Commission Decision No 2720/95/ECSC of 14 November 1995 fixing the rate of the levies for the 1996 financial year and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty
Date: 1995-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ECSC Treaty, ECSC levy, ECSC operating budget, coal, financing of the EU budget, iron and steel product













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Commission Decision No 2720/95/ECSC of 14 November 1995 fixing the rate of the levies for the 1996 financial year and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty  


Official Journal L 283 , 25/11/1995 P. 0005 - 0006 





COMMISSION DECISION No  2720/95/ECSC of 14 November 1995 fixing the rate of the levies for the 1996 financial year and  amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in  Articles 49 and 50 of the TreatyTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular  Articles 49 and 50 thereof, Whereas, in view of the variations in average values recorded during the reference period, Articles  2 and 4 of Decision No 3/52/ECSC of the High Authority  (1), as last amended by Commission Decision  No 3177/94/ECSC  (2), should be amended; Whereas the requirements of the European Coal and Steel Community are estimated in the operating  budget for the 1996 financial year at ECU 247 million; whereas that budget, which was adopted by  the Commission on 14 November 1995 in the form shown in the Annex to this Decision, indicates the  amount of income to be provided from levies in the course of the financial year 1996, namely ECU  101 million; Whereas the estimated yield of the levies at a rate of 0,01  % is ECU 5,316 million, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The rate of the levies on output from 1 January 1996 shall be 0,19  %  of the figures used as the basis of assessment for such levies. Article 2 Decision No 3/52/ECSC is hereby amended as follows: 1.  Article 2 is replaced by the following: 'Article 2 The average value in ecus of the products on which the levies are assessed shall, from 1 January  1996, be as follows: >TABLE>  2.  Article 4 is replaced by the following: 'Article 4 The scale provided for in Article 2 (4) of Decision No 2/52/ECSC shall be as follows, the figures  being given in ecus: >TABLE> The amount of the levies per tonne to be paid in the currencies of the Member States shall be  determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Decision No 3289/75/ECSC  (*). ` Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1996. This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 November 1995. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission (*) JO No L 327, 19. 12. 1975, p. 4. ANNEX ECSC OPERATING BUDGET FOR 1996 >TABLE>   >TABLE>  <(BLK0)NOTES></(BLK0)NOTES>(1)  Aid for projects with a specific impact on the  environment: (in ECU million): -  Heading  3.1:  steel projects specifically related to the environment will come under the  framework programme. -  Heading  3.2:  18.