CELEX: 31975D0429
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 July 1975 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (seventieth derogation)

17. 7. 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 186/33
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 8 July 1975
               derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1 /64 concerning an
               increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external fron­
                                                 tiers of the Community
                                                    (seventieth derogation)
                                                        (75/429/ ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     commercial policy or customs procedure so requires,
COMMUNITIES,                                                       Article 3 of the recommendation makes provision for
                                                                   derogations from the minimum rates, such deroga­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              tions to be made by Commission Decision ; whereas
Economic Community ;                                               such a special commercial policy situation arises from
Having regard to High Authority recommendation                     the conclusion of trade agreements or from the adop­
No 1 /64 ( 1) of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of             tion of autonomous decisions implementing on the
the Member States concerning an increase in the                    prescribed date the provisions thereof relating to
protective duty on iron and steel products at the                  tariffs,
external frontiers of the Community, and in particular
Article 3 thereof ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas by Decision of 26 June 1975 the representa­
tives of the Governments of the Member States of the                                      Article 1
European Coal and Steel Community meeting within
the Council decided in agreement with the Commis­                  The Member States are authorized to derogate from
sion to reduce autonomously, for a period                          the obligations arising under High Authority recom­
commencing on 1 July 1975 and continuing until 30                  mendation No 1 /64 to the extent necessary for the
June 1976 at the latest, the import duties on products             application of the reductions, pursuant to the Deci­
covered by the Treaty originating in the State of                  sion of 26 June 1975 of the representatives of the
Israel ;                                                           Governments of the Member States of the European
                                                                   Coal and Steel Community meeting within the
Whereas the purpose of that Decision was to imple­                 Council, in the duties on imported iron and steel
ment, with effect from the date originally envisaged,              products originating in the State of Israel .
the tariff reductions resulting from the Agreement
signed on 11 May 1975 between the third country
                                                                                          Article 2
specified above of the one part and the Member States
of the Community on the other part ; whereas notifica­             This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1976.
tion of completion of the procedures required to bring
that Agreement into force has in fact not yet been                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
made ;
Whereas the products affected include pig-iron, high               Done at Brussels, 8 July 1975.
carbon ferro-manganese and the iron and steel
products falling within Chapter 73 of the Common                                            For the Commission
Customs Tariff, for which minimum duties were esta­
blished by High Authority recommendation No 1 /64                                               The President
and by the instruments amending it ; whereas,
however, in respect of special cases, such as where                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 8 , 22. 1 . 1964, p. 99/64.