CELEX: 31980S2091
Language: en
Date: 1980-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision No 2091/80/ECSC of 4 August 1980 repealing Decision No 3060/79/ECSC fixing minimum prices for hot-rolled wide strip, and imposing certain requirements on undertakings and dealers in the iron and steel industry

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31980S2091

Commission Decision No 2091/80/ECSC of 4 August 1980 repealing Decision No 3060/79/ECSC fixing minimum prices for hot-rolled wide strip, and imposing certain requirements on undertakings and dealers in the iron and steel industry  

Official Journal L 203 , 05/08/1980 P. 0020

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 344 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 7 .    COMMISSION DECISION NO 2091/80/ECSC   OF 4 AUGUST 1980   REPEALING DECISION NO 3060/79/ECSC FIXING MINIMUM PRICES FOR HOT-ROLLED WIDE STRIP , AND IMPOSING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ON UNDERTAKINGS AND DEALERS IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION DECISION NO 3060/79/ECSC OF 27 DECEMBER 1979 FIXING MINIMUM PRICES FOR HOT-ROLLED WIDE STRIP , AND IMPOSING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ON UNDERTAKINGS AND DEALERS IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 9 THEREOF ,   WHEREAS IRON AND STEEL PRODUCERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE UNDERTAKEN RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS ; WHEREAS THE MAINTENANCE OF MINIMUM PRICES MIGHT ENCOURAGE SOME PRODUCERS TO INCREASE THEIR HOT-ROLLED WIDE STRIP PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO AN EXTENT THAT WOULD MAKE IT INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES FOR STEEL ,   WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO ABOLISH THE MINIMUM PRICES FOR THIS PRODUCT ;   WHEREAS THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE SAID DECISION HAVE NO JUSTIFICATION ONCE THE MINIMUM PRICES ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE ;   WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO REPEAL DECISION NO 3060/79/ECSC IN ITS ENTIRETY ;   WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CONSULTATIONS HELD , THE COMMISSION IS IN A POSITION TO REINTRODUCE THE MINIMUM PRICES IMMEDIATELY SHOULD IT FIND THAT CONDITIONS ON THE MARKET ARE DETERIORATING , AND IN PARTICULAR IF THE ABOLITION OF MINIMUM PRICES LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF HOT-ROLLED WIDE STRIP LIKELY TO JEOPARDIZE THE ATTAINMENT OF THE AIMS OF THE TREATY AND OF THE STEEL POLICY ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   DECISION NO 3060/79/ECSC IS HEREBY REPEALED .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .   THIS DECISION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 4 AUGUST 1980 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   ETIENNE DAVIGNON   MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION