Commission Decision No 2787/1999/ECSC of 8 December 1999 fixing the rate of the levies for the 2000 financial year and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty
L 336/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 12. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION No 2787/1999/ECSC of 8 December 1999 fixing the rate of the levies for the 2000 financial year and amending Decision No 3/52/ECSC on the amount of and methods for applying the levies provided for in Articles 49 and 50 of the Treaty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles 49 and 50 thereof, Decision No 3/52/ECSC is hereby amended as follows: Article 2 is replaced by the following: (1) Whereas, in view of the variations in average values recorded during the reference period, Article 2 of Decision No 3/52/ECSC of the High Authority (1), as last amended by Commission Decision No 2652/98/ ECSC (2), should be amended; (2) Whereas the requirements of the European Coal and Steel Community are estimated in the operating budget for the 2000 financial year at EUR 178 million; whereas that budget, which was adopted by the Commission on 8 December 1999 in the form shown in the Annex to indicates the amount of income to be this Decision, provided from levies in the course of the financial year 2000, namely EUR 0 million; (3) Whereas the estimated yield of the levies at a rate of 0,01 % is EUR 5,163 million, ‘Article 2 The average value in euro of the products on which the levies are assessed shall, from 1 January 2000, be as follows: Product Average value (EUR) Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal Hard coal of all categories 71,56 48,93 than that used for 182,90 Pig iron other making ingots Steel in ingots 242,39 403,98’ HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Finished products and end products of iron and steel as described in Annex I to the Treaty The rate of the levies on output from 1 January 2000 shall be 0 % of the figures used as the basis of assessment for such levies. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2000. Article 3 This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 December 1999. For the Commission Michaele SCHREYER Member of the Commission (1) OJ ECSC 1, 30. 12. 1952, p. 4. (2) OJ L 335, 10. 12. 1998, p. 49. 29. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 336/7 ANNEX ECSC OPERATING BUDGET FOR 2000 Requirements Resources (million EUR) Operations to be financed from resources for the financial year (non-repayable) Forecast Resources for the financial year Forecast 1. Administrative expenditure 2. Aid for redeployment (Article 56) (1) 3. Aid for research (Article 55) (2) 3. 1 Steel 3. 2 Coal 5,0 1. Current resources 61,0 81,0 1. 1 Yield from levy at a rate of 0,00 % 1. 2 Net balance 1. 3 Fines and surcharges for late payment 1. 4 Miscellaneous 56,0 25,0 4. Social measures — coal (Article 56) 31,0 2. Cancellation of commitments not likely to be imple- mented 3. Drawings on provision for financing ECSC budget p. m. 54,0 p. m. 4,0 37,0 83,0 Total budget 178,0 Total budget 178,0 (1) The indicative breakdown for aid for redeployment is EUR 34 million for coalworkers and EUR 27 million for steelworkers. (2) Including projects with an impact on technical measures to combat harmful effects at the workplace and around steel plants (indicative amount of EUR 4 million), industrial hygiene and mine safety (indicative amount of EUR 3 million)