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THEHIGHAUTHORITY
DECISIONNo3-58
of18March1958
onalignmentofpricesforsalesofcoalinthecommonmarket
THEHIGHAUTHORITY , Whereastheexerciseoftherighttoalignpresupposes
thatthefuelstobesuppliedarecomparabletothose
inthepricelistofcompetitors ;whereascriteria
enablingfuelstobecomparedbycategoryandgrade
shouldbelaiddown;
Whereasinordertopreventillicitunder-quotation ,
undertakingsarerequiredunderArticle3ofDecision
No30-53tohaveregardtoallthetermsofthecom­
petitor'spricelistwhencalculatingthedelivered
price;
Whereas,sincetherearedifferencesinthequalityof
theproductsofundertakings intheCommunitycoal
industry,specialrulesmustbeadoptedhavingregard
totheashandwatercontentsoftheseproductsand
qualitysurcharges;
Whereas,inorderthatdeliveredpricesmaybecalcu­
latedaccurately,undertakingsmustberequiredto
knowtheexactamountofthetransportcosts;
whereas;however,thespecialnatureofroadtransport
necessitatesthatalignmentshouldbebarredwhere
thismodeoftransportisused;
WhereasCommunityundertakings applydifferent
rulestosales,andalsohavedifferentwaysoffixing
thecommissionfornegotiatingsale;whereasunder­
takingsmust,therefore,inrespectofdeliveriestocus­
tomers,berequiredtotakeintoaccountwhereap­
propriatetheadditionalchargerepresentedbythis
commissionincalculatingthedeliveredprice;
Whereassothattheeffectofthetransactionscarried
outbyundertakings as-aresultofalignmentmaybe
assessedandsothatacheckmaybekeptasto
whetherthisDecisionisappliedcorrectly,undertak­
ingsmustberequiredtonotifytheHighAuthorityat
regularintervalsofthecharacterandamountofthe
transactionsthattheycarryoutunderalignment;
AfterconsultingtheConsultativeCommittee ;HavingregardtoArticle60(2)(b)and47ofthe
Treaty;
HavingregardtoDecisionNo30-53of2May1953
concerningpracticesprohibitedinthecommon
marketforcoalandsteelunderArticle60(1)ofthe
Treaty(OfficialJournaloftheCommunityof4May
1953,p.109);
Whereasinviewofthespecialconditionsofproduc­
tionandsale:nthecoalindustry,andthestructureof
thecommonmarketforcoal,unrestrictedalignment
byundertakingsonthemoreadvantageous delivered
pricesofsomecompetitorscanbeexpectedtogive
rise,inthewholeo'anypartofthecommonmarket,
todisturbancescontrarytotheobjectiveslaiddown
inArticles2aid3oftheTreaty;
Whereastheremaybeadangerthatiftherightto
alignweretobeexcercisedwithoutrestriction,pro­
ducerswouldbeoastedfromtheircustomarysales
areas,thatlocalpricereductionsresultingfromalign­
mentwouldbesetoffbyincreasedlistprices,and
thatthemostratioraldistributionofproductionand
saleofcoalwouldtherebypermanentlybejeopard­
ised;
Whereas,thealignmentofcoalpricesinthecommon
marketmust,therefore,besubjecttospecialcon­
ditionsandrestricticnsinordertoavoidsuchdisturb­
ances;
Whereastherighttoalignmusttothisendbecon­
finedtothepricelistsofundertakingsandselling
agencieswhich,becauseofthevolumeofproduction,
areinfluentialintheformationofpricesinthecom­
monmarker;whereas,furthermore,thetonnages
whichundertakingsmaysupplyunderalignmentin
thecommonmarketshouldbelimited;

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Article1
2.Alignmentshallnotbeallowedbetweenunder­
takingsbelongingtothesamesellingagency.
Article31.Undertakings inthecoalindustrymayusetheir
righttoaligntheirpricesonacompetitor'sprice-list
establishedonanotherbasingpointandsecuringfor
thebuyerthemostadvantageous conditionsatthe
placeofdelivery(alignment)onlyinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofthefollowingArticlesofthis
Decision .
2.ThisDecisionshallalsoapplytotheselling
agenciesofundertakingsinthecoalindustry.
3.Article3ofDecisionNo30-53shallremainun­
changed.
Article2
1.Undertakings inthecoalindustryshallalign
theirpricesontheprice-listsofnoneotherthanthe
undertakingsandsellingagencieslistedbelow:
—GeitlingRuhrkohlen-Verkaufsgesellschaft mbH,
Essen
—MausegattRuhrkohlen-Verkaufsgesellschaft mbH,
Essen
—PräsidentRuhrkohlen-Verkaufsgcsellschaft mbH,
Essen
—AachenerKohlenverkauf GmbH,Aachen1.Saleseffectedunderalignmentinanycoalin­
dustryfinancialyearshallnotexceed20%ofthe
tonnageofcoalmarketedinthe-commonmarketby
theundertakingorsellingagencyduringthepreced­
ingfinancialyear.
2.Ineachofthesalesareaslistedbelow,under­
takingsmayalignonlyuptothetonnagemarketed
bytheminthatareaduringthe-precedingcoalindus­
tryfinancialyear.
Bywayofexception,forthefinancialyear1958/59
thereferencefiguresusedasthebasisforcalculation
shallbethetonnagesmarketedduringthefinancial
year1956/57.
Thesalesareasforpurposesofthisprovisionshallbe
thefollowing :
(a)IntheFederalRepublicofGermany:
—theNorthGermancoastalregionboundedon
thesouthbytherailwayline(andincluding
placesonthatline):Charlottenpolder ,Ihr­
hoven,Leer,Oldenburg,Delmenhorst ,Bre­
men(includingtheareabelongingtotheFree
StateofBremen),Manndorf,Langwedel,Sol­
tau,Uelzen,Oldenstadt ,Dannenburg-Ost ;
—LowerSaxonytothesouthofthatrailway
line;
,—NorthRhineland-Westphalia ;
—Rhineland-Pfalz northoftheMoselandthe
Lahn(includingplacesonthoserivers);
—Hessenorthoftherailwayline(andincluding
placesonthatline)':Limburg,Weilburg,Gies­
sen,Alsfeld,Fulda,Gersfeld;
—theremainderoftheterritoryoftheFederal
Republici.e.theremainderofRhineland-
PfalzandofHesse,Saarland,theLänderof
Baden,WurtemburgandBavaria.—Saarbergwerke AG,Saarbrucken
—HouillèresdubassinduNordetduPas-de-Calais ,
Douai
—HouillèresdubassindeLorraine,Metz
—Houillèresdubassind'Aquitaine,Toulouse
—Houillèresdubassind'Auvergne,Clermont-Fer­
rand
—HouillèresdubassindeBlanzy,Montceau-les-
Mines
—HouillèresdubassindesCévennes,Alès
—HouillèresdubassindelaLoire,St.Etienne
—Comptoirbelgedescharbons,Bruxelles
(b)BelgiumandLuxembourg
(c)InFrance:—DomanialeMijn-Maatschappij ,Kerkrade
—Nederlandse Steenkolenmijnen Willem-Sophia ,
Spekholzerheide
—MattschappijLauraandVereniging,Eygelshoven
—Maatschappij Orangje-Nassau ,Heerlen
—Verkoopkantoor derStaatsmijneninLimburg,
DenHaag—EasternFrancei.e.thefollowingdepartments :
Bas-Rhin,Haut-Rhin,Moselle,Meurthe-et-
Moselle,Vosges,theTerritoryofBelfort,
Haut-Saône,Doubs,Meuse,Haute-Marne ,
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—theregionsofNorthernandnorth-western
Franceboundedontheeastbythefollowing
departments |andinclusivethereof):Loire­
Inferieure,Maine-et-Loire ,Indre-et-Loire ,
Loire-et-Cher ,Loire-et-Yonne .
—theregionsofSouthernandsouthwestern
France:i.e.allotherFrenchdepartments .ingtheactualvouchersthatthedetailssuppliedby
thepurchaserorcarrierconcerningtheamountof
transportcostsareaccurate.Ifsuchevidenceisnot
supplied,transportcostsshallbecalculatedonthe
basisofpublishedrates.
3.Thedeliveredpriceofthecompetitorshallnot
becalculatedonthebasisofcarriagebyroad.Align­
mentshallnotbeallowedwherethefuelsuppliedis
carriedbvroad.(d)Italy
{eTheNetherlands
Article6
Alignmentonacompetitor'smorefavourablede­
liveredpriceshallbeallowedonlyifthefuelstobe
deliveredandthefuelsinthecompetitor'spricelist
arecomparableincategoryandgrade.3.Thetonnagesreferredtoinparagraphs 1and2
shallapplysep?.ratel>toeachofthefollowingprod­
ucts:
(a)highvolatilebituminous ]..
coalsgascoals largerthan10mm
1- , smallerthan10mmbituminouscoals j
(b)semi-bituminous coals 1.,„.lowvolatilecoals larS«th?"w™m
anthracite smallerthan10ramArticle7
(c)coke
(d)briquettes.
4.Uponreceipto:anapplicationsettingoutthe
reasonstherefortheHighAuthoritymay,infavour
ofcertainundertakiigorsellingagencies,increase
themaximumtonnagesindicatedinthepreceding
paragraphs .1.Thecomparability ofthevariouscategoriesof
coalshallbebyreferencetotheircontentofvolatile
matter.Thevolatilemattercontentshowninthe
pricelistsforthevariouscategoriesofcoalshallbe
thedeterminingfactor.
2.Fuelswithavolatilemattercontentexceeding
33%shallbecomparablebothmutuallyandwith
fuelshavingalowervolatilemattercontent.
3.Fuelshavingacontentofvolatilematterofnot
morethan33%shallbecomparableiftheirmini­
mumcontentsofvolatilematter,asshowninthe
pricelists,areequal.Ifthesearenotequal,fuels
whichareinthesamecategoryshallneverthelessbe
comparableprovidedthedifferencebetweentheir
minimumcontentsofvolatilematterisofnomore
than2%.Inthecaseofanthraciteandlowvolatile
coalthismarginshallbelimitedto1%.Article4
Article81.Undertakings whichhaveseveralproduction
sitesindifferentgeographicalareasanddonothave
asinglepointofdeliver)'forsalespurposes,and
whichintendtoaligntheirprice-listsonthoseof
certaincompetitors ,shall,forpurposesofalignment,
chooseoneofthepointsofdeliveryofthecompeti­
tors.
2.Inmakingthischoiceundertakingsshalltake
accountofthegeographicallocationoftheproduc­
tionsitesofthevariouscategoriesofcoalandofthe
pointsofdeliveryinrelationtothesalesareas.
3.TheHighAuthoritymaydisputethechoiceof
pointofdeliveryifthisdoesnotmeettherequire­
mentssetoutintheprecedingparagraph.1.Thecomparability ofthevariousgradesofcoal
shallbebyreferencetosize.Gradesofcoalshallbe
comparableifthedifferenceinsizedoesnotexceed
20%inrespectofthelowerlimitand10%inrespect
oftheupperlimit.
2.Gradesofmanufactured fuelsshallbecompar­
ableiftheyhavethesameweightperunit.
Ovoidsshallbecomparableiftheirdifferencesin
weightperunitandinashcontentdonotexceed
10%.
Browncoalbriquettesandhardcoalbriquettesshall
notbecomparable .
3."Washedgradesofcoalshallnotbecomparable
withunwashedgrades.Article5
1.Alignmentshallbepermittedonlyiftheunder­
takingisabletoascertainexactlytheamountofthe
transportcoststotheplaceofdestination .
2.Iftheundertalcingwhichisaligningdoesnot
knowthetransportcostsitshallascertainbyexamin­

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ofsale,theundertakingeffectingalignmentshall,in
calculatingthedeliveredpriceofthecompetitor,take
accountoftheadditionalcommissionwhichthecon­
sumerwouldhavetopaytothedealerifthecon­
sumerhadadeliveryofthecompetitor'sfuel.4.Ifthepricelistoftheundertakingeffecting
alignmentincludesgradesofcoalthesizeofwhich
correspondsexactlytothoseofthecompetitor's
grades,andalsogradesofcoalthesizeofwhichis
comparablewiththoseofthecompetitor'sgrades,hav­
ingregardtothetoleranceindicatedinparagraphs1
and2theninsuchcaseonlythegradesofcoalwhich
correspondexactlyshallbecomparable .Article14
Article9
Incalculatingthedeliveredpriceatthepointofdesti­
nation,undertakings effectingalignmentshalltake
accountofallsuchtermsinthecompetitor'spricelist
asgotodeterminetheamountofthedeliveredprice.
Thisshallapplyinparticulartoincreasesorreduc­
tionsinpricesinrespectofashandwatercontents
andtoqualitysurcharges .1.Undertakingsorsellingagencieswhichintendto
aligntheirpricesonthedeliveredpricesofcertain
competitors,shallgivegeneralnotificationtothe
HighAuthorityofthefollowing :
(a)theundertakingsorsellingagenciesonwhose
pricelistsalignmentistobeeffected;
(b)thesalesareastowhichdeliveriesaretobemade
asaresultofalignment;
(c)thepointsofdeliverychoseninaccordancewith'
Article4ofthisDecision.
2.TheHighAuthorityshallcommunicate thisin­
formationtotheundertakingsconcerned .Article10
ArticleIS1.Ifthepriceofthecompetitordoesnotcontain
indicesforpricecorrectivesinrespectofashand
watercontents,theHighAuthoritymay,uponappli­
cationsettingoutthereasonsthereof,authorisean
undertakingwishingtoalignonthatcompetitor's
pricelisttouse,whencalculatingthedeliveredprice,
theindicesforpricecorrectiveshavingregardtoash
andwatercontentsascontainedinitsownpricelist.
2.Beforegrantingthisauthorisation theHigh
Authorityshallobtaintheopinionofthecompetitor
andpossiblythatofotherundertakings .On15January,15Julyand15Octoberofeachyear,
undertakingsshallinformtheHighAuthorityofthe
following :
(a)thetonnagesoffuelandtheagreeddelivery
periods'forwhichsupplycontractswereconcluded
underalignmentduringtheprecedingquarter;
(b)thetotaltonnagesoffuelsupplied .duringthe
precedingquarterinthecommonmarketandin
eachofthesalesareaslistedinArticle3(2);the
quantitiessuppliedintransactionseffectedunder
alignmentshallbeshownseparately .Article11
Ifindicesforpricecorrectivesinrespectofashand
watercontentsareusedtocalculatethedelivered
priceofthecompetitor,theundertakingeffecting
alignmentshallprovidethebuyerwithacertificateof
analysis.Thiscertificateshallconfirmthatthefuel
invoicedandthefueldeliveredcorrespond .Article16
ThisDecisionshallnotpreventundertakingsfrom
aligningtheirpricesinaccordancewiththelastsub­
paragraphofArticle60(2)onconditionsofferedby
undertakingsoutsidetheCommunity .Article12
Article17Ifthepricelistoftheundertakingeffectingalignment
providesforqualitysurchargeforcertaingradesof
coal,whilethepricelistofthecompetitordoesnot
provideforsuchsurchargeorprovidesforasmaller
surchargeforcomparablegradesofcoal,theunder­
takingeffectingalignmentshall,incalculatingthede­
liveredpriceofthecompetitor,takeintoaccountthe
qualitysurchargeprovidedforinitsownpricelist.ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceintheCommunity
on1April1958.
ThisDecisionwasconsideredandadoptedbythe
HighAuthorityatitsmeetingon18March1958.
FortheHighAuthority
ThePresident
PaulFINETArticle13
Whendeliveringtoconsumerswhowouldbesup­
pliedthroughadealerunderthecompetitor'sterms