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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

OF 28 JULY 1977

TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY AMENDING THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES

( 77/518/ECSC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 74 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , BY RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC OF 15 APRIL 1977 ( 1 ) , THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE ECSC TREATY IN ORDER TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS AND TO ENSURE THAT SUCH IMPORTS OR THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE EFFECTED DO NOT SERIOUSLY THREATEN COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ;

WHEREAS THIS SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT EXTEND TO IMPORTS OF HIGH CARBON FERRO-MANGANESE ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES , THE PRICE OF WHICH INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN 1976 AND CONTRIBUTED TO BRINGING DOWN INTERNAL PRICES ;

WHEREAS THIS CRITICAL TREND IS CONTINUING ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , THE COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE ESTABLISHED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO IMPORTS OF HIGH CARBON FERRO-MANGANESE , AND HIGH CARBON FERRO-MANGANESE SHOULD THEREFORE BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO THE SAID RECOMMENDATION ,

MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC :

CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION OF GOODS*

73.02 A I*FERRO-MANGANESE CONTAINING MORE THAN 2 % BY WEIGHT OF CARBON ( HIGH CARBON FERRO-MANGANESE ) *

ARTICLE 2

THIS RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE NOTIFIED TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AND PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE IN RESPECT OF EACH MEMBER STATE WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 JULY 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 114 , 5 . 5 . 1977 , P . 15 .