CELEX: 31989D0636
Language: en
Date: 1989-12-11 00:00:00
Title: 89/636/ECSC: Commission Decision of 11 December 1989 on the conclusion of an arrangement and a consensus with the United States of America concerning trade in certain steel products

No L 368 / 98                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                      18 . 12 . 89
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 11 December 1989
                 on the conclusion of an Arrangement and a Consensus with the United States of America
                                          concerning trade in certain steel products
                                                        ( 89 / 636 / ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 95                1 . The Arrangement and the Consensus with the United
thereof,                                                              States of America concerning trade in certain steel products
                                                                      are hereby approved on behalf on the European Coal and
                                                                      Steel Community , to the extent to which they relate to
Whereas, following the Council Decision of 6 October                  products covered by the Treaty establishing that
1989 , the Commission opened negotiations with the                    Community .
United States of America culminating in an Arrangement
and a Consensus concerning trade in certain steel                     2 . The texts of the Arrangement and the Consensus are
products;                                                             annexed to this Decision ( ! ).
Whereas the Arrangement makes it possible to safeguard                                          Article 2
the essential interests of Community producers exporting
the products in question to the United States market;                 The Commission shall designate the member of the
                                                                      Commission empowered to sign the Arrangement and the
                                                                      Consensus for the purpose of binding the European Coal
Whereas the Consensus will provide a transition towards               and Steel Community ,
the more liberal conditions in steel trade which will result
from the general rules and disciplines of the GATT
negotiated in the Uruguay Round and reduce trade
distorting practices in, and establish an open trading                Done at Brussels, 11 December 1989 .
environment for, steel ;
                                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
Whereas the Consultative Committee has been consulted
and the assent of the Council obtained,                                                                      Vice-President
                                                                      (*) See pages 99 and 139 of this Official Journal .