CELEX: 51984PC0331
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION amending Decision No 37-54 of 29 July 1954 on the publication of price lists and conditions of sale applied by undertakings in the steel industry to the sale of special steels

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (84) 331
Vol. 1984/0147
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                                                             C0MC84) 331 -final.
                                                             B r u s s e l s , 18 June 1984
                               COMMISSION DECISION
  amending D e c i s i o n No 37- 54 o f 29 J u l y 1954 or. t h e p u b l i c a t i o n
  of price  lis ts     and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e a p p l i e d by u n d e r t a k i n g s
        in the s te e l in d u s try to the sale of special s te e ls
 COM(84) 331 final
 ---pagebreak---                   COMMISSION DECISION N° ___ /___ /ECSC OF
amending D e c i s i o n N° 37- 54 o f 29 J u l y 1954 on t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f
price       lis ts   and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e a p p l i e d by u n d e r t a k i n g s i n t he
s t e e l in d u s t r y to the sale of s p e c ia l s t e e l s .
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having r e g a r d t o t h e T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e European Coal and S t e e l
 Community, and i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 60 t h e r e o f ,
 Having r e g ar d t o D e c i s i o n N° 37-54 o f 29 J u l y 1954 on t h e p u b l i c a t i o n
 of p ric e      lis ts      and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e a p p l i e d by u n d e r t a k i n g s i n t h e
 s t e e l i n d u s t r y t o t h e s a l e o f s p e c i a l s t e e l s w i t h i n t h e meaning o f
 Annex I I I       to the Treaty           ( 1 ) , as supplemented and amended by
 D e c i s i o n N° 33- 58 o f 1 December 1958 ( 2 ) , D e c i s i o n N° 21-63 o f
 11 December 1963 ( 3) and D e c i s i o n N° 3633/83/ECSC o f 8 December 1983 ( 4 ) ,
 A f t e r c o n s u l t i n g t h e C o n s u l t a t i v e Committee,
 ____ ______ _______ _                                                                                             ./..
  (1) OJ N° 18, 1 . 8 . 1 9 5 4 , p. 470
  (2) OJ N° 3 1, 1 8 . 1 2 . 1 9 5 8 , p. 665
  ( 3) OJ N° 187, 2 4 . 1 2 . 1 9 6 3 , p. 2973
  ( 4) OJ N°L360, 2 3 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 3 , p. 20
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WHEREAS:
There i s no u n i f o r m p a t t e r n t o market r e l a t i o n s between t he s t e e l
i n d u s t r y and s t e e l s u s e r s ;         th e ir       r e l a t i o n s are d i v e r s e enough t o
warrant d i f f e r e n t marketing p o l i c i e s ;
I n D e c i s i o n N° 72/440/ECSC o f 22 December 1972 (1) amending b a s i c
D e c i s i o n N° 3 0 - 5 3 , t h e Commission l a i d down a new d e f i n i t i o n o f
d i s c r i m i n a t o r y p r a c t i c e s w i t h i n t h e meaning o f A r t i c l e 6 0( 1 ) o f t he
Treaty;           as a r e s u l t , u n d e r t a k i n g s may a p p l y d i f f e r e n t p r i c e s t o
d i f f e r e n t groups o f consumers w i t h o u t i n f r i n g i n g t h e p r o h i b i t i o n
on d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ;
The o b l i g a t i o n s t o p u b l i s h p r i c e s and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e f o r non­
s p e c i a l s t e e l s as imposed by D e c i s i o n M° 31-53 conform t o t h e above-
menti oned p r i n c i p l e s ;             t h e s i t u a t i o n on t h e market f o r t h e s a i d
s t e e l s gave no cause t o r e q u i r e u n d e r t a k i n g s t o p u b l i s h t h e p r i c e
d i f f e r e n t i a l s which t h e y a p p l i e d t o i n d i v i d u a l consumer groups i n
th e ir price            lis ts ;      it    is s u ff ic i e n t        if    t h e u n d e r t a k i n g s are r e q u i r e d
t o n o t i f y t h e Commission o f such d i f f e r e n t i a l s ;                         where an u n d e r t a k i n g
a p p l i e s such d i f f e r e n t i a l s on a l a r g e s c a l e , t h e Commission has
t h e power t o r e q u i r e t h e u n d e r t a k i n g t o p u b l i s h t h e d i f f e r e n t i a l s                 in
its      p rice      lis t;     t h e r e appears e v er y j u s t i f i c a t i o n               f o r extending the
same p o s s i b i l i t i e s t o s p e c i a l s t e e l s i n o r d e r t o har monize t h e c o n d i ­
t i o n s o f s a l e f o r d i f f e r e n t c a t e g o r i e s o f s t e e l and t o p r e v e n t t h e
same b uy er r e c e i v i n g d i f f e r e n t t r e a t m e n t , depending w h et he r he i s
purchasin g s p e c ia l or n o n -s p e c ia l s t e e l s ;                       t o a c h i e v e f u r t h e r h ar mo ni ­
z a t i o n , t h e w a i t i n g p e r i o d b e f o r e new p r i c e                lis ts    fo r special steels
come i n t o a p p l i c a t i o n s h o u l d be e xtended f ro m one day t o two d ay s.
(1) 0J N° L 297, 30.12.1972, p. 297
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                                         A rticle     1
A r t i c l e 6 o f D e c i s i o n N° 37-54 i s amended t o read as f o l l o w s : -
1 . ( a) P r i c e l i s t s          and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e s h a l l a pp l y n ot e a r l i e r t han
             two c l e a r days a f t e r t h e y have been addressed t o t h e Commission;
    (b) S e l l e r s s h a l l , upon r e q u e s t , communicate them t o anyone i n t e r e s t e d ;
    Cc) The Commission may d e c i d e t o p u b l i s h such p r i c e                           l i s t s and c o n d i t i o n s
             o f s a l e by means o f a s p e c i a l p u b l i c a t i o n .
2.           Paragraph 1 s h a l l a p p l y e q u a l l y t o any amendment o f p r i c e l i s t s
             and c o n d i t i o n s o f s a l e .
                                                          A rticle     2
 The f o l l o w i n g A r t i c l e        i s i n s e r t e d a f t e r A r t i c l e 6 o f D e c i s i o n N° 37-54:
 "A rtic le         7
 1.           U n d e r t a k i n g s i n t h e s t e e l i n d u s t r y need n ot p u b l i s h i n t h e i r p r i c e
              L i s t s p r i c e d i f f e r e n t i a l s a p p l i e d t o i n d i v i d u a l consumer gro up s.
 2.           Where such d i f f e r e n t i a l s are a p p l i e d , u n d e r t a k i n g s s h a l l , however,
              n o t i f y them t o t h e Commission.                     A rtic le 6 of th is          Decision s h a ll
              apply.
 3.           Where i t          i s e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t t h e number o r t h e volume o f t h e d i f ­
              f e r e n t i a l s make p u b l i c a t i o n n e c e s s a r y , t h e Commission may r e q u i r e
              any u n d e r t a k i n g i n t h e i r o n and s t e e l i n d u s t r y t o p u b l i s h i n t h e i r
              price       lis ts     some o r a l l o f t h e d i f f e r e n t i a l s a p p l i e d . "
                                                          A rticle 3
 A r t i c l e s 7 and 8 o f D e c i s i o n N° 37-54 a r e renumbered 8 and 9 r e s p e c t i v e l y .
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                                                A rtic le 4
This D e c i s i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on t h e day o f i t s      p ub lica tio n
i n t h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e European Communities.
Th is D e c i s i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y a p p l i c ­
able in a l l       Member S t a t e s .
Done at Brussels,                               1984                       For the Commission,