6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
31.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL303/61
COMMISSION DECISION
derogatingfromRecommendation No1/64oftheHighAuthorityconcerning
anincreaseintheprotectivedutyonironandsteelproductsattheexternal
frontiersoftheCommunity
(Fifty-firstderogation)
(72/485/ECSC)
theMemberStatesarebased,alsoallow,given
presentconditionsonthecommonmarketin
steel,oftheirapplicationwithintheframe­
workofRecommendation No1/64of
15January1964;whereasneitherthissuspen­
sionofdutiesnorthesetariffquotasarelikely
tojeopardizetheobjectivesofRecommendation
No1/64concerninganincreaseintheprotective
dutyattheexternalfrontiersoftheCom­
munityandwhereas,furthermore ,thesetariff
measureshelptomaintainexistingtradeflows
betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries;
Whereasthesearespecialcasesinthecom­
mercialpolicyfieldjustifyingtheauthorization
ofderogationspursuanttoArticle3of
Recommendation No1/64;
Whereasthereshouldbeaguaranteethat
quotasgrantedwillbeusedsolelytosupply
theneedsofindustriesintheimportingcountries
andthatre-exportation tootherMemberStates,
inthesamestateasthatinwhichtheywere
imported,ofimportedironandsteelproducts
willbeprevented;
WhereastheGovernments oftheMember
Stateshavebeenconsultedonthetariffquotas
setoutbelow;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,andin
particularArticles2to5,8,71and74thereof;
HavingregardtoHighAuthorityRecommen­
dationNo1/64of15January1964(Official
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities No8,
22January1964,p.99/64)totheGovernments
oftheMemberStatesconcerninganincrease
intheprotectivedutyonironandsteelproducts
attheexternalfrontiersoftheCommunity,
andinparticularArticle3thereof;
Havingregardtotheagreementreachedon
11December1972byrepresentatives ofthe
MemberStateswithintheCouncilontariff
measurestobetakenforthefirstsixmonths
of1973;
Whereas,foryearspast,representatives ofthe
A4emberStatesmetwithintheCouncilhave
unanimouslyagreedonsix-monthlyderogations
fromtheharmonizedCommunitycustoms
dutiesforsteel;whereasthesederogationstake
theformofeitherareductionortemporary
suspensionofcertaincustomsdutiesorofthe
grantingoftariffquotasatreducedorsuspended
ratesofduty;whereasthelasttariffmeasures
ofthiskindweretakenbytherepresentatives
oftheGovernments oftheMemberStateson
11December1972forthefirstsixmonths
of1973;
Whereasthesemeasuresarejustifiedbythe
factthattheproductsinquestionarenot
manufactured ,oraremanufactured ininsuf­
ficientquantities,intheCommunityandthat
theirimportationonpreferentialtermsisnot
injurioustoironandsteelundertakingsinthe
Communitywhichproducedirectlycompeting
products;
Whereasthesereasonsandcircumstances ,on
whichthesix-monthlytariffmeasurestakenbyHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheGovernments oftheMemberStatesare
herebyauthorisedtoderogatefromtheobli­
gationsarisingunderArticle1ofHighAuthority
Recommendation No1/64of15January1964
totheextentnecessarytointroduce,inrespect
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesoftheiron
andsteelproductssetoutbelow,suspension
ofdutiesortariffquotasuptothequantities
andatthelevelsindicatedinrespectofeach
oftheseproducts:

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CCTheading
NoDescriptionofgoodsMember
StatesQuota
(t)Customs
(%)
ex73.15
AV(b)1Specialwirerodforthetyreindustry(wirerodofhighcarbon
steel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled,between4·5and
6mmindiameterandofacarboncontentofbetween0*62
and0·74%)Germany
Benelux
France
Italy2000
8000
4000
67000
0
0
0
ex73.15
AV(b)1Specialwirerodforthetyreindustry(wirerodofhighcarbon
steel,notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled,between4*5and
6mmindiameterandofacarboncontentofbetween0*62
and0-85%)Benelux 1200 0
ex73.15Specialwirerodforthemanufactureofspringsand'pianoGermany 8500 0
AV(b)1wire',withthefollowingcharacteristics : Benelux 1350 0
France 1200 0
—offinecarbonsteel
—notfurtherworkedthanhot-rolled
—between4*5and13mmindiameter
—containing:
—0*60to1*05%ofcarbon
—notmorethan0*05%ofsulphurandphosphorus
takentogether
—0Ί0to0-25%ofsilicon
—notmorethan0-10%ofallotherelements(with
theexceptionofmanganeseandchromium)taken
together
(GermanyandBeneluxareauthorizedtoimport—within
theirquotas—specialwirerodofalloysteels,between4·5
and13mmindiameter,forvalvesprings,withthe
followingcharacteristics :
(a)Chrome-vanadium products:
0-40-0-65%C;0·15-0·30% Si;0-60-0-90%Μη;
0·15-1·10% Cr;0·15-0*30% Va;notmorethan
0'30%Mo
PandScontentoflessthan0*035%each;
(b)Chrome-silicon products:
0-50-0*60% C;1-35-1-60% Si;0-60-0-80%Mn;
ex73.08
A
ex73.16
AII(b)0-55-0-80%Cr;
PandScontentoflessthan0-035%each)
Ironorsteelcoilsforre-rolling,cladwithanalloysteel(not
dominatingasregardsweight)whichcontainslessthan0-6%
carbonandmorethan10%chromiumbyweight,other
alloyingelementsbeingdisregarded (stainlesssteel),annealed
andpickled,ofawidthofmorethan900mmandnotmore
than1303mmandofathicknessofnotmorethan6mm
Usedrailsforre-rollingBenelux
France600
440000
0

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Article2 Article3
1.ThisDecisionshallbenotifiedtothe
GovernmentsoftheMemberStatesandpub­
lishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Itshallenterintoforceforeach
Governmentbyvirtueofitsnotification .
2.Itshallbevaliduntil30June1972.1.MemberStatesaccordedquotasunder
Article1ofthisDecisionshallberequiredto
ensure,inliaisonwiththeCommission ,that
thequotasaredistributedonanon-discrimi­
natorybasisamongthirdcountries.
2.Theyshallberequiredtotakeallneces­
sarystepstoruleoutthepossibilityofironand
steelproductsimportedunderthetariffquotas
beingre-exportedtootherMemberStatesin
thesamestateasthatinwhichtheywere
imported.DoneatBrussels,29December1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT