Information from the Commission - Opening to the public of documents and files from the historical archives of the Commission which are covered by the obligation of professional or business secrecy
Date: 2000-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to EU information, archives, industrial secret, official document, professional secret

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Opening to the public of documents and files from the historical archives of the Commission
which are covered by the obligation of professional or business secrecy

(2000/C 136/08)

Under the 30-year rule (Article 1 of Commission Decision No 359/83/ECSC of 8 February 1983 and of
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 concerning the opening to the public
of the historical archives of the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community
and the European Atomic Energy Community (1)), the Commission is required to open to the public, year
by year, the files of the ECSC (from 1983) and those of the EEC and Euratom (from 1989) kept in its
historical archives. Opening the files to the public serves three purposes: to encourage research into the
history of the Communities; to foster public interest in progress towards European integration; and to
throw more light on the operation of the Community institutions.

The Commission considers that, under Article 4 of the Decision and of the Regulation, there is, as a
general rule, nothing to prevent a file from being opened to the public at the end of the 30-year period
even when there are documents in it that contain information which, at the time, was covered by the
obligation of professional or business secrecy.

However, the Decision of 30 November 1990 (2) requires the Commission to publish a notice in the
Official Journal of the European Communities to inform the persons or firms concerned or their successor(s) in
title that it intends to release to the public a document covered by the obligation of professional or
business secrecy.

Documents containing professional or business secrets in which reference is made to the firms mentioned
below will, provided 30 years have elapsed (30-year rule mentioned above) from the date on which the
documents were produced, be released to the public eight weeks after publication of this notice unless a
reasoned objection, based on the obligation of professional or business secrecy, is submitted in writing to
the Commission by that time. Objections should be addressed to Mr Hofmann, Historical Archives, Rue de
la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels, JECL 03/40 (Tel. (32-2) 295 20 53; fax (32-2) 296 10 95, e-mail:
archis@cec.eu.int).

(1) OJ L 43, 15.2.1983.
(2) OJ L 340, 6.12.1990, p. 24.

Main areas dealt with in documents and files covered by the obligation of professional and business secrecy (Article 4
of Commission Decision No 359/83/ECSC and of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83)

FIRMS CONCERNED BY THE OBLIGATION OF PROFESSIONAL OR BUSINESS SECRECY FOR THE PERIOD 1952 to
1969 (cid:151) 22nd PART

A. TRADE

A.5. PRICING:

Documents concerning: regulations, arrangements, harmon-
isation,
fluctuation, alignment, costs, prices, price scales,
publishing of prices, discriminatory pricing, exportation of a
product at a price below its normal value.

Belgium

AciØries et miniŁres de la Sambre
Cobechar: Comptoir belge des charbons
Carbodur

Charbonnage de Moha
Charbonnages de Beeringen
Charbonnages de Winterslag SA
Charbonnages Helchteren-Zolder SA
Charbonnages rØunis Roton-Farciennes et Oignies-Aiseau SA
Cockerill-OugrØe SA
Coke et sous-produits de Tertre
(cid:201)tablissements Kuhlmann SA
Forges de Clabecq SA
Forges de Thy-Marcinelle
Forges de la Providence
Glaverbel SA
HouillŁres d’Anderlues SA
SA Cokeries du Marly
SA MØtallurgique d’EspØrance-Longdoz
SA des fours (cid:224) coke de Zeebrugge
UCB: Union Chimique Belge
Usines Gustave Boºl

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Italy

Cokapuania SA
Societ(cid:224) Commercio Coke

Netherlands

Association coopØrative ZØlandaise de carbonisation GA
Domaniale Mijn-Maatschappij NV
Maatschappij
Exploitatie
tot
Laura & Vereeniging
NV Nederlandsche Steenkolenmijnen Willem-Sophia
NV Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Limburgsche Steenkolen-
mijnen
Verkoopkantoor der Staatsmijnen in Limburg

Steenkolenmijnen

der

B. PRODUCTION

B.1. EQUALISATION SCHEME (cid:151) equalisation for coal and scrap,
fraud and

to the scheme,

firms
selection of
complaints relating to equalisation:

subject

Documents concerning coal and/or scrap equalisation.

Federal Republic of Germany

DSVG: Deutsche Schrottverbraucher Gemeinschaft

Belgium

Cobechar: Comptoir belge des charbons

Italy

Ferriere S. Anna SpA

B.2. THE MARKET IN COAL, STEEL AND SCRAP: SUPPLIES AND

PRODUCTION:

Documents concerning: general objectives, production, policy
on coal, supply, consumption, stocks, costs and income, grants
and loans, business situation and forward programmes.

Federal Republic of Germany

ATH: August Thyssen-H(cid:252)tte AG
Bergbau AG Lothringen
Concordia Bergbau AG
DHH: Dortmund H(cid:246)rder-H(cid:252)ttenunion AG
Dillinger H(cid:252)ttenwerke
Dortmunder Bergbau AG
Eisenwerk Gesellschaft Maximiliansh(cid:252)tte AG
Emscher Lippe Bergbau
Eschweiler Bergwerks Verein
Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke
Ewald-Kohle AG
Friedrich Heinrich AG
Friedrich Thyssen Bergbau AG
Gebr(cid:252)der Stumm
Gelsenkirchener Bergbau AG
Gewerkschaft Alte Haase
Gewerkschaft Auguste Victoria
Gewerkschaft Aurora
Gewerkschaft des Steinkohlenbergbaus Haus Aden
Gruppenkraftwerk Herne GmbH
Gu(cid:223)stahlwerke Bochumer Verein AG

Gu(cid:223)stahlwerke Witten AG
HWS-H(cid:252)ttenwerke Siegerland
Hamborner-Bergbau
Hansa-Rohstoff
Harpener Bergbau AG
Heinrich Bergbau AG
Hibernia Bergbaugesellschaft AG
Hoesch AG Bergbau
Hoesch Westfalenh(cid:252)tte
H(cid:252)ttenwerk Oberhausen AG
H(cid:252)ttenwerk Rheinhausen AG
H(cid:252)ttenwerk Salzgitter AG
Ilseder H(cid:252)tte
Kl(cid:246)ckner-Bergbau K(cid:246)ningsborn-Werne AG
Kl(cid:246)ckner-Werke AG
Langenbrahm Steinkohlenbergbau
Mannesmann AG
Metallh(cid:252)ttenwerk L(cid:252)beck AG
Monopol Bergwerks GmbH
M(cid:228)rkische Steinkohlengesellschaft
Niederrheinische H(cid:252)tte AG
Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG
Rheinelbe Bergbau AG
Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG
Rheinpreussen AG f(cid:252)r Bergbau und Chemie
Rheinstahl Eisenwerke
Rudolf Damm Bergbaubetriebe
R(cid:246)chling’sche Eisen- und Stahlwerke GmbH
SA des forges et aciØries de Dilling
Saarbergwerke AG
Schwerter Profileisenwalzwerk AG
Stahl- und Walzwerke Rasselstein
Stahlwerke Bochum AG
Stahlwerke S(cid:252)dwestfalen AG
Steinkohlen-Elektrizit(cid:228)t AG (STEAG)
Steinkohlenbergwerk Heinrich Robert AG
Steinkohlenbergwerk Mathias Stinnes
Steinkohlenbergwerk Westfalen AG
S(cid:252)dhessische Gas und Wasser AG
Theodor Wuppermann GmbH
Thyssen R(cid:246)hrenwerke AG
Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG

Belgium

Charbonnages d’Aiseau-Presle SA
Charbonnages Helchteren-Zolder SA
Cockerill-OugrØe SA
Fedechar: FØdØration charbonniŁre de Belgique
Forges de Clabecq SA
Forges de Thy-Marcinelle
Laminoirs et Usines du Ruau SA
SA Cokeries du Marly
SA MØtallurgique d’EspØrance-Longdoz
SA Phenix-Works
SociØtØ miniŁre et mØtallurgique de Musson et Halanzy
SociØtØ mØtallurgique Hainaut Sambre

France

CAFL: Compagnie des ateliers et forges de la Loire
CCNM: Compagnie des forges de Cha(cid:136)tillon, Commentry et
Neuves-Maisons
Charbonnages de France
De Wendel & Cie

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(cid:201)tablissements J. J. Carnaud et forges de Basse-Indre
(cid:201)tablissements Oziol
Forges de la Providence
Forges et aciØries de Nord et Lorraine
Mine de fer de Murville
Neunkircher Eisenwerk
SA Usines Gilson
Sidelor: Union sidØrurgique Lorraine SA
Sollac: SociØtØ lorraine de laminage continu SA
SociØtØ Commentryenne des aciers fins vanadium alloys
SociØtØ d’Ølectro-chimie, d’Ølectro-mØtallurgie et des aciØries
Ølectriques d’Ugine
SociØtØ des forges de Gueugnon
SociØtØ des hauts-fourneaux de la Chiers
SociØtØ des hauts-fourneaux et forges de Saulnes et Uckange
SociØtØ des mines de Saizerais
SociØtØ Lorraine Escaut
SociØtØ miniŁre et mØtallurgique de Rodange
Usinor: Union sidØrurgique du nord de la France

Luxembourg

ORI: Officine Riunite Italiane
Officine Fratelli Bertoli fu Rodolfo
Pietro Maria Ceretti SpA
SELVA: Societ(cid:224) per Azioni Elettrosiderurgica di Valle Camonica
SIMET: Societ(cid:224) Industriale Metallurgica di Napoli
SISMA: Societ(cid:224) Industrie Siderurgiche Meccaniche e Affini SpA
Societ(cid:224) Cantieri Metallurgica Italiani
Societ(cid:224) Fornicoke
Societ(cid:224) Fratelli Orsenigo
Societ(cid:224) Napoletane
Societ(cid:224) Nazionale Cogne SpA
Terni (cid:151) Societ(cid:224) per l’Industria e l’Elettricit(cid:224), SpA

Netherlands

Association coopØrative zØlandaise de carbonisation GA
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken NV
Maatschappij
Exploitatie
tot
Laura & Vereeniging
Verkoopkantoor der Staatsmijnen in Limburg

Steenkolenmijnen

der

ARBED: AciØries rØunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange
HADIR: Hauts-fourneaux et aciØries de Differdange

B.5. WORKFORCE-RELATED PROBLEMS:

Italy

Acciaieria e Tubificio di Brescia SpA
Acciaierie Ferriere Alpine
Acciaierie e Ferriere Lombarde Falck SpA
Acciaierie e Ferriere Lucchini, Brescia
Acciaierie e Ferriere Pietra Oddino
Acciaierie e Ferriere Stefana Fratelli Fu Girolamo SpA
Carbosarda: Societ(cid:224) Mineraria Carbonifera Sarda
Ferriera Catania
Ferriera Ernesto Preo & Figli
Ferriere S. Anna SpA
IRO: Industrie Riunite Odolesi
Italsider SpA
Laminatoio Predalva di Pisogne
Merisider: Societ(cid:224) Meridionale Siderurgica SpA
Magona D’Italia

Documents concerning housing policy, pay, health and readap-
tation of workers.

Belgium

SociØtØ des charbonnages du Borinage

B.6. TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (cid:151) coal, steel:

Documents relating to requests for financial aid from the ECSC
High Authority; description of the research projects, patents for
inventions.

Federal Republic of Germany

Steinkohlenbergbauverein