31978R1785

29 . 7. 78 No L 205/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1785/78

of 25 July 1978

increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1978 by Regulation ( EEC) No 2747/77 for unwrought magnesium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN by weight and not exceeding 99.95 % of pure magne­ COMMUNITIES, sium (unwrought magnesium not in alloy), and 2 500 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing not more Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European than 99.8 % by weight of pure magnesium Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 (unwrought magnesium in alloy) ; thereof,

Whereas as far as the distribution of the above quota Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, volumes between Member States is concerned, it is Whereas, for unwrought magnesium falling within necessary to allot to the Community reserves all the subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a supplementary volumes allocated to extra-pure magne­ Community tariff quota for 1978 totalling 5 500 sium and unwrought magnesium in alloy and also a tonnes has been opened by the Council and allocated relatively small part of the supplementary volume allo­ among the Member States by Regulation (EEC) No cated to unwrought magnesium not in alloy, the 2747/77 ( i) ; balance of this last volume being divided among the Member States in accordance with the percentages Whereas the economic data at present available with originally used, regard to the consumption and production of 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 Article 1 Community production ; whereas the quota concerned should therefore be increased by an appro­ priate amount, approximately 3 400 tonnes ; whereas The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by the fixing at this level of this supplementary quota Regulation (EEC) No 2747/77 for unwrought magne­ does not preclude further adjustments during the sium falling within subheading 77.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from quota period ; whereas, in view, moreover, on the one 5 500 to 8 900 tonnes . hand of the present requirements in unwrought magnesium, not in alloy, with a pure magnesium This increase of 3 400 tonnes shall be allocated as content of not less than 99.95 % and, on the other, of follows : the quantities available in the Community and of the possible increase in production by Community indus­ (a) 300 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing tries based principally on unwrought magnesium, not 99-95 % or more by weight of pure magnesium in alloy, and also the possibility of duty-free imports (extra-pure magnesium), intended for the nuclear under Agreements concluded by the Community with industry and under customs supervision or equivacertain non-acceding EFTA countries, it can be esti­ lent administrative supervision ; mated that short-term requirements for imports of (b) 600 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing unwrought magnesium may, within the limit of the not less than 99-8 % but less than 99-95 % by proposed increase, reach 300 tonnes of unwrought weight of pure magnesium (unwrought magne­ magnesium containing 99-95 % or more by weight of sium not in alloy) ; pure magnesium (extra-pure magnesium), 600 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing 99-8 % or more (c) 2 500 tonnes of unwrought magnesium containing less than 99-8 % by weight of pure magnesium (») OJ No L 318 , 13 . 12. 1977, p. 7. (unwrought magnesium in alloy).

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Article 2 (tonnes) Benelux 116.5 Denmark 0.2 The volumes of 300 and 2 500 tonnes referred to in Germany 365.5 Article 1 (a) and (c) allocated to extra-pure unwrought France 12 magnesium intended for the nuclear industry and to Ireland 0.2 unwrought magnesium in alloy shall be allocated to 1-6 Italy the Community reserves set up under Articles 2 ( 1 ) United Kingdom 64 and 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2747/77, which shall thus be increased from 600 to 900 tonnes and 2. The second tranche of 40 tonnes shall constitute from 425 to 2 925 tonnes respectively. the reserve . The amount of the reserve for this type of unwrought magnesium, provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation Article 3 (EEC) No 2747/77, is thus increased from 130 to 170 tonnes .

Article 4 1 . A first tranche of the amount referred to in Article 1 (b), of 560 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, 25 July 1978 .

For the Council

The President

K. von DOHNANYI