In view of the special position of the Italian steel industry', the High Authority is empowered to authorize the Italian Government to continue, to the necessary extent during the transitional period defined in Article 1 of this Convention, to charge customs duties on steel products from other Member States; however, in the first year of the transitional period these may not exceed the rates of duty under the Annecy Convention of 10 October 1949, this ceiling being reduced by 10 per cent in the second year, 25 per cent in the third, 45 per cent in the fourth and 70 per cent in the fifth, and the duties being abolished altogether at the end of the transitional period.
Mar gheall ar staid speisialta thionscal na cmach san Iodáil, cumhachtaítear don Ard-Údarás a údarú do Rialtas na hlodáile, a mhéad is gá sin, dleachtanna custaim a choimeád i bhfeidhm, ar feadh na hidirthréimhse atá sainithe in Alt 1 den Choinbhinsiún seo, ar tháirgí cmach ó Bhallstáit eile, ach gan rata na ndleachtanna sin a bheith níos airde, sa chéad bhliain den idirthréimhse, ná mar a bhí de thoradh Choinbhinsiún Annecy, 10 Deireadh Fómhair 1949, agus an uasteorainn sin a ísliú 10% sa dará bliain, 25 % sa tríú bliain, 45 % sa cheathrú bliain, agus 70 % sa chúigiú bliain, agus na dleachtanna a dhíothú ar fad i ndeireadh na hidirthréimhse.