9.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL95/23
COMMISSION DECISION
of13February1976
extendingforsixmonthsDecision71/315/ECSCof27July1971authorizing
specializationagreementscoveringthemanufactureofrolledsteelproductsandthe
jointbuyingofironorebetweensteelundertakingsinsouth-westernGermany
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/355/ECSC)
—SchwäbischeHüttenwerkeGmbH,"Wasseralfingen ;
—StahlwerkeRöchling-Burbach GmbH,Völklingen ;
—OttoWolffAG,Köln,actingonbehalfof:
—RasselsteinAG,Neuwied,and
—StahlwerkeBochumAG,Bochum;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,andin
particularArticle65thereof,
HavingregardtoDecision71/315/ECSCof27July
1971authorizingspecializationagreementscovering
themanufactureofrolledsteelproductsandthe
jointbuyingofironorebetweensteelundertakings
insouth-westernGermany(l),
Havingregardtotheapplicationdated18November
1975fromtheundertakingsconcerned,
Whereas :
1.CommissionDecision71/315/ECSCof27July
1971gaveanauthorization underArticle65tothe
followingsteelundertakings :forspecialization agreements coveringthe
manufactureofrolledsteelproductsandthejoint
buyingofironore.
2.ThisDecisionexpiredon31December1975.
3.Theundertakings concernedhavebegun
negotiationstoconsolidateofwhattheyhave
achievedundertheauthorizedspecialization
agreementsandtoadjusttheagreementstochanged
circumstances .Itistheirintentiontosubmittothe
Commissionassoonaspossibletheresultsoftheir
negotiations ,assumingthattheseendinnew
agreements .Sincethenegotiations cannotbe
completedbeforetheendof1975,theundertakings
concernedhavethereforerequestedthattheDecision
of27July1971beextendedforsixmonths.
4.TheinformationprovidedtotheCommission
pursuanttoArticle3ofDecision71/315/ECSC
showsthatthespecialization agreements as
authorizedhaveenabledtheproductionofthe
relevantproductstoberationalizedtosomeextent.
Thejointbuyingagreementsforironorehave
enabledtheanticipatedsavingstobemadeandno
quantitativeorfinancialcompensation hasbeen
given.
5.Theundertakings concernedhavemadeno
changesoradditionstotheagreements as
authorized .Theagreementsarestilloperatingfully
intheforminwhichtheywereconsideredfor
authorization inthelightofconditionsof
competition .—Aktiengesellschaft derDillingerHüttenwerke ,
Dillingen;
—ARBED—AcieriesreuniesdeBurbach-Eich­
Dudelange,societeanonyme—Vereinigte
Hüttenwerke Burbach-Eich-Düdelingen AG,St.
IngbertDepartment ;
—ARBEDSA—ARBEDFeiten8cGuilleaume
VereinigteDrahtwerke ,Köln-Mülheim ,andits
departments :
—WalzwerkeGmbHvormalsE.Böcking&Co.,
Köln-Mülheim ,and
—Felten&:GuilleaumeCarlswerkEisenund
StahlGmbH,Köln-Mülheim (includingwire­
drawingplantsatCologneandBerlin);
—EschweilerBergwerks-Verein ,Kohlscheid ;
—Neunkircher EisenwerkAGvormalsGebrüder
Stumm,Neunkirchen ;
(»)OJNoL201,5.9.1971,p.27.6.Decision71/315/ECSCmaythereforebe
extendedforaperiodofsixmonths,

NoL95/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.4.76
HASADOPTED DECISION : —WalzwerkeGmbHvormalsE.Böcking&Co.,
Köln-Mülheim ,and
—Felten&GuilleaumeCarlswerkEisenuna
StahlGmbH,Köln-Mülheim (includingwire­
drawingplantsatCologneandBerlin);Article1
Decision71/315/ECSCof27July1971authorizing
specialization agreementscoveringthemanufacture
ofrolledsteelproductsandthejointbuyingofiron
orebetweensteelundertakings insouth-western
Germanyisextendeduntil30June1976.—EschweilerBergwerks-Verein,Kohlscheid ;
—Neunkircher EisenwerkAGvormalsGebrüder
Stumm,Neunkirchen ;
—SchwäbischeHüttenwerkeGmbH,"Wasseralfingen ;
—StahlwerkeRöchling-Burbach GmbH,Völklingen; Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtothefollowing
undertakings :—OttoWolffAG,Köln,actingonbehalfof:
—RasselsteinAG,Neuwied,and
—StahlwerkeBochumAG,Bochum. —Aktiengesellschaft derDillingerHüttenwerke ,
Dillingen;
—ARBED—AcieriesreuniesdeBurbach-Eich­
Dudelange,societeanonyme—Vereinigte
Hüttenwerke Burbach-Eich-Düdelingen AG,
St.IngbertDepartment ;
—ARBEDSA—ARBEDFeiten&Guilleaume
VereinigteDrahtwerke ,Köln-Mülheim ,andits
departments :DoneatBrussels,13February1976.
FortheCommission
A.BORSCHETTE
MemberoftheCommission