9.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL95/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of18February1976
extendingtheauthorization ofjointfuelsalesbytheBelgianminingcompanies
associatedwithintheComptoirbeigedescharbons,sociétécooperative (Cobéchar)
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(76/356/ECSC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,andin
particularArticles2to5,47and65thereof,Whereastheseagreementsarelargelythesameas
thoseconcludedattheendof1962;
WhereasthereasonsforwhichtheHighAuthority,
initsaforementioned Decisions,authorizedthe
agreementsbetweenthecompaniesconcernedfor
jointsalesofsolidfuelassetoutinthestatutesof
theComptoirbeigedescharbons(Cobéchar)andin
itsinternalregulations (règlementd'ordre
intérieurdeCobéchar)stillapply,asdothereasons
fortheconditionsimposeduponthecompanies
concerned;
Whereastheagreementsthuscontinuetocomply
withtherequirementsforauthorization setoutin
Article65(2)oftheTreaty,HavingregardtoDecision1/63of16January1963
authorizingjointfuelsalesinanumberofmining
companiesoperatingintheBelgiancoalfields
associatedwithintheComptoirbeigedescharbons,
sociétécooperative (Cobéchar)(x),extendedand
completedbyDecisions1/66of27January1966(2),
37/67of19December1967(3),70/31/ECSCof
22December1969(4)and73/75/ECSCof20March
1973(«),
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Havingregardtotheapplicationof17July1975,
WhereasbyDecision1/63of16January1963,the
HighAuthorityauthorizeduntil31December1965,
jointsalesofsolidfuelsbytheminingcompanies
associatedwithintheComptoirbeigedescharbons,
sociétécooperative (Cobechar);Article1
TheperiodofvalidityofDecision1/63authorizing
jointsalesoffuelsbytheBelgianminingcompanies
listedintheAnnextothisDecision,ishereby
extendeduntil31December1978.
Whereastheperiodofvalidityofthatauthorization
wasextendedbyDecisions1/66,70/31/ECSCand
73/75/ECSCuntil31December1975;Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtothecompanies
concernedandtoCobéchar.
ThisDecisionshallapplyfrom1January1976. Whereasbyletterof17July1975Cobéchar
informedtheCommissionthatthecompanies
concernedhadextendedtheexistingjoint-selling
agreementsuntil31December1978andappliedfor
acorresponding extensionoftheauthorization ;
(!)OJNo15,30.1.1963,p.162/63.
(2)OJNo20,1.2.1966,p.309/66.
(3)OJNo318,29.12.1967,p.10.DoneatBrussels,18February1976.
FortheCommission
A.BORSCHETTE
MemberoftheCommission(4)OJNoL10,15.1.1970,p.16.
(5)OJNoL102,17.4.1973,p.19.

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ANNEX
ListofcompaniesgroupedwithintheComptoirbeigedescharbons
Name Registeredoffice
1.Charbonnaged'Aiseau-Presle ,SA Grand-Place ,
6240Farciennes .
2.Charbonnages d'Argenteau,SA 4570Trembleur .
3.Societedescharbonnages duBois-du-Luc ,SA
—enliquidation—7071Houdeng-Aimeries .
4.Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence-Espérance-Longdoz ,SA 4100Seraing.
5.EsperanceetBonne-Fortune ,SA 4320Montegnèe-lez-Liège .
6.SAdescharbonnages delaGrande-Bacnure
—enliquidation—RueduPetitChene95,
4400Coronmeuse-lez-Liège .
7.SAsociétédescharbonnages duHasard RuePauld'Andrimont3,
4630Micheroux-lez-Liège .
8.Charbonnages d'Hensies-Pommerœul ,SA RuedesSartis,
7381Hensies.
9.NVKempenseSteenkolenmijnen GroteBaan27,
3530Houthalen .
10.CharbonnagesMambourg,Sacré-Madame etPoirier
réunis,SA
—enliquidation—6000Charleroi .
11.Societedescharbonnages deMonceau-Fontaine ,SA 6031Monceau-sur-Sambre .
12.CompagnieimmobilièreetfinancièrePatienceetBeau­
jonc,SARueEm.Vandervelde352,
4301Glain-lez-Liège .
13.SAdescharbonnages réunisdeRoton-Farciennes et
Oignies-AiseauRueSaint-Martin 66,
5600Tamines .
14.Societedescharbonnages deWérister,SA RueChurchill26,
4624Romsée.