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COMMISSION DECISION No3681/90/ECSC
of18December 1990
fixingtherateoftheleviesforthe1991financialyearandamendingDecision
No3-52ontheamountofandmetihodsforapplyingtheleviesprovidedforin
Articles49and50oftheECSCTreaty
whereastheestimatedyieldoftheleviesatarateof
0,01%isECU6,34million,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,andinparticularArticles49
and50thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Whereas,inviewofthevariationsinaveragevalues
recordedduringthereferenceperiod,DecisionNo3-52
of23December1952ontheamountofandmethodsfor
applyingtheleviesprovidedforinArticles49and50of
theECSCTreaty(')shouldbeamended;Article1
Therateoftheleviesonoutputfrom1January1991
shallbe0,29%ofthefiguresusedasthebasisofassess­
mentforsuchlevies.
WhereastherequirementsoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Communityareestimatedintheoperatingbudgetforthe
1991financialyearatECU482million;whereasthat
budget,whichwasadoptedbytheCommissionofthe
EuropeanCommunitieson13December1990inthe
formshownintheAnnextothisDecision,indicatesthe
amountofincometobeprovidedfromleviesinthe
courseofthefinancialyear1991,namelyECU184
million;Article2
Article2ofDecisionNo3-52,aslastamendedbyArticle
2ofDecisionNo3978/89/ECSC(2),isherebyamendedto
readasfollows:
Article2
Theaveragevalueinecusoftheproductsonwhich
theleviesareassessedshall,from1January1991,be
asfollows:
(ECU)
Product Averagevalue
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-cokederivedfrombrowncoal 57,97
Hardcoalofallcategories 81,19
Pigironotherthanthatusedformakingingots 203,60
Steeliningots 282,01
FinishedproductsandendproductsofironandsteelasdescribedinAnnex
ItotheTreaty 470,01'
Article3
Article4ofDecisionNo3-52,aslastamendedbyArticle3ofDecisionNo3978/89/
ECSC,isherebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
Article4
ThescaleprovidedforinArticle2(4)ofDecisionNo2-52shallaccordinglybeas
follows,thefiguresbeinggiveninecus:
(')OJoftheECSCNo1,30.12.1952,p.4. (2)OJNoL380,29.12.1989,p.14.

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ProductAssessmentJanuary1991
andsubsequentmonths,
andcollectionMarch1991
andsubsequentmonths
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-cokederivedfrombrowncoal(') 0,16811
Hardcoalofallcategories(2) 0,23545
Pigironotherthanthatusedformakingingots 0,44211
Steeliningots 0,72012
Finishedproductsandendproductsofironandsteelasdescribedin
AnnexItotheTreaty 0,33093
(')ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3thelevyfixedaboveshallbeappliedtothenet
tonnageofbrowncoalandsemi-cokederivedfrombrowncoal,less3%.
(2)ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3thelevyfixedaboveshallbeappliedtothenet
tonnageofhardcoalasdefinedinArticle1ofDecisionNo2-52,less14%.
TheamountoftheleviespertonnetobepaidinthecurrenciesoftheMemberStates
oftheCommunityshallbedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle3ofDecisionNo
3289/75/ECSC,asamendedbyDecisionNo3334/80/ECSC.'
Article4
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisDecisionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18December1990.
FortheCommission
PeterSCHMIDHUBER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
ECSCOPERATING BUDGETFOR1991
(ECUmillion)
Requirements Estimates Resources Estimates
Operationstobefinancedfromcurrent
resources(non-repayable)ResourcesforthefinancialyearIl 1.Currentresources : I
1.Administrative expenditure 51.1.Yieldfromat0,29%levy 184II 1.2.Netbalancefrompreviousyear 180
2.Aidforredeployment (Article56) 1451.3.Finesandsurchargesforlatepayment 2Il 1.4.Miscellaneousp.m.
3.Aidforresearch(Article55) 135\ I
3.1.Steel 62(')2.Cancellationofcommitmentsunlikelytobel
3.2.Coal 55(■)implemented 30
3.3.Social 180\ I
3.Unusedresourcescarriedoverfrom1990 86
4.Interestsubsidies 127 I
4.1.Investment(Article54) 29(')4.ExceptionalrevenueforsocialmeasuresI
4.2.Conversion(Article56) 98connectedwithrestructuringECSCindus
\Iltries p.m.
5.Socialmeasuresconnectedwithrestruc \ I
turingofthesteelindustry(Article56)20 5.Contingencyreservep.m.
6.Socialmeasuresconnectedwithrestruc l
turingofthecoalindustry(Article56) 50
I
482 482
Operationsfinancedbyloansfromnon­
borrowedfundsOriginofnon-borrowed funds
7.Workers'housing 166.SpecialreserveandformerECSCPension
Fund 16
(')Aidforprojectswithaspecificimpactontheenvironment :
Heading3.1:11
3.2:16
3.3:7
4.1:17
Total:51