CELEX: 31974S3328
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 3328/74/ECSC of the Commission of 20 December 1974 extending the period of validity of Decision No 3542/73/ECSC on the conversion rates as between currencies and units of account for certain purposes of the Treaty establishing the ECSC

No L 356 / 16                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               31 . 12 . 74
                              DECISION No 3328 / 74 / ECSC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 20 December 1974
               extending the period of validity of Decision No 3542/73/ECSC on the conversion
               rates as between currencies and units of account for certain purposes of the
                                               Treaty establishing the ECSC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            which the levies are assessed for the years
COMMUNITIES ,                                                              1974 and 1975, the penultimate month
                                                                           preceding the half-calendar year to which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     such operations relate,
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article
50 thereof ;                                                           — for other operations relating to the 1975 finan­
                                                                          cial year including the drawing-up of scales
Having regard to Decision No 3542/73/ ECSC (') of                         setting out in the currency of each Member
the Commission of 19 December 1973 on the conver­                         State the net amounts of levy per metric ton
sion rate as between currencies and units of account                      for the 1975 financial year :
for certain purposes of the ECSC Treaty ;                                 (a) the period 1 June 1974 to 30 November
Whereas Decision No 3542/73 / ECSC is due to expire                             1974 for operations relating to the first six
on 31 December 1974 and it appears desirable to leng­                           months of 1 975 ;
then the period of reference for operations other than                    (b) the period 1 December 1974 to 31 May
those in respect of the balance sheet ; and whereas                             1975 for operations relating to the last six
action should accordingly be taken to extend the                                months of 1 975 .'
period of validity of the Decision subject to this
amendment ;
                                                                                            Article 2
After consulting the Council ,
                                                                 Article 6 of Decision No 3542/ 73 / ECSC is amended
                                                                 to read as follows :
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                     ' Conversions     carried   out  in  accordance     with
                                                                     Article 1 , 2 and 3 shall be used :
                          Article 1
                                                                       — for drawing up the ECSC balance sheets from
Article 3 of Decision No 3542/73 / ECSC (') of the                         31 December 1973 to 31 December 1975 ;
Commission of 19 December 1973 is amended to
read as follows :                                                      — for calculating the average values on which
                                                                           the levies are assessed for the years 1974 and
    'The reference periods referred to in Article 1 shall                  1975 and for other operations relating to the
    be :
                                                                           financial years 1974 and 1975 .'
     — for drawing up the ECSC balance sheet, the
         date of such balance sheet or, where appro­                                        Article 3
         priate , the last business day preceding such
         date , .
     — for the other operations of the 1974 financial                This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January
         year and for calculating the average values on               1 975 .
               This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 20 December 1974 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12 . 1973 , p. 1 1 .