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COMMISSION DECISION No3115/76/ECSC
of20December 1976
fixingtherateoftheleviesforthe1977financialyearandamendingDecision
No3/52/ECSContheamountofandmethodsforapplyingtheleviesprovided
forinArticles49andSOoftheECSCTreaty
Havingnotedtheopiniondeliveredon14December
1976bytheEuropeanParliament,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Therateoftheleviesonoutputfrom1January1977
shallbe0-29%ofthefiguresusedasthebasisof
assessmentforsuchlevies.
Article2
Article2ofDecisionNo3/52/ECSC,asamendedby
Article2ofDecisionNo3378/75/ECSC,ishereby
amendedtoreadasfollows:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,andinparticularArticles
49,50and78thereof,
HavingregardtotheTreatyof8April1965estab­
lishingasingleCouncilandasingleCommissionof
theEuropeanCommunities('),andinparticularArti­
cles20and21thereof,
HavingregardtoDecisionNo3378/75/ECSCof22
December1975fixingtherateoftheleviesforthe
1976financialyearandamendingDecisionNo3/52/
ECSCof23December1952ontheamountofand
methodsforapplyingtheleviesprovidedforinArti­
cles49and50oftheECSCTreaty(2),
HavingregardtoDecisionNo2239/76/ECSCof15
September1976amendingDecisionNo2/52/ECSC
of23December1952determiningthemodeofassess­
mentandcollectionoftheleviesprovidedforinArti­
cles49and50oftheECSCTreaty(3),
Whereas,inviewofthevariationsinaveragevalues
recordedduringthereferenceperiod,DecisionNo
3/52/ECSCof23December1952ontheamountof
themethodsforapplyingtheleviesprovidedforin
Articles49and50oftheECSCTreatyshouldbe
amended;
WhereastherequirementsoftheEuropeanCoaland
SteelCommunityareestimatedintheoperational
budgetforthe1977financialyearat111millionEuro­
peanunitsofaccount;whereasthatbudget,which
wasadoptedbytheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities on20December1976,intheform
shownintheAnnextothisDecision,indicatesthe
amountofincometobeprovidedfromleviesinthe
courseofthefinancialyear1977,namely89million
Europeanunitsofaccount;
Whereastheestimatedyieldoftheleviesatarateof
0-10%is30-69millionEuropeanunitsofaccount;TheaveragevalueinEuropeanunitsofaccountofthe
productsonwhichtheleviesareassessedshallfrom1
January1977beasfollows:
Product Averagevalue
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-coke
derivedfrombrowncoal 20-97
Hardcoalofallcategories 35-24
Pigironotherthanthatusedformaking
ingots 148-06
Steeliningots 148-35
Finishedproductsandendproductsof
ironandsteelasdescribedinAnnexIto
theTreaty 247-25
Article3
Article4ofDecisionNo3/52/ECSC,aslastamended
byArticle4ofDecisionNo3378/75/ECSC,ishereby
amendedtoreadasfollows:
(>)OJNo152,13.7.1967,p.2.
(2)OJNoL333,30.12.1975,p.48.
(J)OJNoL252,16.9.1976,p.12.ThescaleprovidedforinArticle2(4)ofDecisionNo
2/52/ECSCshallaccordinglybeasfollows,thefigures
beinggiveninEuropeanunitsofaccount:

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ProductAssessmentJanuary1977
andsubsequentmonths
andcollectionFebruary1977
andsubsequentmonths
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-cokederivedfrombrowncoal(') 0.06081
Hardcoalofallcategories(2) 0.10220
Pigironotherthanthatusedformakingingots 0.35027
Steeliningots 0.38423
Finishedproductsandendproductsofironandsteelasdescribedin
AnnexItotheTreaty 0.17409
(')ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3,thelevyfixedaboveshallbeappliedtothenettonnageofbrowncoaland
semi-cokeofbrowncoal,less3%.
(2)ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3,thelevyfixedaboveshallbeappliedtothenettonnageofhardcoalas
definedinArticle1ofDecisionNo2/52/ECSC,less14%.
TheamountoftheleviespermetrictontobepaidinthecurrenciesoftheMember
StatesoftheCommunityshallbedeterminedincompliancewithArticle3ofDecision
No3289/75/ECSC.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January1977.
ThisDecisionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1976.
FortheCommission
ClaudeCHEYSSON
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
ECSCOPERATIONAL BUDGETFOR1977
(inmillionEUA)
Requirements Estimates Resources Estimates
Operationstobefinancedfromthe Resourcesofthefinancialyear
resourcesofthefinancialyear(non-re­
coverable)1.Currentresources
1.Administrative expenditure181.1.Levyyieldat0-29% 89
1.2.Interestoninvestments andon
2.Aidtoresettlement (Article56)25 loansfromnon-borrowed funds 16
3.Aidtoresearch(Article55)42 1.3.Finesandlatepaymentsurcharges tokenentry
3.1.Steel 16.51.4.Miscellaneous tokenentry
3.2.Coal 16.52.Cancellationofcommitments unlikely
3.3.Social 9tobeused 6
4.Interestsubsidies 153.Reassessment ofassetsandliabilities tokenentry
4.1.Investment(Article54)64.Unusedresourcescarriedoverfromthe
4.2.Redevelopment (Article56)9financialyear1976 tokenentry
5.Aidtocokingcoalandmetallurgical
coke 6
6.AidtovictimsinFriuli(allocationto
reserves)5
111 111
Operationsfinancedwithloansfrom Originofnon-borrowed funds
non-borrowedfunds
5.Repaymentsonloansforsocialhousing 7
7.Socialhousing 15
6.SpecialreserveandformerECSC
pensionfund 8