12.7.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL189/21
COMMISSION DECISION ,
of19June1974
amendingCommissionDecisionNo74/133/EECof14February1974ontheapplication
bytheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandofprotectivemeasuresin
respectofcertainironaridsteelproductsinChapter73oftheCommonCustoms
TariffunderArticle135oftheActconcerningtheconditionsofaccessionandthe
adjustmentstotheTreaties
(74/342/EEC)
disturbingtheoperationofthecommonmarketthan
bythemeasuresauthorizedbytheCommissioninits
Decisionof14February1974,todealwiththediffi­
cultiescausedbythesuspensionofcoalproduction;
WhereastheCommissionconsidersthat,therefore,the
Decisionof14February1974shouldbeamended;
whereasneverthelessprotectivemeasurescausingless
disturbancetothefunctioningofthecommonmarket
arecalledfortoenabletheUnitedKingdomironand
steelindustrytoregainasatisfactorylevelofpro­
duction;
Whereastheperiodoftimeduringwhichthemeasures
coveredbythisDecisionareinforcemustbelimited
tothatstrictlyrequiredtoattaintheobjectsof
Article135oftheAccessionTreaty,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheActconcerningtheConditions
ofAccessionandtheAmendmentstotheTreaties,
andinparticularArticle135thereof;
HavingregardtoCommissionDecisionNo74/133/-
EEC(1)of14February1974,andinparticularArticle
4thereof;
Havingregardtotheapplicationof18June1974
bytheUnitedKingdom;
Whereasasaresultoftheeventswhichtookplacein
theUnitedKingdomattheendof1973andthebe­
ginningof1974,whichledtheCommissiontotake
DecisionNo74/134/ECSC(2)of18February1974
inrespectofcertaincoalandsteelproductsreferred
toinArticle81oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanCoalandSteelCommunity ,theBritishcoal,
ironandsteelproductionremainsmarkedlybelow
normallevels;whereasitisnotpossibletofindat
shortnoticealternativesourcesofsupply;
WhereastheCommissionintendstoamendtheabove­
mentionedCommission DecisionNo74/134/ECSCin
sofarasitconcernsproductscoveredbytheECSC
Treaty;
Whereasthesemeasuresdonotresolvethesupply
problemsinthesectorswhicharemajorconsumers
ofsteelproductsnotcomingundertheECSCTreaty;
whereasthesesectorsareindangerthereforeofbeing
exposedtoserioussupplydifficultieswhicharelikely
topersist;
Whereasitnowappearsthatitispossibletodiminish
theconsequences ofthesituationbymeasureslessHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Article1ofCommission DecisionNo74/133/EEC
of14February1974isdeletedandthefollowingis
substituted :
'1.TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizedtosetup
an"OpenGeneralExportLicence"system
coveringcertainironandsteelproductscon­
tainedinChapter73oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,ofwhichalistissetoutintheAnnex.
2.AftertheentryintooperationofthisDecision,
theUnitedKingdom,mayafterconsultationwith
theCommissionintroducealicencesystemin
orderto:
0)OJNoL74,19.3.1974,p.14.
(2)OJNoL74,19.3.1974,p.20.—limitexportsofsuchproductstothird
countries ;

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'WithoutprejudicetotheapplicationofArticle4,
thisDecisionshallremaininoperationuntil1
October1974.'—controland,insofarasisnecessary,limit
deliveriesofsuchproducts ,tootherMember
States-suchregimehowevermayinnocir­
cumstancesbemorerestrictive,asfaraseach
productisconcerned,thanthatappliedto
exportstothirdcountries.Article3
3.TheBritishGovernment shallensurethatthe
applicationofthemeasuresauthorizedwillentail
nogreaterrestrictiononthefreemovementof
goodsthanisstrictlynecessarytoattaintheobject
ofthesemeasures,andwillinparticularfurthera
significantincreaseofexportstootherMember
States.'ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1July1974.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19June1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIArticle2
Article5ofDecisionNo74/133/EECof14February
1974isdeletedandthefollowingissubstituted :