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( 1 ) OJ NO 15 , 30 . 1 . 1963 , P . 162/63 .

( 2 ) OJ NO 20 , 1 . 2 . 1966 , P . 309/66 .

( 3 ) OJ NO 318 , 29 . 12 . 1967 , P . 10 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 10 , 15 . 1 . 1970 , P . 16 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 102 , 17 . 4 . 1973 , P . 19 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 95 , 9 . 4 . 1976 , P . 25 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 16 NOVEMBER 1978

EXTENDING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JOINT SALE OF FUELS BY THE BELGIAN MINING COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITHIN THE ' COMPTOIR BELGE DES CHARBONS , SOCIETE COOPERATIVE ( COBECHAR ) '

( ONLY THE DUTCH AND FRENCH TEXTS ARE AUTHENTIC )

( 78/973/ECSC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2 TO 5 , 47 AND 65 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO DECISION NO 1/63 OF 16 JANUARY 1963 ( 1 ) AUTHORIZING THE JOINT SALE OF FUELS BY THE BELGIAN MINING COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITHIN THE ' COMPTOIR BELGE DES CHARBONS , SOCIETE COOPERATIVE ( COBECHAR ) ' , EXTENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY DECISIONS NO 1/66 OF 27 JANUARY 1966 ( 2 ), NO 37/67 OF 19 DECEMBER 1967 ( 3 ), 70/31/ECSC OF 22 DECEMBER 1969 ( 4 ), 73/75/ECSC OF 20 MARCH 1973 ( 5 ) AND 76/356/ECSC OF 18 FEBRUARY 1976 ( 6 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION MADE BY COBECHAR ON 26 JULY 1978 ,

WHEREAS BY DECISION NO 1/63 OF 16 JANUARY 1963 THE HIGH AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED JOINT SALES OF SOLID FUELS BY THE MINING COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITHIN COBECHAR UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1965 ;

WHEREAS THE VALIDITY OF THIS AUTHORIZATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY DECISIONS NO 1/66 , 70/31/ECSC , 73/75/ECSC AND 76/356/ECSC UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1978 ;

WHEREAS BY LETTER OF 26 JULY 1978 COBECHAR INFORMED THE COMMISSION THAT THE COMPANIES CONCERNED HAD EXTENDED THE EXISTING JOINT-SELLING AGREEMENTS UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 AND APPLIED FOR A CORRESPONDING EXTENSION OF THE AUTHORIZATION ;

WHEREAS THESE AGREEMENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THOSE CONCLUDED AT THE END OF 1962 ;

WHEREAS THE REASONS FOR WHICH THE HIGH AUTHORITY , IN ITS AFOREMENTIONED DECISIONS , AUTHORIZED THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COMPANIES CONCERNED FOR JOINT SALES OF SOLID FUEL AS SET OUT IN THE STATUTES OF COBECHAR IN ITS INTERNAL REGULATIONS STILL APPLY , AS DO THE REASONS FOR THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED UPON THE COMPANIES CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS THE AGREEMENTS THUS CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZATION SET OUT IN ARTICLE 65 ( 2 ) OF THE TREATY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF DECISION NO 1/63 AUTHORIZING JOINT SALES OF FUELS BY THE BELGIAN MINING COMPANIES LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION , IS HEREBY EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO COBECHAR , BRUSSELS AND TO THE COMPANIES CONCERNED .

IT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1979 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 NOVEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

RAYMOND VOUEL

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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ANNEX

LIST OF COMPANIES GROUPED WITHIN THE COMPTOIR BELGE DES CHARBONS

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NAME // REGISTERED OFFICE //

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1 . CHARBONNAGES D ' ARGENTEAU , SA // 4570 TREMBLEUR //

2 . ESPERANCE ET BONNE-FORTUNE , SA // 4300 ANS //

// RUE BONNE-FORTUNE //

3 . SA DES CHARBONNAGES DE LA GRANDE-BACHURE ( IN LIQUIDATION ) // 4400 CORONMEUSE-LEZ-LIEGE RUE DU PETIT-CHENE 95 //

4 . SA DES CHARBONNAGES D ' HENSIES-POMMEROEUL ( IN LIQUIDATION ) // 7381 HENSIES RUE DES SARTIS //

5 . NV KEMPENSE STEENKOLENMIJNEN // 3530 HOUTHALEN //

// GROTE BAAN 27 //

6 . SOCIETE DES CHARBONNAGES DE MONCEAU-FONTAINE , SA // 6031 MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE RUE DE MONCEAU-FONTAINE 33 //

7 . COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE ET FINANCIERE PATIENCE ET BEAUJONC , SA // 4301 GLAIN-LEZ-LIEGE RUE EMILE VANDERVELDE 352 //

8 . SA DES CHARBONNAGES REUNIS DE ROTON-FARCIENNES ET OIGNIES-AISEAU // 5600 TAMINES RUE SAINT-MARTIN 66 //

9 . SOCIETE DES CHARBONNAGES DE WERISTER , SA // 4624 ROMSEE RUE CHURCHILL 26 //