31974R2092

No L 218 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 8 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2092/ 74 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 August 1974 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1974 by Regulation ( EEC) No 3591 / 73 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN necessary to apply the criterion contained in Regu­ COMMUNITIES , lation (EEC) No 3591 /73 for unwrought magnesium in alloy ; whereas, as far as unwrought magnesium not Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in alloy is concerned, it is necessary to maintain the Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 pro rata arrangement for supplementary importation thereof ; requirements ; whereas for the volume of extra-pure Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; unwrought magnesium , in the absence of statistical data relating to importations coming from third coun­ Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within tries, it is necessary to consider distribution based, in subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a particular, on the specific requirements of processing Community tariff quota for 1974 totalling 10 250 industries of each Member State ; whereas, on the metric tons has been opened by the Council and allo­ basis of information at present to hand, it appears that cated among the Member States by Regulation (EEC) the British industry is almost the only one using this No 3591 / 73 (') ; special quality of magnesium ; whereas, in Whereas the economic data at present available with consequence, it is necessary to allot to the United regard to the consumption and production of Kingdom a preponderant share of the quota volume unwrought magnesium do not yet permit Community in question , allotting to the other Member States less requirements of imports from non-member countries important shares, while safeguarding the Community to be evaluated with sufficient precision ; whereas it character of this quota by setting up an adequate appears that certain Member States have considerable reserve , magnesium requirements which cannot be met by Community production ; whereas the quota concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : priate amount, approximately 6 750 metric tons ; whereas the fixing at this level of this supplementary Article 1 quota does not preclude further adjustments during the quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by one hand of the present requirements in unwrought Regulation ( EEC) No 3591 /73 for unwrought mag­ magnesium not in alloy with a pure magnesium nesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the content of not less than 99-95 % , not produced Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from within the Community, and on the other hand of the 1 0 250 to 1 7 000 metric tons . quantities available in the Community and of the possible increase in production by Community indus­ This increase of 6 750 metric tons shall be allocated as tries based principally on unwrought magnesium not follows : in alloy, and also the possibility of duty-free imports (a) 1 500 metric tons of unwrought magnesium under agreements concluded by the Community with containing 99-95 % or more by weight of pure certain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­ magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), intended for mated that short-term requirements for imports of the nuclear industry and under customs super­ unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the vision or equivalent administrative supervision ; proposed increase, reach 1 500 metric tons of unwrought magnesium containing 99-95 % or more (b) 1 000 metric tons of unwrought magnesium by weight of pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), containing not less than 99-8 % but less than 1 000 metric tons of unwrought magnesium 99-95 % by weight of pure magnesium containing 99-8 % or more by weight and not ( unwrought magnesium not in alloy) ; exceeding 99-95-% of pure magnesium (unwrought (c) 4 250 metric tons of unwrought magnesium magnesium not in alloy), and 4 250 metric tons of containing less than 99-8 % by weight of pure unwrought magnesium containing not more than magnesium (unwrought magnesium in alloy). 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magnesium in alloy) ; Article 2 Whereas as far as the distribution of the above quota volumes between Member States is concerned , it is 1 . A first tranche of each of the amounts referred to in Article 1 , of I 200 metric tons of extra-pure mag­ (') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1973 , p. 39 . nesium , 830 metric tons of unwrought magnesium

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not in alloy and 3 111 metric tons of unwrought mag­ 2 . The second tranche of 300 metric tons, 170 nesium , in alloy, shall be allocated among the metric tons and 1 139 metric tons respectively shall Member States as follows : constitute the reserve . (a) For extra-pure unwrought magnesium : The amounts of the reserve for the latter two types of Benelux 3 metric tons unwrought magnesium , provided for in Article 2 (2) of Denmark 1 metric ton Regulation (EEC) No 3591 /73 , shall be increased Germany 1 metric ton respectively : France 1 metric ton Ireland 1 metric ton (a) from 150 metric tons to 320 metric tons vfor Italy 1 metric ton unwrought magnesium not in alloy ; United Kingdom 1 192 metric tons (b) from 1 000 metric tons to 2 139 metric tons for unwrought magnesium in alloy. (b) for unwrought magnesium not in alloy : Benelux 1 52-7 metric tons Germany 478-5 metric tons Article 3 - France 98-6 metric tons Italy 6-2 metric tons Should Denmark or Ireland require additional United Kingdom 94-0 metric tons ; unwrought magnesium not in alloy, they shall draw a sufficient share from the appropriate reserve to the (c) for unwrought magnesium in alloy : extent that the reserve so permits . " Benelux 150 metric tons Denmark 1 metric ton Germany 2 904 metric tons Article 4 France 1 metric ton Ireland 1 metric ton This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh Italy 39 metric tons day following its publication in the Official Journal United Kingdom 15 metric tons. of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its' entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1974.

For the Council

The President

B. DESTREMAU