CELEX: 31973S3543
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 3543/73/ECSC of the Commission of 19 December 1973 fixing the rate of the levies for 1974 and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC of 23 December 1952 on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the ECSC Treaty

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                                DECISION No 3543/73/ECSC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 19 December 1973
               fixing the rate of the levies for 1974 and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC of 23 De­
               cember 1952 on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in
                                         Articles 49 and 50 of the ECSC Treaty
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 mines the amount of income to be provided from
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   levies in the financial year, namely 69-31 million
                                                                 units of account ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Coal and Steel Community, and in particular                Whereas the estimated yield of the levies at a rate
 Articles 49, 50 and 78 thereof ;                                of 0-10 °/o is 23-9 million units of account ;
 Having regard to the Treaty of 8 April 1965 esta­               Having noted the Opinion issued on 11 December
 blishing a single Council and a single Commission               1973 by the European Parliament,
 of the European Communities, and in particular
 Articles 20 and 21 thereof ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION
 Having regard to Decision No 2691 /72/ECSC of 18
 December 1972 amending Decision No 2/52 of 23
 December 1952 determining the mode of assessment                                           Article 1
 and collection of the levies provided for in Articles
 49 and 50 of the ECSC Treaty ;                                 The rate of the levies on output from 1 January
                                                                1974 is fixed at 0-29 % of the figures used as a
 Having regard to Decision No 2821 /72/ECSC of 22               basis of assessment for levies .
 December 1972 fixing the rate of the levies for
 1973 and amending Decision No 3/52 of 23 De­
cember 1952 on the amount of and methods for                                               Article 2
applying the levies provided for in Artidles 49 and             Article 2 of Decision No 3 /52 of 23 December 1972,
50 of the ECSC Treaty ;
                                                                as amended by Article 2 of Decision No 2821 /72/
                                                                ECSC of 22 December 1972, is replaced by the fol­
Having regard to Decision No 3541 /73/iECSC of 19               lowing :
December 1973 on the definition of the unit of
account to be used in Decisions, Recommendations,               The average value of the products on which the
Opinions and Communiques for the purposes of                   levies are assessed shall, from 1 January 1974, be
the Treaty establishing the ECSC ;                              as fallows, in units of aocaunt :
Having regard to Decision No 3542/73/ECSC of 19
December 1973 on the conversion rates for curren­                                   Product                   Average value
cies expressed in units of account for certain pur­
poses of the Treaty establishing the ECSC ;
                                                               Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke
                                                               derived from brown coal                            13-63
Whereas, in view of the variations in average values
recorded during the reference period, Decision No              Hard coal of all categories                        18-51
3 /52 of 23 December 1952 on the amount of and
                                                               Pig iron other than that used for making
methods for applying the levies provided for in                ingots                                             70-80
Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty should be amen­
ded ;                                                          Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                     87-92
                                                               Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer
Whereas the requirements of the European Coal                  steel                                            105-13
and Steel Community are estimated in the operating
budget for the 1974 financial year at 90-61 million            Finished products and end products of
                                                               basic Bessemer steel                             146-54
units of account ; whereas that budget, which was
adopted by the Commission of the European Com­                 Other finished products and end pro­
munities at its session of 19 December 1973 in the             ducts of iron and steel                          175-21
form shown in Annex I to this Decision , deter­
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                                                                   Article 3
              Article 4 of Decision No 3/52 of 23 December 1952, as last amended by Article 4
              of Decision No 2821/72/EGSC of 22 December 1972, is replaced by the following :
                                                                                                        Assessment January 1974
                                                                                                         and subsequent months
                                                     . Products                                              and collection
                                                                                                           February 1974 and
                                                                                                           subsequent months
              Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal (')                                   0-03953
              Hard coal of all categories (2)                                                                   0-05368
              Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                                                   0-16146
              Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                                                    0-21111
              Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel                                                   0-28700
              Final products and end products of iron and steel                                                 0-10928
              (') For purposes of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article, the levy fixed above shall be applied
                  to tonnage of brown coal and semi-coke of brown coal, less 3 % .
              (*) For purposes of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article, the levy fixed above shall be applied
                  to tonnage of hard coal as defined in Article 1 of Decision No 2/52, less 12 4/o .
              The corresponding scales expressed in the currencies of the Member States shall,
              pursuant to High Authority Decision No 2/52 ( OJ of the ECSC No 1 ), be published
               for guidance every six months and are given in Annex II to this Decision.
                                                                    Article 4 •
               This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1974.
               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
                                                                                        François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                     ANNEX /
                                      ECSC OPERATING BUDGET FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1974
                    Requirements                        in million u.a .                      Resources                         in million u.a .
Operations to be financed from current                                     Current resources
resources (non-repayable)
1 . Administration                                    18                   1 . Levy yield (rounded off)                             69-31
2. Aid to readaptation (Article 56 )                  41                  2, (a) Interest on investments and loans
                                                                                    from non-borrowed funds                         12-4
3 . Aid to research ( Article 55 )                    21-5
                                                                                (b) Interest on payments            from
     ( a) Steel                                              )   9-5                acceding countries                               3-3
                                                             f
    ( b ) Coal                                                   6
    (c) Social                                               i   6
                                                                          3 . Miscellaneous                                          0-1
4. Aid to coking coal ( Article 95 )                   5
                                                                          4. Cancellation of undertakings not to
                                                                               be fulfilled                                          5-5
5 . Interest rate subsidy H                            511
    ( a ) Article 54 — Investments                           >   2-044                                             Total     90-61
    (b) Article 56 — Reconversion                            i   3-066
                                            Total       90-61
                                                                          Origin of non-borrowed funds
Operations financed by loans from non­                                    5 . Redemption of loans for workers'
borrowed funds                                                                 housing                                               5-5
6. Special reserve appropriation                                          6. Part of the former ECSC pension
    ( workers' housing)                               10                       fund                                                  4-5
(*) If, during the financial year, receipts from lesources should be hig her than expected , the excess will be carried to interest rate subsidy
   pro rata to the items thereunder.
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                                                                 ANNEX II
              TABLE SHOWING, IN THE CURRENCY OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE
              COMMUNITY, THE NET AMOUNT PER METRIC TON OF THE LEVY ON EACH OF
              THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 2 FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY TO
                                                             30 JUNE 1974 (*)
                                                 DM — Federal Republic of Germany
              Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal                                             0-12728
              Hard coal of all categories                                                                             0-17283
             Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                                                          0-51986
              Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                                                          0-67972
              Steel in ingots, other than basic Bessemer steel                                                        0-92408
              Final products and end products of iron and steel                                                       0-35185
                                    Bfrs and Lfrs — Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
              Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal                                             1-92341
              Hard coal of all categories                                                                             2-6,1191
              Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                                                         7-85619
             Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                                                          10-27202
             Steel in ingots, other than basic Bessemer steel                                                        13-96462
              Final products and end products of iron and steel                                                       5-31725
                                                                FF — France
             Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal                                              0-21956
              Hard coal of all categories                                                                             0-29815
             Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                                                          0-89678
             Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                                                           1-17255
             Steel in ingots, other than basic Bessemer steel                                                         1-59405
             Final products and end products of iron and steel                                                        0-60696
                                                                 Lit — Italy
             Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal                                            29-42637
             Hard coal of all categories                                                                            39-95971
             Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                                                       120-19179
             Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                                                        157-15155
             Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel                                                       213-64452
             Final products .and end products of iron and steel                                                     81 -34869
              (') Tables published pursuant to Decision No 2/52 of the High Authority (OJ of the ECSC No 1 , 30 December 1952).
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                                                F1 — The Netherlands
            Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal        0-13263
            Hard coal of all categories                                        0-18010
            Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                    0-54tl71
            Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                     0-70829
            Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel                    0-96291
            Final products and end products of iron and steel                  0-36664
                                           £ — United Kingdom and Ireland
            Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal        0-02084
            Hard coal of all categories                                        0-02830
            Pig iron other than that used for making ingots                    0-08513
            Bask Bessemer steel in ingots                                      O-l'l 130
            Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel                    0-15132
            Final products and end products of iron and steel                  0-05762
                                                   Dkr — Denmark
            Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown ooal        0-29957
            Hard coal of all categories                                        0-40680
            Pig iron other than that used for maikinig ingots                   1-22359
            Basic Bessemer steel in ingots                                      1-59985
            Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel                     2-17497
            Final products and end products of iron and steel                  0-82816