CELEX: 31974D0211
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 April 1974 extending the authorization of the joint selling of fuels from Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine and Saarbergwerke AG by Saarlor

No L 113 /46                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  26 . 4 . 74
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                                                        COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 4 April 1974
               extending the authorization of the joint selling of fuels from Houillères du
                                    Bassin de Lorraine and Saarbergwerke AG by Saarlor
                                       (Only the French and the German texts are authentic)
                                                              (74/21 1 / ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             Whereas the period of validity of this authorization
COMMUNITIES ,                                                              was successively extended by Decision Nos 14/ 61 ,
                                                                           2/ 66 , 2078 / 68 / ECSC and  72/ 145 / ECSC   until    31
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      December 1973 ;
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles
4, 15 , 47 and 65 thereof ;
Having regard to Decision No 44/ 59 (•) of 4
November 1959 authorizing the joint selling of solid
fuels from Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine and Saar­
bergwerke AG by the Saar-Lothringische Kohlen­                             Whereas in a letter dated     17 December 1973 the
union , deutsch-französische Gesellschaft auf Aktien ,
                                                                           parties concerned gave notice that the joint selling
Union charbonnière sarro-lorraine, société par actions                     agreement concluded between them , which was due
franco-allemande, of Saarbrücken and Strasbourg ;                          to expire on 31 December of that year, would be
Having regard to Decision Nos 14/ 61 (2 ) of 20                            replaced by a new agreement valid until 31 December
December 1961 , 2/ 66 (3 ) of 2 February 1966, 2078 / 68 /                 1975 but subject to prior termination , at the option of
ECSC (4 ) of 19 December 1968 and 72/ 145/ ECSC (5 )                       Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine and Saarbergwerke
of 8 March 1972 extending the period of validity of                        AG , on 31 December 1974 ;
Decision No 44 / 59 ;
 Having regard to the application of 17 December
 1973 ;
Whereas by Decision No 44/ 59 of 4 November 1959
 the High Authority authorized until 31 December                           Whereas the grounds on which the Commission auth­
 1961 the joint selling of fuels from Houillères du                        orized the agreements between the parties from 23
 Bassin de Lorraine and Saarbergwerke AG by the Saar-                      February 1959 to 31 December 1973 are still valid ;
 Lothringische Kohlenunion , deutsch-französische                          whereas this is the case both as regards competition
 Gesellschaft auf Aktien , Union charbonnière sarro­                       with other Community undertakings and with coal
 lorraine,   société       par       actions      franco-allemande         from third countries and as regards the improvement
(Saarlor) ;                                                                of distribution by means of joint sales ; whereas the
                                                                           proportion of output involved has remained substan­
 (!)  Ol No 58 , 14 . 11 . 1959 , p . 1147/ 59 .                           tially the same ; whereas in 1973 Saarlor sold 20-5 %
 (2 ) OJ No 85 , 30 . 12 . 1961 , p . 1639 / 61 .                           of the output of the Saar collieries and 7-5 % of the
  3)  OJ No 25 , 8 . 2 . 1966 , p . 400 / 66 .
 (4)  OJ No L 7, 11 . 1 . 1969 , p. 1 .                                     output of the Lorraine field ; whereas these percen­
 (5 ) OJ No L 76 , 29 . 3 . 1972 , p. 30 .                                  tages are comparable to those in previous years ;
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Whereas the agreement consequently continues to                                  Article 2
satisfy the conditions for authorization under Article     This Decision is addressed to the coal-mining under­
65 (2) of the Treaty,                                       takings concerned and to Saarlor.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                 Done at Brussels, 4 April 1974.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 1
                                                                                       The President
The period of validity of Decision No 44/ 59 is
extended until 31 December 1975 .                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI