2. 6. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141/61 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 May 1990 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1-64 on tariff protection in order to enable the generalized tariff preferences to be applied to certain iron and steel products originating in the developing countries (144th derogation) (90/250/ECSC) THE .COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Having regard to High Authority reccomendation 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 88/27/ECSC (3, and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas, for a number of years, the Governments of the - Member States of the European Coal and Steel Commu- nity meeting within the Council have granted non- member countries covered by the generalized preferences scheme tariff advantages in respect of imports -into the Community of certain ECSC iron and steel products in the form of total tariff suspensions without quantitative limits for certain types of product or total tariff suspen- "sions within the limits of quotas either fixed or to be calculated for other types of product; Whereas the Commission is involved in the negotiation of such concessions and in the decisions of the represen- tatives of the Governments implementing them ; whereas the decisions in question are taken with the Commis- sion’s full agreement ;- Whereas such: concessions are covered by Article 3 of High Authority recommendation No 1-64, under which the Commission, after consulting the Member States, can for reasons of commercial policy derogate from the tariff obligations laid down by the recommendation ; Whereas Decision 89/645/ECSC (%) establishing  tariff concessions was taken by the Member States with the Commission’s agreement ; whereas it meets the require- ments laid down-in Article 3 of the recommendation for the granting of a derogation ; whereas as a consequence it is appropriate to grant the derogation for the-concessions . in question ; Whereas' the Member States have been  consulted on the draft of this Decision, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :. Article 1 The Member States are hereby authorized to derogate from obligations arising under Article 1 of High Autho- rity Recommendation No 1-64 to the extent necessary to apply, on imports from non-member countries of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty, origina- ting -in those countries, the duty suspensions resulting from Decision 89/645/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. It shall apply-from 1 January 1989 until 31 December 1990. Done at Brussels, 22 May 1990. For: the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President () OJ No 8, 22. 1. 1964, p. 99/64. () O] No L 15, 20. 1. 1988, p. 13. () OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 128.