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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C 0M C 84) 331 -final. 
Brussels, 18 June 1984
C O M M IS S IO N  DECISION
amending Decision N o  37-54 of 
of price lis ts  and conditions 
in the steel industry to29 July 1954 o r. the publication 
of sale applied by undertakings 
the sale of special steels
COM(84) 331 final

COMMISSION DECISION N° ___/___/ECSC OF
am
ending Decision N ° 37-54 of 29 July 1954 on the publication of 
price lis ts  and conditions of sale applied by undertakings in the 
steel industry to the sale of special steels.
T H E  C O M M IS S IO N  O F  T H E  E U R O P E A N  C O M M U N ITIE S,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel 
Community, and in particular Article 60 thereof,
Having regard to Decision N ° 37-54 of 29 July 1954 on the publication 
of price lis ts  and conditions of sale applied by undertakings in the 
steel industry to the sale of special steels within the meaning of 
Annex I I I  to the Treaty (1), as supplemented and am ended by 
Decision N ° 33-58 of 1  December 1958 (2), Decision N ° 21-63 of 
1 1  December 1963 (3) and Decision N ° 3633/83/ECSC of 8  December 1983 (4),
After consulting the Consultative Committee,
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(1
) O J  N ° 18, 1.8.1954, p. 470
(2) O J  N ° 31, 18.12.1958, p. 665
(3) O J  N ° 187, 24.12.1963, p. 2973
(4) O J  N°L360, 23.12.1983, p. 20

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WHEREAS:
There is no uniform pattern to market relations between the steel 
industry and steels users; their relations are diverse enough to 
warrant different marketing policies;
In Decision N ° 72/440/ECSC of 22 December 1972 (1) amending basic 
Decision N ° 30-53, the Commission laid down a  new  definition of 
discriminatory practices within the meaning of Article 60(1) of the 
Treaty; as a  result, undertakings m ay apply different prices to 
different groups of consumers without infringing the prohibition 
on discrimination;
The obligations to publish prices and conditions of sale for non­
special steels as imposed by Decision M ° 31-53 conform to the above- 
mentioned principles; the situation on the market for the said 
steels gave no cause to require undertakings to publish the price 
d iffe re n tials which they applied to individual consumer groups in 
their price lis ts ; it  is sufficient if  the undertakings are required 
to notify the Commission of such d iffe re n tia ls ; where an undertaking 
applies such d iffe re n tia ls on a  large scale, the Commission has 
the power to require the undertaking to publish the d iffe re n tia ls in 
its  price lis t ;  there appears every ju s tific a tio n  for extending the 
sam e p o ssib ilitie s to special steels in order to harmonize the condi­
tions of sale for different categories of steel and to prevent the 
sam e buyer receiving different treatment, depending whether he is 
purchasing special or non-special steels; to achieve further harmoni­
zation, the waiting period before new  price lis ts  for special steels 
com e into application should be extended from one day to two days.
(1) 0J N° L 297, 30.12.1972, p. 297

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
A rticle 6 of Decision N ° 37-54 is am ended to read as follows:-
1 . (a) Price lis ts  and conditions of sale shall apply not earlier than
two clear days after they have been addressed to the Commission;
(b) Sellers shall, upon request, communicate them to anyone interested; 
C c) The Commission m ay decide to publish such price lis ts  and conditions 
of sale by m eans of a  special publication.
2. Paragraph 1  shall apply equally to any amendment of price lists 
and conditions of sale.
Article 2
The following A rticle is inserted after Article 6 of Decision N ° 37-54:
"A rticle  7
1. Undertakings in the steel industry need not publish in their price 
Lists price d iffe re n tia ls applied to individual consumer groups.
2. W here such d iffe re n tia ls are applied, undertakings shall, however, 
n otify them to the Commission. Article 6 of this Decision shall 
apply.
3. W here it  is established that the number or the volume of the d if­
ferentials m ake publication necessary, the Commission m a y require 
any undertaking in the iron and steel industry to publish in their 
price lis ts  som e or a ll of the d iffe re n tials applied."
Article 3
Articles 7  and 8 of Decision N ° 37-54 are renumbered 8 and 9 respectively.

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Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its  publication 
in the O fficia l Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision shall be binding in its  entirety and d ire ctly applic­
able in a ll M em ber States.
Done at Brussels, 1984 For the Commission,