23. 10. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 300/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3145/87 of 19 October 1987 increasing the volume of the Community tariff ‘quota, opened for 1987, for ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % by weight-of carbon falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing-the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, -Having regard to the proposal -from the Commission,- Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 476/87 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1624/87 (3, the Council opened, for 1987, and allocated among the Member States, a duty-free Community ‘tariff quota for - ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, and the volume of which was provisionally fixed at 220 000 tonnes’; - Whereas it can be estimated, from the economic data now available on consumption, production and imports benefi- ting from other preferential tariff arrangements, that immediate- Community requirements of imports from third countries for products of this kind could, during the current -year, reach levels higher than the volume laid down by the said Regulation ; whereas, in order not to disturb the equilibrium of the market for this product and to- ensure parallel development- in-sales -of Community production and-satisfactory security of supplies to the user industries, it is appropriate to provide for an increase in volume by a quantity corresponding to the needs of user _ industries until the end of the current year, that is to say, ' to 180 000 tonnes; Whereas, it is appropriate to divide into two instalments the volume of the increase, the first instalment being allo- cated among certain Member States in proportion to their foreseeable needs, and the second held as a Community reserve to cover possible additional requirements, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : . Article 1 The volume of :the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No -476/87 for ferro-chromium con- taining not less than 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be raised from 220 000 to 400 000 tonnes. Article 2 1. A first instalment of the.additional volume referred to in Article 1 and amounting to 162 000 tonnes shall be allocated among certain Member States as follows : (tonnes) Benelux 10 500 Germany . 56 600 Spain- ‘ 14 000 France 38700 Italy 24 500 United Kingdom 17 700 2.  The second instalment, being 18 000 tonnes, shall constitute the reserve. The reserve provided for in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 476/87 shall thus be raised from 21770 to 39 770 tonnes. Article 3 'This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo- wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities. : : This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 19 October 1987. () OJ No L 49, 18. 2. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 152, 12. 6. 1987, p. 4. For the Council The President U. ELLEMANN-JENSEN