CELEX: 31976D0001
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 December 1975 derogating from High Authority recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (seventy-second derogation)

No L 2/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7. 1 . 76
                                                               II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 5 December 1975
              derogating from High Authority recommendation 1 /64 concerning an increase
              in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the
                                                       Community
                                                (seventy-second derogation)
                                                        (76/ 1 /ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     of duty ; whereas the last tariff measures of this kind
COMMUNITIES,                                                      were taken by the representatives of the Governments
                                                                   of the Member States on 17 November 1975 in
                                                                   respect of the first six months of 1976 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles
2 to 5, 8 , 71 and 74 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas such measures are justified by the fact that
                                                                   the products in question are not manufactured, or are
                                                                   manufactured in insufficient quantities, in the
Having regard to High Authority recommendation
                                                                   Community and that their importation on preferential
1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the
Member States concerning an increase in the protec­                terms is not injurious to iron and steel undertakings
tive duty on iron and steel products at the external               in the Community which produce directly competing
                                                                   products ;
frontiers of the Community ('), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas these reasons and circumstances, on which
Having regard to the agreement reached on 17                       the six-monthly tariff measures taken by the Member
November 1975 by the representatives of the Member                 States are based, also allow, given present conditions
States meeting within the Council on tariff measures               on the common market in steel, of their application
to be taken for the first six months of 1976,                     within the framework of recommendation 1 /64 of 15
                                                                  January 1964 ; whereas neither this suspension of
                                                                   duties nor these tariff quotas are likely to jeopardize
Whereas, for years past, the representatives of the                the objectives of the said recommendation ; whereas,
Governments of the Member States meeting within                    furthermore, such tariff measures help to maintain
the Council have unanimously agreed on six-monthly                 existing trade flows between the Member States and
derogations from the harmonized Community                          third countries ;
customs duties for steel ; whereas these derogations
take the form either of a reduction or temporary
suspension of certain customs duties or of the
granting of tariff quotas at reduced or suspended rates            Whereas these are special cases in the commercial
                                                                   policy field justifying the authorization of derogations
(•) OJ No 8, 22. 1 . 1964, p. 99/64.                               pursuant to Article 3 of recommendation 1 /64 ;
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whereas provision should be made to ensure that the              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
quotas granted will be used solely to supply the needs
                                                                                           Article 1
of industries in the importing countries and that re-ex­
portation in the unaltered state to other Member                 The Governments of the Member States are hereby
States of imported iron and steel products will be               authorized to derogate from the obligations arising
prevented ;                                                      under Article 1 of High Authority recommendation
                                                                 1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the extent necessary to
                                                                 suspend in the case of imports from third countries of
                                                                 the iron and steel products set out below, duties or
Whereas the Governments of the Member States have                tariff quotas in respect of the quantities and at the
been consulted on the tariff quotas set out below,               levels hereinbelow indicated :
      CCT heading                                                                                      Quota         Duty
                                         Description of goods                   Member States      ( metric tons)    (% )
           No
                                                                                                               ■
ex 73.15 A V b ) 1     Special wire rod (wire rod of high carbon steel,    Germany ( FR )              1  400         0
                       not further worked than hot-rolled, between         Benelux                     9  O CiO       0
                       4-5 and 6 mm in diameter and of a carbon            France                      4 'COO         0
                       content in weight of between 0-62 and 0-74 %)       Italy                       6  5€0         0'
                       for the tyre industry                               Ireland                     3 COO          0'
ex 73.15 A V b ) 1     Special wire rod (wire rod of high carbon steel,    Benelux                     1 800          01
                       not further worked than hot-rolled, between
                       4-5 and 6 mm in diameter and of a carbon
                       content in weight of between 0-62 and 0-85 °/o)
                       for the tyre industry
ex 73.15 A V b ) 1     Special wire rod (of high carbon steel, not         Germany ( FR)               8 50Ü          0
                       further worked than hot-rolled, between 4-5 and     Benelux                     1 350          0
                       13 mm in diameter) for the manufacture of           France                      1 200          0
                       springs and 'piano wire', containing in weight :
                       — 0-60 to 1 - 05 % of carbon
                       — Not more than 005 °/o of sulphur and
                           phosphorus taken together
                       —■ 0-15 to 0*30 °/o silicon
                       — Not more than 0-1 % of all other elements
                            (with the exception of manganese and
                            chromium ) taken together
                       ( Germany and Benelux are authorized to import
                       — within their quotas — special wire rod of
                       alloy steels, between 4-5 and 13 mm in
                       diameter, for valve springs, with the following
                       characteristics :
                       a) Chrome-vanadium products :
                           0-40 to 0-65 % C
         -
                           0-15 to 0-30 °/o Si
                           0-60 to 0-90 % Mn
                           0-15 to HO % Cr
                           0-15 to 0-30. % Va
                           not more than 0-30 % Mo
                           P and S content of less than 0-035 % each :
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     CCT heading                                                                                  Quota       Duty
         No                               Description of goods                 Member States
                                                                                              ( metric töns)   (% )
                        b) Chrome-silicon products :
                           0-50. to 0-60 %  C
                            1-35 to 1-60 %  Si
                           0-60  to 0-80 %  Mn
                           0-55  to 0-80 %  Cr
                           P and S content of less than 0Ό35 °/o each )
ex 73.15 B VII a ) 1    'Electrical' sheets and plates of alloy steel,     Germany ( FR)             950        0
                        grain-oriented, highly permeable, with a
                        watt-loss of 1-23 watt or loss per kg for a
                        thickness of 0-30 mm , or of 1-26 watt or less
                        per kg for a thickness of 0-35 mm, measured
                        at 17 000 gauss and 50 Hz
ex 73.16 A II b )       Used rails for re-rolling                          France                25 OCO         01
                                                               Article 2
               1 . Member States accorded quotas under Article 1 of this Decision shall ensure, in
               liaison with the Commission, that such quotas are apportioned among third countries on
               a non-discriminatory basis.
               2. They shall take all necessary steps to preclude the possibility of iron and steel
               products imported under the said tariff quotas being re-exported to other Member States
               in the same state as that in which they were imported.
                                                               Article 3
               This Decision shall remain in force until 30 June 1976.
               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
               Done at Brussels, 5 December 1975.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Member of the Commission