31.12.77 NoL351/53 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION No2996/77/ECSC
of21December 1977
fixingtherateoftheleviesforthe1978financialyearandamendingDecision
No3/52/ECSContheamountofandmethodsforapplyingtheleviesprovided
forinArticles49and50oftheECSCTreaty
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Therateoftheleviesonoutputfrom1January1978
shallbe0-29%ofthefiguresusedasthebasisof
assessmentforsuchlevies.
Article2
Article2ofDecisionNo3/52/ECSC,asamendedby
Article2ofDecisionNo3115/76/ECSCof20
December1976,isherebyamendedtoreadas
follows:
TheaveragevalueinEuropeanunitsofaccountofthe
productsonwhichtheleviesareassessedshallfrom1
January1978beasfollows:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,andinparticularArticles
49,50and78thereof,
HavingregardtotheTreatyof8April1965esta­
blishingasingleCouncilandasingleCommissionof
theEuropeanCommunities (!),andinparticularArti­
cles20and21thereof,
HavingregardtoDecisionNo3115/76/ECSCof20
December1976fixingtherateoftheleviesforthe
1977financialyearandamendingDecisionNo3/52/
ECSCof23December1952ontheamountofand
methodsforapplyingtheleviesprovidedforinArti­
cles49and50oftheECSCTreaty(2),
HavingregardtoDecisionNo1687/77/ECSCof22
July1977supplementing DecisionNo2/52/ECSCof
23December1952determiningthemodeofassess­
mentandcollectionoftheleviesprovidedforinArti­
cles49and50oftheECSCTreaty(3),
Whereas,inviewofthevariationsinaveragevalues
recordedduringthereferenceperiod,DecisionNo
3/52/ECSCof23December1952ontheamountof
themethodsforapplyingtheleviesprovidedforin
Articles49and50oftheECSCTreatyshouldbe
amended;
Whereastherequirements oftheEuropeanCoaland
SteelCommunityareestimatedintheoperational
budgetforthe1978financialyearat152millionEuro­
peanunitsofaccount;whereasthatbudget,which
wasadoptedbytheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities on22December1977intheform
shownintheAnnextothisDecision,indicatesthe
amountofincometobeprovidedfromleviesinthe
courseofthefinancialyear1978,namely100million
Europeanunitsofaccount;
Whereastheestimatedyieldoftheleviesatarateof
0-01%is3-45millionEuropeanunitsofaccount;
Havingnotedtheopiniondeliveredon14December
1977bytheEuropeanParliament ,Product Averagevalue
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-cokederived
frombrowncoal 2408
Hardcoalofallcategories 38-55
Pigironotherthanthatusedformaking
ingots 145-94
Steeliningots 168-94
Finishedproductsandendproductsofiron
andsteelasdescribedinAnnexItothe
Treaty 281-56
Article3
Article4ofDecisionNo3/52/ECSC,aslastamended
byArticle4ofDecisionNo3115/76/ECSCof20
December1976,isherebyamendedtoreadas
follows:
ThescaleprovidedforinArticle2(4)ofDecisionNo
2/52/ECSCshallaccordinglybeasfollows,thefigures
beinggiveninEuropeanunitsofaccount:(')OJNo152,13.7.1967,p.2.
(2)OJNoL352,22.12.1976,p.8.
3OJNoL187,27.7.1977,p.35.

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ProductAssessmentJanuary1978
andsubsequentmonths
andcollectionMarch1978
andsubsequentmonths
Browncoalbriquettesandsemi-cokederivedfrombrowncoal(*) 006983
Hardcoalofallcategories(2) 011180
Pigironotherthanthatusedformakingingots 0-33669
Steeliningots 0-43962
Finishedproductsandendproductsofironandsteelasdescribedin
Annex1totheTreaty 0-19824
(')ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3,thelevyaboveshallbeappliedtothenettonnageofbrowncoalandsemi­
cokederivedfrombrowncoal,less3%.
(2)ForpurposesofthedeductionsprovidedforinArticle3,thelevyfixedaboveshallbeappliedtothenettonnageofhardcoalas
definedinArticle1ofDecisionNo2/52/ECSC,less14%.
TheamountoftheleviespertonnetobepaidinthecurrenciesoftheMemberStatesof
theCommunityshallbedeterminedincompliancewithArticle3ofDecisionNo
3289/75/ECSC.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1977.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
RoyJENKINS

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ANNEX
ECSCOPERATIONAL BUDGETFOR1978
(inmillionEVA)
Requirements Estimates Resources Estimates
Operationstobefinancedfromthe Resourcesofthefinancialyear
resourcesofthefinancialyear(non-re­
coverable) 1.Currentresources
1.1.Levyyieldat0-29% 100
1.Administrative expenditure 5 1.2.Interestoninvestments andon
loansfromnon-borrowed funds 18
2.Aidtoresettlement (Article56) 60 1.3.Finesandlatepaymentsurcharges tokenentry
1.4.Miscellaneous tokenentry
3.Aidtoresearch(Article55) 41
3.1.Steel 162.Cancellationofcommitments unlikely
3.2.Coal 16tobeused 2
3.3.Social 9
3.Reassessment ofassetsandliabilities tokenentry
4.Interestsubsidies 40
4.1.Investment(Article54) 154.Unusedresourcescarriedoverfromthe
4.2.Redevelopment (Article56) 25financialyear1977 tokenentry
5.Aidtocokingcoalandmetallurgical
coke 6 5.SpecialcontributionundertheCouncil
Decisionof21December1977 32
152 152
Operationsfinancedwithloansfrom Originofnon-borrowed funds
non-borrowed funds
6.Repaymentsonloansforsocialhousing 7-5
6.Socialhousing 15
7.SpecialreserveandformerECSC
pensionfund 7-5