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Article 1

1. The Governments of the Member States shall adopt all appropriate general or special measures to ensure that the scales, rates and all other tariff rules of every kind applied to the carriage of coal and steel within each Member State and between the Member States are published or brought to the knowledge of the High Authority to such extent and in such manner and form as to: (a) ensure that transport undertakings apply scales, rates and all other tariff rules of every kind which afford comparable price conditions to comparably placed consumers (Article 4 (b) and the first and second paragraphs of Article 70 of the Treaty);

(b) permit the implementation of measures adopted for the purpose of establishing through international tariffs and harmonising rates and conditions of carriage (first paragraph of Article 70 of the Treaty and third paragraph of Article 10 of the Convention on the Transitional Provisions).

1. The measures adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be such as to promote the proper functioning of the common market as laid down in the Treaty, particularly in Articles 2 to 5 and 60, and in the Decisions of the High Authority implementing those Articles.

Article 2

The Governments of the Member States shall adopt all such general or special measures as may be appropriate in order to ensure that a check be kept on compliance with existing laws and regulations and with those which may be adopted in pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 1, and that sanctions be applied in cases of breach.

Article 3

The measures adopted pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 shall cover all modes of transport. However, account may be taken of the individual characteristics of the various modes of transport.

Article 4

1. The Governments of the Member States shall adopt the measures referred to in Articles 1 and 2 by 31 December 1961 at the latest. Should it be necessary under any national law to enact legislation, or to adopt some other lengthy procedure, in order to put these measures into effect, such procedures shall be initiated by that same date at the latest.

1. The Governments of Member States shall communicate to the High Authority by 31 October 1961 at the latest the content of their proposed measures.

Article 5

This Recommendation shall be communicated to the Governments of the Member States and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Recommendation was discussed and adopted by the High Authority during its session held on 1 March 1961.

For the High Authority

The President

Piero MALVESTITI