CELEX: 31978S2287
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision No 2287/78/ECSC of 29 September 1978 amending Decision No 3544/73/ECSC on coking coal and coke

No L 275/78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 9 . 78
                                       COMMISSION DECISION No 2287/78/ECSC
                                                      of 29 September 1978
                           amending Decision No 3544/73/ECSC on coking coal and coke
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      set by the Commission are required to reduce their
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       production in relation to that within the period of
                                                                    reference ; whereas it is necessary to extend until 1978
 Having regard to Commission Decision 73/287/ECSC                   the period of validity of the temporary relaxation of
 of 25 July 1973 concerning coal and coke for the iron              the criteria for entitlement to aids and alignment
 and steel industry in the Community (!), as last                   rebates, taking as a criterion for the percentage short­
amended by Decision No 1613/77/ECSC (2), and in                     fall in actual deliveries against fixed tonnage contracts
 particular Article 12 thereof,                                     during 1978 the percentage by which the purchaser's
                                                                    pig iron production or, where applicable, his pig iron
 Having regard to the opinion of the Consultative                   deliveries, differs from the production or deliveries of
 Committee,                                                         the reference period,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Council,
Whereas Decision No 2216/77/ECSC (3) amending                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Decision No 3544/73/ECSC (4) temporarily relaxed
 for 1977 the criteria for entitlement to aids and align­                                    Article 1
 ment rebates for long-term commitments in respect
 of supplies and drawings of a fixed tonnage of coking              The period of validity of Article 3 (2) (c) of Decision
 coal or blast-furnace coke, without, however, altering             No 3544/73/ECSC is hereby extended to the year
 either the limits laid down by Article 3 (2) (a) and (b)            1978 . Fulfilment of a commitment for a fixed tonnage
of Decision No 3544/73/ECSC or the rights and obli­                 contract for coal or coke in the course of that year
gations under private law arising from existing                     may fall short of this tonnage by an amount not
 contracts ;                                                        exceeding the percentage reduction in respect of the
Whereas in 1977 this enabled iron and steel undertak­               production or delivery of pig iron by the steel under­
 ings to adapt their drawings of coking coal and/or                 taking in 1978 in relation to the reference period.
blast-furnace coke to requirements reduced as a
consequence of production limitations resulting from                                         Article 2
commitments to observe the individual objectives for
deliveries of iron and steel products set by the                    This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
 Commission in 1977 ;                                               publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                     Communities.
Whereas, in 1978 also, iron and steel undertakings
committed to observing individual delivery objectives               It shall apply from 1 January to 31 December 1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 September 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Guido BRUNNER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(») OJ  No   L 259,  15. 9. 1973, p. 36.
(2) OJ  No   L 180,  20 . 7. 1977, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No   L 256,  7. 10. 1977, p. 12.
(4) OJ  No   L 361 , 29. 12. 1973, p. 18 .