CELEX: 31955S0031
Language: en
Date: 1955-11-19 00:00:00
Title: ECSC High Authority: Decision No 31/55 of 19 November 1955 amending and supplementing Decision No 2/52 of 23 December 1952 determining the mode of assessment and collection of the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty

Official Journal of the European Communities                                         37
906                              EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY                                              28.11.55
                                               DECISION No 31-55
                                               of 19 November 1955
             amending and supplementing Decision No 2-52 of 23 December .1952 determining the
             mode of assessment and collection of the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the
                                                         Treaty
THE HIGH AUTHORITY,                                                 'Article 4
Having regard to Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty ;                 1.    Levies shall be payable by each undertaking
                                                                    on the tonnage of its chargeable production. This
Having regard to Decision No 2-52 of 23 December                    tonnage shall be declared monthly by the under­
1952 determining the mode of assessment and collec­                 taking; failing this, the chargeable tonnage and
tion of the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50               the corresponding amount of the levy shall be de­
of the Treaty (Official Journal of the Community of                 termined by the High Authority. The levy shall
30 December 1952, p. 3 );                                           not be collected if the undertaking has declared
                                                                    its monthly output and the amount of the levy ac­
Whereas experience has shown that, for reasons of                   tually payable is less than 40 EPU units of ac­
economy and to simplify' administration, collection of              count. This limit may be reduced by decision of
the levy should be waived where the amounts con­                    the High Authority.'
cerned are insignificant;
Whereas by the same token, if an undertaking fails to                                   Article 2
make returns, the High Authority itself should be
able to determine the chargeable tonnage and the               This Decision shall apply to the levies on output ob­
corresponding amount of levy;                                   tained from 1 December 1955 on .
After consulting the Council ;
                                                               This Decision was considered and adopted by the
                                                               High Authority at its meeting on 19 November 1955 .
DECIDES :
                       Article 1                                                                For the High Authority
                                                                                                     The President
The following shall be substituted for Article 4 ( 1 ) of
Decision No 2-52 :                                                                                    Rene MAYER