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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 209 , 17 . 8 . 1977 , P . 18 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 352 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , P . 15 .

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION NO 962/78/ECSC

OF 12 MAY 1978

TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY AMENDING THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO RECOMMENDATIONS 77/330/ECSC AND 77/518/ECSC , AS LAST AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/808/ECSC , ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORT INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES OF CERTAIN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY

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 ), AS AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/518/ECSC OF 28 JULY 1977 ( 2 ), AND AS LAST AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/808/ECSC OF 23 DECEMBER 1977 ( 3 ), THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORT INTO 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 FROM THIRD COUNTRIES OF SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS , WHICH INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN QUANTITY DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF 1978 AND WHICH , THROUGH THEIR PRICE LEVEL , CONTRIBUTED TO THE DETERIORATION IN THE LEVEL OF INTERNAL PRICES ;

WHEREAS THIS CRITICAL TREND IS CONTINUING ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , THE COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE ESTABLISHED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC , AS AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/518/ECSC , AND AS LAST AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/808/ECSC , SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO IMPORTS OF SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND THE LATTER SHOULD THEREFORE BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO THE SAID RECOMMENDATION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ANNEXED TO RECOMMENDATION 77/330/ECSC , AS AMENDED BY RECOMMENDATION 77/518/ECSC :

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73.07 A I // BLOOMS AND BILLETS ( * ) //

73.07 B I // SLABS AND SHEET BARS ( * ) //

73.15 A I B ) 2 // HIGH CARBON STEEL BLOOMS , BILLETS , SLABS AND SHEET BARS ( * ) //

73.15 B I B ) 2 // ALLOY STEEL BLOOMS , BILLETS , SLABS AND SHEET BARS ( * ) //

( * ) INCLUSIVE THE SAME PRODUCTS OBTAINED BY CONTINUOUS CASTING .

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 FOR EACH MEMBER STATE ON THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 MAY 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION