CELEX: 31973S3540
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 3540/73/ECSC of the Commission of 19 December 1973 authorizing price alignments for certain iron and steel products falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty and intended for Ireland

29 . 12. 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 361 /9
                               DECISION No 3540 / 73 / ECSC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 19 December 1973
               authorizing price alignements for certain iron and steel products falling within
                              the scope of the ECSC Treaty and intended for Ireland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Irish Steel Holdings Ltd and to which this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                    does not apply,
Having regard to Article 60 of the Treaty establishing
the European Coal and Steel Community ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Treaty on the Accession of the
new Member States to the European Communities,
and in particular Article 134 of the Act joined to the                                     Article 1
Treaty ;
                                                                 1.      Community steel-industry undertakings are auth­
Having regard to the Statement of the Government of             orized for sales on the Irish market of iron and steel
Ireland ;                                                       products falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty
Whereas the provisions of Article 134 (2) of the said            to align their prices with the price-list based on
Act forbid until 31 December 1977 Community steel­              another point which secures the buyer the most advan­
industry undertakings to align their prices for sales in        tageous delivered terms.
Ireland with the lower delivered prices charged by
other Community undertakings save when authoriza­                2. This authorization shall not apply to iron and
tion has been given by the Commission ;                         steel products falling within the following headings
                                                                and subheadings of the Common Customs Tariff :
Whereas, in its Statement of 12 June 1973, the Irish             73.10—014                                   73.11—076
Government suggested to the Commission that steel­               73.10—026                                   73.1 1—244
industry undertakings be authorized to align their               73.10—042                                   73.1 1—256
prices for iron and steel products intended for Ireland          73.10—168                                   73.13—017
which do not form part of the product range of Irish             73.10—176                                   73.13 —037
Steel Holdings Ltd at present the sole Irish steel               73.10—216                                   73.13—057
producer ;
                                                                 73.11 —01 2 (Profils U)                     73.13—362
Whereas in order to avoid disadvantaging Irish steel             73.11 —032 (Profils U)                      73.13—374
users it is plainly fair that, as regards sales by Commu­        73.11 —236 (Profils U)                      73.13— 386
nity undertakings of iron and steel products which do            73.1 1—064                                  73.13— 530
not form part of the product range of the Irish under­
taking, alignment should be permitted as provided for
                                                                                           Artide 2
in Article 60 ( 2) (b) of the Treaty ; whereas, therefore,
the granting of this authorization is justified ;
                                                                This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January
Whereas it is necessary to specify the tariff headings           1974. It shall cease to be applicable on 31 December
and subheadings which cover the product range of                 1 977 .
               This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 19 December 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavicr ORTOLI