CELEX: 31976D0356
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 February 1976 extending the authorization of joint fuel sales by the Belgian mining companies associated within the Comptoir belge des charbons, société coopérative (Cobéchar)

9 . 4. 76                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 95 / 25
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 18 February 1976
               extending the authorization of joint fuel sales by the Belgian mining companies
                associated within the Comptoir beige des charbons, société cooperative (Cobéchar)
                                             (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                            ( 76/356/ECSC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas these agreements are largely the same as
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         those concluded at the end of 1962;
                                                                      Whereas the reasons for which the High Authority,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           in its aforementioned Decisions, authorized the
European Coal and Steel Community, and in                             agreements between the companies concerned for
particular Articles 2 to 5 , 47 and 65 thereof,                       joint sales of solid fuel as set out in the statutes of
                                                                       the Comptoir beige des charbons (Cobéchar) and in
                                                                       its    internal    regulations     (règlement   d'ordre
Having regard to Decision 1 /63 of 16 January 1963                     intérieur de Cobéchar) still apply, as do the reasons
authorizing joint fuel sales in a number of mining                    for the conditions imposed upon the companies
companies operating in the Belgian coalfields                          concerned ;
associated within the Comptoir beige des charbons,
société cooperative ( Cobéchar) ( x ), extended and                    Whereas the agreements thus continue to comply
completed by Decisions 1 /66 of 27 January 1966 (2),                  with the requirements for authorization set out in
 37/67 of 19 December 1967 (3 ), 70/31 /ECSC of                       Article 65 (2) of the Treaty,
 22 December 1969 (4 ) and 73 /75 /ECSC of 20 March
 1973 («),
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the application of 17 July 1975 ,
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas by Decision 1/63 of 16 January 1963 , the
 High Authority authorized until 31 December 1965 ,                    The period of validity of Decision 1 /63 authorizing
 joint sales of solid fuels by the mining companies                    joint sales of fuels by the Belgian mining companies
 associated within the Comptoir beige des charbons,                    listed in the Annex to this Decision, is hereby
 société cooperative (Cobechar);                                       extended until 31 December 1978 .
 Whereas the period of validity of that authorization                                           Article 2
 was extended by Decisions 1 /66, 70/31 /ECSC and
 73/75/ECSC until 31 December 1975 ;                                   This Decision is       addressed     to the companies
                                                                       concerned and to Cobéchar.
 Whereas by letter of 17 July 1975 Cobéchar                            This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1976.
 informed the Commission that the companies
 concerned had extended the existing joint-selling
 agreements until 31 December 1978 and applied for
 a corresponding extension of the authorization ;                       Done at Brussels, 18 February 1976.
 (!)  OJ  No 15, 30. 1 . 1963, p. 162/63 .
 (2)  OJ  No 20, 1 . 2. 1966, p . 309/66.                                                         For the Commission
 (3 ) OJ  No 318 , 29 . 12 . 1967, p . 10.
                                                                                                    A. BORSCHETTE
 ( 4) OJ  No L 10, 15. 1 . 1970, p. 16.
 (5)  OJ  No L 102, 17 . 4. 1973, p. 19 .                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
                            List of companies grouped within the Comptoir beige des charbons
                                           Name                                        Registered office
             1.  Charbonnage d'Aiseau-Presle, SA                                Grand-Place,
                                                                                6240 Farciennes .
            2.   Charbonnages d'Argenteau, SA                                   4570 Trembleur.
            3.   Societe des charbonnages du Bois-du-Luc, SA                    7071 Houdeng-Aimeries .
                — en liquidation —
            4.   Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence-Espérance-Longdoz, SA              4100 Seraing.
            5.  Esperance et Bonne-Fortune, SA                                  4320 Montegnèe-lez-Liège.
            6.  SA des charbonnages de la Grande-Bacnure                        Rue du Petit Chene 95 ,
                — en liquidation —                                              4400 Coronmeuse-lez-Liège.
            7.  SA société des charbonnages du Hasard                           Rue Paul d'Andrimont 3 ,
                                                                                4630 Micheroux-lez-Liège.
            8.  Charbonnages d'Hensies-Pommerœul, SA                            Rue des Sartis,
                                                                                7381 Hensies .
            9.  NV Kempense Steenkolenmijnen                                    Grote Baan 27,
                                                                                3530 Houthalen .
           10 . Charbonnages Mambourg, Sacré-Madame et Poirier                  6000 Charleroi .
                réunis , SA
                — en liquidation —
           11 . Societe des charbonnages de Monceau-Fontaine, SA                6031 Monceau-sur-Sambre .
           12 . Compagnie immobilière et financière Patience et Beau­           Rue Em . Vandervelde 352 ,
                jonc, SA                                                        4301 Glain-lez-Liège .
           13 . SA des charbonnages réunis de Roton-Farciennes et               Rue Saint-Martin 66,
                Oignies-Aiseau                                                  5600 Tamines .
           14 . Societe des charbonnages de Wérister, SA                        Rue Churchill 26,
                                                                                4624 Romsée .