CELEX: 31974D0133
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 February 1974 on the application by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of protective measures in respect of certain steel products in Chapter 73 of the Common Customs Tariff under Article 135 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties

No L 74/ 14                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                19 . 3 . 74
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 14 February 1974
              on the application by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
               Ireland of protective measures in respect of certain steel products in Chapter 73
              of the Common Customs Tariff under Article 135 of the Act concerning the
                         conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties
                                                      (74/ 133/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Member States may in no circumstances be more
COMMUNITIES,                                                    restrictive than that relating to third countries ;
                                                                Whereas the duration of applicability of the measure
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           provided for by this Decision must be limited to the
Economic Community ;                                            period strictly necessary to achieve the objectives set
                                                                out in Article 135 of the Act of Accession ;
Having regard to the Act concerning the Conditions
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties and            Whereas it is necessary that the Commission shall
in particular Article 135 ;                                     review the situation regularly so as to enable it to take,
                                                                as appropriate, suitable measures of alteration or revo­
                                                                cation ,
Having regard to the application of 8 February 1974
by the United Kingdom ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the events that have occured in the United
Kingdom since the last months of 1973 have brought
about a sharp fall in the production of coal and coke
such as to endanger normal supplies to the United                                        Article 1
Kingdom steel industry ; whereas the world energy
situation does not permit alternative sources of supply
to be found at short notice for the United Kingdom               The United Kingdom is authorized to establish in
steel industry ; whereas the Commission intends to               respect of certain steel products contained in Chapter
take appropriate measures in accordance with Article             73 of the Common Customs Tariff, of which a list is
37 of the ECSC Treaty in respect of those products               set out in the Annex, a licence system in order to :
 falling under that Treaty ;
                                                                 — limit exports of such products to third countries :
                                                                 — control and, in so far as is necessary, limit deliv­
Whereas these measures do not resolve the supply                      eries of such products to other Member States —
 problems in the sectors which use steel products not                 such regime however may in no circumstances be
 coming under the ECSC Treaty ; whereas in particular                 more restrictive, as far as each product - is
 the petroleum, automobile and construction sectors                   concerned, than that applied to exports to third
 are in danger therefore of being exposed to serious                  countries .
 supply difficulties which are likely to persist ;
 Whereas to diminish the consequences of this situa­                                     Article 2
 tion it is necessary to authorize the United Kingdom
 to take protective measures ;
                                                                  1 . The United Kingdom shall notify the Commis­
                                                                 sion immediately of those measures taken in applica­
                                                                 tion of Article 1 and shall inform the Commission
 Whereas to meet this situation the measure causing
 the least disturbance to the operation of the common             regularly concerning the application of such measures.
 market and contributing to a re-equilibrium of the
 situation is the control of exports and deliveries of the        2. The United Kingdom shall inform the Commis­
 steel products referred to above to third countries and         sion of the development of the situation in the sectors
 Member States by the introduction of a licence                  concerned with specific reference to the state of
 system ; whereas the regime to be applied to other              supplies of those products referred to in Article 1 .
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                       Article 3                                                 Article 5
1 . The Commission shall ensure that the provisions
of this Decision are applied, in particular with regard    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4, this
                                                           Decision shall remain in operation until 15 July 1974.
to the drawing-up and use of licences.
2. The Commission shall, as appropriate, adopt the
provisions necessary for the application of this Deci­                           Article 6
sion .
                                                           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                       Article 4
1.     The Commission may alter or revoke this Deci­
sion if it determines that the conditions which led to
its enactment have changed or that its effects prove to     Done at Strasbourg, 14 February 1974.
be more restrictive than its purpose requires, or
involve particularly serious consequences for all or
part of the Community.                                                              For the Commission
2. The Commission shall review the general situa­                                       The President
tion three months after the entry into force of this
Decision .                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                         ANNEX
                 CCT heading No                                   Description
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             73.02                Ferro-alloys :
                                  A. Ferro-manganese :
                                      II . Other
                                  B. Ferro-aluminium, ferro-silico-aluminium and ferro-silico-man­
                                      gane-aluminium
                                   O. Ferro-silicon
                                   D. Ferro-silico-manganese
                                   E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium :
                                        I. Ferro-chromium
                                       II . Ferro-silico-chromium
                                   F. Ferro-nickel
                                   G. Other
             73.04                 Shot and angular grit, of iron or steel, whether or not graded ;
                                   wire pellets of iron or steel
             73.05                Iron or steel powders ; sponge iron or steel :
                                   A. Iron or steel powders
             73.07                 Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of
                                   iron or steel ; pieces roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                   A. Blooms and billets :
                                       II . Forged
                                   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
                                       II. Forged
                                   C. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
             73.10                Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or steel, hot-rolled,
                                  forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished (including precision­
                                   made) ; hollow mining drill steel :
                                   B. Not further worked than forged
                                   C. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                                   D. Clad or surface-worked ( for example, polished , coated ) :
                                        I. Not further worked than clad :
                                            b) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                                       II . Other
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                CCT heading No                                      Description
                      1                                                 2
            73.11               Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged,
                                extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or
                                steel , whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled
                                elements :
                                A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                                     II. Not further worked than forged
                                    III. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                                    IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated) :
                                          a ) Not further worked than clad :
                                              2 . Cold-formed or cold-finished
                                          b ) Other
            73.12               Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                                B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                                    II . Other
                                C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                       I. Silvered, gilded or platinum-plated
                                     II . Enamelled
                                    III . Tinned :
                                          b) Other
                                    IV . Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                                     V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized,
                                          lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, prin­
                                          ted ) :
                                          a ) Not further worked than clad :
                                              2. Cold-rolled
                                          b ) Other
            73.13               Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                                B. Other sheets and plates :
                                     II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                                          a ) 3 mm or more
                                    IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                          a) Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled
                                     V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                          a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not
                                              further worked :
                                              1 . Silvered, gilded, platinunnplated or enamelled
                                          b) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling
            73.14               Iron or steel wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated
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                CCT heading No                                     Description
                      1                                                2
            73.15               Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading
                                Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
                                A. High carbon steel :
                                       I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                                           a ) Forged
                                      II. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
                                      V. Bars and rods ( including wire rod) and hollow mining
                                           drill steel ; angles, shapes and sections :
                                           a) Not further worked than forged
                                           c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                                           d) Clad      or   surface-worked     (for    example, polished,
                                               coated) :
                                               1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                   bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                                               2 . Other
                                     VI. Hoop and strip :
                                           b ) Not further worked than cold-rolled
                                           c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                               1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                   bb ) Cold-rolled
                                               2 . Other
                                           d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated ,
                                               chamfered , lap-jointed )
                                     VII . Sheets and plates :
                                           b ) Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                                               1 . 3 mm or more
                                           d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                               2. Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling
                                    VIII . Wire, whether or not coated , but not insulated
                                B. Alloy steel :
                                       I. Ingots , blooms , billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                                           a ) Forged
                                       H. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
                                       V. Bars and rods ( including wire rod) and hollow mining
                                           drill steel ; angles , shapes and sections :
                                           a) Not further worked than forged
                                           c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                                           d ) Clad     or   surface-worked     ( for   example, polished,
                                               coated ) :
                                               1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                   bb ) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                                               2 . Other
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                 CCT heading No                                   Description
                        1                                             2
            73.15                       VI. Hoop and strip :
             f continued.)
                                            b ) Not further worked than cold-rolled
                                            c) Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                                1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                                    bb) Cold-rolled
                                                2 . Other
                                            d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated,
                                                chamfered, lap-jointed
                                      VII. Sheets and plates :
                                            b ) Other sheets and plates :
                                                2. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness
                                                    of :
                                                    aa) 3 mm or more
                                                4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                                    fob) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by
                                                         rolling
                                     VIII. Wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated
            73.16                Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel,
                                 the following : rails, check-rails, switch blades, crossings (or
                                 frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates,
                                 chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates,
                                 ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails :
                                 A. Rails :
                                     I. Current-conducting, with parts of non-ferrous metal
                                 D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                                     II. Other
                                 E. Other
            73.17                tubes and pipes, of cast iron
            73.18                Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast
                                 iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits :
                                 A. Straight and1 of uniform wall-thickness, unworked, seamless, of
                                     circular cross-section, solely for the manufacture of tubes and
                                     pipes with other cross-sections and wall-thicknesses (a)
                                 B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness, other than those falling
                                     in A above, of a maximum length of 4-50 m, of alloy steel
                                     containing by weight not less than 0-90 °/o but not more than
                                     1*15 °/o of carbon, not less than 0-50% but not more than 2 %
                                     of chromium and not more than 0*50 °/o of molybdenum
                                 C. Other
            73.19'               High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel, whether or not
                                reinforced
            73.20                Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions and
                                flanges), of iron or steel