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►B DECISION OFTHE REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE GOVERNMENTS OFTHE MEMBER
STATES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL
of 19 December 2001
on certain measures applicable with regard to the Russian Federation concerning trade in certain
steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty
(2001/932/ECSC)
(OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 71)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Decision 2002/385/ECSC of the Representatives of the Governments of
the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 May 2002L 137 22 25.5.2002
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DECISION OFTHE REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE GOVERN-
MENTS OFTHE MEMBER STATES MEETING WITHIN THE
COUNCIL
of 19 December 2001
on certain measures applicable with regard to the Russian Federa-
tion concerning trade in certain steel products covered by the
ECSC Treaty
(2001/932/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
In agreement withth e Commission,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
►M1During the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002, ◄,
imports into all the Member States of steel products covered by theECSC Treaty referred to in Annex I originating in the Russian Federa-tion shall be subject to licensing. Licences shall be issued only withinthe limits defined in Article 2. Steel products originating in the RussianFederation, covered by a valid import licence issued pursuant to
Commission Decision No 2136/97/ECSC(
1), and which were already
sent to the Community before the date of entry into force of this Deci-sion, shall be admitted within the quantitative limits applicable for theperiod from 1 January to 31 December 2001.
Article 2
Imports shall be authorised, for each product group and for the whole
of the Community, up to quantitative limits indicated in Annex II.
The period of validity of the import licence is hereby fixed at four
months. Unused or partially used import licences may be renewed for
two months.
Article 3
Member States shall issue licences according to rules agreed within the
Steel Liaison Committee and inform the Commission thereof immedi-
ately. The Commission shall keep the Member States regularlyinformed of the extent to which the quantities have been used up.
The Member States and the Commission shall confer in order to ensure
that these quantities are not exceeded.
Article 4
Should an agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community
and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products beconcluded and enter into force during the period of application of this
Decision, the provisions of that agreement together with any measures
taken to give effect to it, shall, as from the date on which the agree-ment enters into force, replace the provisions of this Decision.
Article 5
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 January 2002.2001D0932 — EN — 25.05.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 300, 4.11.1997, p. 15.
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ANNEX I
SA — Flat-rolled products
SA1 — Coils
7208 10 00
7208 25 00
7208 26 00
7208 27 00
7208 36 007208 37 90
7208 38 90
7208 39 90
7211 14 10
7211 19 20
7219 11 00
7219 12 10
7219 12 907219 13 10
7219 13 90
7219 14 10
7219 14 90
7225 20 20
7225 30 00
SA1a — Hot rolled coils for re-rolling
7208 37 10
7208 38 10
7208 39 10
SA2 — Heavy Plate
7208 40 10
7208 51 10
7208 51 30
7208 51 50
7208 51 91
7208 51 99
7208 52 10
7208 52 91
7208 52 997208 53 10
7211 13 00
SA3 — Other flat rolled products
7208 40 90
7208 53 90
7208 54 10
7208 54 90
7208 90 10
7209 15 00
7209 16 10
7209 16 90
7209 17 10
7209 17 90
7209 18 10
7209 18 91
7209 18 997209 25 00
7209 26 10
7209 26 90
7209 27 10
7209 27 90
7209 28 10
7209 28 90
7209 90 10
7210 11 10
7210 12 11
7210 12 19
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7210 30 10
7210 41 107210 49 107210 50 107210 61 10
7210 69 10
7210 70 317210 70 397210 90 317210 90 33
7210 90 38
7211 14 90
7211 19 907211 23 107211 23 51
7211 29 20
7211 90 11
7212 10 10
7212 10 91
7212 20 11
7212 30 117212 40 107212 40 917212 50 31
7212 50 51
7212 60 117212 60 91
7219 21 10
7219 21 90
7219 22 10
7219 22 907219 23 007219 24 007219 31 00
7219 32 10
7219 32 907219 33 107219 33 907219 34 10
7219 34 90
7219 35 107219 35 90
7225 40 80
SA4 — Alloyed products
7226 20 20
7226 91 10
7226 91 90
7226 99 20
SB — Longs products
SB1 — Beams
7207 19 31
7207 20 71
7216 31 11
7216 31 197216 31 917216 31 99
7216 32 11
7216 32 197216 32 917216 32 997216 33 10
7216 33 90
SB2 — Wire rod
7213 10 00
7213 20 00
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7213 91 20
7213 91 417213 91 497213 91 70
7213 91 90
7213 99 107213 99 90
7221 00 10
7221 00 90
7227 10 00
7227 20 00
7227 90 10
7227 90 507227 90 95
SB3 — Other longs
7207 19 11
7207 19 14
7207 19 16
7207 20 517207 20 557207 20 57
7214 20 00
7214 30 007214 91 10
7214 91 90
7214 99 107214 99 317214 99 39
7214 99 50
7214 99 617214 99 697214 99 80
7214 99 90
7215 90 107216 10 00
7216 21 00
7216 22 007216 40 107216 40 90
7216 50 10
7216 50 917216 50 997216 99 10
7218 99 20
7222 11 11
7222 11 19
7222 11 217222 11 297222 11 91
7222 11 99
7222 19 107222 19 907222 30 10
7222 40 10
7222 40 30
7224 90 31
7224 90 39
7228 10 10
7228 10 307228 20 11
7228 20 19
7228 20 307228 30 207228 30 41
7228 30 49
7228 30 617228 30 697228 30 70
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7228 60 10
7228 70 10
7228 70 31
7228 80 10
7228 80 90
7301 10 002001D0932 — EN — 25.05.2002 — 001.001 — 6
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ANNEX II
QUANTITATIVE LIMITS
1 January to 31 December 2002
Products Tonnes
SA — Flat products
SA1 Coils 259000
SA1a Hot-rolled coils for re-rolling 485000
SA2 Heavy plate 60000SA3 Other flat products 80000
SA4 Alloyed products 90000
SB — Long products
SB1 Beams 15000
SB2 Wire rod 60000
SB3 Other long products 1650002001D0932 — EN — 25.05.2002 — 001.001 — 7