CELEX: 31976D0069
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 December 1975 derogating from High Authority recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (seventy-fourth derogation)

No L 12/ 16                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21 . 1 . 76
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 23 December 1975
                  derogating from High Authority recommendation 1 /64 concerning an increase
                  in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the
                                                                   Community
                                                           ( seventy-fourth derogation )
                                                      (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                                   (76/69/ ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                               increase in the protective duty at the external frontiers
COMMUNITIES,                                                                 of the Community ; whereas, furthermore, such tariff
                                                                             measures help to maintain existing trade flows
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        between the Member States and third countries ;
Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles
2 to 5 , 8 , 71 and 74 thereof,                                              Whereas these are special cases in the commercial
Having regard to High Authority recommendation                               policy field justifying the authorization of derogations
1 / 64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the                          pursuant to Article 3 of recommendation 1 /64 ;
Member States concerning an increase in the protec­
                                                                             Whereas provision should be made to ensure that the
tive duty on iron and steel products at the external
frontiers of the Community ('), and in particular                            quota granted will be used solely to supply the needs
Article 3 thereof,                                                           of industries in the importing country and that re-ex­
                                                                             portation in the unaltered state to other Member
Having regard to the request made on 27 November                             States of imported iron and steel products will be
 1975 by the Federal Republic of Germany for authori­                        prevented ;
zation to receive a quota of 200 metric tons of 'elec­
trical ' sheets and plates falling within tariff                             Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany should
subheading ex 73.15 B VII a) 1 from third countries                          accordingly be authorized to open a quota for the
in addition to the right to import free of duty 1 300                        tonnage requested for which duties will be
metric tons of the same product granted by the                               suspended ;
Commission Decision of 17 July 1 975 (J ),
                                                                             Whereas the Governments of the Member States have
Having regard to the approval of this request given on                       been consulted on the tariff quota specified above,
 15 December 1975 by the representatives of the
Governments of the Member States meeting within
the Council ,
                                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany states that
German transformer manufacturers require increased
                                                                                                      Article 1
supplies of the product in question ; whereas the
quota of 1 300 metric tons already granted by the
 Commission Decision of 17 July 1975 has now been                            The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany
exhausted ; whereas the manufacturers of this product                        is hereby authorized to derogate from the obligations
 in the Community is still at the experimental stage ;                       arising under Article 1 of High Authority recommen­
whereas the additional supplies can therefore be                             dation 1 / 64 of 15 January 1964 to the extent neces­
 secured only through imports from third countries ;                         sary to introduce , in respect of imports from third
                                                                             countries of the iron and steel product set out below, a
 Whereas this tariff quota is not likely to jeopardize the                   suspension of duties up to the quantity indicated in
objectives of recommendation 1 / 64 concerning an                             respect of this product :
 ( 1 ) O | No 8 , 22 . I. 1964 , p . 99 / 64 .
 ( : ) O'l No I. 212 , 9 . S. 1975 , p . 29 .
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                    CCT heading                                                                    Quota      Duty
                                                          Description of goods
                        No                                                                     ( metric tons) (%)
            ex 73.15 B VII a) 1        'Electrical' sheets and plates of allied steel , grain-
                                       oriented, highly permeable, with a watt-loss of
                                        1-23 watts or less per kg for a thickness of 0-30
                                       mm , or of 126 watts or less per kg for a thickness
                                       of 0-35 mm , measured at 17 000 gauss and 50 Hz              200        0
                                                           Article 2
            1.    The Federal Republic of Germany shall ensure, in liaison with the Commission , that
            such a tariff quota is apportioned among third countries on a non-discriminatory basis .
            2.    It shall take all necessary steps to preclude the possibility of iron and steel products
            imported under said tariff quota being re-exported to other Member States in the same
            state as that in which they were imported .
                                                           Article J
            This Decision shall remain in force until 31 December 1975 .
            This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
            Done at Brussels, 23 December 1975 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Member of the Commission