9.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL95/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of13February1976
extendingforsixmonthsDecision71/314/ECSCof27July1971authorizing
specialization agreementscoveringthemanufactureofrolledsteelproductsand
agreementsforthesettingupofanagencytoallocateordersformerchantsteel
barsandwirerodbetweenEisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilianshütte mbH,Klöckner-
WerkeAGandStahlwerkePeine-Salzgitter AG
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/354/ECSC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,andin
particularArticle65thereof,
HavingregardtoDecision71/314/ECSCof27July
1971authorizingspecializationagreementscovering
themanufacture ofrolledsteelproductsand
agreementsforthesettingupofanagencyto
allocateordersformerchantsteelbarsandwire
rodbetweenEisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilians­
hüttembH,Klöckner-Werke AGandStahlwerke
Peine-Salzgitter AGH,
Havingregardtotheapplicationdated18November
1975fromtheundertakingsconcerned,
Whereas :
1.ByDecision71/314/ECSCof27July1971,the
Commissiongaveanauthorization underArticle65
oftheTreatytothefollowingsteelundertakings :istheirintentiontosubmittotheCommission as
soonaspossibletheresultsoftheirnegotiations,
assumingthattheseendinnewagreements .Sincethe
negotiationscannotbecompletedbeforetheendof
1975,theundertakings concernedhavetherefore
requestedthattheDecisionof27July1971be
extendedforsixmonths.
4.TheinformationsuppliedtotheCommission
pursuanttoArticle3ofDecision71/314/ECSC
showsthatthespecializationagreementscoveringthe
manufactureofrolledsteelproductshaveenabled
productionthereoftoberationalizedtosomeextent.
Theagreementsforthesettingupofanagencyto
allocateordersformerchantsteelbarsandwirerod
havenotbeenappliedinpracticesincecommon
marketpricesfortheseproductshavebeengreatlyat
variance.Financialcompensation waspaidtoonly
oneofthefirmsinvolvedandthenonlyin1972.
5.Theundertakings concernedhavemadeno
changesoradditionstotheagreementsas
authorized .Apartfromtheagreementsforthesetting
upofanagencytoallocateordersformerchantsteel
barsandwirerod,theagreementsarestilloperating
intheforminwhichtheywereconsideredfor
authorization inthelightofconditionsof
competition .
6.Decision71/314/ECSCmaythereforebe
extendedforaperiodofsixmonths,—Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilianshütte mbH,
Sulzbach-Rosenberg ;
—Klöckner-Werke AG,Duisburg;
—StahlwerkePeine-Salzgitter AG,Peine;
forspecialization agreements coveringthe
manufactureofrolledsteelproductsandagreements
forthesettingupofanagencytoallocateordersfor
merchantsteelbarsandwirerod.
2.ThisDecisionexpiredon31December1975.
3.Theundertakings concernedhavebegun
negotiationstoconsolidatewhattheyhaveachieved
undertheauthorizedspecialization agreementsand
toadjusttheagreementstochangedcircumstances .ItHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Decision71/314/ECSCof27July1971authorizing
specialization agreementscoveringthemanufacture
ofrolledsteelproductsandagreementsforthe (!)OJNoL201,5.9.1971,p.19.

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—Klöckner-WerkeAG,Duisburg;
—StahlwerkePeine-Salzgitter AG,Peine.settingupofanagencytoallocateordersfor
merchantsteelbarsandwirerodbetween
Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilianshütte mbH,
Klöckner-Werke AGandStahlwerkePeine-Salzgitter
AGisextendeduntil30June1976.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedto:DoneatBrussels,13February1976.
FortheCommission
A.BORSCHETTE
MemberoftheCommission—Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilianshütte mbH,
Sulzbach-Rosenberg ;