Commission Decision No 2652/98/ECSC of 9 December 1998 fixing the rate of the levies for the 1999 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
10. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 335/49 COMMISSION DECISION No 2652/98/ECSC of 9 December 1998 fixing the rate of the levies for the 1999 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, in view of Whereas, 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 2618/97/ECSC (2), should be amended; Whereas the requirements of the European Coal and Steel Community are estimated in the operating budget for the 1999 financial year at EUR 196 million; whereas that budget, which was adopted by the Commission on 9 December 1998 in the form shown in the Annex to this Decision, indicates the amount of income to be provided from levies in the course of the financial year 1999, namely EUR 0 million; Whereas the estimated yield of the levies at a rate of 0,01 % is EUR 5,946 million, Decision No 3/52/ECSC is hereby amended as follows: Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 The average value in euro of the products on which the levies are assessed shall, from 1 January 1999, be as follows: Product Average value (EUR) Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal Hard coal of all categories 76,80 50,10 than that used for 177,35 Pig iron other making ingots Steel in ingots 274,85 458,08' 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 1999 shall be 0 % of the figures used as the basis of assessment for such levies. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1999. This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 December 1998. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission (1) OJ ECSC 1, 30. 12. 1952, p. 4. (2) OJ L 353, 24. 12. 1997, p. 20. L 335/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 12. 98 ANNEX ECSC OPERATING BUDGET FOR 1999 (million EUR) Requirements Resources 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) 3. Aid for research (Article 55) (1) 3. 1. Steel 3. 2. Coal 5,0 75,0 84,0 1. Current resources 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 28,0 4. Social measures — coal (Article 56) 32,0 2. Cancellation of commitments not likely to be implemented 3. Unused resources from previous year 4. Drawings on provision for financing ECSC budget 5. Exceptional resources 0,0 80,0 p. m. 5,0 57,0 p. m. 54,0 p. m. Total budget 196,0 Total budget 196,0 (1) 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)