CELEX: 51973PC2239
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL fixing for the year 1974 the Community quantitative export quota for certain types of copper ash and residues and for certain types of copper, aluminium and lead waste and scrap (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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l                                              COM(73)2239 final
                                               Brussels , 11 January 1974
                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                          REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
         fixing for the year 1974 "the Community quantitative export
         quota for certain types * of copper ash and residues and for
         certain types of copper- aluminium and lead waste and scrap
                ( submitted to the Council" by the Commission)
    COM(73 ) 2239 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    In the interest of a secure supply of copper , lead and aluminium
at competitive prices , the Community has for several years main­
tained export quotas for the following categories of products :
   ex 26.03;%'-    Ash and residues of copper and copper alloys
   ex 7^.01        Waste and scrap of copper and copper alloys :
                   - resulting from the breaking-up of ships regis­
                    tered in third countries or of ammunition sold
                     by the armed forces of third countries
                   - other
      76.01 B      Aluminium waste and scrap
      78.01 B      Lead waste and scrap .
    On the 10 december 1973 » a consultation has taken place between
the Commissions services and the national experts in regards to the
export arrangement for 197^ • At this occasion an agreement was rea­
ched on the Community quotas indicated in the attached regulation
proposal .
    Furthermore agreement was reached on the allocation of the quotas
proposed so that a Commission Regulation fixing the allocation may be
issued as soon as the Council has adopted the Regulation fixing the
Community quotas .
    On these grounds the Commission recommends that the Council adopts
the attached Regulation proposal .
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                                      Proposal for a
                   REGULATION (EEC )                OF THE COUNCIL
fixing for the year 1974 the Community quantitative export §aota for certain
          types of copper ash and residues and for certain types of
          copper , aluminium and lead waste and scrap,
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2603/69 ( l )          ^0 December 1969
establishing common rules for exports , and in particular Article 7 thereof ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1023/70 ( 2 ) of 25 May 1970
establishing a common procedure for administering quantitative quotas , and
in particular Article 2 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas certain types of copper ash and residues and certain types of
copper 1 aluminium and lead waste and scrap at competitive prices are still
in short supply in the Community -;.                    - –        - – – -----
( 1 ) OJ No L 324 , 27 . 12 . I969 , p.25
( 2 ) OJ No L 124 , 8 . 6.1970 , p.l
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Whereas unrestricted exportation of those products with a consequent marked
increase in exports would aggravate the current supply situation ; whereas
quantitative export quotas have "been applied till now so as to avoid
shortages . of supply ;
Whereas Community quantitative export quotas for those products should now
be fixed for 1974 and criteria should he laid down for their allocation ;
Whereas the provisions relating to the control of intra-Community trade
laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 1279/71 (l ) of 17 June 1971
on the use of Community transit documents for the purpose of applying
certain measures on the exportation of certain goods , apply only if the
measures introducing export restrictions provide for them to he applied ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
For the year 1974 , the Community quantitative export quotas for the products.,
listed below are as follows :
       CCT                    Description of goods              Quantity
 heading No                                                   (metric tons )
  ex 26,03         Ash and residues of copper and copper         13 , 640
                   alloys
  ex 74.01         Waste and scrap of copper and copper
                   alloys :
                   - resulting from the broaking-up of ships
                   registered in third countries or of ammu­
                   nition sold by the armed forces of third
                   countries                                    10,950    .
                   - other                                      16,130
  76.01 Β          Aluminium waste and scrap                      2.858
  78.01 Β          Lead waste and scrap                           1.060
( 1 ) - OJ No L 133 , 19.6.1971 , P . 32
                                                                  ••/3
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                                    Article 2
           In allocating the quotas fixed in Article 1 , the following
criteria shall be applied s
      CCT
                      Description of goods               Criteria
heading No
    ex 26.03       Ash and residues of copper and    Actual exports 1970-
                   copper alloys                     72 with adjustments
                                                     according to . estima­
                                                     ted needs
ex 7^.01           Waste and scrap of copper and
                   copper alloys :
                  - resulting from the breaking -up
                     of ships registered in third
                     countries or of ammunition sold
                     by the armed forces of third    Allocation as m
                     countries                       1973
                   - other                           Estimated require­
                                                     ments
76.01 Β           Aluminium waste and scrap          Allocation as in
                                                     1973
 78.01 Β           Lead- waste and scrap             Allocation as m
                                                     1973
  t
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                                    Article 3
The products listed in Article 1 , where obtained under inward processing
arrangements within the meaning of the Council Directive of 4 March 19^9 ( l)
on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law , regulation or adminis­
trative action in respect of inward processing , and exported outside the
Community , and products exported temporarily for processing , working or
repair in a third country which are to be reimported for home -use within
the customs territory of the Community ( outward processing), shall be
counted against the quota share of the exporting Member State .
                                    Article 4
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1279/71 shall apply to movement within the
Community of the products listed in Article 1 ,
                                    Article 5
The Council shall , in good time and in any case before 31 December 1974
decide on'the measures to be taken after expiry of this Regulation as
regards the exportation of the products listed in Article 1 *
                                    Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply until 31 December 1974*
          " This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
                                                 For the Council
Done at                                          m,
                                                 The _   - J J.
                                                     President
( 1 ) - OJ Ko L 58 , 8.3.1969 »