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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)753final
Brussels,12thDecember1979
DRAFTCOMMISSION DECISION
AMENDING DECISION 73/287/ECSCCONCERNING
COKINGCOALANDCOKEFORTHEIRONAND
STEELINDUSTRY INTHECOMMUNITY
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)^.
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Commission Décision
•amending Decision 73/287/ECSC concerning coking coal andcoke forthe
.-iron andsteel industry intheCommunity . -
Article 1
Decision 73/287/ECSC ishereby amended asfollows :
1.Article 1(a)shall read asfollows :
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"aproduction aid ,forwhich thegovernments shall each year determine
arate percoalfield ,,while taking particular account oftheaverage costs
ofproduction inthat coalfield ,theprice ofcoking coal referred toin
article 5»delivered initsprincipal sales ?urea andthelong-term supply ~
conditions ;"
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2.Article 1("b)shall read as.follows :
"asales aidapplying todeliveries toareas remote from thecoalfield or
effected "byway ofintra-Community trade .Therate ofanysuch aidmay
not exceed 4*40 EUA per tonne ofcoking coal inthe case ofdeliveries
toinstallations which canbe .supplied direct viamaritime transport ¬
erwhere inthe case ofintra^-Community trade ,supply viamaritime trans­
*
port isnecessary and2.60 EUApertonne ofcoal ,inallother cases .No
scale adopted "byagovernment shall introduce anyelement ofdiscrimination
into theaids relating tothedeliveries made "bythecoal undertakings ."
3.Article 2(2)shall read "1 November "instead of"30September ".
' • *'" ;' - . ",'
4*Article 5(0 shall read asfollows :
"Thedelivered prices ofcoking coal from non-member countries referred to
inarticles 1a)and3(2)shall becalculated from *theprices cifCoronur.i ty .
ports forcomparable ,transactions .Forthis purpose theCommission fixos
guide cifprices ."

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5.Thelastsentenceofarticle5(2)shall"bedeleted.
6..Article5(3)shall"bedeleted. ..'
7.-Article7(0shallread~s.sfollows:
"TheCommunityfinancingarrangements shallcoveranannual-quantityof
cokingcoalamountingtonomorethan15milliontonnesandanamountof
47millionEUAperyear." \.-
8.-Article7(2)shallreadasfollovis:
"Thespecialfundshall "befinancedannuallyasfollows:. ■
(a.)Thecontribution oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityshallbe
6millionEUA; '
(b)Theoverallcontribution oftheMemberStatesshallamounttono
morethan24millionEUAonthefollowingscale(inMEUA):
Germany 7*75
•Belgium 3.25,
France 7.00
.Italy 3.00 *
Luxembourg 1.50
Netherlands' 1.50 -
(c)Theoverallcontribution oftheironandsteelindustriesnotreforrcd
inthesecondindentofarticle6shallbe17millionEUA;thisamount ,
shallbeapportioned amongtheironandsteelundertakings onthebasi:
oftheirconsumption ofblast-furnace coke. .-
- . " . ''
Thecontribution oftheironandsteelindustries referredtoin"the
secondindentofarticle6iscalculated ,onthebasisoftherateper
vtonneofconsumption applicabletotheotherundertakings ."
9.Article7(3)shallbedeleted. /

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10.Toarticle8(2)shallbeaddedthefollowingsentence:
"Ifthetonnagesconcerneddonotattainthelimitfixedinarticle7(0
thereimbursements shallbeassuredbyhavingpriorityrecoursetotheSCSC
contribution and.thecontribution oftheironandsteelindustry*The
contributionoftheMemberStatesshallbereducedaccordingly soasto
coverthebalanceoftherequirements ofthespecialfund."
11.Article8(3)shallreadasfollows:
"TheCommissionshallfixthecontributions tobepaidintothespecialfund.
12.Article9(0shallreadasfollows:
"TheCommissionshalltakeintoaccounttheaidsprovidedforinthis
DecisioninassessingwhethertheaidsreferredtoinArticles6to12
ofdecisionNo.528/76/ECSCof22December197^axeliabletointerfere
withtheproperfunctioning oftheCommonMarket."
13.Article10(1)shallreadasfollows:
"Inanemergency,theCommissionmay,bydecisionstakenafterconsultation
withtheConsultative CommitteeandtheEuropeanParliamentandaftertiie
unanimousassentoftheCouncilhasbeengiven,amend:
–therateofthesalesaids,
–theceilingtointra-Community trade,-
–therulesgoverningthefinancingofthespecialfund,
–thescalereferredtoinArticle7»paragraph2(b).
Theseamend-mentsshalltakeaccountofthelong-termtrendofsupply
conditionsandthesupplypatternwithintheCommunity."
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14.Article10(3)lastsentence,shallreada£follows:
"itmsiy,inrespectoftheundertakingsinquestion,suspendorlimit
ythebenefitsderivingfromtheapplicationofArticle1#"

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theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities and.shalltakeeffectfro
1January1980.Itshallceasetohaveeffecton31December1981.

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