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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of5April1976
derogatingfromHighAuthorityrecommendation 1/64concerninganincrease
intheprotectivedutyonironandsteelproductsattheexternalfrontiersofthe
Community
(seventy-seventh derogation)
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/404/ECSC)
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanystatesthat
Germantransformermanufacturers cannotobtainon
theCommunitymarketthewholetonnagewhichhas
beenconsiderednecessarysincetheendof1975;
whereastheoriginalrequestfor950metrictonsonly
appearedtobesufficientprovidedthattheCommu­
nityindustrycouldsupplytheadditionalamount
required;whereasunforeseentechnicaldifficultiesare
preventingtheexpectedproductionofthisquantity
withintheCommunity ,whiletheoriginalquotaof
950metrictonsispracticallyusedup;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
2to5,8,71and74thereof,
HavingregardtoHighAuthorityrecommendation
1/64of15January1964totheGovernments ofthe
MemberStatesconcerninganincreaseintheprotec­
tivedutyonironandsteelproductsattheexternal
frontiersoftheCommunity('),andinparticular
Article3thereof,Whereasthistariffquotaisnotlikelytojeopardizethe
objectivesofrecommendation 1/64concerningan
increaseintheprotectivedutyattheexternalfrontiers
oftheCommunity ;whereas,furthermore ,suchatariff
measurehelpstomaintaintheexistingtradeflow
betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries;Havingregardtotherequestmadeon17February
1976bytheFederalRepublicofGermanyforauthori­
zationtoreceiveaquotaof550metrictonsof'elec­
trical'sheetsandplatesfallingwithintariff
subheadingex73.15BVIIa)1fromthirdcountriesin
additiontotherighttoimportfreeofduty950metric
tonsofthesameproduct,grantedbytheCommission
Decisionof5December1975, Whereasthesesectorsconstituteaspecialcasewith
regardtocommercialpolicywhichjustifiesthe
grantingofderogationsunderArticle3ofrecommen­
dation1/64; Havingregardtotheapprovalofthisrequestgivenon
15March1976bytherepresentatives oftheGovern­
mentsoftheMemberStatesmeetingwithinthe
Council,
(•)OJNo8,22.1.1964,p.99/64.Whereasprovisionshouldbemadetoensurethatthe
quotagrantedwillonlybeusedtosupplytheproper

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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1needsofGermanindustryandthatre-exportation to
otherMemberStatesinanunalteredstateofthe
importedironandsteelproductwillbeprevented;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyshould
thereforebeauthorizedtoopenaquotaforthe
tonnagerequestedforwhichdutieswillbe
suspended ;
WhereastheGovernments oftheMemberStateshave
beenconsultedonthetariffquotaspecifiedabove,TheGovermentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany
isherebyauthorizedtoderogatefromtheobligations
arisingunderArticle1ofHighAuthorityrecommen­
dation1/64of15January1964totheextentneces­
sarytointroduce,inrespectofimportsfromthird
countriesoftheironandsteelproductsetoutbelow,a
suspensionofdutiesuptothequantityindicated
below:
CCTheading
NoDescriptionofgoodsQuota
(metrictons)Duty
(%)
ex73.15BVIIa)1Electricalsheetsandplatesofalliedsteel,
grain-oriented ,highlypermeable,witha
watt-lossof1-23orlessperkgforathickness
of0-30mm,orof1-26wattorlessperkg
forathicknessof0-35mm,measuredat1-7
teslaand50Hz550 0
Article2
TheFederalRepublicofGermanyshallensure,inliaisonwiththeCommission ,thatthe
tariffquotaisdistributedonanon-discriminatory basisamongthirdcountries.
Itisrequiredtotakeallnecessarystepstoavoidthepossibilityoftheironandsteel
productimportedunderthetariffquotabeingre-exportedtootherMemberStatesinthe
samestateasthatinwhichitwasimported.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallbevaliduntil30June1976.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicofGermany.
DoneatBrussels,5April1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President