CELEX: 31972D0341
Language: en
Date: 1972-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 September 1972 derogating from Recommendation No 1/64 of the High Authority concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community

82                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 288/44                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             6.10.72
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 28 September 1972
               derogating from Recommendation No 1 /64 of the High Authority concerning an in­
               crease in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the
                                                      Community
                                                   (50th derogation)
                                                    (72/341 /ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 commendation or by instruments amending that Re­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   commendation; whereas, however, Article 3 of the
                                                               Recommendation makes provision for derogation in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­             special cases where commercial policy or customs
pean Coal and Steel Community, and in particular               procedure so requires; whereas the conclusion of the
Articles 2 to 5, 8, 71 and 74 thereof;                         Interim Agreement constitutes a special case of com­
                                                               mercial policy; whereas the Commission should,
Having regard to Recommendation No 1 /64 of the                therefore, allow a derogation in favour of Member
High Authority of 15 January 1964 (Official Journal            States so as to enable them to fulfil the obligations
of the European Communities No 8 of 22 January                 arising from that Agreement,
1964, p. 99/64) to the Governments of the Member
States concerning an increase in the protective duty           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of
                                                                                        Article 1
the Community, and in particular Article 3 thereof;
                                                               The Governments of the Member States are hereby
Whereas an Interim Agreement was signed on 22                  authorized to derogate from the obligations arising
July 1972 between the Member States of the Euro­               from Article 1 of Recommendation No 1-64 of the
pean Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of              High Authority of 15 January 1964, in so far as is
Austria; whereas that Agreement enters into force on           necessary for applying to imports of products ori­
 1 October 1972 and will expire on the entry into              ginating in the Republic of Austria the reduced du­
force of the Agreement between the Member States               ties provided for by Article 2 of the Interim Agree­
of the European Coal and Steel Community and the               ment between the Member States of the European
Republic of Austria and not later than 1 July 1974;            Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of
                                                               Austria, signed on 22 July 1972, and by Section A,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the Interim Agree'           Article 1 of the Protocol thereto.          >
ment, customs duties on imports of all products other
than those mentioned below are reduced to 70 per                                        Article 2
cent of the basic duty, that being the duty actually in         1 . This Decision shall be notified to the Govern­
force on 1 January 1972 ; whereas, pursuant to Ar­             ments of the Member States and published in the
ticle 3 ( 1 ) and to Protocol No 1 , Section A, Article         Official Journal of the European Communities. It
 1 , customs duties are reduced to 95 per cent of the           shall enter into force in respect of each Government
basic duties for certain products falling within head­          by virtue of its notification.
ing No 73.15 ;
                                                                2. This Decision shall be valid for the same period
Whereas the products listed in the Annex to the In­             as the Interim Agreement.
terim Agreement and in the Protocol thereto include
pig-iron, high carbon ferro-manganese and the iron              Done at Brussels, 28 September 1972.
 and steel products of Chapter 73 of the Customs Ta­
 riff covered by Recommendation No 1 /64 of the                                  For the Commission
 High Authority which prohibits Member States from
 applying, at the external frontiers of the Community,                               The President
 customs duties lower than those fixed by that Re­                                 S. L. MANSHOLT