No L 194/30 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION DECISION of 25 June 1987 derogating from High Authority Recommendation No 1-64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external fron- tiers of the Community (126th derogation) (Only the Danish text is authentic) (87/360/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles 2 to 5, 8, 71 and 74 thereof, Having regard to High Authority Recommendation No 1-64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (*), as last amended by Recommendation 81/772/ECSC (3, and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas Denmark has shown the existence of excep- tional and temporary difficulties in supplying its transfor- ming industry on the Community market with special sheet for the manufacture of preserved-food cans; whereas such difficulties should have disappeared by the end of 1987; Whereas the Danish Government has accordingly requested the Commission to authorize from 1 January to 31 December 1987 duty-free imports from third countries of the required amount of special sheet needed; Whereas this exceptional importation is justified for the reasons of commercial policy provided for in Article 3 of the said Recommendation No 1-64; whereas the Commission may therefore grant a derogation from the said Recommendation ; Whereas the Governments of the Member States have been consulted on the abovementioned request, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Denmark is hereby authorized to derogate from the obli- gations under Article 1 of Recommendation No 1-64 to () OJ No 8, 22. 1. 1964, p. 99/64. () OJ No L 285, 7. 10. 1981, p. 33. the extent necessary to import duty-free from third coun- tries 3 000 tonnes of cold-rolled non-alloyed steel plate of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm, electrolytically plated or coated on both sides with a layer of not more than 0,05 micrometres of metallic chromium of not less than 70 mg/m? but not more than 130 mg/m? and of chromium oxide containing not less than 10 mg/m? but not more than 25 mg/m? chromium. The product in question falls within subheading ex 73.13 B IV d) of the Common Customs Tariff. Article 2 The Danish Government shall take all necessary steps to avoid the possibility of products imported under the tariff quota being re-exported to other Member States in the same state as that in which they were imported. Article 3 This Decision shall be valid from 1 January to 31 December 1987. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. Done at Brussels, 25 June 1987. For the Commission Willy DE CLERCQ Member of the Commission -