EUR-Lex - 31959S0005 - EN

Article 1

1. Until further notice, coal undertakings may, on application, postpone payment of the levy on their chargeable products in stock after 31 December 1957 where total quantities in stock exceed the stock held at 31 December 1957. In determining quantities in stock, hard coal, coke derived from hard coal and hard coal briquettes except schlamms shall be taken into consideration. Coke derived from hard coal shall be converted into its hard coal equivalent in the ratio of 1:1.33.

1. Where payment has been postponed, no interest shall be collected until the due dates.

1. Where payment has been postponed, amounts already paid shall be refunded on request.

Article 2

Payment of the levy on quantities which have been withdrawn from stock shall fall due on the twenty-fifth day of the following month.

Article 3

Applications for postponement of payment of the levy on products in stock up to 31 January 1959 should reach the Levy Office of the High Authority not later than 30 April 1959. Applications should give details of tonnage in stock at 31 December 1957 and at 31 January 1959.

Article 4

1. Application for postponement of payment of the levy on products in stock after 31 January 1959 should reach the Levy Office of the High Authority by the twentieth day of each month for the preceding month, starting 20 March 1959. Applications should state: - the quantities in stock on the last day of the preceding month;

• the quantities in stock on the last day of the penultimate month.

1. The amount in respect of which application for postponement of payment is made may be deducted by the undertaking from the amount of the levy due by it on the twenty-fifth day of the same month.

Article 5

1. So long as payment of the amount of the levy due is postponed in pursuance of this Decision, the undertaking shall, on the twentieth day of each month, declare to the Levy Office of the High Authority the quantities in stock on the last day of the preceding month.

1. Where such declaration is not available, the High Authority may consider the goods involved as having been withdrawn from stock within the meaning of Article 2.

Article 6

The penalties provided for in the third paragraph of Article 47 of the Treaty shall be imposed in case of false declaration.

Article 7

This Decision shall enter into force in the Community on 1 February 1959.

This Decision was considered and adopted by the High Authority at its meeting held on 21 January 1959.

For the High Authority

The President

Paul FINET