7.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL338/19
COMMISSION DECISION No2963/76/ECSC
of1December 1976
amending Decision 73/287/ECSCof25July1973concerning cokingcoalsand
cokesfortheironandsteelindustryintheCommunity
whereasitisnecessary toavoidsuchareduction on
thetransition fromu.a.toEUA;whereastothisend
thenominalamounts oftheabovementioned aidsand
contributions mustbeincreased by5-5%;
Whereas Decision 73/287/ECSCmustbeamended
accordingly ,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article 1
Decision73/287/ECSCisherebyamended asfollows :
1.InArticle 1(b),forthemaximum ratesofsalesaid
providedforthevariouscases,namely :
31-602-60 1-402and 1u.a.
readrespectively :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularthefirst
paragraph ofArticle95thereof,
WiththeassentoftheCouncil ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheConsultative
Committee ,
Whereas underthetermsofCommission Decision
73/287/ECSCof25July1973(•)theMemberStates
areauthorized togranttoundertakings supplying
cokingcoalsandcokestotheCommunity ironand
steelindustryaidstofacilitateproduction ,marketing
inregionsfarawayfromtheproduction areasand
intra-Community trade,andtheconclusion andimple­
mentation oflong-term contracts ;whereasaspecial
fundhasbeensetupfortheCommunity financingof
salesaidswithintheframework ofintra-Community
trade;
Whereas theamounts ofsuchaidsandofcontribu­
tionstothespecialfundarespecifiedinArticles 1to
7oftheDecisioninunitsofaccount('u.a.');
Whereas Article 1ofCommission Decision No3289/
75/ECSCof18December 1975(2),providesthatthe
unitofaccounttobeusedinDecisons ,recommenda­
tions,opinionsandcommunications forthepurposes
oftheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community shallbe,witheffectfrom1January1976,
theEuropeanunitofaccount('EUA');
Whereasthesecondparagraph ofArticle4ofthe
sameDecisionprovidesthatthespecialfundprovided
forinDecision73/287/ECSConcertainaidsgranted
forthesaleofcokingcoalandcoketotheCommu­
nityironandsteelindustryshallbeestablished in
EUA;
Whereasthetransition forthe'unitofaccount',valid
uptoandincluding 31December 1975,tothe'Euro­
peanunitofaccount',validwitheffectfrom1January
1976,attherate1u.a.=1EUAwouldinvolvea
reduction inthecorresponding national-currency
valuesoftheaidsandcontributions providedforby
Decision 73/287/ECSC;3-1651-6882-7431-4772-110and1-055EUA.
2.InArticle7(2),theratesandthemaximum
amountsofthecontributions providedforinsubpa­
ragraphs (a),(b)and(c)shallreadasfollows :
(a)in(a),thirdindent,for'0-400u.a.permetricton
ofcoal,i.e.notmorethan6millionu.a.per
annum',read:'0-422EUApermetrictonof
coal,i.e.,notmorethan6-33millionEUAper
annum';
(b)in(b),third,fourthandfifthindents,
—for'0-493u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.,
notmorethan7-4million ,u.a.perannum',
read:0-520EUApermetrictonofcoal,i.e.
notmorethan7-807millionEUAper
annum';
—for'0-273u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.not
morethan4-1millionu.a.',read:'0-288
EUApermetrictonofcoal,i.e.,notmore
than4-326millionEUA';
—for'0-207u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.,
notmorethan3-1millionu.a.',read:'0-218
EUApermetrictonofcoal,i.e.,notmore
than3-271millionEUA';(•)OJNoL259,15.9.1973,p.36.
(2)OJNoL327,19.12.1975,p.4.

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2.Withregardtotheadministration ofthespecial
fundcreatedfortheCommunity financing ofsales
aidsundersectionIofDecision 73/287/ECSCwith
theframework ofintra-Community trade,theprovi­
sionsofthesecondparagraph ofArticle4ofDecision
No3289/75/ECSCshallapply.(c)in(c),first,secondandthirdindents,
—for*1-107u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.,
notmorethan16*6millionu.a.perannum',
read:'1168EUApermetrictonofcoal,
i.e.,notmorethan17-513millionEUAper
annum';
—for'1027u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.,
notmorethan15-5millionu.a.',read:
'1083EUApermetrictonofcoal,i.e.,not
morethan16-353millionEUA';
—for'0-593u.a.permetrictonofcoal,i.e.,
notmorethan8-8millionu.a.',read:'0-626
EUApermetrictonofcoal,i.e.,notmore
than9-284millionEUA'.ArticleJ
Article2ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Itsprovisions shalltakeeffectretrospec­
tivelyfrom1January1976andshallapplytodeliv­
eriesofcokingcoalsandcokeseffectedonorafter
thatdate.1.ThevalueoftheEuropean unitofaccount
(EUA)shallbecalculated bytheCommission inaccor­
dancewithArticle2ofDecision No3289/75/ECSC.
ThisDecisionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,1December 1976.
FortheCommission
HenriSIMONET
Vice-President