CELEX: 31974D0113
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 January 1974 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

No L 59 / 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                     1 . 3 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 31 January 1974
               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
                                                       (Sixtieth derogation)
                                                (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (74/ 1 13/ ECSC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles
 2 to 5, 8 , 71 and 74 thereof ;
                                                                       The Government of the United Kingdom is autho­
                                                                        rized to derogate from the obligations arising under
 Having regard to High Authority Recommendation                         Article 1 of High Authority Recommendation No
 No 1 /64 of 15 January 1964 (') to the Governments of                  1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the extent necessary to
 the Member States concerning an increase in the                        import at zero duty, from third countries, 50 000
 protective duty on iron and steel products at the                      metric tons of iron or steel coils for re-rolling, under
 external frontiers of the Community, and in particular                 position 73.08 of the United Customs Tariff.
 Article 3 thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas th^ Government of the United Kingdom has
 requested the Commission to authorize, for the first                   1 . The Government of the United Kingdom shall
 quarter of 1974, duty free imports of 50 000 metric                    be required to ensure, in liaison with the Commission,
 tons of coils for re-rolling from third countries ;                    that the quota is distributed on a non-discriminatory
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has                        basis among third countries .
established the inadequacy of its national supplies of                  2.    It shall be required to take all necessary steps to
coils and the impossibility of obtaining the necessary                  rule out the possibility of iron and steel products
 tonnage on the Community market ; whereas the                          imported under the tariff quota being re-exported to
 request has been limited to the first quarter by reason                other Member States in the same state as that in
of the favourable short-term prospects foreseen for                    which it was imported .
 this period on the Community market ; whereas the
request would, in any case, be of an exceptional and
                                                                                                Article 3
nonrenewable nature , having regard to the progressive
integration of the British market into the original                     1.    This    Decision   is   addressed    to the    United
common market and to the reorientation of trade
                                                                        Kingdom .
which necessarily results therefrom ;
                                                                       2.     It shall be valid until 31 March 1974.
Whereas this exceptional importation is justified for
reasons of commercial policy provided for in Article 3
of Recommendation No 1 /64 of the High Authority ;
whereas the Commission consequently considers it                        Done at Brussels, 31 January 1974.
necessary to grant a derogation from Recommenda­                                                    For the Commission
tion No 1 / 64 ;
                                                                                                        The President
Whereas the Governments of the Member States have
been consulted on the abovementioned request,                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 8 , 22 . 1 . 1964, p . 99/ 64.