CELEX: 31976S2963
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision No 2963/76/ECSC of 1 December 1976 amending Decision 73/287/ECSC of 25 July 1973 concerning coking coals and cokes for the iron and steel industry in the Community

7. 12. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 338 / 19
                                     COMMISSION DECISION No 2963 /76/ ECSC
                                                    of 1 December 1976
             amending Decision 73/287/ECSC of 25 July 1973 concerning coking coals and
                             cokes for the iron and steel industry in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas it is necessary to avoid such a reduction on
COMMUNITIES,                                                      the transition from u.a. to EUA ; whereas to this end
                                                                  the nominal amounts of the abovementioned aids and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             contributions must be increased by 5-5 % ;
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the first
paragraph of Article 95 thereof,                                  Whereas Decision 73 / 287/ ECSC must be amended
                                                                  accordingly,
With the assent of the Council,
Having regard to the opinion of the Consultative
Committee,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas under the terms of Commission Decision
73/287/ECSC of 25 July 1973 (•) the Member States
are authorized to grant to undertakings supplying                                            Article 1
coking coals and cokes to the Community iron and
steel industry aids to facilitate production, marketing           Decision 73/287/ECSC is hereby amended as follows :
in regions far away from the production areas and
intra-Community trade, and the conclusion and imple­              1 . In Article 1 (b), for the maximum rates of sales aid
mentation of long-term contracts ; whereas a special                  provided for the various cases, namely :
fund has been set up for the Community financing of
sales aids within the framework of intra-Community                    3     1 - 60     2-60   1-40      2    and     1     u.a .
trade ;
Whereas the amounts of such aids and of contribu­                     read respectively :
tions to the special fund are specified in Articles 1 to              3-165 1-688 2-743 1-477 2-110 and 1-055 EUA.
7 of the Decision in units of account ('u.a.') ;
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Decision No 3289 /                2. In Article 7 (2), the rates and the maximum
75/ECSC of 18 December 1975 (2), provides that the                    amounts of the contributions provided for in subpa­
unit of account to be used in Decisons, recommenda­                   ragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall read as follows :
tions, opinions and communications for the purposes
of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel                (a) in (a), third indent, for '0-400 u.a. per metric ton
Community shall be, with effect from 1 January 1976,                      of coal, i.e. not more than 6 million u.a. per
the European unit of account (' EUA') ;                                   annum', read : '0-422 EUA per metric ton of
                                                                          coal, i.e., not more than 6-33 million EUA per
                                                                          annum' ;
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 4 of the
same Decision provides that the special fund provided                 (b) in (b), third, fourth and fifth indents,
for in Decision 73/287/ECSC on certain aids granted
for the sale of coking coal and coke to the Commu­                        — for '0-493 u.a. per metric ton of coal, i.e.,
nity iron and steel industry shall be established in                            not more than 7-4 million , u.a. per annum',
EUA ;                                                                           read : 0-520 EUA per metric ton of coal, i.e.
                                                                                not more than 7-807 million EUA per
Whereas the transition for the 'unit of account', valid                         annum ' ;
up to and including 31 December 1975, to the ' Euro­                      — for '0-273 u.a . per metric ton of coal, i.e. not
pean unit of account', valid with effect from 1 January                         more than 4-1 million u.a.', read : '0-288
 1976, at the rate 1 u.a. = 1 EUA would involve a                               EUA per metric ton of coal, i.e., not more
reduction in the corresponding national-currency                                than 4-326 million EUA' ;
values of the aids and contributions provided for by
Decision 73 / 287/ ECSC ;                                                 — for '0-207 u.a. per metric ton of coal, i.e.,
                                                                                not more than 3-1 million u.a.', read : '0-218
(•) OJ No L 259 , 15 . 9 . 1973 , p. 36 .                                       EUA per metric ton of coal, i.e., not more
(2) OJ No L 327, 19. 12. 1975, p. 4.                                            than 3-271 million EUA';
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   (c) in (c), first, second and third indents,                2. With regard to the administration of the special
       — for * 1 -1 07 u.a. per metric ton of coal, i.e.,      fund created for the Community financing of sales
                                                              aids under section I of Decision 73/287/ ECSC with
           not more than 16*6 million u.a. per annum',
           read : ' 11 68 EUA per metric ton of coal,          the framework of intra-Community trade, the provi­
           i.e., not more than 17-513 million EUA per          sions of the second paragraph of Article 4 of Decision
           annum' ;                                            No 3289/75/ECSC shall apply.
       — for '1 027 u.a. per metric ton of coal, i.e.,
           not more than 1 5-5 million u.a.', read :
           '1 083 EUA per metric ton of coal, i.e., not
           more than 16-353 million EUA';
       — for '0-593 u.a. per metric ton of coal, i.e.,                                Article J
           not more than 8-8 million u.a.', read : '0-626
           EUA per metric ton of coal, i.e., not more
           than 9-284 million EUA'.
                                                              This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
                          Article 2                            publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                               Communities. Its provisions shall take effect retrospec­
1 . The value of the European unit of account                  tively from 1 January 1976 and shall apply to deliv­
(EUA) shall be calculated by the Commission in accor­          eries of coking coals and cokes effected on or after
dance with Article 2 of Decision No 3289/75/ ECSC.             that date.
               This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 1 December 1976.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Henri SIMONET
                                                                            Vice-President