31973R3587
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REGULATION (EEC) No 3587/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 28 December 1973 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ferro silicon falling within subheading No 73.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, goods ; whereas for the year 1973, on the basis of the most recent forecasts by the Member States, which have been confirmed by the imports statistics for the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the first few months, these percentages are as follows : European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof: 1972 1973
Benelux 15-69 16-53 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Denmark 2-02 1-10
Germany 49-74 47-40 Whereas, as regards ferro-silicon falling within tariff subheading No 73.02 C, the European Economic France 0-31 0-35 Community has undertaken to open an annual duty-free Community tariff quota of 20 000 metric Ireland 0-65 0-61 tons ; Italy 8-81 7-68
United Kingdom 22-78 26-33 Whereas, under Article 39 of the Act of Accession the new Member States must on 1 January 1974 make the first move towards alignment of their national whereas, in view of these factors and of market fore tariffs on the Common Customs Tariff as regards the casts for ferro-silicon for 1974, the percentage shares said goods; whereas, therefore, the needs of those in the quota volume can be expressed roughly as Member States for imports from third countries follows : should from that date onwards be covered by the tariff quota in question during the period thereof; Benelux 64-75 whereas the duties to be applied by those Member States under the said tariff quota must be in 0-75 Denmark conformity with the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession ; 15-00 Germany
France 0-25 Whereas a Community tariff arrangement based on Ireland 1-25 an allocation amongst the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota ; Italy 4-25 whereas to represent as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said goods the 13-75 United Kingdom allocation should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated both from statistics of imports from third countries during Whereas, since this tariff quota is for a relatively a representative reference period and from the small quantity, it seems possible to provide for a economic outlook for the tariff year in question ; system of use based on only one allocation and at the same time preserve the Community nature of the quota ; whereas such an allocation may therefore be Whereas, however, the available statistics of imports based on the percentage figures shown in the table from third countries into the new Member States to above; which no equivalent tariff preferences were applied under any other preferential arrangements only cover the year 1972 and the first few months of 1973 ; Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom whereas during the year 1972 such imports by each of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of of the Member States represented the following Luxembourg are jointly represented by the Benelux percentages of total Community imports of the said Economic Union any measure concerning the
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administration of the shares allocated to that Benelux 12 950 metric tons economic union may be carried out by one of its Denmark 150 metric tons members, Germany 3 000 metric tons France 50 metric tons Ireland 250 metric tons HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Italy 850 metric tons United Kingdom 2 750 metric tons Article 1
1 . During the1 period from 1 January to 31 Article 3 December 1974 a Community tariff quota of 20 000 metric tons shall be opened in the Community for 1 . Member States shall ensure that importers of ferro-silicon falling within subheading No 73.02 C of the ?aid gopds established in their territory have free the Common Customs Tariff. access to the shares allocated to them. i 2. The extent to which a Member State has used 2. Imports of the said goods may not de counted up its share shall be determined on the basis of under this tariff quota if they are already free of imports of the said goods entered for home use. customs duties under other preferential tariff treatment applied by certain Member States in particular under free trade agreements. Article 4
Member States shall inform the Commission at 3 . Within this tariff quota the Common Customs Tariff duties shall be totally suspended. regular intervals of imports actually charged against their shares .
4. Within this tariff quota the new Member States Article 5 shall apply duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession. Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is observed.
Article 2 Article 6 The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated amongst the Member States as This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January follows : 1974.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
For the Council
The President Ove GULDBERG