Commission Decision No 2537/2001/ECSC of 21 December 2001 fixing the rate of the levies for the 2002 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: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ECSC levy, ECSC operating budget, financial year, iron and steel product

22.12.2001

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COMMISSION DECISION No 2537/2001/ECSC

of 21 December 2001

fixing the rate of the levies for the 2002 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community, and in particular Articles 49 and 50 thereof,

Article 2 of Decision No 3/52/ECSC is replaced by the
following:

Whereas:

‘Article 2

(1)

(2)

In view of the variations in average values recorded
during the reference period, Article 2 of Decision No
3/52/ECSC of the High Authority (1), as last amended by
Commission Decision No 2749/2000/ECSC (2) should
be amended.

the European Coal and Steel
The requirements of
Community are estimated in the operating budget for
the 2002 financial year at EUR 167 794 520. The
budget, which was adopted by the Commission on 13
December 2001 in the form shown in the Annex to this
Decision, indicates the amount of income to be yielded
by levies in 2002, namely EUR 0 million.

The average value in euro of the products on which the
from 1 January 2002, be as
levies are assessed shall,
follows:

Product

Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived
from brown coal

Hard coal of all categories

(EUR/tonne)

Average
value

37,8

47,4

Pig iron other than that used for making ingots

192,15

(3)

The estimated yield of
EUR 5,726 million,

levies at a rate of 0,01 % is

Steel

in ingots

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Finished products and end products of iron and
steel as described in Annex I to the Treaty

249,25

422,25’

The rate of the levies on output from 1 January 2002 shall be
0 % of the figures used as the basis of assessment for such
levies.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.

Article 3

This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Michaele SCHREYER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 1, 30.12.1952, p. 4/52.
(2) OJ L 318, 16.12.2000, p. 13.

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ANNEX

ECSC OPERATING BUDGET FOR 2002

Requirements

Resources

(EUR)

Operations to be financed from resources
for the financial year
(non-repayable)

Forecast

Resources for the financial year

Forecast

1. Administrative expenditure

2 794 520

1. Current resources

2. Aid for redeployment (Article 56) (1)

64 000 000

1.1 Yield from levy at a rate of 0,00 %

3. Aid for research (Article 55) (2)

72 000 000

1.2 Net balance

3.1 Steel

3.2 Coal

52 000 000

20 000 000

1.3 Fines and surcharges for late payment

1.4 Miscellaneous

4.

Social measures — coal (Article 56)

29 000 000

2. Cancellation of commitments not likely

to be implemented

p.m.

31 000 000

p.m.

1 000 000

17 000 000

3. Drawings on provision for

financing

ECSC budget

118 794 520

Total budget

167 794 520

Total budget

167 794 520

(1) The indicative breakdown for aid for redeployment is EUR 31 million for coalworkers and EUR 33 million for steelworkers.
(2) Including projects with an impact on technical measures to combat harmful effects at the workplace and around steel plants (indicative amount of EUR 4 million),

industrial hygiene and mine safety (indicative amount of EUR 3 million).