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11.4.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL85/17
COMMISSION DECISION
of22March1972
extendingtheauthorizationgrantedtothewholesalesteeldealersgroupedwithinthe
StahlringCompanyandStahlringGmbH,Stahleinkaufsgesellchaft toeffectjointbuying
ofrolledsteel
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic^
(72/153/ECSC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanCoalandSteelCommunity,andinparticular
Article65thereof;
HavingregardtoDecisionNo15/671oftheHigh
AuthorityoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCom­
munityof14June1967authorizingthejointbuying
ofrolledsteelbythewholesalesteeldealersgrouped
withintheStahlringCompanyandStahlringGmbH
Stahleinkaufsgesellschaft ;
HavingregardtotheapplicationmadebyStahlring
GmbH,Stahleinkaufsgesellschaft ,Dusseldorf,on11
November1971;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle65(2)theHighAu­
thoritybyDecisionNo15/67of14June1967gave
authorization until31December1971tothewhole­
salesteeldealersgroupedwithinthecivillawcom­
panyStahlring(StahlringGbR)andStahlringGmbH
Stahleinkaufsgesellschaft (StahlringGmbH)toeffect
thejointbuyingofrolledsteel;
Whereasthepartiesconcernedhavebyletterof11
November1971statedthattheywishedtoextendthe
existingjointbuyingarrangementforanindefinite
periodonthebasisoftheamendedstatutesofStahl­
ringGbRandhaverequestedextensionoftheau­
thorizationaccordingly;
WhereastheamendmentstothestatutesofStahlring
GbRcoverthefollowingmainpoints:theboardof
managementofStahlringGmbHmustwheneverpos­
sibleincludeamemberfromeachofthethreere­
gions;itisthegeneralmeetingofmembersofStahl­
ringGbRwhichdecidesontheadmissionofnew
membersbya75%majorityofallthevotesofthemembersandwhichapprovesthereportoftheboard
ofmanagementofStahlringGmbH;theobligation
onmembersofStahlringGbRtoorderineachhalf
year50%ofthequantitytheyarecommittedtobuy
iscancelled;
Whereas,therefore,theamendedstatutesofStahl­
ringGbRdonotcontainanyamendmentrelevantto
anassessmentoftheconditionsofcompetition ;
whereasStahlringGbRnowhas41members;
Whereasnoamendmenthasbeenmadetothestatu­
tesofStahlringGmbHapartfromanincreaseinthe
capitalofthecompanyfromDM200000toDM
1000000;
Whereastheincreaseinthenumberofmembersof
StahlringGbRsince1967hasnotledtothedealers
concernedacquiringamarketpositioninthebuying
andsellingofrolledsteelexceedinginmagnitude
thatofotherdealersontheGermanmarket;
Whereasitappearsfromthereportsubmittedtothe
Commission inaccordancewithArticle2ofDecision
No15/67thatjointbuyinghasinfactledtoasub­
stantialimprovementindistribution;whereasthe
Commission considersthereforethatitcanhence­
forthdispensewiththeconditionlaiddowninAr­
ticle2oftheDecisionNo15/67;
Whereas,inthecircumstances ,thegroundsonwhich
theHighAuthorityauthorizedtheagreementsbe­
tweenthedealersconcernedfrom20June1967to31
December1971arestillvalidasalsothegroundson
thebasisofwhichconditionswereimposedonthose
dealers,savetheconditionlaiddowninArticle2of
DecisionNo15/67;
Whereas,therefore,thoseagreementscontinuetoful­
filtheconditionsfortheirauthorization laiddownin
Article65(2)oftheTreaty,andmaybeauthorized,
1OJNo127,27.6.1967,p.2517/67. HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :

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Article1 1972andisaddressedtoStahlringGmbH,Stahlein­
kaufsgesellschaft ,Düsseldorf.TheperiodofvalidityofDecisionNo15/67author­
izingthejointbuyingofrolledsteelbywholesale
steeldealers,listedintheAnnextothisDecision,is
herebyextendeduntil31December1975.DoneatBrussels,22March1972.
FortheCommission
Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceasfrom1JanuaryThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT

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ANNEX
MembersofStahlringGbRasof1January1972
1.C.W.AdamundSohnGmbH,Oker/Harz
2.P.H.Brauns,Hannover
3.Wilh.BredemeierKG,Braunschweig
4.LouisEilers&Co.,Hannover-Herrenhausen
5.C.Hempelmann GmbH,Hildesheim
6.EirchHoselmann ,Hannover
7.HeinrichHottenrott,Goslar
8.W.LogemannKG,Oldenburg
9.Seiler&SchläfkeGmbH,Hannover-Wülfel
10.AugustSchroeder,Hannover
11.F.W.Schwemann ,Hildesheim
12.Schwemann&StückeKG,Hannover
13.Friedr.Vater&Co.,Braunschweig
14.Vetter&Co.,Bremerhaven
15.Walzstahlhandel Nord,ErichFreiKG,Braunschweig
16.Wullbrandt&Seele,Braunschweig
17.Hollinde&BoudonKG,Dortmund-Aplerbeck
18.WilhelmJostenSöhne,Neuss
19.AugustKirbert,Wuppertal-Elberfeld
20.Montan-Handelsges .Richter&Co.,Düsseldorf
21.CarlPohle,Rheydt
22.RheineisenGmbH,Düsseldorf
23.J.Wiliems&Co.,Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
24.LeopoldHugoZell,Wuppertal-Barmen
25.LouisCoersKG,Lünen
26.JohannBeckerGmbH,Saarbrücken
27.WilhelmGauer,Kitzingen
28.GebrüderGlatt,Freiburg
29.KonradHallerKG,Stuttgart-Feuerbach
30.E.HochapfelGmbH,Saarbrücken
31.Chr.KautzNachf.KG,Saarbrücken
32.UlrichAdamKnapp,Reutlingen
33.Lindemann&Frankfurth,Kassel-B
34.Gebr.LotterKG,Ludwigsburg
35.LouisMarburg&SöhneGmbH,Frankfurt/M
36.Gebr.Reinhard,Würzburg
37.SaarbrückerEisenhandelsges .mbH,Saarbrücken
38.GustavSchedler,Heilbronn
39.C.SchradeKG,Neckarsulm
40.Eisen-StähleKG,Nürnberg
41.Nagel&Merz,Saarbrücken