CELEX: 31972S2821
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 2821/72/ECSC of the Commission of 22 December 1972 fixing the rate of the levies for 1973 and amending Decision No 3-52 of 23 December 1952 on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty

16                          Official Journal of the European Communities
30.12.72                     Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 297/29
                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                          of 22 December 1972
           fixing the rate of the levies for 1973 and amending Decision No 3-52 of
           23 December 1972 on the amount of and methods for applying the levies
                            provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty
                                             (72/2821 /ECSC)
THE   COMMISSION      OF  THE EUROPEAN       COM­                                Article 1
MUNITIES ,
                                                        The rate of the levies on output from 1 January
                                                        1973 is fixed at 0-29% of the figures used as a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the            basis of assessment for levies .
European Coal and Steel Community, and in
particular Articles 49, 50 and 78 thereof;
                                                                                 Article 2
Having regard to Decision No 2-52 of 23 Decem­
ber 1952 determining the mode of assessment
and collection of the levies provided for in            Article 2 of Decision No 3-52 of 23 December
Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty;                       1972, as amended by Article 2 of Decision
                                                        No 2733/71 ECSC of 15 December 1971 , is
Whereas, in view of the variations in average           replaced by the following:
values recorded during the reference period,                 ' The average value of the products on which
Decision No 3-52 of 23 December 1952 on the
amount of and methods for applying the levies                the levies are assessed shall, from 1 January
                                                             1973 , be as follows , in units of account:
provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty
should be amended;
Whereas the requirements of the European Coal                                Product             Average value
and Steel Community are estimated in the
operating budget for the 1973 financial year at
74 million units of account; whereas that budget,
which was adopted by the Commission of the                  Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke
European Communities at its session of Decem­                  derived from brown coal               11-70
ber 1972 in the form shown in the Annex to this
Decision, determines the amount of income to              ' Hard coal of all. categories             18-16
be provided from levies in the financial year,              Pig iron other than that used for
namely 63-8 million units of account;                          making ingots                        70-63
Whereas the estimated yield of the levies at a              Basic Bessemer steel in ingots          81-46
rate of 0*10% is 22 million units of account;               Steel in ingots other than basic
                                                               Bessemer steel                       98-03
Having noted the Opinion issued on 12 Decem­
                                                            Finished products and end products
ber 1972 by the European Parliament;                           of basic Bessemer steel             135-76
                                                            Other finished products and end
                                                               products of iron and steel          163-38 '
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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                                              Article 3
Article 4 of Decision No 3-52 of 23 December 1952, as last amended by Article 4
of Decision No 2733/71 ECSC of 15 December 1971 , is replaced by the following:
                                                                         Assessment
                                                                        January 1973
                                                                       and subsequent
                                        Products                         months and
                                                                          Collection
                                                                       February 1973
                                                                       and subsequent
                                                                           months
                    Brown coal briquettes and semi­
                       coke derived from brown coal 1                     0-0339
                     Hard coal of all categories2                         0-0526
                    Pig iron other than that used for
                       making ingots                                      0-1617
                     Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                       0.1931
                     Steel in ingots other than Basic
                       Bessemer steel                                     0-2667
                     Final products and end products of
                       iron and steel                                     0-1010
                1  For purposes of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article ,
                   the levy fixed above shall be applied to tonnage of brown coal and
                   semi-coke of brown coal, less 3% .
                2  For purposes of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article ,
                   the levy fixed above shall be applied to tonnage of hard coal as
                   defined in Article 1 of Decision No 3-52 , less 12% .
                The corresponding scales expressed for guidance in the currencies of
                the Member States shall be published at a later date .
                                              Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1973 .
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1972.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                             S. L. MANSHOLT
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                                                                           ANNEX
                                    ECS C OPERATING BUDGET FOR FINANCIALWEAR 1973
                                                             Rate 0-29                                       Resources (in million u.a .)           Rate 0-29
                                                                                                                                                                     Official
CURRENT                                                                            A. CURRENT RESOURCES
                                                                                       1 . Levy yield (rounded off)                                  63*8
                                                               18-0
                                                                                                                                                                Journal of
                                                                                       2 . Interest on investments and loans from non-borrowed
                                                              40-0                         funds                                                     lOO 1
                                                               1 6· 01                 3 . Miscellaneous                                              0-2
                                                                                                                                            Total    74-0
                                       Total                  74-0
                                                                                   B. ORIGIN OF NON-BORROWED FUNDS
OM NON­
                                                                                       4 . Redemption of loans for workers' housing                   4-8
                                                                                                                                                                the European Communities
                    56                                         19-2                    5 . Part of the former ECSC pension fund                       5-2
                  sing)                                        10-0                    6 . New members' contribution to ECSC funds                   19-2
                                 research will be increased proportionately for each of the three fields of research .