CELEX: 31976R2716
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2716/76 of 25 October 1976 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff

15 . 11.76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 313/7
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2716/76
                                                  of 25 October 1976
             on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quot£ for
                  ferro-silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas, in view of these factors and of market
                                                              forecasts for ferro-silicon for 1977, the percentage
                                                              shares in the quota volume can be expressed roughly
                                                              as follows :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof,                                                  Benelux                          5000
                                                                      Denmark                           0-75
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    Germany                          29-75
                                                                      France                            0-25
Whereas, as regards ferro-silicon falling within
                                                                      Ireland                           1-25
subheading 73.02 C, the European Economic Com­
munity had undertaken to open an annual duty-free                     Italy                             4-25
Community tariff quota of 20 000 metric tons ;
                                                                      United Kingdom                   13-75
whereas the tariff quota in question should therefore
be opened on 1 January 1977 and allocated among
the Member States ;                                           Whereas, since this tariff quota is for a relatively
                                                              small quantity, it seems possible to provide for a
Whereas arrangements for the utilization of the               system of use based on a single allocation and at the
Community tariff quota based ' on an allocation               same time preserve the Community nature of the
among Member States would seem to be consistent               quota ; whereas such an allocation may therefore be
with the Community nature of the quota ; whereas,             based on the percentage figures shown in the table
in order that it may correspond as closely as possible        above ;
to the actual market trends in the product in
question, allocation of the quota should be in pro­
portion to the requirements of the Member States              Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­
as calculated by reference to statistical data on             dom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
imports from third countries during a representative          Luxembourg are united within and jointly rep­
reference period and to the economic prospects for            resented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
the quota period in question ;                                measure concerning the administration of the shares
                                                              allocated to that economic union may be carried out
                                                              by any one of its members,
Whereas, during the last three years for which
statistics are fully available, the corresponding
imports into each of the Member States represented
the following percentages of the total imports of the         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
product in question :
                                 1973      1974     1975                             Article 1
Benelux                         20-28     15-14    17-47
                                                              1 . During the period 1 January to 31 December
Denmark                          0-64      0-36     0-54
                                                              1977 a Community tariff quota of 20 000 metric
Germany                         61-47     56-31    53-03      tons shall be opened in the Community for ferro­
France                           0-37      0-52     1-22
                                                              silicon falling within subheading 73.02 C of the
                                                              Common Customs Tariff.
Ireland                          0         0-24     0-25
Italy                           10-87     13-97    13-82
                                                              2. Imports of the product in question may not be
United Kingdom                   6-42     13-46    13-67      charged against this tariff quota if they are already
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free of customs duties under other preferential tariff                                 Article 3
arrangements.
                                                               1 . Member States shall ensure that importers of the
                                                               product in question established in their territory have
3 . Within this tariff quota the Common Customs                free access to the shares allocated to them .
Tariff duty shall be totally suspended.
                                                               2. The extent to which a Member State has used up
4. Within this tariff quota, the new Member States             its share shall be determined on the basis of the
shall also apply this exemption from duty.                     imports of the product in question entered with the
                                                               customs authorities for home use.
                                                                                       Article 4
                        Article 2
                                                               At the Commission's request, Member States shall
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1            inform it of the imports actually charged against their
                                                               shares .
shall ibe allocated among Member States ais follows :
                                       (metric tons)                                   Article 5
        Benelux                           10 000
        Denmark                               150
                                                               Member Si s and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                               closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
         Germany                            5 950              with .
        France                                 50
                                                                                       Article 6
        Ireland                               250
         Italy                                850              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
        United Kingdom                      2 750              1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1976.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                        A.P.L.M.M. van der STEE