2002R0152 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.002

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)No 152/2002

of 21 January 2002

concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 190/98







THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) An Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part ( 1 ), (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Interim Agreement’) entered into force on 1 June 2001. (2) The Parties agreed in Protocol 2 to the Interim Agreement on steel products, to establish, immediately upon the entry into force of the said Agreement, a double-checking system, without quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of steel products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (3) Council Regulation (EC) No 190/98 of 19 January 1998 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Community (double-checking system) ( 2 ) should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







Article 1

1. From the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement and until further notice, in accordance with Protocol 2 to the Interim Agreement on steel products, imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as listed in Annex I hereto, shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance document issued by the authorities in the Community.

2. The classification of the products covered by this Regulation is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the Community (hereinafter called the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, or in abbreviated form ‘CN’). The origin of the products covered by this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.

3. From the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement and until further notice, imports into the Community of steel products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as listed in Annex I shall also be subject to the issue of an export document by the competent authorities of the exporting country. The importer shall present the original of the export document not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the document were shipped.

4. Shipment shall be considered to have taken place on the date of loading on to the exporting means of transport.

5. The export document shall conform to the model shown in Annex II. It shall be valid for exports throughout the customs territory of the Community.

Article 2

1. The surveillance document referred to in Article 1(1) shall be issued automatically by the competent authority in the Member States, without charge, for any quantities requested, within five working days of presentation of an application by any Community importer, wherever established in the Community. This application shall be deemed to have been received by the competent national authority no later than three working days after submission, unless it is proven otherwise.

2. A surveillance document issued by one of the competent national authorities listed in Annex III shall be valid throughout the Community.

3. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corresponding to the model set out in Annex IV. The importer's application shall include the following:

(a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers, and possible identification number used by the competent national authorities) and VAT registration number, if subject to VAT;

(b) if applicable, the name and full address of the declarant or representative of the applicant (including telephone and telefax numbers);

(c) the full name and address of the exporter;

(d) the exact description of the goods, including: — their trade name, — the CN code, — the country of origin, — the country of consignment;

(e) the net weight expressed in kg, or a quantity expressed in another unit of measure, as required, for each Combined Nomenclature heading;

(f) the cif value of the goods in euro at the Community frontier by Combined Nomenclature heading;

(g) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality;

(h) the proposed period and place of customs clearance;

(i) whether the application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same contract;

(j) the following declaration, dated and signed by the applicant and bearing his name in capital letters: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is accurate and given in good faith, and that I am established in the Community.’

The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or purchase, the pro forma invoice and/or, in cases where the goods are not directly purchased in the country of production, a certificate of production issued by the producing steel mill.

4. Surveillance documents may be used only for such time as arrangements for liberalisation of imports remain in force in respect of the transactions concerned. Without prejudice to possible changes in the import regulations in force or decisions taken in the framework of an agreement or the management of a quota:

— the period of validity of the surveillance document is hereby fixed at four months,

— unused or partly used surveillance documents may be renewed for an equal period.

Article 3

1. If the unit price at which the transaction is effected exceeds that indicated in the surveillance document by less than 5 % or if the total value or quantity of the products presented for import exceeds the value or quantity given in the import document by less than 5 %, this shall not preclude the release for free circulation of the products in question.

2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents themselves shall be confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent authorities and the applicant.

Article 4

1. Within the first ten days of each month, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission:

(a) details of the quantities and values (calculated in euro) for which surveillance documents were issued during the preceding month;

(b) details of imports during the month preceding the month referred to in subparagraph (a).

The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by product, CN code and country. It shall be communicated electronically in the form agreed for this purpose.

2. The Member States shall notify any anomalies or cases of fraud which they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a surveillance document.

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Article 4a

As regards release for free circulation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia as of 1 May 2004 of the steel products covered by this Regulation and shipped before 1 May 2004, an import document shall not be required provided that the goods were shipped before 1 May 2004 and that the bill of lading or another transport document deemed to be equivalent by Community authorities proving the shipment date, has been presented.

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Article 5

The notification provided for in this Regulation shall be given to the Commission of the European Communities (DG Trade E/2 and DG Enterprise E/2).

Article 6

Regulation (EC) No 190/98 is hereby repealed.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.









ANNEX I

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

List of products subject to double-checking

Complete CN heading 7208

Complete CN heading 7209

Complete CN heading 7210

Complete CN heading 7211

Complete CN heading 7212









ANNEX II









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ANNEX III

LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES

SEZNAM PŘÍSLUŠNÝCH VNITROSTÁTNÍCH ORGÁNŮ

LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER

LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN

RIIKLIKE PÄDEVATE ASUTUSTE NIMEKIRI

ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ ΑΔΕΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΜΕΛΩΝ

LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES

LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES

ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI

VALSTU KOMPETENTO IESTĀŽU SARAKSTS

ATSAKINGŲ NACIONALINIŲ INSTITUCIJŲ SĄRAŠAS

AZ ILLETÉKES NEMZETI HATÓSÁGOK LISTÁJA

LISTA TA' L-AWTORITAJIET NAZZJONALI KOMPETENTI

LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES

LISTA WŁAŚCIWYCH ORGANÓW KRAJOWYCH

LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES

SEZNAM PRISTOJNIH NACIONALNIH ORGANOV

ZOZNAM PRÍSLUŠNÝCH ŠTÁTNYCH ORGÁNOV

LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA

FÖRTECKNING ÖVER BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER

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BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Ministère des affaires économiques

Administration des relations économiques

Services Licences

Rue Général Leman 60

B-1040 Bruxelles

Fax + 32-2-230 83 22

Ministerie van Economische Zaken

Bestuur van de Economische Betrekkingen

Dienst Vergunningen

Generaal Lemanstraat 60

B-1040 Brussel

Fax: + 32-2-230 83 22

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ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu

Licenční správa

Na Františku 32

110 15 Praha 1

Tel.: +420 2 2406 2206

Fax: +420 2 2422 2133

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DANMARK

Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen

Søndergade 25

DK-8600 Silkeborg

Fax + 45-35 46 64 01

DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle

Frankfurter Straße, 29-35

D-65760 Eschborn 1

Fax + 49-61 96 90 88 00

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EESTI

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium

Kaubandusosakond

Väliskaubanduspoliitika talitus

Harju 11

15072 Tallinn

Tel: +372 6 256 342

Fax: +372 6 313 660

E-Mail: kantselei@mkm.ee

Eesti Tolliamet

Lõkke 5

15175 Tallinn

Tel +372 6 967 722

Fax +372 6 967 727

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ΕΛΛΑΣ

Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας

Γενική Γραμματεία Δ.Ο.Σ

Διεύθυνση Διαδικασιών Εξωτερικού Εμπορίου

Κορνάρου 1

GR-105 63 Αθήνα

Fax: + 301-32 86 094

ESPAÑA

Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda

Dirección General de Comercio Exterior

Paseo de la Castellana 162

E-28046 Madrid

Fax: + 34-1-563 18 23/349 38 31

FRANCE

Service des industries manufacturières

DIGITIP

12, rue Villiot — Bâtiment LE BERVIL

F-75572 Paris cedex 12

Fax + 33-1-53 44 91 93

IRELAND

Licensing Unit

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Kildare Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

Fax: 353-1-631 28 26

ITALIA

Ministero del Commercio con l'Estero

Direzione generale per la politica commerciale e per la gesione del regime degli scambi

Viale America 341

I-00144 Roma

Fax + 39-06-59 93 22 35/59 93 26 36

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ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου

Οδός Αραούζου Αρ. 6

1421 Λευκωσία

Tel: +357-22-867100

Fax: +357-22-375120

LATVIJA

Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija

Brīvības iela 55

Rīga

LV1519

Tel: +371 7013101

Fax: +371 7280882

LIETUVA

Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija

Užsienio prekybos departamentas

Gedimino pr. 38/2

LT-2600 Vilnius

Tel: +370 5 262 50 30

Fax.: +370 5 262 39 74

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères

Office des licences

BP 113

L-2011 Luxembourg

Téléfax + 352-46 61 38

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MAGYAROSZÁG

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium

Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatal

Engedélyezési Főosztály

Margit körút 85

1024 Budapest

Tel: +36-1 336-7300

Fax: +36-1 336-7302

MALTA

Diviżjoni għall-Kummerċ

Servizzi Kummerċjali

Lascaris

Valletta CMR02

Tel: +356 25690214

Fax: +356 25690299

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NEDERLAND

Centrale Dienst voor In- en Uitvoer

Postbus 30003,

Engelse Kamp 2

9700 RD Groningen

Nederland

Fax: 31-50 526 06 98

ÖSTERREICH

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten

Aussenwirtschaftsadministration

Landstrasser Hauptstraße 55-57

A-1030 Wien

Fax 43-1-715 83 47

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POLSKA

Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej

Departament Administrowania Obrotem Towarami i Usługami

Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5

00-507 Warszawa

Tel: +48 22 628 55 53 / +48 22 693 4021

Fax: +48 22 693 40 22 / +48 22 693 55 53 / +48 22 693 5572

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PORTUGAL

Ministério da Economia

Direcção-Geral das Relações Económicas Internacionais

Av. da República, 79

P-1000 Lisboa

Fax: 351-1-793 22 10

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SLOVENIJA

Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo

Področje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino

Kotnikova 5

SI-1000 Ljubljana

Tel: +386 1 478 3521

Fax: +386 1 478 3611

SLOVENSKO

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky

Sekcia obchodných vzťahov a ochrany spotrebiteľa

Mierová 19

827 15 Bratislava

Tel.: +421 2 4854 2161

Fax: +421 2 4854 3116

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SUOMI/FINLAND

Tullihallitus/Tullstyrelsen

PL/PB 512

FIN-00101 Helsinki/Helsingfors

Telekopio/fax: + 358 9 614 28 52

SVERIGE

Kommerskollegium

Box 6803

S-11386 Stockholm

Fax 46-8-30 67 59

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry

Import Licensing Branch

Queensway House — West Precinct

Billingham,

Cleveland TS23 2NF

United Kingdom

Fax: 44-1642-533 557









ANNEX IV