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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 373 final 
Brussels, 20 June 1983
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
Statistical monitoring of steel dealers' deliveries
COM(83) 373 final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION  
TO THE COUNCIL
Statistical monitoring of steel dealers' deliveries
Following the informal meeting of Industry Ministers in Elsinore in  
November 1982, the Commission forwarded to the Council a draft  
recommendation concerning the requirement for steel dealers to  
declare the quantities of certain steel products received and deli­
vered (*)- The purpose of this recommendation was to obtain sta­
tistics concerning supplies of steel products from steel dealers in  
the Member States of the Community and to have the Governments verify  
the deliveries in question-
Several Governments have^brought the Commission's attention to the  
fact that it is likely that the statistics in question would not be  
sufficiently reliable because of the large number of steel dealers  
and transactions involved- The Commission is therefore proposing the  
introduction of an accompanying document for all deliveries between  
Member States, including deliveries of products imported from, or for  
export to, third countries- The document would not give rise to any  
.intra-Community trade barriers since there is no provision for  
inspection at the border-
The customs authorities would simply collect the documents when the  
products are released for home use or when the export formalities to a  
third country are completed and send them to the national authorities  
which would communicate them to the Commission in the aggregate for the  
country in question- Goods would not be held up at the border if the  
document was not produced, but the name of the distributive undertaking  
would be communicated to the Government in question or to the Commission  
so that a fine could be imposed- These statistics should make it  
possible to explain the considerable differences between the statistics  
relating to steelworks' deliveries and the customs statistics-
★Commission proposal N° 11858/82-

Better information concerning supplies to the various markets in  
the Community would make it possible to monitor the market more  
effectively and match supply and demand more efficiently.
In addition, certain Governments have informed the Commission that,  
under their national legislation, such statistics cannot be required  
from dealers, and it would take 1.8 months or more to adopt new  
national legislation.
The Commission is therefore proposing to replace the recommendation  
by a decision which would impose a directobiigation on dealers to  
declare the statistics in question to the national departments and  
would require the Governments to prepare statistics at national level and,  
where appropriate,check 4he accuracy of the declarations.2 .
The decision would remain in force until the end of 1985.