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23 . 7 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 184/ 1

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1645/77 of 20 July 1977 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1977 by Regulation (EEC) No 2930/76 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 1 000 COMMUNITIES , tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 % or more by weight and not exceeding 99-95 % of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European pure magnesium (unwrought magnesium not in alloy), Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 and 2 800 tonnes of unwrought magnesium thereof, containing not more than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magnesium in alloy) ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, as far as the distribution of the above quota Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within volumes between Member States is concerned, it is subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a necessary to allot to the Community reserves of all the Community tariff quota for 1977 totalling 5 500 supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne­ tonnes has been opened by the Council and allocated sium and unwrought magnesium in alloy and also a among the Member States by Regulation (EEC) No relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­ 2930/ 76 (') ; cated to unwrought magnesium not in alloy, the balance of this last volume being divided among the Whereas the economic data at present available with Member States in accordance with the percentages regard to the consumption and production of originally used, unwrought magnesium do not yet permit Community requirements of imports from non-member countries to be evaluated with sufficient precision ; whereas it HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : appears that certain Member States have considerable magnesium requirements which cannot be met by Community production ; whereas the quota Article 1 concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­ priate amount, approximately 4 300 tonnes ; whereas the fixing at this level of this supplementary quota The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by does not preclude further adjustments during the Regulation (EEC) No 2930/76 for unwrought magne­ quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the one sium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the hand of the present requirements in unwrought Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from 5 500 to 9 800 tonnes . magnesium not in alloy with a pure magnesium content of not less than 99-95 % , and on the other hand of the quantities available in the Community This increase of 4 300 tonnes shall be allocated as follows : and of the possible increase in production by Commu­ nity industries based principally on unwrought magne­ (a) 500 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing sium not in alloy, and also the possibility of duty-free 99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium imports under agreements concluded by the Commu­ (extra-pure magnesium ), intended for the nuclear nity with certain non-acceding EFTA countries , it can industry and under customs supervision or equiva­ be estimated that short-term requirements for imports lent administrative supervision ; of unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the proposed increase, reach 500 tonnes of unwrought (b) 1 000 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of not less than 99-8 % but less than 99-95 % by weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­ (') OJ No L 334, 3 . 12. 1976, p . 1 . sium not in alloy) ;

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(c) 2 800 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing (in tonnes) less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium Benelux 191 (unwrought magnesium in alloy). Denmark 0-5 Germany 600 Article 2 France 20 Ireland 0-5 The volumes of 500 and 2 800 tonnes referred to in Italy 3 Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure unwrought 105 United Kingdom magnesium intended for the nuclear industry and to 2 . The second tranche of 80 tonnes shall constitute unwrought magnesium in alloy shall be allocated to the reserve . the Community reserves set up under Articles 2 ( 1 ) and 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2930/76, which The amount of the reserve for this type of unwrought shall thus be increased from 600 to 1 100 tonnes and magnesium, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation from 425 to 3 225 tonnes respectively. (EEC) No 2930/76, is thus increased from 130 to 210 tonnes . Article 3 Article 4 1 . A first tranche of the amount referred to in Article 1 (b), of 920 tonnes of unwrought magnesium This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh not in alloy, shall be allocated among the Member day following its publication in the Official Journal States as follows : of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1977. For the Council

The President M. EYSKENS