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Article 1 of Decision No 3-52 shall read as follows:

‘The rate of levies assessed on production shall, from 1 July 1957, be fixed at 0,35 % of the values used for the assessment of levies.’

Article 2 of Decision No 3-52 shall read as follows:

‘The average value of the products on which the levies are assessed shall, from 1 July 1957, be fixed as follows in units of account of the European Payments Union:

Products

Average value

Brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal

6,3

Hard coal of all categories

12,8

Pig iron other than that used for making ingots

71,6

Basic Bessemer steel in ingots

68,6

Steel in ingots other than basic Bessemer steel

91,0

Finished products and end products in basic Bessemer steel

114,3

Other finished products and end products in iron or steel

151,7’

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force in the Community on 1 July 1957.

This Decision was considered and adopted by the High Authority at its meeting on 17 April 1957.

For the High Authority

The President

René MAYER

(1) For the purpose of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article, the levy fixed above must be applied to tonnage of brown coal briquettes and semi-coke derived from brown coal less 3 %.

(2) For the purpose of the deductions provided for in the preceding Article, the levy fixed above must be applied to tonnage of hard coal as defined in Article 1 of Decision 2-52 less 12 %.