CELEX: 31976D0380
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 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-eighth derogation)

No L 99 /24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               14. 4. 76
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 1 April 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-eighth derogation)
                                               (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (76/380/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Article 1 of High Authority recommendation 1 /64 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                        15 January 1964 to the extent necessary to import at
                                                                   zero duty from third countries 1 2 000 metric tons of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              ' No 8 double-reduced' tinplate not exceeding 0-17
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles               mm in thickness and with a tensile strength equal to
2 to 5, 8 , 71 and 74 thereof,
                                                                   or in excess of 480 new tons/mm2 (ex 73.13 B IV b) 1
Having regard to High Authority recommendation                     of the Common Customs Tariff).
1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the
Member States concerning an increase in the protec­                                         Article 2
tive duty on iron and steel products at the external
frontiers of the Community ( 1), and in particular                 The Government of the United Kingdom shall be
Article 3 thereof,                                                  required to ensure, in liaison with the Commission,
                                                                    that the quota is distributed on a non-discriminatory
Whereas the United Kingdom has shown that its
                                                                    basis among third countries.
national supplies of tinplate are at present insuffi­
cient ; whereas users could obtain the necessary                    It shall be required to take all necessary steps to avoid
supply on the Community market ;                                    the possibility of iron and steel products imported
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has                    under the tariff quota being re-exported to other
                                                                    Member States in the same state as that in which it
accordingly requested the Commission to authorize,
for the first six months of 1976, duty-free imports of              was imported.
the required amount of double-reduced tinplate from
third countries ;                                                                           Article 3
Whereas this exceptional importation is justified for
                                                                    This Decision shall be valid until 30 June 1976.
the reasons of commercial policy provided for in
Article 3 of the said recommendation ; whereas the
Commission can therefore grant a derogation from                                            Article 4
the said recommendation ;
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Whereas the Governments of the Member States have
been consulted on the abovementioned request,
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 1 April 1976.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                               Christopher SOAMES
The Government of the United Kingdom is hereby
authorized to derogate from the obligations under                                                 Vice-President
(») OJ No 8 , 22. 1 . 1964, p . 99 /64.