CELEX: 31976D0355
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 February 1976 extending for six months Decision 71/315/ECSC of 27 July 1971 authorizing specialization agreements covering the manufacture of rolled steel products and the joint buying of iron ore between steel undertakings in south-western Germany

9 . 4 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 95 / 23
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 13 February 1976
                 extending for six months Decision 71/315/ECSC of 27 July 1971 authorizing
                 specialization agreements covering the manufacture of rolled steel products and the
                       joint buying of iron ore between steel undertakings in south-western Germany
                                                 ( Only the German text is authentic)
                                                            ( 76/355 /ECSC )
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — Schwäbische Hüttenwerke GmbH, "Wasseralfingen ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                        — Stahlwerke Röchling-Burbach GmbH, Völklingen ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           — Otto Wolff AG, Köln, acting on behalf of :
European Coal and Steel Community, and in
particular Article 65 thereof,                                              — Rasselstein AG, Neuwied, and
                                                                            — Stahlwerke Bochum AG, Bochum ;
Having regard to Decision 71 /315/ECSC of 27 July
1971 authorizing specialization agreements covering                    for     specialization   agreements     covering    the
the manufacture of rolled steel products and the                       manufacture of rolled steel products and the joint
joint buying of iron ore between steel undertakings                     buying of iron ore.
in south-western Germany ( l ),
Having regard to the application dated 18 November                      2.    This Decision expired on 31 December 1975 .
 1975 from the undertakings concerned,
                                                                       3 . The undertakings concerned have begun
Whereas :                                                               negotiations to consolidate of what they have
                                                                       achieved under the authorized specialization
1.       Commission Decision 71 /315 /ECSC of 27 July                   agreements and to adjust the agreements to changed
1971 gave an authorization under Article 65 to the                     circumstances . It is their intention to submit to the
following steel undertakings :                                          Commission as soon as possible the results of their
                                                                        negotiations , assuming that these end in new
— Aktiengesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke,                        agreements. Since the negotiations cannot be
       Dillingen ;                                                     completed before the end of 1975 , the undertakings
                                                                       concerned have therefore requested that the Decision
— ARBED — Acieries reunies de Burbach-Eich­
                                                                        of 27 July 1971 be extended for six months .
      Dudelange,      societe     anonyme     —      Vereinigte
      Hüttenwerke Burbach-Eich-Düdelingen AG, St.                      4.    The information provided to the Commission
       Ingbert Department ;                                            pursuant to Article 3 of Decision 71 /315/ECSC
                                                                       shows that the specialization agreements as
— ARBED SA — ARBED Feiten 8c Guilleaume                                authorized have enabled the production of the
      Vereinigte Drahtwerke, Köln-Mülheim, and its                     relevant products to be rationalized to some extent.
      departments :                                                    The joint buying agreements for iron ore have
                                                                       enabled the anticipated savings to be made and no
      — Walzwerke GmbH vormals E. Böcking & Co .,                      quantitative or financial compensation has been
           Köln-Mülheim, and                                           given .
      — Felten &: Guilleaume Carlswerk Eisen und
           Stahl GmbH, Köln-Mülheim ( including wire­                  5.    The undertakings concerned have made no
           drawing plants at Cologne and Berlin );                     changes or additions to the agreements as
                                                                       authorized . The agreements are still operating fully
— Eschweiler Bergwerks-Verein, Kohlscheid ;                            in the form in which they were considered for
                                                                       authorization in the light of conditions of
— Neunkircher Eisenwerk AG vormals Gebrüder                            competition .
      Stumm , Neunkirchen ;
                                                                       6.    Decision 71 /315/ECSC may          therefore   be
(») OJ No L 201 , 5 . 9 . 1971 , p. 27.                                extended for a period of six months,
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HAS ADOPTED DECISION :                                          — Walzwerke GmbH vormals E. Böcking & Co.,
                                                                   Köln-Mülheim, and
                                                                — Felten & Guilleaume Carlswerk Eisen una
                        Article 1
                                                                   Stahl GmbH, Köln-Mülheim (including wire­
                                                                   drawing plants at Cologne and Berlin);
Decision 71 /315/ECSC of 27 July 1971 authorizing
specialization agreements covering the manufacture           — Eschweiler Bergwerks-Verein, Kohlscheid ;
of rolled steel products and the joint buying of iron
ore between steel undertakings in south-western             — Neunkircher Eisenwerk AG vormals Gebrüder
Germany is extended until 30 June 1976.                         Stumm, Neunkirchen ;
                                                             — Schwäbische Hüttenwerke GmbH, "Wasseralfingen ;
                        Article 2                            — Stahlwerke Röchling-Burbach GmbH, Völklingen ;
This Decision      is  addressed   to  the   following      — Otto Wolff AG, Köln, acting on behalf of:
undertakings :                                                  — Rasselstein AG, Neuwied, and
— Aktiengesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke,                 — Stahlwerke Bochum AG, Bochum .
    Dillingen ;
— ARBED — Acieries reunies de Burbach-Eich­
    Dudelange, societe anonyme — Vereinigte                 Done at Brussels, 13 February 1976 .
    Hüttenwerke       Burbach-Eich-Düdelingen      AG ,
    St. Ingbert Department;
                                                                                     For the Commission
— ARBED SA — ARBED Feiten & Guilleaume
                                                                                      A. BORSCHETTE
   Vereinigte Drahtwerke, Köln-Mülheim, and its
   departments :                                                                 Member of the Commission