CELEX: 31976D0674
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 July 1976 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 (81st derogation)

21 . 8 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 231 /7
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 July 1976
               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
                                                       (81st derogation)
                                                        (76/674/ ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     from the minimum rates, such derogations to be made
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     by a Commission Decision ; whereas such a special
                                                                  commercial policy situation arises from the conclu­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            sion of trade agreements or from the adoption of auto­
 Coal and Steel Community,                                        nomous decisions implementing on the prescribed
 Having regard to High Authority recommendation                   date the provisions thereof relating to tariffs,
 1 /64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the
Member States concerning an increase in the protec­                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 tive duty on iron and steel products at the external
 frontiers of the Community ( ! ), and in particular                                     A rticle 1
Article 3 thereof,
Whereas by the Decisions of 29 June 1976, the repre­              The Member States are authorized to derogate from
sentatives of the Governments of the Member States                the obligations arising under High Authority recom­
of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting                  mendation 1 /64 to the extent necessary for the appli­
within the Council decided in agreement with the                  cation of the suspension, pursuant to the Decisions of
Commission to suspend autonomously, for a period                  29 Junp 1976 of the representatives of the Govern­
commencing on 1 July 1976 and continuing until 30                 ments of the Member States of theiEuropean Coal and
June 1977 at the latest, the import duties on products            Steel Community meeting within the Council, of the
covered by the Treaty originating in the People's                 duties on imported iron and steel products originating
Democratic Republic of Algeria, in the Kingdom of                 in the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, in the
Morocco, and in the Republic of Tunisia ;                         Kingdom of Morocco, and in the Republic of Tunisia,
                                                                  as specified in the Agreements signed with these coun­
Whereas Agreements between the Member States of                   tries on 26 April 1976, 27 April 1976 and 25 April
the European Coal and Steel Community and the                      1976 respectively.
countries mentioned above were signed on 26 April
 1976, 27 April 1976, and 25 April 1976 respectively ;                                   Article 2
Whereas the purpose of the Decisions mentioned                    This Decision shall apply in respect of products origi­
above was to implement with effect from the date orig­            nating in each of the abovementioued third countries
inally envisaged the tariff suspensions resulting from            until the entry into force of the Agreement signed
these Agreements ;                                                with that country, or until 30 June 1977, whichever is
                                                                  the sooner.
Whereas notification of completion of the procedures
required to bring these Agreements into force has in
                                                                                         Article 3
fact not yet been made ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas the products affected include pig-iron, high
carbon ferro-manganese and the iron and steel
products falling within Chapter 73 of the Customs
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 19 July 1976 .
Tariff, for which minimum duties were established by
High Authority recommendation 1 / 64 and by the
                                                                                           For the Commission
instruments amending it ; whereas, however, in
respect of special cases, such as where commercial                                          Christopher SOAMES
policy or customs procedure so requires, Article 3 of
the recommendation makes provision for derogations                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No 8 , 22. 1 . 1964, p. 99 /64.