EUR-Lex - 31972D0441 - EN

Article 1

Article 2 of Decision No 31-53 is amended to read as follows:

"All price lists and conditions of sale published shall contain the following information: (a) basic prices according to category of products, or basic prices for each grade and category of products;

(b) extras which are applied, indicating - extras for size and length,

• extras for grades and quality,

• quantity extras and rebates for each sample and/or for each specified order,

• tolerances not liable to surcharge,

• extras for reduced tolerances;

• also surcharges and increases normally applied in connection with delivery of the various products;

(c) place of delivery;

(d) method of quotation;

(e) costs in connection with method of shipment;

(f) where they are applied: - quantity rebates granted subsequently in respect of quantities actually 1OJ No 187, 24.12.1963, p. 2972/63. 2OJ No 297, 30.12.1972, p. 39.

supplied over a period of not less than one year;

• discounts, rebates, premiums or any other kind of benefit to dealers, selling agencies or users;

(g) terms of payment;

(h) nature and amount of taxes and other charges additional to the prices on the price lists, under the terms offered to purchasers;

(i) where the conditions which apply to the transaction relate to the price list in force on the day on which the order is placed and may be subject to revision: - the circumstances in which such revision may occur."

Article 3 of Decision No 31-53 is amended to read as follows:

"Price lists of an undertaking shall not contain prices for products which are not actually offered on the market by that undertaking."

Article 4 of Decision No 31-53 is amended to read as follows:

"1. (a) Price lists and conditions of sale shall apply not earlier than two clear days after they have been addressed to the Commission;

(b) Sellers shall, upon request, communicate them to anyone interested;

(c) The Commission may decide to publish such price lists and conditions of sale by means of a special publication.

1. Paragraph 1 shall apply equally to any amendment of price lists and conditions of sale."

Article 5

Articles 5 and 6 of Decision No 31-53 are renumbered 6 and 7 respectively.

Article 6

Article 7 of Decision No 31-53 is renumbered 8 and is amended to read as follows:

"Article 8

Undertakings in the steel industry need not publish their prices for the following products: 1. Steelmaking pig iron,

1. Single purpose steel sections,

1. Organically coated sheet steel (sheet steel plastic-coated or pre-lacquered),

1. Second class and off-grade products,

1. Steels of non-standard character containing less than 0 76 % of carbon, the chemical and mechanical properties of which are not of themselves sufficient to enable comparisons to be made between them;

1. Steels of like character, known as "physical" or "magnetic" steels, having certain electrical and magnetic properties."