CELEX: 31975D0317
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 May 1975 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (sixty-seventh derogation)

No L 143 / 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              5 . 6 . 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 22 May 1975
                derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1 /64 concerning an
                increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external fron­
                                                    tiers of the Community
                                                     (sixty-seventh derogation)
                            (Only the French , German, Dutch and Italian texts are authentic)
                                                           (75/31 7/ECSC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the maintenance of these arrangements repre­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        sents a requirement of commercial policy as referred
                                                                     to in Article 3 of the recommendation ; whereas
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               authorization should therefore be granted to derogate
 Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles                from Article 1 of the recommendation ,
 2 to 5, 8 , 71 and 74 thereof ;
 Having regard to High Authority recommendation                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 No 1 /64 ( l) of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of
 the Member States concerning an increase in the                                            Article 1
 protective duty on iron and steel products at the
 external frontiers of the Community, and in particular              The Member States of the European Coal and Steel
 Article 3 thereof ;                                                 Community are hereby authorized to suspend with
                                                                     retroactive effect from 1 February 1975 the duties
Whereas the Agreement of 29 July 1969 concerning                     applicable in the Community as originally constituted
 products covered by the ECSC Treaty concluded                       to imports of the products covered by the Treaty esta­
 between the Member States and the ECSC and the
                                                                     blishing the European Coal and Steel Community
 Associated African States and Madagascar expired on                 originating in the Associated African States and
 31 January 1975 and whereas the Agreement of 14                     Madagascar or in the overseas countries and territories.
 December 1970 concerning trade in ECSC products
 with the overseas countries and territories expired on                                     Article 2
 the same date ; whereas Article 1 of each of these
Agreements provided that imports into the Commu­                     This Decision shall be valid until 31 July 1975.
 nity of coal and steel produtts originating in the
Associated African States and Madagascar and in the                  This Decision is addressed to the original Member
                                                                     States .
 overseas countries and territories should be exempt
 from customs duties and charges having equivalent
 effect ;                                                            Done at Brussels, 22 May 1975 .
"Whereas the representative of the Governments of the
                                                                                              For the Commission
 Member States meeting in the Council of Ministers
 decided on 30 January 1975 to maintain autonom­                                                  The President
 ously these tariff arrangements until new provisions
are adopted ;                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ No 8 , 22. 1 . 1964, p . 99 / 64.