CELEX: 31979S0106
Language: en
Date: 1979-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision No 106/79/ECSC of 19 January 1979 extending for a further year the prohibition on alignment on offers of iron and steel products originating in certain third countries

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31979S0106

Commission Decision No 106/79/ECSC of 19 January 1979 extending for a further year the prohibition on alignment on offers of iron and steel products originating in certain third countries  

Official Journal L 014 , 20/01/1979 P. 0010 - 0011 Spanish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 9 P. 0156  Portuguese special edition Chapter 13 Volume 9 P. 0156 

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 73 , 15 . 3 . 1978 , P . 16 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 275 , 30 . 9 . 1978 , P . 92 .    COMMISSION DECISION NO 106/79/ECSC   OF 19 JANUARY 1979   EXTENDING FOR A FURTHER YEAR THE PROHIBITION ON ALIGNMENT ON OFFERS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS OF ARTICLE 95 THEREOF ,   WHEREAS THE MEASURES THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN RELATING TO PRICES ON THE COMMON MARKET IN STEEL HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER YEAR ; WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENTS OF CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES HAVE ASSURED THE COMMISSION OF THEIR COOPERATION OVER THESE MEASURES ;   WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE WIDESPREAD USE OF THE RIGHT TO ALIGN ON OFFERS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES IS A FACTOR INCREASING DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON COMMUNITY PRICES ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION THEREFORE SUSPENDED THIS RIGHT OF ALIGNMENT BY COMMUNITY UNDERTAKINGS IN DECISION NO 527/78/ECSC ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DECISION NO 2293/78/ECSC ( 2 ); WHEREAS DECISION NO 527/78/ECSC WAS DUE TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1978 ;   WHEREAS THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH CERTAIN OF THE THIRD COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN CONTINUED TO COVER 1979 ; WHEREAS DECISION NO 527/78/ECSC MUST THEREFORE BE EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 ;   WHEREAS THESE ARRANGEMENTS MAY COVER ONLY SOME IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS , AND IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO SPECIFY IN THE ANNEX THE IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS DECISION ;   HAVING CONSULTED THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE , AND WITH THE UNANIMOUS ASSENT OF THE COUNCIL ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   DECISION NO 527/78/ECSC IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   1 . THE WORDS ' IT SHALL EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1978 '  IN ARTICLE 3 ARE REPLACED BY THE WORDS ' IT SHALL EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1979 ' .   2 . THE ANNEX IS REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .   THIS DECISION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 JANUARY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   ETIENNE DAVIGNON   MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ****  ( 1 ) NOMENCLATURE OF GOODS FOR THE EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STATISTICS OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ( OJ NO L 353 , 18 . 12 . 1978 ).    ANNEX   THE BAN ON ALIGNMENT INTRODUCED BY THIS DECISION COVERS THE TERMS OFFERED BY UNDERTAKINGS SITUATE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES :   1 . SWISS CONFEDERATION :   AND AS REGARDS   -  CONCRETE REINFORCING BARS WITH MINOR IDENTATIONS , FLANGES , GROOVES OR OTHER DEFORMATIONS PRODUCED DURING THE ROLLING PROCESS , WHETHER OR NOT TWISTED AFTER ROLLING , NIMEXE ( 1 ) STATISTICAL SUBDIVISION 73.10 A II A ),   -  SMOOTH REINFORCING BARS , NIMEXE STATISTICAL SUBDIVISION EX 73.10 A II B ).