COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 31 January 1991 concerning coal statistics (91/141/ECSC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 47 thereof,

Whereas statistics on coal are essential if the obligations imposed on the Community under Article 3 of the ECSC Treaty are to be complied with;

Whereas this is particularly true given the importance of coal for the Community's energy supplies and in the light of energy market trends in anticipation of the single market in the Community after 1992;

Whereas management of the coal sector depends increasingly on the early availability of full and reliable information on imports, exports and deliveries of solid fuels,

HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

The Member States shall supply the Commission, with effect from January 1991, with the statistical information specified in the questionnaires annexed to this recommendation under the conditions laid out therein.

Article 2

This recommendation shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This recommendation is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1991.

For the Commission

Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN

Vice-President