CELEX: 31976D0296
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-27 00:00:00
Title: 76/296/ECSC: Commission Decision of 27 February 1976 derogating from High Authority recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (Seventy-fifth derogation)

No L 64/30                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              12. 3 . 76
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 27 February 1976
             derogating from High Authority recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase
             in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the
                                                      Community
                                                (Seventy-fifth derogation)
                                                     (76/296/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  (hereinafter called 'the Agreement ;, or at the latest
COMMUNITIES,                                                     until 31 July 1976 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the Commission by its Decision 75/427/
Coal and Steel Community,                                        ECSC of 4 July 1975 authorized the implementation
                                                                 of the measures set out in the Decision of 24 June
Having regard to High Authority recommendation                   1975 for a period continuing until 29 February 1976 ;
1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the
Member States concerning an increase in the protec­              Whereas the period of validity of the Commission
tive duty on iron and steel products at the external             Decision of 4 July 1975 should be extended until the
frontiers of the Community (!), and in particular                entry into force of the Agreement or at the latest until
Article 3 thereof,                                               31 July 1976,
Whereas by Decision of 24 June 1975 the representa­
tives of the Governments of the Member States of the             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
European Coal and Steel Community meeting within
the Council acting in agreement with the Commis­                                         Article 1
sion decided to suspend autonomously, for a period
starting on 1 July 1975 and continuing until 29                  In Article 2 of Commission Decision 75/427/ECSC of
February 1976 at the latest, the import duties or the            4 July 1975, the date 29 February 1976 is hereby
levying thereof on products covered by the Treaty orig­          replaced by 31 July 1976.
inating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
in the overseas countries and territories associated
                                                                                         Article 2
with the Community (hereinafter respectively called
'ACP States' and 'OCT') ;                                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas by Decision of 23 February 1976 the repre­
sentatives of the Governments of the Member States
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 27 February 1976.
of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting
within the Council acting in agreement with the
                                                                                           For the Commission
 Commission decided to extend the period of validity
 of that Decision until the entry into force of the                                         Christopher SOAMES
Agreement signed on 28 February 1975 between the
ACP States and the Member States of the Community                                              Vice-President
 (») OJ No 8, 22. 1 . 1964, p. 99/64.