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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
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Brussels.9december1982
EXTENSIONOPANNEXITOTHEECSCTREATY
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EXTENSION OFANNEXITOTHEECSCTREATY
Recentexperience,particularly thatacquiredduringthecrisisin
thesteelindustry,hasshownthatactiontakenbytheCommunityunder
thetermsoftheECSCTreatymaybehindered andtheobjectives ofthe
Treaty,especially thosereferredtoinArticle60,notattainedifcer­
tainproducts,subjectatpresenttotheTreatyofRome,arenotcovered
bytheruleslaiddownintheECSCTreaty,ForthisreasontheCommis­
sionannouncedatthemeetingofIndustryMinisters,heldinCopenhagen
on18November1982,thatitintendedtorequesttheCouncil,acting
unanimously inaccordance withArticle81oftheTreaty,toaddanumber
ofsteelproductstoAnnexItotheECSCTreaty,Thisappliesabove
all,tosteelproductswhichwerenotoriginally coveredbytheECSC
Treatybecausetheyeitherdidnotthenexistorwereproducedonlyin
verysmallquantities.
Tothisend,theCommission consultedsteelproducers astothedefini­
tionoftheproductstobecoveredbytherulesoftheECSCTreaty,They
wereinfavourofthefollowingproposal.
ThereareatpresenttwoproductstobeconsideredforinclusioninAnnex
ItotheECSCTreaty:
1,Cold-rolled sheet,incoilorcutlength,of3mmthickness
and (Nimexe73.13.41)
AnnexItotheECSCTreatycontainsnoreferencetothis
typeofsheet-CodeN°4500coversonly"Cold-rolled
sheetunder3mm".Thisisexplained bythefactthatthe
typeofplantusedintheearly1950sdidnotallowfor
production ofcold-rolled sheetwithathicknessofover
3mmorratherthatthistypeofproduction wasnotatall
common.However,nowthattherearenolongeranyparticu­
lartechnicalproblemsinvolved,manyCommunitysteelcompa­
niesproducecold-rolled sheetwithathicknessofover3mm.

Inthesamecontext,ithasbeenaskedthatthe
revisionofAnnexIincludeaprecisedefinitionof
"cold-rolled sheetunder3mm",undertheheading
"cold-rolled sheet,incoilsorincutlength,with
athicknessoflessthan3mm".
2.Slitstripproducedfromcold-rolled sheet,incoils
orcutlengthofawidthof500mmandmore.r^|-jnovo73.12
AtthetinewhenthepresentAnnexwasdraftedcold-
rolledstripwasnormallyobtainedbyrollingon
specialplant.Sincethantheslittingtechniquehas
beendevelopedtotheextentthatproducersofwide
cold-rolledstripareshittingtoobtainproducenarrow
strip.Thisoperationhasbecomecommonpracticeonthe
partofbothsteelmakers andSteelServiceCentres.
Thefactthattheafore-mentioned productscanbeused,forcertain
purposes,insteadofcold-rolledsheetswhicharesubjecttothe
ECSCTreaty,couldencouragesteelproducersanddecoilerstotake
advantageofthisopportunitytoavoidapplyingthepriceruleslaid
downinArticle60oftheTreaty.Consequently,iftheadditional
crisismeasuresconcerningpricesaretobeeffective,theseproducts
mustbeincludedintheTreatyofParis.
ExtendingAnnexItotheECSCTreatybyincludingthesetwoproducts
doesnotmeanthatanyundertakings otherthanthosealreadycovered
bytheTreaty,orbythepricerulesinthiscasethedecoilerswill
becomesubjecttotheECSCTreaty.
TheCommissionisalsostudyingthequestionofincLudingthefollowing
products :
-stainlesscoldfinishedbars
-forgedbarsandsectionsfromhigh-speedandtoolsteels
-colddrawnbarsandsectionsfromhigh-speedandtool
steels

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-drawnwire
-slitstripproducedfromcold-rolled sheetofa
widthoflessthan500mm
-classicalcold-rolled narrowstrip
-cold-formed sheetpilings.
Itwilltransmitareportwiththeresultsofitsstudytothe
CounciI-