CELEX: 51976PC0207
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-13
Title: Draft COMMISSION DECISION ECSC amending Decision 2/52 of 23 December 1952 determining the mode of assessment and collection of the levies provided for in Article 49 50 of the Treaty

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COM (76) 207
Vol. 1976/0071
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                                         .          COM(76)207 final.
                                                    Brussels . 13 May 1976 *
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                                       Draft
                            COMMISSION DECISION ECSC
           amending Decision 2/52 of 23 December 1952 determining
  the mode of assessment and collection of the levies provided for
                    in Article 49       50 of the Treaty
   CC;.T ( 76 ) 207 final .
 ---pagebreak--- Explanatory Memorandum
        The purpose of the draft deoision appended hereto is to empower the Com–
 miGBion , insofar as it exercises the powers conferred on the High Authority
by the ;3CSC Treaty , to adopt figures lower than these actually recorded when
 it determines the average values on vihich the calculation of the scale of ECvC
 levies is based .                  .
        This power is conferred on the Commission by Article 3 of Decision
N° 2/52 , as amended by Decision n° 2691 /72 /ECSC of 18 December 1572.
        The text reads as follovs :
             " However , che High Authority in the light of changes in market con­
               ditions , can restrict modif ioations made to the scale in compari­
               son with the previous scale in such a way that they do not exceed
               15 c/c of the values previously recorded" .
        In the price-inflation situation ©f the past few years , this provision
has denied the Commission any possibility of exercising the power of restric­
tion in question . Inflation itself has sometimes led t® prices increases of the
same order as the 15'£ ceiling .
                            I
        To enable the Commission to take account of major changes in trends when
it determines- the average values UBed to fix the scale , Article '3 of Decision N°
2/52 should be amended and the restrictive ceiling abolished.
        This is the purpose of the attached draft decision .
        The draft decision is submitted to the Council for consultation under to
Article 50 ( 2 ) of the Paris Treaty .
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                                          Draft
                             COMMISSION DECISION ECSC
                  amending Decision 2/52 of 23 December 1952 determining
              the mode of assessment and collection of the levies provided for
                             in Articles 49          50 of the treaty
    THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,,
     Having regard to Articles 49             50 °f the Treaty establishing the European
     Coal and Steel Community , and in particular Articles 49 fcnd- 50 thereof,
     Having consulted the Council ,
    Whereas , in order to enable the Commission to take into aocount major ohanges
    in the average values used to fix the scale, Artiole 3 of Seal si on 2/52 should
    be amended ,
    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                        Article 1
    Artiole 3 of Decision 2/52 determining the mode of assessment and collection
     of the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty^ \ as last
    amended by Deoision 269l/72/ECSC^\ is hereby amended to read as follows I
           " Article 3
             The High Authority shall fix the scale annually , taking into
             account variations in the average value of the products in com­
             parison with the values previously recorded .
             However , the High Authority may restrict an increase in the
             scale for one finanoial year if ourrent market trends point
             to a sharp fall in average values for the following financial
             year . M                            I
                                        Article 2
    This Decision shall apply to the fixing of average values foj* the purpose
     of calculating the levies to be charged on ooal and steel products as from
     1 January 1977 *
    Done at Brussels , .......                1976
                                                     For the Commission
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   ( 1 ) OJ No.1 , 30.12.1952 , p. 3 .
   ( 2 ) OJ No . L 286 , 23.12 . 1972, p. 3             The President