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Joint declaration

on the Spanish iron and steel industry

1 . Once the Treaty of Accession is signed , the Commission and the Spanish Government will jointly analyze the following within the framework of the Community iron and steel policy :

- the objectives of the restructuring plans already approved by the Spanish Government including the payment of aid after the date of accession , in accordance with criteria similar to those adopted in the Community as set out in the Annex to Protocol 10 annexed to the Act of Accession ,

- the viability of those undertakings which are not covered by a restructuring plan which has already been approved .

2 . When drawing up the general steel objectives for 1990 , the Commission will carry out with the Kingdom of Spain , in the same way as with the other Member States , the consultations provided for in the Treaty establishing the ECSC .

3 . ( a ) Prior to the date of accession , the Commission , in agreement with the Spanish Government and after consulting the Council , will determine the quantities to be delivered by Spanish undertakings onto the rest of the Community market during the first year following the date of accession at a level compatible with the objectives of Spanish restructuring and the forecasts adopted for the development of the Community market .

Whatever the situation , this level may under no circumstances be lower than the yearly average of Community imports of ECSC iron and steel products of Spanish origin in 1976 and 1977 .

In the absence of agreement between the Commission and the Spanish Government at the latest one month before the date of accession , the quantities to be delivered by Spanish undertakings during the first three months from the date of accession may not exceed a quarter of the quantities agreed upon between the Commission and the Spanish Government during the last year . The quantities to be delivered after the first three months following the date of accession are to be laid down within the Council in accordance with the procedural rules laid down under point 6 ( a ) of Protocol 10 annexed to the Act of Accession .

( b ) The Spanish Government will be responsible for the monitoring mechanism provided for in point 6 ( b ) of Protocol 10 annexed to the Act of Accession . It shall inform the Commission of it at the latest three months before the date of accession and will implement it with the Commission's agreement from the date of accession to ensure that the level of quantities to be delivered onto the rest of the Community market from that date is adhered to .

( c ) Should market control measures be in force in the remainder of the Community after the date of accession , the Spanish Government will take part in drawing them up in the same way as the other Member States ; the measures adopted vis-à-vis the Kingdom of Spain must be such as to promote the harmonious integration of its iron and steel industry into the whole of the Community . To this end , the measures decided upon vis-à-vis Spain will be based on the same principles as those on which the establishment of the existing rules in the Community will be based .

They will be adopted at the same time and in accordance with the same procedure as those applicable to the rest of the Community .