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COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 226 final 
Brussels,  20 April  1983 
REPORT FROM  THE COMMISSION  TO THE  COUNCIL 
SUPPLYING  THE UK MARKET 
FOR ALLOY TOOL  STEEL AND HIGH-SPEED  STEEL 
COM(83) 226 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
Further to the request of the United Kingdom representative on the 
4th May 1982, the Commission on occasion of the "Industry" Council of 
8th June 1982 has undertaken to report to the Council on the working 
of guidelines published in application of decisions  2794/80/ECSC, 
1831 and  1832/81/ECSC  and  1696/82/ECSC  in regard to the production and 
deliveries of high alloyed steels as well as on the structural situa­
tion  of these productions* 
In compliance  with  this request the Commission communicates to Member 
States  the report on "Supplying the U„K„ market for alloy tool steel 
and high speed steel. 

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1. INTRODUCTION 
The various Decisions (1) taken by the Commission  pursuant  Lo Article 58 
ECSC all contain  a provision  relating  to high*-alloy steels  - i.e. steels 
with an alloy content  of at  least 5%, except for  grades  with less than  1% 
carbon and more than 12% chromium,  whose  actual invoiced price  is at least 
ZO'/. higher than the  list price of the corresponding ordinary  steel  product 
these latter  steels may be  produced  in excess of the cimpulsory quota. 
For these steels,  the Commission  is to monitor  market  trends continuously  and 
istopublish  guidelines for  the undertakings concerns1. Monitoring production 
quantitites  and deliveries enables  the Commission  "o follow  developments 
closely and keep a careful  watch on wh her undertakings  comply  with the 
published guidelines.  The  steels in q estion are  alloy  tool steel,  high-speed 
steel grades and certain special  alloy construction steels  (ECSC grades  only, 
thus excluding forged,  drawn or otherwise processed products)  ; these 
account for the greater part  of production  and trade. 
In view of the difficulties  that have arisen on the UK market in this alloy  tool 
steel and high-speed  steel  sector,  the authorities  in that country  have 
asked the Commission  on several occasions  to comment on the pattern  of 
trade in these products  and to summarize  the structural  changes  that have 
taken place  in this sector of the steel industry. 
2. PRODUCTION  AND DELIVERY  TRENDS IN RESPECT OF HIGH ALLOY STEEL PRODUCTS , 
a) Production 
During the period  in question,  which is coextensive with the period 
•for applying the  anti-crisis  measures  in the steel  industry, I.e. 
from the fourth quarter  of 1980 to the fourth quarter  of 1982, the 
total production  of long products with  an alloy content  of more than  5% 
has declined sharply throughout  the Community,  with regard  to 
(1) Nos :  80/2794/ECSC,  OJ L 291, 31.10.80 - all products. 
81/1831/  and  1832/ECSC,  OJ L 184,  4.7.81  - concrete reinforcing bars 
and merchant bars 
82/1696/ECSC,  OJ L 191, 01.07.82 - wire rod, concrete reinforcing bars 
and merchant bars. 

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ECSC  grades. As a  result, the Commission's guidelines have never been 
exceeded  as far as production in the Community as a whole is concerned. 
Annex I shows the trend in the production of certain long products 
since 1977. 
In the individual Member States, and although production in each has 
fallen to a markedly different extent (in the UK it is impossible to check 
industrial performance in this sector, since the statistical base was 
changed  at the start of the  third  quarter of  1981),  the guidelines which 
the Commission communicated have been variously applied (see Annex II). 
Thus,  throughout the period, Luxembourg's production has remained 
substantially below the target figures  ; the same applies to France, 
except for the  first  quarter under review, and also to Germany except 
for an overshoot in the  first  quarter of  1982.  In  Italy's  case, 
over-deliveries which are sometimes quite high have been recorded 
especially  towards the end of the period,  that  is in the second,  third 
and fourth  quarters of  1982.  As regards the United Kingdom, and ignoring 
the statistical change referred to above, production rose sharply in the 
fourht  quarter of  1981  and in the  first  quarter of  1982,  but then fell, 
reflecting the trend recorded from the beginning of the second quarter 
of 1982  in respect of production in France, Germany and Luxembourg. 
Finally,  analysis of the trend during  111/81  and IV/82  for the production 
shares  of merchant bars shows  that  Germany and Luxembourg,  within  the 
general pattern, lost some of their shares of the market notably to  Italy, 
France  and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom (see Annex III). 
It should be pointed out  that  merchant bars are by far the largest 
category of high-alloy products. 
b) Deliveries 
As a rule, more than 80% of the deliveries of merchant bars in  ECSC 
high-alloy steels are made  within  the Community market, the main gountries 
exporting to the rest of the world being Germany and Luxembourg (see 
Annex  III). 

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The total  volume  of  exports remained relatively stable between  111/81 
and IV/82, and was  about  16%.  From being  the  leading supplier  in the 
Community, Germany  fell  to  third place  at the end of 1982,  having been 
overtaken  by  France  and Italy  (whose figures  for IV/82  still have  to 
be checked)  . 
Besides  Germany,  the  United Kingdom  and in  particular Luxembourg  are 
the Member States whose share  of the  Community  market  has  declined most. 
As, at the  same time, their exports  to the  rest  of the  world  are  also 
down, their position  as  suppliers  of  these steels  has  seriously 
deteriorated. 
It is not  possible  to  analyse  the  pattern  of  intra^Community  trade  in the 
group Ofhigh-aIloy steel products  on the  basis  of  undertakings'declarations 
within  the  framework  of the  anti~crisis measures, since  the  special 
questionnaires  do not  require full details  of the  destinations  of the 
deliveris.  It is not  possible, therefore,  to  produce exact figures  for 
deliveries  of  high~alloy steel products  on the UK  market. 
It is  essential, however,  to  monitor closely  the  pattern  of  trade  in 
these products  within  the  Community  so as to be  able  to  check  that  the 
guidelines  for  deliveries  of  higlr-alloy steel  on  certain markets  by  each 
Member State  and  each undertaking  are  being followed. Accordingly,  the 
Commission  has  taken  the  requisite steps  to  extend  the  obligations  in 
Decision  82/3483/ECSC  to  declare movements  of  steel products inside  the 
Common  Market  to  include high alloy steel products. 
As there  are no  statistics  in  this area, supplies  to the UK  market  should 
be examined  on the  basis  of the  available figures  for  some  of the  most 
representative products  in  this category, namely alloy tool steels  and 
high-^peed steels. 

• TREND  IN  DELIVERIES  OF  ALLOY  TOOL  STEEL  AND  HIGH-SPEED  STEEL  
ON THE UNITED  KINGDOM  MARKET 
In view of the possibilities of replacing  ECSC  steels by products which 
are not covered by the Treaty of  Paris,  i.e.drawnand forged bars, an 
analysis  of the trend in deliveries should be carried out in relation 
to all products  without  making a distinction between the different grades 
in question (in this respect, it should be noted  that  the UK producers 
claim  that  the guidelines published by the Commission should be regarded 
as valid for all ''highly alloyed" products - whether they are  ECSC 
products or not. This interpretation is not accepted by the other producers). 
A brief analysis can be made on the basis of internal trade figures. 
Overall,  with  the exception of a few sporadic deliveries, in 1982 the UK 
. market absorbed some 16.000 tonnes of alloy tool steel and 7.000 tonnes 
of high-speed  steel.  While the market for the former remained more or 
less  stable (down 3%) compared  with  1980, the market for high-speed steel 
shrank by 13% compared  with  the same year (see Annex IV). 
As regards alloy Ltool steely taking all typesdong products, wire and 
flats) and all grades  (ECSC  and  non-ECSC)  together, between 1980 and 1982 
there was a significant reduction in the UK's market shares  (from  60 to 
46%) and an increase in those of Germany  (from  19 to 26.5%) and Austria 
(from  12 to 14.5%) in particular. The rise of  Italy  should also be noted 
(from  a figure of 4 tonnes in 1980,  Italy  had progressed to 300 tonnes 
in 1982, representing 2.5% of the market (see Annex V). 
As adequate figures are not available, no account has been taken of 
differences between the statistics, which relate to all shapes ftf products, 
and the guidelines (for  ECSC  products only)published by the Commission, 
as from the  fourth  quarter of 1980 for bars and wire rod, as from the 
third  quarter of 1981 for bars alone and as from the  third  quarter of 1981 
for bars alone and as from the  third  quarter of 1982 for bars and wire 
rod again. A comparison between the guidelines relating to deliveries 
on the UK market and actual deliveries indicates significant overdeliveries 
in the  case  of Germany and to a  lesser  extent by the United Kingdom in 
most of the quarters under review. In view of the small amounts involved, 
deliveries from France (0.4% of the market in the  third  quarter of 1982) 
and from  Italy  (2.5% of the market) do not lend themselves to an analysis 
in this context (see Annex VI). *·» 5 

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It is reasonable to assume  that  the overstepping of the gu-dslines by 
Germany and the United Kingdom in respect of deliveries on the UK market 
relates to bars and  wire  rod alone, since, according to explanations given 
by the trade, deliveries of  flat  products amount to under 1000 tonnes per 
annum out of a  total  volume of 16 000 tonnes. 
In the case of high-speed steel, and following the same approach, overall 
analyses  of  (ECSC  and non-ECSC) products and shapes (long products,  wire 
and flats), the United Kingdom and Austria have recotded reductions in the 
volume of deliveries of over 50% and nearly 20% respectively, deliveries 
from Germany have remained stable and t..ose from France and Sweden have 
increased  by 6$ and over 20% respectively (see Annex IV and Annex VII). 
The respective market shares have therefore changed significantly. For 
example, the United Kingdom, which was the leading supplier on the UK 
market in 1980,  with  a 48% market share, was relegated to second position 
in 1982,  with  only a 28% market share. Over the same period, Sweden and 
France  increased their shares from 29% to 41% and from 11% to 20% respec­
tively,  with  Germany and Austria more or less maintaining their shares of 
7% and 6% respectively. 
As regards compliance  with  the guidelines published by the Commission and 
taking into account the reservations expressed in the section on alloy tool 
steel,  it would seem  that  the guidelines have been foiled to only a small 
extent  in the case of Germany and France which exceeded, in some cases 
considerably,  the limits for deliveries to the UK market in almost all the 
quarters under review.  With  one exception, the United Kingdom would seem 
to have adjusted its deliveries on the UK market in accordance  with  the 
published  guidelines, in some cases remaining  well  below the tonnage limits 
(see Annex IV and Annex  VIII). 
4. MAIN  STRUCTURAL  CAUSES 
The initial findings of an inspection of the main suppliers of these grades 
of steel in the Community indicate  that  the positions acquired by foreign 
countries on the UK market do not seem to be due to the charging of discount 
prices.  In certain cases where the inspection results are already available, 
it would seem  that  the UK prices  were  often above those charged on continental 

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markets. It should also be mentioned  that  the fact  that  continental 
suppliers  use steel merchants (who are in some cases  tied)  in order to 
effect their sales makes it difficult to check the effective prices on 
the UK market. 
There would seem to be no doubt  that  the restructuring of the sector 
producing  these special steels, which began at a fairly  late  stage on the 
continent, has resulted in specialisation of production at Community and 
world level, leaving no room for one or two producers in each country. 
This  process of specialisation would seem to be coming to an end where 
high-speed  steel sheet and strip is concerned, is  well  advanced in the 
case  of high-speed long products and has been started in the case of 
tool steel producers. 
For example, in France two of the six firms in the sector already accounted 
for over 90% of the production of high-speed steel products in 1977, and 
in 1981 these two firms accounted for 99% of  total  production. In the 
United Kingdom, on the other hand, the concentration process does not yet 
seem  very advanced. In 1977 the two biggest firms (out of a  total  of 15) 
accounted  for 50% of  total  production. In 1981, the same firms (out of a 
total  of 11) still only accounted for 52% of  total  production. 
5. CONCLUSIONS 
To sum up, it emerges from the analysis of supplies of highly alloyed 
steels for the UK market  that: 
(a) the specific measures adopted by the Commission to  limit  production 
and deliveries of highly-alloyed steels have in general been complied 
with  where production is concerned; 
(b) the volume of deliveries (all  ECSC  and  non-ECSC  grades and shapes on 
the UK market did not change significantly between 1980 and 1982 in 
the case of alloy-tool steel, but fell by some 13% in the case of 
high-speed  steel; 
(c) Germany and Austria have increased their shares of the market in 
alloy-tool steel to the detriment of the United Kingdom, and France 
and Sweden have increased their shares of the market for high-speed 
steel,  with  the result  that  the UK's market share has fallen  consi­
derably. 

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(d) this sector of the steel industry has been restructured to a greater 
extent  in the countries competing  with  the United Kingdom, and this 
has enabled them to benefit from specialisation; 
(e) most of these steels are marketed as processed steels cold-drawn, or 
forged) i.e. they are not covered by the  ECSC  Treaty. This considerably 
restricts the means available to the Commission to regulate the market, 
especially  as the position acquired I  / non-Community producers (Sweden 
and Austria) on the UK  market  is very strong. These producers would 
inevitable benefit from any restriction which applied only to Community 
producers . 
6. POSSIBLE  MEANS  OF INTERVENTION 
(a) A neutral means available to the Community would be to extend the 
monitoring of the deliveries of each  firm  to the  market  of each of 
the Community Member States. To do this it would siffice to amend 
Commission  Decision  3483/82/ECSC  accordingly. 
(b) The obligation to publish the prices of highly alloyed steels was 
abolished  in  1954.  The exemption thus grated was justified by the 
complexity of the structure of these prices and by competition from 
non-ECSC  products (not subject to the obligation to published prices). 
The UK producers now  want  the price publication obligation to be res­
tored because the range of grades has been simplified and harmonised. 
Other producers consider  that  there  would be no benefit in reintro­
ducing  this obligation for  ECSC  products if it did not apply to  com­
peting  non-ECSC  products. 
However, even if products which are not at present covered by the 
ECSC  Treaty  were  included in,the system and made subject to the price 
publication obligation, all the Community producers would then be in 
a position of weakness  vis-à-vis  their competitors in non-member 
countries. 

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(c) Competing  non-ECSC  products (mainly drawn or forged bars) could be 
included  in Annex I to the Treaty of Paris and hence subject to the 
provisions  of Articles 58 and 60 of the  ECSC  Treaty. 
The UK producers believe  that  this is the basis for a solution to 
their problem, because it would permit  better  control of the Community 
market, and also because of the influence  that  this provision would 
have on the arrangements  with  non-member countries (Sweden and Austria) 
as regards  ECSC  products. 

ANNEXE  1 
SPECIAL  STEELS  5X 
Production  of  wire  rod,  reinforcing bars, merchant bars 
D F I U K (1) L EC 
1977 III 8853 4410 ' 1847 208 N/A 15318 
IV 8806 5883 4131 218 N/A 19038 
1978 I 8204 6360 4006 560 N/A 19190 
II 9201 5910 2714 510 N/A 1 8335 
III 10205 4856 2690 428 N/A 18179 
IV 10629 6574 4079 575 N/A 21857 
1979 I 11065 6- b 3457 507 N/A 216;? 
II 10937 6 21 2379 522 N/A 20659 
III 11877 5139 2245 458 N/A 19710 
IV 11618 7467 2734 549 N/A 22373 
1980 I 11065 8845 3879 621 N/A 24410 
II 10433 7317 4219 540 N/A 22509 
III N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 
IV Decision 2794 • • 8524 8038 2593 513 1955 21623 
of which merchant bar: 6520 6928 1601 513 1471 17051 
1981 I 8650 7268 4507 439 1860 2272'. 
of which merchant bars 6615 5960 3054 439 1532 17606 
II 8981 5158 2826 417 1800 19182 
of which merchant bars 6822 4060 1488 417 1518 14305 
III Decision  1831 
1831 (2) 
• 6806 2345 1073 1620 1161 13005 
IV 5788 2832 1157 2025 1386 13188 
1982 I 7125 3188 1582 2024 1339 1 5258 
II 5681 3047 2324 1338 • 1408 13798 
III Decision  1696 5888 • 2481 3740 1113 950 14172 
of which merchant bars 4834 2107 3002 1113 808 11864 
IV 4515 3020 2209 1351 532 11627 
of which merchant bars 3434 2609 1292 1351 448 9134 
Notes:  1. Figures  for the. U.K. up to and  including  Q 11/81 are  acknowledged  by 
U.K. Iron  and  Steel Statistics Bureau  to be  incorrect, being seriously 
understated. 
2. Wire  rod was not  included  in the  quota system  for the  period  Q 111/81  to 
Q 11/82. 

ANNEX II 
DIFFERENCES  BETWEEN  PRODUCTION  FIGURES  AND  GUIDELINES  - SPECIAL  STEELS  5 % 
(Source  : Monitoring  EC  ) 
0 F I UK L EC 
IV/80 _ 3094 + 571 - 141 - 36 - 2700 
1/81 -4450 - 1577 - 825 - 182 - 7034 
11/81 - 930 - 1793 - - 1182 - 96 - 4001 
111/81 NA NA NA NA NA 
IV/81 406 - 3750 - 364 + 1538 - 11 - 2993 
1/82 + 1039 . - 2295· - 1018 + 1620 - 70 - 724 
11/82 -1141 - 1013 + 836 + 921 - 110 - 507 
111/82 -1972 - 238 + 1929 -507 - 353 - 1141 
IV/82 2354 -* 223_ + 135 674 - 938 - 4054 
Notes:  1.  Figures  for the U.K. up to and  including  Q 11/81 are  acknowledged  by U.K.  Iron  and 
Steel  Statistics Bureau  to be  incorrect, being seriously understated. 
2 Wire  rod was not  included  in the  quota-system  for the  period  Q 111/81  to Q  11/82. 

ANNEX III 
SPECIAL STEELS  > 5 % - CATEGORY VI, MERCHANT  BARS 
Share of the  various countries (Source  : Monitoring  EC ) 
Production Deliverie  s  into.  EC-
EC D F I UK L EC D F I UK L 
111/81 100 52 18 8 13 9 100 39 29 11 10 10 
IV/81 100 44 ' 21 9 15 11 100 34 32 13 9 12 
1/82 100 47 21 10 13 9 .100 35 31 14 11 9 
11/82 100 41 22 17 10 . 10 100 33 30 16 12 9 
111/82 100 41 18 25 9 7 100 • 37 32 18 8 5 
JV/82 100 38 28 14 15 5 100 25 34 32 7 3 
OF DELIVERIES  INTO  EC ON  TOTAL 
I 1 
111/81 86 85 92 99 84 66 
IV/81 86 83 96 93 89 67 
1/82 86 84 98 97 81 61 
• 11/82 80 90 96 55 90 
111/82 70 85 96 41 90 40 
IV/82 88 74 96 98 89 53 

ANNEX  IV 
YEARLY CHANGES  IN  DELIVERIES  TO THE UK OF 
TOOL STEELS  AND HIGH  SPEED STEELS (Source  : Industry  ) 
Market  Shares 
D F I UK AU S Total D F UK AU S I 
• ALLIED TOOL STEELS 
1980 3156 40 4 9832 1962 1339 16454 19,2 0,2 60 12 8 
1981 2777 87 15 7324 1074 1329 12632 22 0,7 58 8,5 10,5 0,1 
Estimated  1982 4206 135 300 7374 2268 1464 15887 26,5 0,9 46 14 9 1,9 
·- HIGH  SPEED STEELS 
1980 444 859 - 3803 527 2305 7948 5,6 11 48 6,6 29 1 
1 
1981 484 892 -2326 231 1424 5435 9 16 43 4 26 1 
i 
Estimated  1982 473 1374 -1927 428 2819 6916 7 20 28 6 41 i 
1 
1 
9m/ 1980 350 699 3232 393 1806 6490 5,4 11 50 6 28 
9m/1981 355 613 1691 165 1069 3920 9 16 43 4 27 1 
9m/ 1982 355 1031 1445 321 2114 5266 7 20 27,4 6 40 ì 
1 
1 
1 
1 

ANNEX V 
DELIVERIES  OF  TOOL  STEELS  TO THE U K 
(all shapes  and  qualities  - index numbers) 
(Source  : industry  ) 
D F I UK AU S SP Tot. 
IV/79 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
1/80 138 3 121. 87 36 225 102 
11/80 152 3 90 92 81 63 93 
HI/80 119 2 69 81 45 263 71 
IV/80 123 13 63 '86 18 206 65 
1/81 96 - 63 .41 32 250 58 
11/81 72 19 53 30 41 -50 
HI/81 154 10 62 48 47 19 67 
IV/81 146 . 18 77 70 59 6 79 
1/82 161 8 100 82 66 54 94 u-* 
11/82 193 47 24 •64 93 61' - 83 
HI/82 179 8 188 • 55 121 40 375 77 
• 10 
ƒ 
t * 120 41 -

ANNEX  VI 
MONITORING  OF  GUIDELINES "TOOL  STEELS** 
ALL shapes  and  qualities 
(Source  : Industry ) 
Ref Abatement Quota ReaL.. ton +/-χ Ref . Abatement Quota Real. +/-
ton ζ 
Germany -
U.K. • -
• V ·· 
IV/79 593 • IV/79 2869 »«!..· 
1/80 818 1/80 3475 ..... 
11/80 
III/80 902 
704 11/80 
III/80 2586 
1969 -
.. L. . . 
IV/80 474 - 20X IV/79 474 732 + 258 .+ 54 IV/80 2295 - 20Z IV/79 2295 1802 -493 -2' 
1/81 654 - 20*  ' 1/80 654 572 - 82 - 13 1/81 2780 - 20Z 1/80 2780 1796 -984 -3'. 
11/81 541 - 40X 11/80 541 • 429 -112 -21 IJ/81 1551 - 40Z 11/80 1551 1530 - 21 - ' 
III/81 459 - 35Z 111/80 459 912 + 453 + 99 III/81 1280 - 35Z III/80 1280 1788 •508 +40 
IV/81 308 - 35Z IV/80 308 864 + 556 + 181 . IV/81 1492 - 35Z 11/80 1492 2210 +718 +4P 
1/82 602 - 8X 1/81 602 954 + 352 + 58 1/82 2557 - 8Z 1/81 2557 2364 -19 J - ' 
11/82 541 id. 11/81 541 1143 + 602 + 111 11/82 1551 id. 11/81 1551 1830 +279 . +1; 
III/82 id. III/81 459 1059 + 600 + 131 IÌI/82 1280 id. III/81 1280 1590 +310 •2«· 

ANNEX VII 
DELIVERIES  OF HIGH SPEED STEEL TO THE U K 
all shapes a l l qualities - index numbers 
(Source  : industry  ) 
D F UK AU S Total 
IV/79 100 100 100 100 100 100 
1/80 124 73 122 58 183 121 
11/80 129 92 106 91 147 112 
HI/80 71 84 87 63 132 93 
IV/80 87 57 56 72 128 73 
1/81 65 58 54 30 142 71 
11/81 58 82 56 25 41 59 
HI/81 206 79 54 35 70 67 
1V/81 119 100 62 36 91 76 
1/82 76 140 54 22 173 87 
11/82 
HI/82 81 
172 127 
102 52 
36 59 
92 203 94 
83 111/82 172 102 36 92 165 83 

ANNEX VIII 
MONITORING OF GUIDELINES HIGH SPEED STEELS 
all shapes  and  qualities 
(Source  : Industry  ) 
Ref. Abatement Quota Real. +/-
ton +/-
X Ref. Abatement Quota Real. +/-
ton +/-
X 
Germany • France 
IV/79 108 IV/79 280 
1/80 134 1/80 205 
11/80 139 11/80 258 a? 
HI/80 77 HI/80 236 3f 
1V/80 86 - 20X IV/79 86 94 8 + 9 ' IV/80 224 - 20X IV/79 224 160 - 64 - 29 
1/81 107 - 20X 1/80 107 70 - 37 - 35 1/81 164 - 20X 1/80 164 163 - 1 - 4$ 
11/81 83 - 40% 11/80 83 63 - 20 - 24 11/81 155 - 40X 11/80 155 229 + 74 + 48 
111/81 50 - 35X HI/80 50 222 +172 +344 111/81 153 - 35X IV/80 153 221 + 68 + «4 
IV/81 56 - 35% IV/80 56 129 + 73 +130 IV/81 146 - 35X IV/80 146 279 +133 + 91* 
1/82 98 - 8X 1/81 98 82 - 16 - 16 1/82 151 - 8X 1/81 151 391 +240 +1S9 
11/82 83 id. 11/81 83 87 + 4 + 5 11/82 155 id. 11/81 155 355 +200 +129 
HI/82 50 id. HI/81 50 186 +136 +272 HI/82 153 id. 
! HI/81 153 285 +132 + 86 

P.2 
ANNEX  VIII 
Ref. Abat  ement Quota Real. + /-
t on + /-
X 
UK 
IV/79 1026 
1/80 1252 
H/80 1083 
111/80 897 
IV/80 821 - 20Z IV/79 821 571 - 250 - 30 
1/81 1002 - 20X 1/80 1002 559 - 443 - 64 
H/81 650 - 40X H/80 650 578 - 72 - 11 
IH/81 583 - 35X HI/80 583 554 - 29 - 5 
IV/81 534 - 35X H/81 534 635 + 101 + 19 
1/82 922 - 8X 1/81 922 549 - 373 - 40 
H/82 650 id. H/81 650 530 - 120 - 18 
IH/82 id. IH/81 583 366 - 217 - 37 


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