CELEX: 31974D0342
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 June 1974 amending Commission Decision No 74/133/EEC of 14 February 1974 on the application by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of protective measures in respect of certain iron and 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

12 . 7 . 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 189 /21
                                               COMMISSION DECISION ,
                                                      of 19 June 1974
              amending Commission Decision No 74/133/EEC of 14 February 1974 on the application
              by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of protective measures in
              respect of certain iron arid 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
                                                       (74/342/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   disturbing the operation of the common market than
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    by the measures authorized by the Commission in its
                                                                 Decision of 14 February 1974, to deal with the diffi­
                                                                 culties caused by the suspension of coal production ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to the Act concerning the Conditions               Whereas the Commission considers that, therefore, the
of Accession and the Amendments to the Treaties,                 Decision of 14 February 1974 should be amended;
and in particular Article 135 thereof;                           whereas nevertheless protective measures causing less
                                                                 disturbance to the functioning of the common market
                                                                 are called for to enable the United Kingdom iron and
Having regard to Commission Decision No 74/ 133/-                steel industry to regain a satisfactory level of pro­
EEC ( 1 ) of 14 February 1974, and in particular Article         duction ;
4 thereof;
Having regard to the application of 18 June 1974
by the United Kingdom ;                                          Whereas the period of time during which the measures
                                                                 covered by this Decision are in force must be limited
                                                                 to that strictly required to attain the objects of
Whereas as a result of the events which took place in            Article 135 of the Accession Treaty,
the United Kingdom at the end of 1973 and the be­
ginning of 1974, which led the Commission to take
Decision No 74/ 134/ECSC (2) of 18 February 1974
in respect of certain coal and steel products referred
to in Article 81 of the Treaty establishing the Euro­            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
pean Coal and Steel Community, the British coal,
iron and steel production remains markedly below
normal levels ; whereas it is not possible to find at
short notice alternative sources of supply;                                              Article 1
Whereas the Commission intends to amend the above­
                                                                 Article 1 of Commission Decision No 74/ 133 /EEC
mentioned Commission Decision No 74/ 134/ECSC in
                                                                 of 14 February 1974 is deleted and the following is
so far as it concerns products covered by the ECSC               substituted :
Treaty ;
                                                                     ' 1 . The United Kingdom is authorized to set up
Whereas these measures do not resolve the supply                     an " Open General Export Licence" system
problems in the sectors which are major consumers                    covering certain iron and steel products con­
of steel products not coming under the ECSC Treaty;                  tained in Chapter 73 of the Common Customs
whereas these sectors are in danger therefore of being               Tariff, of which a list is set out in the Annex .
exposed to serious supply difficulties which are likely
to persist ;
                                                                     2. After the entry into operation of this Decision,
                                                                     the United Kingdom, may after consultation with
Whereas it now appears that it is possible to diminish               the Commission introduce a licence system in
the consequences of the situation by measures less                   order to :
0) OJ No L 74, 19. 3 . 1974, p. 14.                                  — limit exports of such products to third
(2) OJ No L 74, 19. 3 . 1974, p. 20.                                       countries ;
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   — control and, in so far as is necessary, limit                'Without prejudice to the application of Article 4,
        deliveries of such products , to other Member             this Decision shall remain in operation until 1
        States - such regime however may in no cir­               October 1974.'
        cumstances be more restrictive, as far as each
        product is concerned, than that applied to
        exports to third countries.                                                   Article 3
   3 . The British Government shall ensure that the            This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1974.
    application of the measures authorized will entail
    no greater restriction on the free movement of
                                                                                      Article 4
    goods than is strictly necessary to attain the object
    of these measures, and will in particular further a
    significant increase of exports to other Member            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
    States .'
                                                               Done at Brussels, 19 June 1974.
                         Article 2                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                                The President
Article 5 of Decision No 74/ 133 /EEC of 14 February
1974 is deleted and the following is substituted :                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI