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COM(77)348
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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)348final.
Brussels.19July1977
Draft
DECISION
OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OPTHEGOVERNMENTS OPTHEMEMBERSTATES
OPTHEEUROPEANCOALAM)STEELCOMMUNITY
MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL
concerningCommunitysurveillance ofimportsofcoaloriginating
inthirdcountries
(submittedbytheCommission)
CCM(77)348final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCommission"indicated ,initsCommunication totheCouncilof1March1977
thattherecentdownwardtrendonthecoalmarkethadaffectedonlythe
Community'scoalindustry,importsfromnon-membercountrieshavinggrown
inrelativeandabsoluteterras.TheCommissionthereforeexpresseditsintention
tokeepthesituationunderclosereviewandtoissuedetailedannualreports
oncoalimportsfromthirdcountries.Withthesereportsitisproposedtosub­
mitanassessmentoffuturemarketdevelopments ,takingaccountofprobable
requirementsintheindividualmarkets,oftheCommunitycoalindustry'sproduction
plansandofdevelopments inintra-Community tradeandimportsfromnon-member
countries.
2)Atitsn^etingof29March1977»"theCouncilagreedonthe-needtocollect
information :-nthememberstatesoncoalimportsfromthirdcountriesand
automatically toforwardthistotheCommissiontoenableittoproducereports
andforecastsofthedevelopment ofthecommonmarketincoal.Itinvitedthe
Commissiontostudywitheachmemberstateappropriate methodsofoperatingthis
information systeminthebestpossibleway.
TheCommissionisalreadyconductingstudiesonthestateofthecoalmarket,
basedpartlyoninfox-mationoncoalimportsfromnon-membercountriesperiodi­
callysutipl"i.edit.However,thecurrentinformationsystemisinadequate,
ocularlyasregardsimportprices,forthecompletionoftheaforementioned
newtasks.Itmust,therefore,bebroadenedintoasystemof
Communityimportsurveillancetoallowawell-founded,assessmentofdevelop­
mentsinallimportantcoalmarketsectors.
1)Doc.COM(77)41final
2)Doo.T/318/77(ENER)of4.4.1977

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TheinformationcurrentlyavailabletotheCommissionmustbesupplemented
inpartioularbypriceinformation onimportsofsteamooaltoassistthe
formationofclearerviewsofthecompetitivepositionsofCommunitycoal,
import-edcoalandhydrocarbonsforelectricitygeneration.Theprice
aspectisofspecialsignificance inthecontextofconsiderable 'pressure
onthepricelevelofallcoalsfrequentlyexertedbymarginalimporttonnages.
Thisphenomenonappliesequallytoimportsofcokingcoalandsteamcoal
andcanendangeraproportionofCommunitycoalproductionthroughits
financialimpact.
Inthelightofcontactswithrepresentatives ofmemberstates,theCommission
considersitadequatefortherequiredinformation tobeprovidedtoitona
quarterlybasisandforseveralcountriesoforigintobegroupedincertain
cases.
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XVIl/226/77
DECISION
OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOF
THEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY ,MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL
OF
concerning •Communitysurveillance ofimportsofcoal
originating inthirdcountries
THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOF
THEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEEL*COMMUNITY.MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL
inagreementwiththeCommission-
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:

Article1
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsoftheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,thisDecisionshallapplytotheimport
ofhardcoal(referenceNo.3.100inAnnex1totheTreaty)intothe
MemberStates.
Article2
ImportsofhardcoalfromthirdcountriesintotheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
shallbesubjecttoCommunitysurveillance inorderthattheCommission maybeable
regularlyandbetter'tojudgedevelopments inallCommunitycoalmarketswith
particularregardtohardcoalimportsfromthirdcountries.
Article3
(l)WithaviewtotheprovisionsofArticle2andinordertosupplementthein­
formationwhichtheCommissionreceivesfromGovernments concerninghardcoal
importsfromthirdcountriesandfromundertakings concerningcokingcoalim­
portsunderDecision73/287/ECSCof25July1973MemberStatesshallinform
theCommissionofthefollowingforeachquarterofthecalendaryear:
-hardcoalimportsintonnesc.e.(hardcoalequivalent)forusein
electricpowerstationsorinstallations forthecombinedproduction
ofheatandelectricity ;
-averagequarterlyciffree-at-frontierpricesofthesehardcoalimports
pertonnec.e.
(1)0JNoL259,15.9.1973,p.36.

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(2)Theabove information shall becommunicated totheCommission within
forty days oftheendofeach quarter ,broken down asfollows :
-bycountry oforigin
-bylength ofcontract (oneyear orlonger andless than oneyear )
Where thequantities referred toinparagraph 1foraparticular
country oforigin have been obtained byasingle importer from asingle
exporter ,theinformation onprices forthat county oforigin may becom­
bined with thecorresponding information foranother county oforigin in
accordance with the groupings setout intheAnnex hereto .
(3)Where necessary ,Member States shall ,onrequest ,also supply theCommission
with information onhard coal imports ,divided byuseincokeries andother
sectors andbroken -down asinparagraphs 1and 2.
Article 4
Member States shall take allnecessary measures fortheapplication of
this Decision .
Done atBrussels ,
The President

AWEX
Inthecases referred tointhelast sentence ofArticle 3(2),the
information onprices for onecountry oforigin may "becombined with the
information onprices foranother country oforigin inthe same region .
Inthis context ,thefollowing areas areconsidered regions oforigin :
1) Europe ,except theEuropean Community
2) Worth America
3) Central andSouth America
4) Africa
5) Asia andOceania
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