Council Regulation (EEC) No 3699/88 of 24 November 1988 increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1988 for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3699/88
of 24 November 1988
increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for 1988 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 Regulations (EEC) No 4098/87 (1) and (EEC) No 2065/88 (2) opened, for 1988, and allocated among the Member States a zero-duty Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium containing more than 6 % by weight of carbon, the quota volume of which was set provisionally at 390 000 tonnes;
Whereas it can be estimated from the economic data now available on consumption, production and imports under other preferential tariff arrangements 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 said Regulations; whereas, in order not to disturb the balance 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 current year, i.e. by 180 000 tonnes;
Whereas the increase in the quota volume should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated among certain Member States in proportion to their estimated needs and the second held as a Community reserve to cover any additional requirements,