CELEX: 31973D0075
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 March 1973 extending the authorization of joint fuel sales by the mining companies of the Belgian coalfields associated within the 'Comptoir Belge des Charbons, Société coopérative (Cobéchar)'

17. 4. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 102/ 19
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                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 March 1973
              extending the authorization of joint fuel sales by the mining companies of the
              Belgian coalfields associated within the 'Comptoir Beige des Charbons, Societe
                                                   cooperative (Cobéchar)'
                                       (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                         (73/75/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    production of the common market has hardly
COMMUNITIES,                                                      changed in recent years ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the reasons for which the High Authority
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles              authorized in its aforementioned decisions the agree­
2 to 5, 47 and 65 thereof ;                                       ments between the companies concerned for joint
Having regard to Decision No 1 /63 ( 1) of 16 January             sales of solid fuel as set out in the Statutes of the
1963 authorizing joint fuel sales by a number of                  'Comptoir beiges des charbons (Cobéchar)' and in the
mining companies operating in the Belgian coalfields              latter's internal regulations ( règlement d'ordre
associated within the 'Comptoir beige des charbons                intérieur de Cobéchar) still apply, as do the reasons
Societe cooperative (Cobéchar)', extended and                     for the conditions imposed on the companies con­
completed by Decision No 1 /66 (2) of 27 January                  cerned ;
1966 extending the period of validity of Decision Nos             Whereas the agreements thus continue to comply
1 /63 and 37/67 (3) of 19 December 1967 and No                    with the requirements for authorization set out in
70/31 /ECSC (4) of 22 December 1969 ;                             Article 65 (2) of the Treaty ;
Having regard to the application of 9 November
1972 ;                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas by Decision No 1 /63 of 16 January 1963 the
High Authority authorized until 31 December 1965                                           Article 1
joint sales of solid fuels by the mining companies                The period of validity of Decision No 1 /63 autho­
associated within the 'Comptoir beige des charbons,               rizing joint fuel sales by the Belgian mining undertak­
Societe cooperative (Cobéchar)' ;                                 ings listed in the Annex to the said Decision is
Whereas the period of validity of that authorization              extended until 31 December 1975 .
was extended by Decisions Nos 1 /66 and 70/31 /ECSC
until 31 December 1972 ;                                                                   Article 2
Whereas by letter of 9 November 1972 Cobéchar                     This    Decision    is  addressed    to   the companies
informed the Commission that the companies                        concerned and to Cobéchar.
concerned had extended their joint-selling agreements
                                                                  This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1973.
until 31 December 1975 and applied for a corres­
ponding extension of the authorization ;                          Done at Brussels, 20 March 1973
Whereas the agreements are largely the same as those                                         For the Commission
concluded at the end of 1962 ;
                                                                                                 The President
Whereas the relationship between the overall produc­
tion of the undertakings concerned and the overall                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(») OJ No  15, 30. 1 . 1963, p. 162/63.
(2) OJ No  20, 1 . 2. 1966, p. 309/66.
P)  OJ No  318 , 29 . 12. 1967, p. 10.
(4) OJ No  L 10 , 15. 1 . 1970, p. 16.
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                                                         ANNEX
                                   List of members of the Comptoir Beige des Charbons
                                           Name                                         Address
             1 . Charbonnage d'Aiseau-Presle, S.A.                        Grand'Place
                                                                          6240 Farciennes
             2.   Charbonnages d'Argenteau, S.A.                          4570 Trembleur
             3.  Société des charbonnages du Bois-du-Luc, S.A.            7071 Houdeng-Aimeries
             4.  Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence-Espérance-Longdoz, S.A.      4100 Seraing
            5.   Société des charbonnages Espérance et Bonne-Fortune,
                 S.A.                                                     4320 Montegnée-lez-Liège
            6. S.A. des charbonnages de la Grande-Bacnure
                 — en liquidation                                         Rue du Petit Chene 95
                                                                         4400 Coronmeuse-lez- Liège
            7. S.A. Société des charbonnages du Hasard                   Rue Paul d'Andrimont 3
                                                                         4630 Micheroux-lez-Liège
            8 . Charbonnages d'Hensies-Pommeroeul, S.A.                  Rue des Sartis
                                                                         7381 Hensies
            9. N.V. Kempense Steenkolenmijnen                            Grote Baan 27
                                                                         3530 Houthalen
           10. Charbonnages Mambourg, Sacré-Madame et Poirier
                 réunis, S.A.                                            6000 Charleroi
           11 . Société des charbonnages de Monceau-Fontaine, S.A.       6031 Monceau-sur-Sambre
          12 . Compagnie immobilière et financière Patience et
                 Beaujonc, S.A.                                          Rue Em . Vandervelde 352
                                                                         4301 Glain-lez-Liège
          13 . S.A. des charbonnages réunis de Roton-Farciennes et
                 Oignies-Aiseau                                          Rue St-Martin 66
                                                                        5600 Tamines
          14. Société des charbonnages du Petit-Try, S.A.               6258 Lambusart
          15. Société des charbonnages du Trieu-Kaisin, S.A.             6070 Châtelineau
          16. Société des charbonnages de Wérister, S.A.                Rue Churchill 26
                                                                        4624 Romsée