31976R2910

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2910/ 76 of 29 November 1976 adjusting the allocation of the Community quantitative export quotas for certain types of copper ash and residues and copper, aluminium and lead waste and scrap

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Community reserve of 600 metric tons established by COMMUNITIES, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 229/76 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Benelux countries and the Federal Repu­ Economic Community, blic of Germany have expressed the need to increase exports of copper waste and scrap of CCT heading No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ex 74.0 1 (Other) ; whereas it is therefore necessary to 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­ increase those Member States' shares for the products dure for administering quantitative quotas ( ]), and in in question by drawing on the Community reserve of particular Article 2 thereof, 735 metric tons established by Commission Regula­ tion (EEC) No 229/76 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3342/75 of 18 December 1975 fixing Community Whereas the Benelux countries and the United quantitative export quotas for certain types of copper Kingdom have expressed the need to increase exports ash and residues and for certain types of copper and of aluminium waste and scrap of CCT subheading aluminium waste and scrap (2), and in particular 76.01 B ; whereas it is therefore necessary to increase Article 2 thereof, those Member States' shares for the products in ques­ tion by drawing on the Community reserve of 550 metric tons established by Commission Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ( EEC) No 229/76 ; 570/76 of 15 March 1976 fixing a Community quanti­ tative export quota for certain types of lead waste and scrap (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas the Benelux countries have expressed the need to increase exports of lead waste and scrap of Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3342/75 and (EEC) CCT subheading 78.01 B ; whereas it is therefore No 570/76 fixed for 1976 Community quantitative necessary to increase those Member States' shares for export quotas of respectively 16 100 metric tons for the products in question by drawing on the Commu­ copper ash and residues of CCT heading No ex 26.03, nity reserve of 25 metric tons established by Commis­ 17 665 metric tons for copper waste and scrap of CCT sion Regulation (EEC) No 776/76 ; heading No ex 74.01 (Other), 3 408 metric tons for aluminium waste and scrap of fCT subheading 76.01 B and 1 445 metric tons for lead waste and scrap of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation CCT subheading 78.01 B, which were allocated by are in accordance with the opinion of the Quota Commission Regulation (EEC) No 229/76 of 2 Administration Committee, February 1976 (4), as amended by Commission Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1852/76 (5) and (EEC) No 2292/76 {% and by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 776/76 of 5 April 1976 (7) ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic have expressed the need to increase exports of copper ash and resi­ dues of CCT heading No ex 26.03 ; whereas it is there­ fore necessary to increase those Member States' shares Article 1 for the products in quesion by drawing on the

C ) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970,. p. 1 . For copper ash and residues of CCT heading No ex (2 ) OJ No L 330 , 24 . 12. 1975, p. 2. 26.03 the shares allocated to the Benelux countries, (3) OJ No L 71 , 17. 3 . 1976, p . 1 . the Federal Republic of Germany and the Italian (4) OJ No L 28 , 3 . 2. 1976, p. 5. Republic are hereby increased as follows by drawing (5) OJ No L 204, 30. 7. 1976, p. 14 . (b) OJ No L 259, 29 . 9 . 1976, p. 7. on the Community reserve established by Commis­ 7) OJ No L 91 , 6. 4. 1976, p. 11 . sion Regulation (EEC) No 229 /76 :

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— the Benelux countries present share is increased and United Kingdom are hereby increased as follows, from 870 to 893 metric tons ; by drawing on the Community reserve established by — the Federal Republic of Germany's present share Commission Regulation (EEC) No 229/76 : is increased from 7 100 to 7 259 metric tons ; — the Benelux countries share is increased from 375 — the Italian Republic's share is increased from 950 to 625 metric tons ; to 1 098 metric tons . — the United Kingdom's share is increased from 488 to 688 metric tons . Article 2

For copper waste and scrap of CCT heading No ex Article 4 74.01 (Other) the shares allocated to the Benelux coun­ tries and the Federal Republic of Germany are hereby For lead waste and scrap of CCT subheading 78.01 B increased as follows, by drawing on the Community the share allocated to the Benelux countries is hereby reserve established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 229/76 : increased from 100 to 125 metric tons by drawing on the Community reserve established by Commission — the Benelux countries' present share is increased Regulation (EEC) No 776/76. from 2 250 to 2 598 metric tons ; — the Federal Republic of Germany's present share is increased from 6 450 to 6 637 metric tons . A rticle 5 ,

Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of For aluminium waste and scrap of CCT subheading the European Communities. It shall remain in force 76.01 B the shares allocated to the Benelux countries until 31 December 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1976. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission