CELEX: 51988PC0617
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain grades of magnesium (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(88 ) 617final
                                                 Brussels, 8 November 1988
                                  Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
                    for certain grades of magnesium ( 1989 )
                        (presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                   EXPLANATORY               MEMORANDUM
1.     Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 4101 / 87 of 22 December 1987 ( 1 ) opened
       a zero-duty Community tariff quota for certain grades of extra-
       pure magnesium falling within CN Code ex 8104 11 00 .
2.     Following a request from the United Kingdom authorities the Commission
       examined the matter , together with government experts , to decide whether
       this tariff measure should be extended to cover 1989 . The examination
       showed that a solution involving the opening, for the same products
       and under the same conditions , of a tariff quota of 320 tonnes could
       be approved by all Member States without the Community market for the
       products   concerned being disturbed .
That is the purpose of the attached proposal .
( 1 ) OJ No . L 383 of 31.12.1987, p. 22
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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No
                                                         of
                 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain grades of
                          magnesium
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               sufficient accuracy , it should not be allocated among the
                                                                          Member States , without prejudice to the drawing against the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   quota volume of such quantities as they may need , under
  Economic Community , and in particular Article 28                       conditions and according to a procedure to be determined ;
  thereof,                                                                whereas this method of administration requires close
                                                                          cooperation between the Member States and the
                                                                          Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                     monitor the rate at which the quota is used and inform the
                                                                          Member States accordingly ;
  Whereas production in the Community of certain extra-pure
  grades of magnesium intended for use in the nuclear industry
                                                                          Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the
  and falling within subheading ex 8104 11 00 of the                      Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united
  combined nomenclature is currently unable to meet the                   within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic
  specific requirements of the user industries in the                     Union , any operation concerning the administration of the
  Community ; whereas , consequently , Community supplies of              quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried
 products of this type currently depend on imports from third             out by any one of its members ,
 countries; whereas the Community requirements for the
 products in question should be met immediately on the most
 favourable terms; whereas a zero-duty Community tariff
 should therefore be opened within the limit of an appropriate
 volume for a period expiring on 31 December 19f$ ;                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 whereas , in order not to upset the balance of the market for
 this product , the volume of the Community tariff quota
 should be set at 333 tonnes;
                                                                                                     Article 1
 Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be
 ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down
 for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of           1.     From 1 January to 3 1 December 1 9i£ the customs duty
 the product in question into all the Member States until the             applicable to imports of the following product shall be
 quota is exhausted ; whereas , however , since the quota is to           suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of a
 cover requirements which cannot be determined with                       Community tariff quota as shown below :
                                                                                                     Volume of quota     Rate of dutv
      Order No           CN Code                               Description                               ( tonnes )          (% )
09.2741              ex 8104 11 00       Unwrought magensium having a purity of not less than
                                         99,95 % in the form of billets containing by weight not
                                         more than 0,015 % of iron , not more than 0,002 % of
                                         nickel , not more than 0,005% of lead and not more
                                         than 0,006% of manganese , for use in the
                                         manufacture of raspings for the nuclear fuel
                                         industry                                                        320                  0
2.     Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of                                         Article 2
Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the             1.     If an importer gives notification of imminent imports
1985 Aa of Accession .                                                   of the product in question into a Member State and applies to
                                                                         take advantage of the quota , the Member State concerned
3.     The relevant Community provisions shall be applied in             shall   inform the' Commission and draw an amount
order to monitor the use of the product for the prescribed               corresponding to its requirements to the extent that the
specific purpose .                                                       available balance of the reserve so permits .
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 2 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be            4.    The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be
 valid until the end of the quota period .                        determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance
                                                                  with paragraph 3 .
                           Article 3
                                                                                            Article 4
1.     Member States shall take all appropriate measures to       At the request of the Commission , Member States shall
ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) enable     inform it of imports actually charged against the quota .
imports to be charged without interruption against their
accumulated shares of the Community quota .
                                                                                            Article S
2.     Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
product concerned have free access to the quota for such          The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
times as the residual balance of the quota volume so              closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
permits .
3.     Member States shall charge imports of the said goods                                  Article 6
against their drawings as and when the goods are entered
with the customs authorities for free circulation .               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels ,
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                          The President
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 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 28 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du
        Cbnseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion d' un contingent
        tarifaire coirmunautaire pour certaines qualités de magnésium
4.      Objectif : Cbuvrir , à des conditions plus favorables , les besoins
        des industries oorrmunautaires
5.      Mode de calcul :
        Gode de la N.C.           ex 8104 11 00
       Volume du contingent       320 tonnes
        Droit à appliquer         0 %
        Droit normal              5,3 %
6.     Perte de recettes :
       Valeur d' une tonne                  5 629 écus
       Valeur totale                    1 801 280 écus
       Perte de recettes                   95 468 écus
       Par   rapport    à  l' année   1988    :  diminution des  pertes  de
       170 003 écus - 95 468 écus = 74 535 écus
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 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA CONPETITIVITE ET L 1 EMPLOI
La présente proposition vise l' ouverture d' un contingent tarifaire
oonmnautaire autonome destiné à couvrir , à des conditions favorables , les
besoins des industries utilisatrices . Elle aura pour effet de permettre à
ces industries de concurrencer celles des pays tiers sur les marchés de la
Oornnunauté et des pays tiers et de maintenir ou même d' améliorer l' emploi
dans la Cbimunauté .
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