CELEX: 31974R0293
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 293/74 of the Council of 30 January 1974 on information for the establishment of comprehensive energy balance sheets for the Community

5 . 2. 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 32/ 1
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                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 293/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 30 January 1974
                on information for the establishment of comprehensive energy balance sheets
                                                   for the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                              C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff
COMMUNITIES,                                                             together with indication of country of origin ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               (c) exports of refined products to third countries
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 5                         falling within subheading Nos 27.10 A, B, C I
                                                                         and C II of the Common Customs Tariff with
and 213 thereof ;
                                                                         indication of the recipient country ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 (d) deliveries of refined products to other Member
                                                                         States falling within subheading Nos 27.10 A,
Whereas the present situation requires that, on a                        B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff
temporary basis, the principal data on the energy                        with indication of the recipient country ;
supply situation in each Member State, and in the
Community as a whole, should be rapidly available in                (e) arrivals of refined products from other Member
precise and homogeneous form ;                                           States falling within subheading Nos 27.10 A,
                                                                         B, C I and C II of the Common Customs
Whereas pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Tariff, with indication of country of origin ;
1055/72 (1) of 18 May 1972 on notifying the Commis­
sion of imports of crude oil and natural gas, the                   (f) the situation regarding stocks held by Member
Member States provide the Commission with certain                        States pursuant to the Council Directive (2) of
information on imports of crude oil and natural gas,                     20 December 1968, imposing an obligation on
                                                                         Member      States of   the  EEC   to  maintain
and whereas Article 3 of this Regulation empowers
the Commission to obtain this information within                         minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum
shorter time limits or for other periods of time ;                       products.
Whereas it is desirable to ensure that the obligations          2. Natural gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
provided for in this Regulation, as well as the confi­
dential nature of the data collected shall be respected,            (a) production of natural gas ;
                                                                    (b) exports to third countries of natural gas falling
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                         within subheading No 27.1 1 B of the Common
                                                                         Customs Tariff, with indication of recipient
                                                                         country ;
                           Article 1
                                                                    (c) deliveries of natural gas to other Member States
                                                                         falling within subheading No 27.11 B of the
The Member States shall communicate the following                        Common Customs Tariff, with indication of
information concerning the energy supply situation to                    the recipient country ;
the Commission, for the periods laid down in Article
2 :                                                                 (d) arrivals of natural gas from other Member States
                                                                         falling within subheading No 27.11 B of the
 1 . Crude oil and petroleum products :                                  Common Customs Tariff, with indication of
     (a) production of crude oil ;                                       country of origin ;
     (b) imports of refined products from third coun­               (e) levels of stocks of natural gas and other gaseous
         tries falling within subheading Nos 27.10 A, B,                 hydrocarbons.
(!) OJ No L 120, 25. 5. 1972, p. 3.                             (2) OJ No L 308, 23 . 12. 1968, p. 14.
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3. Electricity and fuels for power stations :                                         Article 5
   (a) production and consumption :                          The     Commission     shall   transmit  the information
       — gross and net production of electricity for          communicated pursuant to Article 1 to the Member
           public services and production undertak­           States, as soon as possible, and shall organize the
           ings, on the basis of the following sources        necessary consultations.
           of energy : coal, petrol, natural gas, derived
           gases, lignite, nuclear and hydraulic power,                               Article 6
       — corresponding fuel consumption by ordi­
           nary thermal power stations ;                      1.    Information forwarded pursuant to this Regula­
   (b) trade in electrical energy :                           tion shall be treated as confidential .
       — deliveries to other Member States, with indi­        2. Persons who are participating or have partici­
           cation of recipient country,                       pated in the collection and preparation of the informa­
       — arrivals from other Member States, with indi­        tion referred to in this Regulation shall be bound not
           cation of country of origin ;                      to divulge the specific data or any other specific infor­
       — deliveries to third countries, with indication       mation which may have come to their knowledge in
           of recipient country,                              or during the exercise of their duties.
       — arrivals from third countries, with indica­          3.    The   confidential    nature  of  the information
           tion of country of origin ;                        referred to in paragraph 1 above shall not prevent the
   (c) stocks of fuel at power stations :                     publication of general information or of summaries in
       — coal,                                                a form such that information concerning persons and
       — liquid petroleum products.                           undertakings cannot be individually identified.
                         Article 2                                                    Article 7
The information referred to in Article 1 shall be             The Member States shall adopt appropriate provisions
communicated to the Commission at quarterly inter­            to ensure observance of the obligations arising under
vals. Figures shall be communicated for the first time        Articles 4 and 6.
on 10 January 1974 for the previous quarter and for
forecasts for the current quarter.                                                    Article 8
                         Article 3                            The Commission shall submit to the Council by the
                                                              end of February 1974 a proposal for an amendment to
The Commission shall decide upon detailed rules for
the communications defined in Article 1 .                     this Regulation .
                         Article 4                                                    Article 9
In order to fulfil the obligation laid down in Article 1 ,    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
all persons and undertakings concerned must transmit          publication in the Official Journal of the European
the necessary information to their national authorities.       Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 January 1974.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                             W. SCHEEL