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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)516 final
Brussels .19October 1978
DRAFT COMMISSION DECISION
CONCERNING COAL AND COKE FOR THE IRON AND
STEEL INDUSTRY OP THE COMMUNITY
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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'1,The current system
Theexisting Commission decision no.73/287/ECSC of25July .1973 concerning
coalandcokefor "theironandsteel industry intheCommunity 1(coking coal
. > 2scheme )hasitsroots intheProtocol ofanagreement onenergy problems
-adopted "bytheformer sixMember States oftheCommunity on21April 19^4
andmore specifically intheProtocol ofanagreement oncoking coal andcoke
destined fortheiron andsteel industry agreed upon bythegovernments ofthe
ECSCMember States meeting within theCouncil on16February 19^7^*Aseries
ofCommission decisions with theunanimous endorsement oftheCouncil have firmly
established thecoking coal scheme within theECSC .Thebasic justification of
the scheme canbedescribed asfollows : • i
–Alarge part ofCommunity coal production isindeficit over both theshort .
andthemedium term ;heavy cutbacks inproduction capacity could ,therefore ,
prove necessary . - _ .
-•Uncertainty exists astowhat would bethesituation with regard tothe
supply ofcoking coal from third countries asaresult ofanexcessively .,
rapid orheavy run–down oftheCommunity 'sproduction capacity inthis
■-sector . / ,
-»Ther$ isatraditionally high intra –Communi tytrade with coking
coal andcoke . ^
–Keeping thecoking coal capacity inproduction forms anintegral part
.oftheCommuni ty*s general energy policy tomaintain itscoal mining
industry onthelevel of1973 forreasons ofsecurity ofsupply .
«•Thefactor ofsecurity ofsupply isofparticular importance forthe v
Community steel industry relying heavily onthesteelmaking process
based onpig^-iron fromblast furnaces .Community coking coal isof
highquality which ,under normal market conditions ,isinshort supply
worldwide . N.v
0,J.No.L259,15.9.1973 ,p.36/42
2O.J. No.69,30.4.1964 ,p.1099/1100.
3O.J. No.36,28.2.1967 ,p.561.

Thescheme istoenable thecoal producers intheCommunity toalign their
selling prices toworld ,market levels when their production costs exceed
this level .TheCommunity steel industry ,however ,remains free tochoose
itssupplier t>oth within andoutside theCommunity .
Thefinancial mechanism ofthescheme provides f.ora"production aid"paid
from thenational "budgets ofthecoal-producing Member States anda"sales
aid"financed "byaspecial Community fund .
Other important features ofthesystem arespecial price rules deviating
from theprovisions oftheECSC Treaty (art.60)andtheestablishment of
a"guide price ""based onrunning long-term supply contracts forcoking
coal from third countries .
Thesales aidisofparticular importance since itspurpose istomake
Community coking coal andcoke more competitive against imported coal
when delivered inintra-Community trade .Inmost cases imported coal is
delivered directly into consumption from marine "bulk carrisrs without
incurring additional costs while Community coal andcoke delivered overland
incurs high transportation costs ..
Thetonnage "benefitting from thesales aidinintra-EC trade issetata
maximum of15million tonnes peryear .Theaverage sales aidamounts to
«
2.11 EUApertonne .Consequently ,thespecial fund amounts toapproximately
31m.EUA .Itisfinanced through contributions from thesteel industry
(17m.EUA «55$),theECSC "budget (6m.EUA =20j£)andsixMember States
(8m.EUA -25$).
Present market situation
Present problems inthearea ofcoking coal result from thecombination
over recent years ofthree principal elements !reduction iniron and
steel production ,theappreciation ofEuropean currencies against the
USdollar ;thevarying evolution ofmaritime freight rates andEuropean
transport costs .
Thefall insteel production isreflected -inlower coking coal sales ; ,,
blast-furnaces intheCommunity infact consumed 44nut .ofcoke in1977
compared with 60m.t .in1974 .

Trade incoking coal and coke within the Community foil progrecsively from
20m.t.in1974 "to12m.t.in 1977 - •
Coal production capacity has remained practically unchanged and coal
production itself has ,notfully reflected the change indemand ;this .
hasresulted inincreased' coke and coal ,stocks .
Theproduction and storage costs ofthis unsold tonnage remain acharge for
the coal producers . ~
Inaddition tothe cost ofthese stocks proceeds have been reduced asa\
result ofthe alignment ofsale prices onthe world market price level
for coking coal .Theprices forcoal traded internationally are expressed
inUSdollars whereas production costs for Community coal areinnational
currencies . :, ;; -
Intra-Community exchanges ofcoking coal and coke are represented ,astoover
90$ "by,German deliveries .Accordingly ,thefollowing refers tocost develop­
ments and the market situation asthey apply toGerman "producers .
Theappreciation ofthe DMagainst thedollar during 1977 and 1978 has "been
such that thegap "between world market prices (practically theguide-price
established "bytheCommission )andproduction .cost forcoking coal has
widened considerably (seetable A,para .4)•Forthis reason productipn aid
inGermany increased to38,40 DMper tonne from 1January 1978 compared with
13,50 DMin1977 ?this isadifference ofmore than 12US2>. .
• ' · < · * · ■ ■ '·.
The recent trend intransport rates , , .
Three principal points have characterised this trend over recent years :
(a)themaritime freight element (USA/Australia^-Europe )incorporated in
theCommission ^guide' price diminished from*6dollars /t(15DM)in
1974 to±5do'llars /t(10DM)in1977 ?
(b)there hasbeen some change intransport rates from north seaports
toiron andsteel industry brmining industry locations inthe
Community butincreases have been only oftheorder of2DMt.s
(c)rail charges onthemain intra –Community trading routes have risen
from 22-23 to28-30 DM/t,i.e. anincrease of6to7DM/t.
Element (a)isalready included intheguide price trend .Asaresult
ofelements (b)and (c)therange oftransport costs has,ingeneral ,
widened infavour ofimported third-country coals adding further tothe
Community producers' alignment burden ,(seetable B,paragraph 4).

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Development ofproduction costs .receipts and alignment margins
Table Asummarises thedifferent elements setoutinparagraphs 2and 3
above .Theguide –price inUSdollars hasremained stable over thelast
four years (itispractically identical forallcoastal steel works in
theE(!).Ithasdeclined whenconverted intoDMforcomparison with
! .• • 1production costs andthecorresponding receipts forCommunity coal .
Table A ■
Guide price Net receipts Production .
Year forproducers cost
US-£ DM/t DM/t DM/t
1975 *62 152 145 144
1976 63 159 153 155
1977 62 144 138 160
1978 62 127 119 168
(estd .)
Thenetreceipts fortheproducers intheECshown inthetable are
average figures .Inpractice thereceipts vary :they arelower when
\
deliveries aremade tousers remote from thecoal field (duetotransport
costs )andhigher fordeliveries near tothemine .
Table Bbelow ,illustrates thetrend ofalignment margins ti.e. the
differences inprice (inUSdollars pertonne )between imported and
Community coking coals between theyears 1972 and 1978 taking German coal
asanexample .Five typical points ofconsumption areshown ;4located
inregions remote from theproduction area and forwhich sales aidis
payable (2onthecoast and2inland )andthefifth –bywayofcomparison
situated close totheproduction area *
Average value ofthedollar inDM:
1974 2.604 -100
'1975 • 2.452 94
1976 2.526 97
1977 2.33 89
1978 (I-IX ) 2.05 79

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Table B
1.7.72 1.1.78
Genoa (it) 13 35
Rotterdam (NL). 10 31
Liègej(B) • g 26
Thionville (P) ^ 24
i •– : i– ; -
I
Duisburg (D) 5 22 .
In1973 therate ofsales aidforintrar-Community trade wasfixed atan •
average of2UApertonne i.e. approximately 2.65 /0;which ,atthat time ,
varied according tocase from about onefifth to2fifths ofthealignment
margin .(Theaverage rate ofaidwasincreased to2.22EUA/tin1976). -
......... _.m x
.Onaverage ,alignment margins have 'since tripled ,soconsiderably reducing
theeffectiveness oftheaid ;therevision oftherate ofaidwould ,therefore ,'
,__seem justifiable ., . ':
Thenew proposal
There isnoquestion ofusing anewaidtocompletely cover thecurrent levels
ofalignment margins .Itis,however ,necessary tomaintain ahigh level of
Community production capacity fortheproducts concerned which areextensively
traded within theCommunity .Tothis endtheprinciples andmethods already
established andproven should beretained : ' -
•■production "aids andsales aids ;
-publication ofaguide price serving asareference forthecalculation
ofalignment margins ; ,
-long-term contracts between producers andconsumers ;
Community financing ofsales aidinrespect ofintra^-Communi.ty trade for
atotal of15million tonnes . "■
Considering thepresent economic situation (seeparagraph 4above )itis
proposed toincrease theaverage pertonne rate ofsales aidfrom 2.11 to4.67 EtJA
for3years (1979-1 981)andtheprovision ofthespecial fund ,from 31to70
BEUA . ' ■ ••
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6.Financing thenew scheme
Thecontributors tothespecial fund will continue to "beasatpresent :i.e.
theiron andsteel industry ,theEOSC budget andtheMember States .
The -advantage ^derived from thesystem "by "blast furnace operators inthesteel
industry justify their participation inthefinance arrangements .Inthe
' •
present situation theoperators could not tieexpected toincrease their
contributions ;these ,therefore ,aremaintained atthemaximum 1978 level
of17mEUAandaspreviously ,apportioned onapro–rata "basis according to"
"blast-furnace consumption .Thecontribution oftheUKiron andsteel industry
will continue to "betreated as'atpresent . _
i
TheCommunity contribution will also "bemaintained atthe1978 level ,i.e.
6m.EUA . '!
. . .
Thebalance ofthefinance is70*"(17+6)=47m.EUA (rounded figures )
andcomprises theMember State contributions apportioned according tothe
following considerations .
Given theinterest ofthesystem forMember States participating inintra /–
Community trade their current contribution ismaintained unchanged at
8m.EUAasanintegral part ofthescheme andapportioned ontheexisting
soalet
i°B13P28;031 I12 L10N6
Thebalance (47-8=39inEUA).istobeshared according toascale .which
reflects theeconomic capacities oftheMember States expressed bytheir .GDP
ontheonehand,and,ontheother bytheshares oftheMember States inexchanges
ofcokinq coalandcoke,which aooears tobeanenuitable solution .This results
inthefollowing average oercentaqes indicated intheDecision .
B8%OK2%030%UK15%
IRLU IT12XL*2%NL1(T% \

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Other amendments
The scope ofthe system isextended ,toinclude coals and cokes intended
forthesintering ofminerals *These have "been excluded until now "because
inthepast thetraded volume ofclassic coking coals has continually equalled
orexceeded thefinance ceiling *This isnolonger aproblem *
Thegeneral andfinal provisions ofdecision 73/287/ECSC areintegrally maintained .
Theoperative period ofthedecision islimited tothree years (1579-1980–1981 )
sinoe changes arepossible in "bpth theindustries concerned *:

DRAFT
COMMISSION DECISION
"of ,
concerning coal andcoke fortheiron andsteel industry intheCommunity
SECTION 1
Aids byMember States
Article 1
TheMember States areauthorized togrant tocoal undertakings under their juris­
diction which supply coking coal andblast-furnace coke totheCommunity iron and
steel industry aids tofacilitate production ,marketing inregions faraway from the
production areas andintrar-Community trade ,andtheconclusion andimplementation of
long-term contracts forsupply andcollection .Tothis endthefollowing aids may be
granted s ^
(a)aproduction aid,forwhich thegovernments shall each year determine arate
percoalfield ,while taking particular' account oftheaverage costs of "production
inthat coalfield ,theprice ofcoking coal referred toinarticle 5»delivered in
itsprincipal sales area andthelong-term supply conditions ;
(b)asales aidapplying todeliveries toareas remote from thecoalfield oreffected
bywayofintra-Community trade .Therate ofanysuch aidmaynotexceed seven
units ofaccount pertonne ofcoking coal inthecase ofdeliveries toinstallation
which canbesupplied direct viamaritime' transport orwhere inthecase ofintra -
Community trade ,supply viamaritime transport isnecessary andfour units of
account pertonne ofcoal inallother case 's.Noscale adopted byagovernment
shall ,introduce anyelement ofdiscrimination into theaids delating tothede- ■
l'iveries made bythecoal ,undertakings .When intra-Cominunity~ trade does notattain
thetonnage specified in.article 8.1 ,theabove rates areincreased bythesame pei
centage _in.order to .take upthespecial funds available#
Article 2
1.Where aMember State makes useofit'soption under Article 1,thefollowing rules :
8hall apply |
(a)theaidsshall bepaidtothecoking-coal producer undertakings inrespect oftheir
disposals oftheir owncoal }
(b)theaidsmaybepaidonlywhere thecoalisusedforcoking andthecokein
question isactually consumed intheblast ■furnaces oftheCommunity ironandsteel
industry ; ••

(o) -theaids maybepaid only where deliveries ofcoking coal andblast-furnace
coke are made under along –"term contract#
2*Theproduction aids referred toinArticle 1(a)ofthis .Decision maybepaid
ftnlyafter therates ,thereof have been authorized bytheCommission *Theauthori­
zation shall begiven bytheCommission with dueregard tothecriteria referred to
inArticle 1(a).Forthis 'purpose Member States -shall ,by1st Upvember Ofeach
year ,submit their applications forthefollowing calendar year ,together with
supporting documents *TheCommission shall give itsruling within twomonths after
r '
receipt oftheapplication *.
3.Thesales aidreferred toinArticle 1(b)maybegranted only ifitispassed
oninthe form ofprice rebate tothepurchaser ofcoking coal or'blast-furnace
coke *When acoal undertaking passes theproduction aid ontohis buyers ,this shali
t
notgive rise todiscrimination between thevarious long-term contracts to .beper­
formed bythat undertaking .
. .SECTION II
■Pricing rules ■, -■•, ■
Article 3
1*Coal undertakings are authorized ,where necessary ,togrant rebates ontheir
list prices ,fordisposals ofcoking coal andblast-furnace coke forthe Community
iron andsteel industry under long-term contract ,even where there isnoactual
competition from coal orcoke from non-member countries atthepoint ofconsumption .
2*Therebates allowed under (l)above shall notcause thedelivered prices of
Community coal and coke towork out lower than those which would becharged for
coking coal from non-member countries and coke made from non-member country coking
coal * -: •
3*Allother provisions concerning thealignment provided forbyArticle 602(b)
last subparagraph oftheTreaty ,anddecisions inimplementation thereof ,shall
apply tothetransactions referred toin(l)above ,inparticular those which allow
theCommission ,intheevent ofabuse ,toabrogate orrestrict theright ofthe
undertakings concerned togrant such rebates *

Article 4
Should anundertaking infringe therules laid down inArticle 3»theprovisions
ofArticle 64oftheTreaty shall apply .
Article 5 !i
a
1.Thedelivered prices ofcoking coal from non-member countries referred toin
articles 1a)and 3(2)shall becalculated from theprices cif Community ports for 1
fcomparable transactions .For this purpose the Commission fixes guide cifprices . j
2.The delivered prices ofblast-furnace coke from non–member countries referred
toinArticle 3(2)shall becalculated from thecifprices forcoking coal re­
ferred toin(l)above insuch awayastocover infull thenetcoking costs ofthe ;
supplying coking plants . I
SECTION' III
Sintering coals
Article6
1.Theaids granted bythe Member States andtherules referred toinsection I
above apply equally todeliveries ofcoal and coke made voider long-term contract
andintended forthesintering ofminerals fortheblast –furnaces ofthe Community
ironandsteel industry . j
2.Theprovisions inrespect ofprice ,applicable tothese transactions arethose
provided forby.article 60,in.particular paragraph 2b)oftheTreaty ,and de-'
cisions in .implementation thereof . ■
•. SECTION IV
Community financing arrangements *
Article 7
Community financing arrangements shall besetupfor :
-sales aids paid inpursuance ofsections IandIIIofthis Decision inrespect
ofintra –Community trade ,
"" amount ofthecontributions bytheiroa andsteel industries ofmember w
countries notengaged inintra-Community trade ,insofar astheir production of
ooking coal oovers atleast 75$oftherequirements oftheir blast-furnaces .

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Aspecial fund administered bytheCommission shall "be.instituted forthis
purpose *
Article 8
1«TheCommunity financing arrangements shall cover anannual quantity ofcokxng
coal amounting to15million tonnes andanamount of^0million EUAperyear .
2.TheBpecial fund shall befinanced annually ^follows :
(a)Thecontribution oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community shall be6million EU.2
i.e. 0,40 EUApertonne ofcoal ;
(b)TheMember States shall provide anoverall contribution of47million EUA,
i.e. 3«133 EUA ^pertonne ofcoalj this amount shall becontributed onthe
following scale : * l \
B8%DK2%D30^5F20# IRL1#It12# L2%NL10# GB15# ;
(o)Theoverall contribution pftheiron andsteel industries notreferred toin
thesecond indent ofarticle 7shall be17million EUA ,i.e. 1.133 EUAper
tonne ofcoal }this amount shall beapportioned among theiron andsteel under­
takings onthebasis oftheir consumption ofblast-furnace coke andsinter coals
and cokes . ~ ,
Thecontribution ofthe iron andsteel industries referred tointhe second in­
dent ofarticle 7iscalculated onthebasis oftherate pertonne ofcon­
sumption applicable totheother undertakings .
Article 9
1.Thesupplier States mayapply forreimbursement from thespecial fund of
aids actually paid . '>;v.\
2.TheCommission shall check theapplications anddetermine theamounts tobe
reimbursed from thespecial fundtotheMember States concerned .Ifthetonnages •
oramounts ofaidconcerned exceed thelimits fixed inArticle 8(l),thereimburse­
ments shall correspondingly reduced .Thepercentage ofthereduction isthesame
foreach ofthesupplier States *

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3.The Commission shall fix the contributions tobepaid into the special
fund .
4*Tospeed upCommunity financing ,thesupplier countries shall notify the
Commission ofthedeliveries ofcoal qualifying for aid made during the pre­
ceding quarter Under Article 7»Onthe basis ofthese notifications ,the
Commission shall request the Member States topay tfce corresponding amounts .
The Commission shall forthwith apportion these amounts between the supplier
States ,atthe same time asthe corresponding contribution ofthe European
Coal andSteel Community .The Commission' shall call for contributions from the
stealmaking undertakings and immediately apportion the payments among the States
concerned .
5.Thefinal accounts shall besettled atthebeginning ofeach calendar year in
respect ofthepreceding year .
SECTION' V
•General andfinal provisions
Article 10
1«The Commission shall take into account theaids provided forinthis Decision
inassessing whether theaids referred toinArticles 6to12ofDecision
No528/76/ECSC of22December 1970 a-reliable tointerfere with theproper functio­
ning ofthe Common Market .
2.TheCommission shall also ensure that theaids provided forinthis Decision
donothave theeffect ofdistorting conditions ofcompetition between coal ,coke
andiron orsteel undertakings .
Article 11
1.Inanemergency ,theCommission may,bydecisions taken after consultation with
theConsultative Committee andafter theunanmimous assent oftheCouncil hasbeen
given ,amend t *
–therate ofthesales aids ,
–theceiling tointra –Community trade ,
~tiierules governing thefinancing ofthespecial fund ,
theseals referred toiaArticle 8,paragraph 2(0)

These amendments shall take account ofthelong-term trend ofsupply conditions
andthesupply pattern within theCommunity .
2.Ifat'the request ofaMember State oronitsowninitiative theCommission
finds ,that : ~
(a)theimplementation ofthis Decision isliable togive rise toserious distur­
bances inthecommon market forcoal andsteel ,or "todifficulties which may
result inadeterioration intheregional economy ,orthat
(b)appreciable changes airetaking place intheconditions ,volume orpattern of
intrar-Community trade ,thus altering theeconomic conditions prompting the .
adoption ofthis Decision ,itmaysuspend application ofthis Decision .Itshall
refer thematter totheCouncil andtheEuropean Parliament forthwith .
3.Ifattherequest ofaMember State oracting onitsowninitiative ,theCommissi
finds that performance ofthelong-term contracts isjeopardizing theattainment of
theobjectives ofthis Decision ,itmay *inrespect oftheundertakings inquestion ,
limit orabolish thebenefits deriving from theapplication ofArticle 1.
4*Asanemergency ,theCommission shall ,ontherequest ofaMember State ,,laydowi
without delay thenecessary safeguarding measures ,notify theother Member States
accordingly andrefer thematter totheCouncil forthwith .
Article 12
HieCommission shall periodically report totheCouncil andtheEuropean Parliament
ontheapplication ofthis Decision andondevelopments inthesupply situation ,in
particular inconnection with intra –Community trade# '
- Article 13
After consulting theCouncil andtheConsultative Committee ,theCommission shall
take allmeasures necessary fortheapplication ofthis Decision .
Article 14 .
ShisDecision cancels andreplaces deoision 73/287/ECSCof25July1973 ,most
reoently modified tydeoision 1613/77/ECSC of15July 1977 .Itshali enter into
force onthedayofitspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean
Communities andshall take effect from1January 1979 .Itshall cease tohave effect
on31December 1981 . •

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This Decision shall bebinding initsentirety anddirecty applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels

Article 1ia)
Article 1b)The new decision on"coal and coke for the
iron andsteel industry ";commentary onnew
' ormodified provisions inrelation toDecision
73/287/ECSC
\rticle 1a):Inreferring toarticle 5,theprice criterion which isused
j inthedetermination ofproduction aidislinked directly to
.theguide cifprice referred toinarticles 3.2 and 5.
Article 1b?: Therates per tonne increase from 3.165 to7EUA and from
1.688 to4EUA (the average increases from 2.11 to
4.67 EUA)reflecting present economic conditions more adequa­
tely . •' .
-The 7EUArate will apply not only tocoastal installations
but also toinland installations for which deliveries of
non-national Community coal involve the use ofmaritime
transport (asinthe case ofthe United Kingdom taking
supplies from thecontinent ).'
'v.•»Therates wilt beincreased inthe event ofdeliveries falling
short ofthestipulated tonnage (15mt,art.8).Such ashort­
fall isineffect usually accompanied byasoftening ofworld
market prices .Conversely ,deliveries inexcess of15mtwould
lead toareduction inthe aid payments and hence ,ineffect ,
inthe rates (art.9.2)./ '
Article 2.2 : The date ofsubmission ofdossiers will bethe same asthat
provided inDecision 528/76regarding measures toassist the
coal-mining industry (1st November instead of30th September ).
Article 5.1 : The newtext formalizes thepractice followed since 1970 and
defines therole ofthe guide price asafloor price for alignment
calculations .
Article 5.2 and These provisions might becancelled .The Commission does not
5«3 envisage thepublication ofstandard values orcriteria in
the areas referred to.Article 2.2
Article 5.1

Section III : Setofprovisions relating tosinter fuels .
Article 6: Coals and cokes used for sintering minerals and coking coals
(hew ) and blast-furnace cokes aretreated alike under this article in
respect ofaids .
However ,because only small ^quantities ofsinter fuels are
»
traded onthe world market ,thepublication ofaguide price
isnotenvisaged .Forthis reason' andparticularly inrespect
ofalignment ,theprovisions ofarticle 60are referred to;
this also avoids confusion with thespecific rules oncoking
coal under section II.
Article 8.1 : The tonnage of15mtdetermines the fixed amount ofoverall -
contributions ,ie70mEUA per annum . ;
Article 8.2 : Thepercentage apportionment between the ECSC,theiron and
steel industry and Member States is:9-24-67 %respec­
tively .
Articles ,9,10and 11 :straight forward technical amendments .
Article 14: Inreplacing decision 73/287the newdecision takes the same
duration .