Commission Decision of 15 June 1979 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC (79/639/EEC) (repealed) (c. 639)

Article 1

1. For the purposes of this Decision the definitions contained in Article 1 (a), (b), (c) and (d) respectively of Commission Decision 78/890/EEC shall apply in respect of:

(a) ‘normal consumption of crude oil and petroleum products’,

(b) ‘base period’,

(c) ‘supply shortfall’, and

(d) ‘normal supply’.\

2. For the purposes of this Decision:

(a) ‘normal energy consumption’ means the average daily consumption recorded over a base period, i.e.:

• (a) domestic production of primary fuels,

• plus imports,

• plus deliveries from Community countries,

• minus exports,

• minus deliveries to Community countries,

• plus or minus variations in stocks.

• Seagoing ships' bunkers shall be regarded as exports;

(b) ‘substitutable petroleum products’ means all fuel oil consumed in electricity generation, and, as appropriate, in other sectors of industry, including autoproducers, as calculated pursuant to Article 2(2);

(c) ‘substitutable energy’ means all energy consumed in electricity generation and, where appropriate, in other sectors of industry, including autoproducers, as calculated pursuant to Article 2 (2).