30.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL21/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of22December 1978
derogatingfromHighAuthorityrecommendation No1-64concerningan
increaseintheprotectivedutyonironandsteelproductsattheexternal
frontiersoftheCommunity
(97thderogation )
(79/91/ECSC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
2to5,8,71and74thereof,
HavingregardtoHighAuthorityrecommendation
No1-64of15January1964totheGovernments of
theMemberStatesconcerninganincreaseinthe
protectivedutyonironandsteelproductsatthe
externalfrontiersoftheCommunity(')asmodifiedby
recommendation No1905/78/ECSCof28July
1978(2),andinparticularArticle3thereof,
Havingregardtotheagreementreachedon19
December1978bytherepresentatives oftheMember
StatesmeetingwithintheCouncilontariffmeasures
tobetakenforthefirstsixmonthsof1979,
Whereas,foryearspast,therepresentatives ofthe
Governments oftheMemberStatesmeetingwithin
theCouncilhaveunanimouslyagreedonsix-monthly
derogations fromtheharmonized Community
customsdutiesforsteel;whereasthesederogations
taketheformeitherofareductionortemporary
suspensionofcertaincustomsdutiesorofthe
grantingoftariffquotasatreducedorsuspendedrates
ofduty;whereasthelasttariffmeasuresofthiskind
weretakenbyrepresentatives oftheGovernments of
theMemberStateson19December1978inrespect
ofthefirstsixmonthsof1979;
Whereassuchmeasuresarejustifiedbythefactthat
theproductsinquestionarenotmanufactured ,orare
manufactured ininsufficientquantities,inthe
Communityandthattheirimportationonpreferential
termsisnotinjurioustoironandsteelundertakings
intheCommunitywhichproducedirectlycompeting
products;Whereasthesereasonsandcircumstances ,onwhich
thesix-monthlytariffmeasurestakenbytheMember
Statesarebased,alsoallow,givenpresentconditions
onthecommonmarketinsteel,oftheirapplication
withintheframeworkofrecommendation No1-64of
15January1964;whereasneitherthissuspensionof
dutiesnorthesetariffquotasarelikelytojeopardize
theobjectivesofthesaidrecommendation ;whereas,
furthermore ,suchtariffmeasureshelptomaintain
existingtradeflowsbetweentheMemberStatesand
thirdcountries ;
Whereasthesearespecialcasesinthecommercial
policyfieldjustifyingtheauthorizationofderogation
pursuanttoArticle3ofrecommendation No1-64;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadetoensurethatthe
quotasgrantedwillbeusedsolelytosupplytheneeds
ofindustriesintheimportingcountriesandthatre-ex­
portationintheunalteredstatetootherMember
Statesofimportedironandsteelproductswillbe
prevented;
WhereastheGovernments oftheMemberStateshave
beenconsultedonthetariffquotassetoutbelow,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheGovernments oftheMemberStatesarehereby
authorizedtoderogatefromtheobligationsarising
underArticle1ofHighAuthorityrecommendation
No1-64totheextentnecessarytosuspend,inrespect
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesoftheironandsteel
productssetoutbelow,dutiesortariffquotasin
respectofthequantitiesandatthelevelsindicated
below:
(')OJNo8,22.1.1964,p.99/64.
(^)OJNoL217,8.9.1978,p.5.

NoL21/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.1.79
CCTheadingNo DescriptionMember
StateQuota
(tonnes)Duty(%)
ex73.15AVb)1Specialwirerod(ofhighcarbonsteel,notfurtherworked
thanhot-rolled,between4.5and13mmindiameter)for
themanufactureofspringsandpianowire:
—Containingbyweight:
—0-60to1.05%ofcarbon,
—notmorethan0.05%ofsulphurandphosphorus
takentogether,
—0.15to0.30%silicon,
—notmorethan0.10%ofallotherelements(with
theexceptionofmanganeseandchromium)taken
together
(GermanyandBeneluxareauthorizedtoimport—
withintheirquotas—specialwirerodofalloysteels,
between4.5and13mmindiameter,forvalvesprings,
withthefollowingcharacteristics :
(a)Chrome-vanadium products:
0.40to0.65%C;
0.15to0.30%Si;
0.60to0.90%Mn;
0.15to1.10%Cr;
0.15to0.30%Va;
notmorethan0.30%Mo;
PandScontentoflessthan0.035%each
(b)Chrome-silicon products:
0.50to0.60%C;
1.35to1-60%Si;
0.60to0.80%Mn;
0.55to0.80%Cr;
PandScontentoflessthan0-035%each)Germany(FR)
Benelux
France8500
1350
14000
0
0
Article2
1.TheMemberStatesaccordedquotasunderArticle1ofthisDecisionshallensure,in
liaisonwiththeCommission ,thatsuchquotasareapportionedamongthirdcountrieson
anon-discriminatory basis.
2.Theyshalltakeallnecessarystepstoprecludethepossibilityofironandsteel
productsimportedunderthesaidtariffquotasbeingre-exportedtootherMemberStates
inthesamestateasthatinwhichtheywereimported.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallremaininforceuntil30June1979.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,22December1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President