WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/2/CZE/1
1 August 2002
(02-4250)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
Notification under Article 5.1
CZECH REPUBLIC
The following communication, dated 27 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Czech Republic.
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Pursuant to Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Im port Licensing Procedures, we hereby submit a
notification on a prior surveillance system for import of certain steel products.  The system was put in
place by virtue of Regulation of the Government No. 272/2002 Coll., dated 12 June 2002.  It will bepublished in the Collection of Laws on 28 June 2002 and enter into force on 1 July 2002.
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(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures:
See Annex 1.
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility:
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Licensing Office – Goods and Services Department
Washingtonova 13
112 49 Praha 1
tel:  (004202) 2406 2680
fax:  (004202)  242 21561
(c) Administrative bodies for submissions of applications:
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Licensing OfficeWashingtonova 13
112 49 Praha 1
Czech Republic
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published:
Government Order No 272/2002 Coll. of 12 June 2002, published on 28 June 2002.G/LIC/N/2/CZE/1
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(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non-automatic according to
definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3:
Automatic import licensing.
(f) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose:
The present situation on the world market and imports of certain iron and steel products
(Annex 1) threatens to cause injury to the domestic procedures and therefore the automatic
licensing procedure has been introduced in order to obtain reliable and accurate statistical data
without delay and enable import trends to be swiftly investigated.
(g) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated with some probability,
and if not, reason why this information cannot be provided:
From 1 July 2002 to 31 December 2003.G/LIC/N/2/CZE/1
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ANNEX 1
Products Subject to Automatic Import Licensing Procedures
CN Code Description
7208
7208 37 90, 7208 38 10,
7208 38 90, 7208 39 10,
7208 39 90, 7208 40 10,
7208 51 30, 7208 51 50,
7208 51 91, 7208 51 99,7208 52 91, 7208 52 99,
7208 53 90, 7208 54 10,
7208 90 10, 7208 90 90Flat-rolled products or iron or non- alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm
or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.
7209
7209 15 00, 7209 16 90,
7209 17 90, 7209 18 91,
7209 25 00, 7209 26 90,
7209 27 90, 7209 28 90Flat-rolled products of iron or non- alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm
or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated.
7211
7211 13 00, 7211 14 10,
7211 14 90, 7211 19 20,
7211 19 90, 7211 23 10Flat-rolled products of iron or non-a lloy steel, of a width of less than
600 mm, not clad, plated or coated.
7213
7213 10 00, 7213 91 10,
7213 91 41, 7213 91 49,
7213 91 70, 7213 91 90Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-
alloy steel.
7214
7214 20 00, 7214 91 10,
7214 99 10, 7214 99 31,
7214 99 39, 7214 99 69,
7214 99 90Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked
than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but includingthose twisted after rolling.
7215
7215 10 00, 7215 50 19Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel
7216
7216 10 00, 7216 21 00,
7216 31 19, 7216 31 99,7216 32 11, 7216 32 19,
7216 32 91, 7216 32 99,
7216 33 10, 7216 40 10,
7216 50 99, 7216 61 10,
7216 61 90Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel
7217
7217 10 39Wire of iron or non-alloy steelG/LIC/N/2/CZE/1
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CN Code Description
7225
7225 40 20, 7225 40 50,
7225 99 10Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or
more
7304
7304 10 10, 7304 10 30,
7304 10 90, 7304 39 59,
7304 39 91, 7304 39 93,
7304 39 99Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, or iron (other than cast
iron) or steel.
7305
7305 19 00, 7305 39 00Other tubes and pipes (for example welded, riveted or similarly
closed), having circular cross-sections, the external diameter of which
exceeds 406,4 mm, of iron or steel.
7306
7306 10 90, 7306 30 21,
7306 30 29, 7306 30 51,
7306 30 59, 7306 30 71,
7306 30 78, 7306 30 90,
7306 60 31, 7306 60 39Other rubes and pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or
welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel.
7312
7312 10 59, 7312 10 71,
7312 10 75, 7312 10 79,
7312 10 82, 7312 10 84,7312 10 86, 7312 10 88,
7312 10 99Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron
or steel, not electrically insulated.
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