CELEX: 31977S3000
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision No 3000/77/ECSC of 28 December 1977 fixing minimum prices for hot-rolled wide strips, merchant bars and concrete reinforcing bars

31 . 12 . 77                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 352/ 1
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                                                      (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION DECISION No 3000/ 77/ ECSC
                                                              of 28 December 1977
                   fixing minimum prices for hot-rolled wide strips, merchant bars and concrete
                                                                 reinforcing bars
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              whereas the minimum prices must apply within the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                               common market ; whereas, pursuant to Decisions No
                                                                            3073/ 73/ ECSC and No 911 /75/ ECSC, the minimum
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article                        prices published in the price lists of Community
 61 thereof,                                                                producers are also applicable to transactions in those
                                                                            EFTA countries with which the Community has
 Having regard to High Authority Decisions No 30-53                         concluded free-trade agreements for ECSC products ;
 and No 31-53 ('), as last amended by Commission
 Decisions       72/440/ ECSC          and      72/441 / ECSC   of 22
                                                                            Having regard to studies carried out in conjunction
 December 1972 (2),
                                                                            with the undertakings and associations of undertak­
 Having regard to Commission Decisions No 3073/73/                          ings, and after consulting the Consultative Committee
 ECSC (3) and No 91 1 /75/ ECSC (4),                                        and the Council both on the advisability of intro­
                                                                            ducing minimum prices for these products and on the
 Whereas the steel industry is still in serious diffi­
                                                                            level of these prices,
 culties ; whereas supply is still considerably in excess
 of demand ;
 Whereas the Commission has introduced measures to
 redress the steel market ; whereas amongst these
 measures, Decision No 962/77/ ECSC of 4 May                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 1977 (5) fixed minimum prices for concrete rein­
 forcing bars ; whereas this Decision is due to expire
 on 31 December 1977 ;
                                                                                                     Article 1
 Whereas the state of the market in concrete rein­
 forcing bars is still jeopardizing the attainment of the
 objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty ; whereas                     1 . This Decision shall apply to undertakings in the
 the Commission therefore considers that the condi­                         iron and steel industry of the European Coal and Steel
 tions for the continued application of Article 61 to                       Community and to their selling agencies and commis­
 the market for concrete reinforcing bars are satisfied ;                   sion agents as referred to in Decisions No 30-53 and
                                                                            No 31-53 .
 whereas the provisions of Decision No 962/77/ ECSC
 should therefore be enforced for a further year, subject
 to certain minor amendments and clarifications ;                           2. The Commission hereby fixes the following
 Whereas the state of the market for hot-rolled wide                        minimum prices, per tonne, for sales of hot-rolled
                                                                            wide strips, merchant bars and concrete reinforcing
 strips and merchant bars has become appreciably                            bars :
 worse ;      whereas       conditions        similar   to  those   for
 concrete reinforcing bars also                 obtain for hot-rolled
 wide strips and merchant bars                 ; whereas, the condi­        (a) for hot-rolled wide strips of commercial quality :
 tions for the application                     of Article 61 are
 consequcntiy satisfied for these               two products ;                       600     German marks,
                                                                                     151-50 pounds sterling and Irish pounds,
(') OJ No C. 29 , 12 . 5 . 197 .?, pp . 30 and 32, for the updated                 1 350     French francs ,
     version .                                                                   246 500     Italian lire ,
(2)  OJ   No   L 297 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , pp . 39 and 42 .                             650     Dutch guilders,
(>)  OJ   No   L 314, 15 . 11 . 1973 , P . 1 .
(4 ) OJ   No   L 88 , 9 . 4 . 1975 , p. 7 .                                        9 450     Belgian and Luxembourg francs,
(5 ) OJ   No   L  1 14, 5 . 5 . 1977 , p. 1 .                                      1 665     Danish kroner ;
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(b) for merchant bars in ordinary mild steel :                                             Article 4
            617     German marks ,                                1.     Rebates and discounts of any sort, whether
             155 50 pounds sterling and Irish pounds,             published in price lists and conditions of sale or noti­
         1 387      French francs,                                fied to the Commission at the date of entry into force
      253 000       Italian lire ,                                of this Decision , shall not be increased . The introduc­
             668    Dutch guilders,                               tion of new rebates or discounts shall be prohibited .
         9 700      Belgian and Luxembourg francs,
         1 710      Danish kroner ;                               2. Surcharges or extras of any sort published in
                                                                  price lists and conditions of sale at the date of entry
(c) for smooth concrete reinforcing bars in ordinary              into force of this Decision shall not be cancelled or
      mild steel :                                                reduced .
             530 German marks,                                    3 . Where published price lists show basic prices
             130 pounds sterling and Irish pounds,                which take account of quality or size, the difference
          1 106 French francs ,                                   between such inclusive prices and the minimum pri­
       198 000 Italian lire ,                                     ces set out in Article 1 shall be treated as extras for
             550 Dutch guilders,                                  quality or size .
         8 100 Belgian and Luxembourg francs,
          1 335 Danish kroner ;                                   4. As regards concrete reinforcing bars and
                                                                  merchant bars sold in coil, the price differentials
 (d) for improved adhesion concrete reinforcing bars              arising in the price lists applicable when this Decision
      with a minimum elastic limit of 40 kilograms per            enters into force shall be treated as rebates or extras,
      square millimetre and a tensile strength of 50 kilo­        as the case may be, in accordance with paragraphs 1
                                                                   and 2 .
      grams per square millimetre :
             550    German marks,                                  5.     The terms and times allowed for payment
             134-50 pounds sterling and Irish pounds,              published in the price lists at the date of entry into
          1 145      French francs,                                force of this Decision shall not be changed .
       205 000       Italian lire ,
             570     Dutch guilders,
          8 400      Belgian and Luxembourg francs,                                         Article 5
           1 380     Danish kroner.
                                                                   This Decision shall apply to sales both within the
  3.     In order to maintain a uniform minimum price              Community and in the territories of the Republic of
  level within the common market, the Commission                   Austria, the Republic of Finland , the Kingdom of
  may adjust these prices in accordance with fluctua­              Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the European
  tions in exchange rates .                                        territory of the Republic of Portugal .
                                                                                            Article 6
                             Article 2
                                                                   The minimum prices shall not preclude alignments
   1 . The minimum prices shall be basic prices ex                 on more favourable delivered prices based on the
  basing point, including extra for quality.                       price lists of other producers in the Community or in
                                                                   the countries referred to in Article 5 .
  2. They shall be compulsory for transactions
  effected after the entry into force of this Decision and
  shall replace lower list prices as from that date until                                   Article 7
  such prices have been changed by undertakings in
  accordance with Article 3 .                                       1 . This Decision shall enter into force on the day
                                                                    of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
                                                                   pean Communities and shall remain valid until 31
                                                                    December 1978 unless repealed before that date .
                             Article 3
                                                                    2.    Without prejudice to the adjustment provided
   Undertakings whose published prices are lower than               for in Article 1 (3), the Commission may adjust the
   the minimum prices shall publish new prices in                   level of the minimum prices during the period of
   conformity with this Decision within 15 days                     validity of this Decision if it considers that the deve­
   following its entry into force .                                 lopment of the situation so requires .
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             This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                        Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                   Member of the Commission