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Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 June 1973 derogating from High Authority Recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community

No L 217/30                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                     6 . 8 . 73
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 29 June 1973
                derogating from High Authority Recommendation No 1 /64 concerning an increase in
                the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community
                                                         ( Fifty-fifth derogation )
                                                              ( 73 /229/ECSC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             respect of special cases , such as where commercial
COMMUNITIES ,                                                              po'icy or customs procedure so requires , Article 3
                                                                           of the Recommendation makes provision for der­
                                                                           gations from the minimum rates , such derogations to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      be made by Commission Decision ; whereas such a
Coal and Steel Community ;                                                 special commercial policy situation arises from the
                                                                           conclusion of trade Agreements or from the adoption
Having regard to High Authority Recommendation                             of autonomous Decisions implementing the provisions
No 1 /64 (') of 15 January 1964 to the Governments                         thereof relating to tariffs on the date provided for in
of the Member States concerning an increase in the                         the Agreements ;
protective duty on iron and steel products at the
external frontiers of the Community, and in particular
Article 3 thereof ;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas by the Decision of 25 June 1973 the Representa­
tives of the Governments of the Member States of the
                                                                           The Member States are authorized to derogate from
European Coal and Steel Community meeting within                           the obligations arising under High Authority Re­
the Council acting in agreement with the Commission                        commendation No 1 /64 to the extent necessary for the
decided to reduce autonomously, for the period from                        application of the reduced duties , provided for by
1 July 1973 to 31 December 1974 at the latest, the                         the Decision of 25 June 1973 of the Representatives
import duties on products covered by the Treaty                            of the Governments of the Member States of the
originating in the Kingdom of Norway ;                                     European Coal and Steel Community meeting within
                                                                           the Council , to imported iron and steel products
Whereas the purposes of that Decision was to im­                           originating in the Kingdom of Norway.
plement, on the date originally envisaged , the tariff
reductions resulting from the Agreement signed on
14 May 1973 between the third country specified                                                     Article 2
above on the one part and the Member States of the
                                                                            1 . This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
Community, and the Community itself, on the other
part ; whereas notification of completion of the
procedures required to bring that Agreement into                           2. This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1974.
force has in fact not yet been made ;
Whereas the products affected include pig-iron, high                       Done at Brussels , 29 June 1973 .
carbon ferromanganese and the iron steel products
falling within Chapter 73 of the Common Customs                                                             For the Commission
Tariff for which minimum duties were created by
                                                                                                                The President
High Authority Recommendation No 1 /64 and by
the instruments amending it ; whereas , however, in                                                        François-Xavier ORTOLI
 i 1) OJ No 8 , 22. 1 . 1964 , p . 99/64 .