higher than the
volume laid down by the above-mentioned Regulations; whereas, in order not
to disturb the equilibrium of the market for this product and to ensure
both an outlet for Community production and sufficiently secure supplies
for user industries, the quota volume should be increased by a quantity
corresponding to the needs of user industries until the end of the year,
i.e. by 120 000 tonnes;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
       The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulations (EEC)
       No 3402/90 and (EEC) 2027/91 for ferro-chromium containing more than
       6 % toy weight of carbon shall be increased from 425 000 to 545 000
       tonnes.
(1)    OJ No L 328, 28.11.1990, p. 1
(2)    0J No L 186, 12.7.1991, p. 3
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 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
a 11 Member States.
Done at                                          For the Council
                                                 The president
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 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC)
    increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1991 for ferro-
    chromium containing more than 6% by weight of carbon
4. Oblective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries
5. Method of calculation :
    CCT heading: 7202 41 90
    Increase in volume : 120 000 tonnes
    Duty to be applied: 0 %
    Normal CCT duty: 8 %
6. Duty-loss :
    Value per tonne : 1 218 ecus
    Value per 120 000 tonnes : 146 160 000 ecus
    Loss of duties : 11 692 800 ecus
Comparison with quota opened in 1990 :
          Initial quota      1st increase    2nd increase         Total
1990     27 792 000 ecus     9 264 000 ecus   11 580 000 eues 48 636 000 ecus
1991     29 232 000 ecus    12 180 000 ecus   11 692 800 ecus 53 104 800 ecus
 Increased loss of 4 468 800 ecus.
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