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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)872 final
Brussels-12December 1980
Draft
COMMISSION DECISION ECSC
concerningcertainobligations ofCommunityundertaking using
highgradespecialsteelsandstockholders oftheseproducts
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C0M(80)872final^:

Commission Décision ECSC
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concerning certain obligations ofCommunity undertaking using high-grade
special steels andstockholders ofthese products "'
TheCommission oftheEuropean Communities ,
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Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean' Coal andSteel Community ,
andinparticular thefirst andsecond paragraph ofArticle 95thereof .
Whereas :
ByDecision 2794/8O/ECSC (l),theCommission established asystem ofproduction
-quotas fortheCommunity iron andsteel industry ; Asregards tohigh-
grade andspecial steels ,special provisions areinforce inrespect ofalloy
steels ofacertain quality andprice level under which quotas maybeexceeded
under Commission supervision .
These special provisions require supervision ofthe products inquestion and
ofinvoiced prices .Forthis supervision tobeeffective ,itmust beapplied
notonly toproducers butalso tousers ,andstockholders ofhigh-grade and
special steels .Users andstockholders assuch ofthese products ,donotconsti­
tute undertakings within themeaning oftheTreaty .Inorder tofacilitate
supervision ,theprovisions ofArticle 47oftheTreaty should bemade appli­
cable toundertakings using high-grade andspecial steels andstockholders of
these products .
TheTreaty does notconfer ontheCommission powers toimpose these obligations on
undertakings using high-grade andspecial steels andonstockholders ofthese products
It'istherefore necessary ,inorder toattain theobjectives ofthe .
Community intheoperation ofthecommon market asdefined inArticles 2,3
and4ofthe'Treaty ,toextend theapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle 47
oftheTreaty toundertakings using high-grade andspecial steels andstockholders
ofthose products fortheduration oftheproduction quota system .
U)0JF L291/31.10.1980 ,p.1.
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After consulting the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous assent of '
theCouncil , J
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
Undertakings using high-grade and special steels andstockholders asdefined in
Annex I(hereinafter referred toas"consuming undertakings andstockholders ")shall
beobliged tokeep arecord containing the information specified inAnnex IIconcerning
receipts ,asfrom 1November 1980 ,ofalloy steels ,asdefined inAnnex III,covered
bythe special provisions ofArticle 2AofDecision No2794 /80/ECSC ,
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Article 2
TheCommission ,inexercising thepowers conferred onitbyArticle 47ofthe ,
Treaty ,shall verify theaccuracy oftheinformation recorded .Consuming undertakings '
andstockholders shall berequired tofacilitate these verifications without theneed
foranyseparate decision .Theinstruction given totheverifying official shall '
refer tothis provision and indicate the information heisrequired toverify .Con- ,
sunning undertakings andstockholders which evade theobligations resulting from this ,
Decision orwhoknowingly furnish false information shall beliable tothesanctions
provided for inArticle 47oftheTreaty .Themaximum amount offines shall beone
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percent (1%)ofthevalue ofannual purchases byconsuming undertakings onstock - j
holders oftheproducts defined inAnnex III,and themaximum amount ofpenalty pay­
ments shall be5per cent (5%)ofthe value ofdaily purchases ofthese products .
Article 3
This' Decision shall enter into force ontheday ofitspublication inthe
Official Journal ofthe European Communities . Itseffect shall cease .
simultaneously with that ofthe system ofproduction quotas established by
Decision No2794 /80/ECSC ,but not later than 30June 1981 .
This Decision shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels ,

ANNEX I
DEFINITION OFUNDERTAKINGS USING
HIGH-GRADE AND SPECIAL STEELS
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Undertakings using high-grade and special steels within themeaning
ofthis Decision shall beallthose Community undertakings which use
high-grade and special steels for the manufacture ofindustrial product
DEFINITION OFSTOCKHOLDERS
OFHIGH-GRADE AND ,SPECIAL STEELS \
Stockholders within themeaning ofthis Decision shall bethose
steel merchants whichsell from stock intheir own name and ontheir own
■accoun -h-'gh-grade and special steels .

ANNEX II
INFORMATION TOBERECORDED INUNDERTAKINGS
USING HIGH-GRADE AND SPECIAL STEELS AND
STOCKHOLDING MERCHANTS OFTHESE PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS DEFINED INANNEX III
(a) Vendor (name and address )
(b) Producer (ifdifferent from the vendor )
(c) Number and date ofinvoice
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Commercial designation ofproduct andspecification (qualities ,
dimensions )
Tonnage
(a) Ordered
(b) Delivered
Price
(a) Effective price invoiced per tonne
with indication astowhether :-free destination
-free frontier
-ex-works /basing point
(b) .Transport cost included inthe price (ifapplicable )

ANNEXIII
DEFINITION OFALLOY -STEELPRODUCTS COVEREDBYTHESPECIALPROVISIONS
OFARTICLE2A(2a)OFDECISION NO2794/80/ECSC
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Alio/steelswithanalloycontentofnotlessthan5%(exceptfor
steelscontaining lessthan1%carbonandmorethan^ZXchromium),
whereactualinvoicedpriceisnotlessthan30%higherthanthe
listpriceofthecorresponding ordinarysteelproducts.