ment shall inform the other Contracting Parties of the by the High Authority , authorized to that end by thenotifications received . Governments of the Member States parties to the Agreement , subject to six months' notice . This period may be reduced to two months if the Committee fails to agree on a question putThis Agreement shall enter into force one month after the to it. This reduced period shall commence on the day ondate on which the Austrian Federal Government has infor­ which the failure to agree is established .med the other Contracting Parties that the Agreement isapplicable in the territories of all the Member States and in Article 11the territory of the Republik of Austria ( J ). This Agreement shall be deposited in the archives of theThe through international tariffs for traffic over the lines of Austrian Federal Government . The Austrian Federalthe Austrian Federal Railways shall be introduced within two Government shall transmit certified copies thereof to themonths following the date of entry into force of this High Authority and to the Governments of the MemberAgreement . States . In witness whereof, the undersigned representatives of the Austrian Federal Government , of the Governments of the Member States and of the High Authority , duly authorized , have signed this Agreement . Done at Luxembourg , 26 July 1957 in a single original in the Dutch , French , German and Italian languages , all four texts being equally authentic . For the Austrian Federal Government For the High Authority Dr . CARL H. BOBLETER D. P. SPIE RENBURG
paragraph of this Article may be reduced to two weeks and Article 7 the contemplated change may take effect on expiration of that period if no objection is raised by any of the ContractingThe Committee shall be convened by its chairman . Parties .The Committee shall meet once a year in ordinary sessionand draw up a report on its work for submission to the This Article shall not apply to the introduction of, or changeAustrian Federal Government, to the Governments of the in, tariffs fixed to meet competition or under an equivalentMember States and to the High Authority . rates system , which shall remain subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 2 .If the Austrian Federal Government , the Government of oneof the Member States or the High. Authority so requests , thechairman shall , within two weeks , convene an extraordinary Article 9meeting of the Committee , in particular if unforeseendifficulties or a radical change in economic or technicalconditions are seriously affecting the operation of this The High Authority accepts this Agreement as binding byAgreement. virtue of its signature . ---pagebreak--- 07 / Fasc . 02 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 159The Government of each Member State shall , through Article 10diplomatic channels , notify the Austrian Federal Govern­ment that the conditions necessary for the entry into force of This Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period .this Agreement have been fulfilled in accordance with theprovisions of its national laws . The Austrian Federal Govern­ It may be denounced by the Austrian Federal Government orment shall inform the other Contracting Parties of the by the High Authority , authorized to that end by the STÅLFÆLLESSKAB , herefter benævnt » Den høje Myndighed « på den anden side , ER I OVERBEVISNINGEN OM at snævre økonomiske forbindelser mellem republikken Østrig og Fællesskabet er i Europas interesse , UD FRA ØNSKET OM at behandle problemer for jernbanetransport af fælles interesse , at gennemføre direkte , internationale jernbanetariffer for transport af kul og stål mellem medlemsstater ad De østrigske Forbundsbaners linjer , BLEVET ENIGE OM FØLGENDE : Artikel 1 af medlemsstaterne for lignende jernbanetransport , der skal foretages uden afbrydelse gennem to eller flere medlems­I denne aftale betyder » direkte internationale tarifferde stater .offentliggjorte transportpriser og -vilkår , der gælder fortransport af kul og stål , som på grundlag af én fragtkontrakt De østrigske Forbundsbaners fragtandel for den østrigskebefordres mellem områderne i medlemsstaterne i Fællesska­ strækning udregnes som angivet i bilag I til denne aftale vedbet , herefter benævnt » medlemsstater«, over De østrigske nedsættelse af de interne fragtsatser, for varer , der anvendesForbundsbaners jernbanenet fra et punkt på den af De østrigske Forbundsbaner for samme strækning .ostrigsk-tyske grænse til et punt på den østrigsk-italienskegrænse eller omvendt . Uanset bestemmelserne i de to foregående stykker kan de Treaty applies . Any difficulties may be refferred to the Transport Committee provided for in Article 6 of this Agreement . Article 2 Article 3In this Agreement , the charge for carriage under throughinternational tariffs shall consist of the sum of the portions The through international tariffs referred to in this Agree­accruing to the railways of the Member States and of the ment shall apply to all coal and steel traffic between Memberportion accruing to the Austrian Federal Railways . States crossing the frontiers mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 1 , save for cases covered by the special regulationsThe portion accruing to the railways of each Member State set out in Annex II .shall be related to the total distance of carriage , including theAustrian section , and shall be subject to the same rules , and The through international tariffs referred to in this Agree­in particular to the same rules of degressivity , as those ment shall also apply to the products listed in the standard ---pagebreak--- 158 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 07 / Fasc . 02 nomenclature adapted to transport needs to which the The Committee shall look into the questions put to it andCommunity's through international tariffs apply in the case shall submit to the Austrian Federal Government , to the.of uninterrupted carriage by rail through two or more Governments of the Member States and to the High Autho­ Member States . rity agreed proposals for dealing with them . Failing agree­ For the Governments of the Member States : For the Government of the For the Government of the Federal Republik of Germany Italian Republic SPRETI V. BOLASCO For the Government of the For the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium Grand Duchy of Luxembourg R. TAYMANS V. BODSON For the Government of the For the Government of the French Republic Kingdom of the Netherlands P. A. SAFFROY C. G. DE ROO VAN ALDERWERELT ---pagebreak--- 160 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 07 / Fase . 02 ANNEX ll 1 ) to the Agreement of 26 July 1957 between the Austrian Federal Government, of the one part, and the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the High Authority of the European coal and Steel Community, of the other part, on the establishment of through international railway tariffs for the carriage of coal and steel through the territory of the Republic of Austria