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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No76/2002
of17January2002
introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered
bytheECSCandECTreatiesoriginatingincertainthirdcountries
(OJ L 16, 18.1.2002, p. 3)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/2002 of ►C223 July 2002 ◄L 195 25 24.7.2002
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 276, 12.10.2002, p. 68 (1337/2002)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 279, 17.10.2002, p. 55 (1337/2002)
►C3Corrigendum, OJ L 297, 31.10.2002, p. 7 (1337/2002)
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No76/2002
of17January2002
introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain
iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties
originatingincertain thirdcountries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December
1994 on common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No518/94 (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2474/2000 (2), and
in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March1994
on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing
Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No
3420/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1138/98 (4), and
in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Consultations having taken place within the committees set up under
the Regulations referred to above,
Whereas:
(1)In accordance withRegulations (EC) No 3285/94 and (EC) No
519/94, products covered by the Treaty establishing theEuropean Coal and Steel Community are subject to the common
rules for imports, and it is therefore necessary that the arrange-
ments for Community surveillance measures in respect of ECSCproducts be adopted in accordance withth ose Regulations.
(2)The situation on the steel market has worsened considerably in2001 under the combined impact of a number of factors, chief
among them being a marked downturn in the world economy
evident from the outset of the year and the recession that beganto affect some economies, including that of the United States, inthe latter half of the year.
(3)The steel market has also been unsettled by the uncertainty and
hedging caused by the possibility of import restrictions on the
US market following the US administration's ‘Section 201’ safe-guard investigation.
(4)Should import restrictions actually be applied on the US market,they are likely to cause major fluctuations in the structure of
international trade, and in particular the deflection of trade
towards the Community market. Such deflection could seriouslyharm the Community steel industry.
(5)Available economic indicators and estimates for 2001 show thefollowing trends:
(A)Production . Production of crude steel in the Community in
2001 is expected to be about 159 million tonnes. This esti-mate is not only 2,5 % lower than production in 2000 (163,2
million tonnes), it is also lower than the levels recorded in
1997 (159,4 million tonnes) and 1998 (159,7 milliontonnes).
(B)Imports. Imports of ECSC iron and steel products into the
Community from all third countries will remain appreciably
the same as in 2000, at about 25 million tonnes. By way of
comparison, Community imports of these products totalled12,2 million tonnes in 1996. This means that steel imports2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89.
(4) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 1.
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into the Community have more than doubled in the past five
years.
(C)Exports. At a probable level of about 21 million tonnes,
Community exports of ECSC iron and steel products in
2001 are about 8 % down on the previous year. By way of
comparison, Community imports of these productsamounted to 28 million tonnes in 1996. Community exportsto the US and Canada have been hit particularly hard,falling by an estimated 36 % and 32 % respectively. Thistrend will worsen in 2002 if restrictions are introduced on
the US market. For 2001 as a whole, the Community is
expected to be a net importer of iron and steel products,witha trade deficit in excess of 4 million tonnes. In 1996the Community recorded a trade surplus of the order of15,8 million tonnes.
(D)Prices. Prices for iron and steel products in 2001 were 18 %
lower on average than in 2000.
(6)Since the scope of the Section 201 safeguard investigationincludes pipes and tubes, the possibility of US restrictions on
these products cannot be excluded. Prior surveillance should
therefore be extended to pipes and tubes.
(7)The Community's external trade statistics are not availablewithin the periods established by Commission Regulation (EC)No 1917/2000 (
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/
2001(2).
(8)The interests of the Community require that imports of certainiron and steel products should be subject to prior Community
surveillance in order to provide statistical information permitting
rapid analysis of import trends.
(9)The completion of the internal market requires that the formal-ities to be accomplished by Community importers be identicalwherever the goods may be cleared.
(10)Release for free circulation of the products covered by thisRegulation should be made subject to presentation of a surveil-lance document meeting uniform criteria.
(11)That document should, on simple application by the importer, beendorsed by the authorities of the Member States within a
certain period but without the importer thereby acquiring any
right to import. The document should therefore be valid only aslong as the import rules remain unchanged.
(12)The surveillance documents issued for the purposes of Commu-nity surveillance must be valid throughout the Community,regardless of the Member State of issue.
(13)The Member States and the Commission should exchange theinformation resulting from Community surveillance as fully as
possible.
(14)The issue of surveillance documents, while subject to standard
conditions at Community level, is to be the responsibility of thenational authorities.
(15)It should be reiterated that for certain iron and steel products theissue of a surveillance document is subject to presentation of anexport document in accordance witharrangements establish edwithin the framework of double-checking agreements with
certain third countries, and the present Regulation does not apply
to products originating in those countries which are subject tosucha double-ch ecking system,2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 224, 21.8.2001, p. 3.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and
steel products covered by the ECSC and the EC Treaties listed in
Annex 1 shall be subject to prior Community surveillance in accor-
dance withArticles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 andArticles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 519/94. This applies toimports originating in all non-member countries. However, productswhich are subject to a double-checking agreement established betweena non-member country and the Community shall be subject to the
conditions established by that agreement and not to this Regulation.
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.
Article 2
1. The release for free circulation in the Community of the products
referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to presentation of a surveillancedocument issued by the relevant authorities of a Member State.
2. The surveillance document referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
issued automatically by the competent authorities in the MemberStates, without charge and for any quantities requested, within five
working days of presentation of an application by any Community
importer, wherever it may be established in the Community. This appli-cation shall be deemed to have been received by the competentnational authority no later than three working days after submission,unless it is proven otherwise.
3. A surveillance document issued by one of the authorities listed in
Annex II shall be valid throughout the Community.
4. The surveillance document shall be made out on a form corre-
sponding to the model at Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 (
1)
on common rules for imports or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries. The
importer's application shall include the following elements:
(a) the name and full address of the applicant (including telephone and
fax 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 repre-
sentative of the applicant (including telephone and fax numbers);
(c) the full name and address of the exporter;
(d) the exact description of the goods, including:
— their trade name,
— the combined nomenclature (CN) code(s),
— the country of origin,
— the country of consignment;
(e) the net weight expressed in kg, and the quantity in the unit
prescribed where other than net weight, by combined nomenclatureheading;2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 4
(1) As modified by Council Regulation (EC) 139/96 of 22 January 1996 (OJ L
21, 27.7.1996, p. 7), and taking into account the provisions of Article 2 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions
relating to the introduction of the euro (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).▼M1
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(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 (1);
(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 with
the transcription of his name in capital letters:
‘I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this
application is true and given in good faith, and that I am estab-lished in the Community.’
The importer shall also submit a copy of the contract of sale or
purchase and of the pro forma invoice. If so requested, for example in
cases where the goods are not directly purchased in the country of
production, the importer shall present a certificate of production issuedby the producing steel mill.
5. Surveillance documents may be used only for suchtime 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 ofan 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.
6. The importer shall return surveillance documents to the issuing
authority at the end of their period of validity.
7. The competent authorities may allow the submission of declara-
tions or requests to be transmitted or printed by electronic means,under the conditions fixed by them. However, all documents andevidence must be available to the competent authorities.
8. The surveillance document may be issued by electronic means as
long as the customs offices involved have access to the document via a
computer network.
Article 3
1. A finding that the unit price at which the transaction is effected
varies from that indicated in the surveillance document by less than5 % in either direction or that the total quantity of the products
presented for import exceeds the quantity given in the surveillance
document by less than 5 % shall not preclude the release for free circu-lation of the products in question.
2. Applications for surveillance documents and the documents them-
selves shall be confidential. They shall be restricted to the competent
authorities and the applicant.
Article 4
1. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission:
(a) on as regular and up-to-date a basis as possible and at least by the
last day of each month, details of the quantities and values (calcu-lated in euro) for which surveillance documents have been issued;
(b) within six weeks of the end of each month, details of imports
during that month, in accordance with Article 32 of RegulationNo (EC) 1917/2000.2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 5
(1) Under the criteria given in OJ C 180, 11.7.1991, p. 4.
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The information provided by Member States shall be broken down by
product, CN code and by country.
2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or
cases of fraud which they discover and, where relevant, the basis on
which they have refused to grant a surveillance document.
Article 5
Any notices to be given under this Regulation shall be given to the
Commission of the European Communities and shall be communicatedelectronically via the integrated network set up for this purpose, unlessfor imperative technical reasons it is necessary to use other means ofcommunication temporarily.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall apply from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 6
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ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttopriorsurveillance
7207 1114
7208 1000
7208 2500
7208 2600
7208 2700
7208 3600
7208 3710
7208 3790
7208 3810
7208 3890
7208 3910
7208 3990
7208 4010
7208 4090
7208 5110
7208 5130
7208 5150
7208 5191
7208 5199
7208 52107208 5291
7208 5299
7208 5310
7208 5390
7208 5410
7208 5490
7208 9010
7208 9090(*)
7209 1500
7209 1610
7209 1690
7209 1710
7209 1790
7209 1810
7209 1891
7209 1899
7209 2500
7209 2610
7209 2690
7209 2710
7209 2790
7209 2810
7209 2890
7209 9010
7209 90907210 1110
7210 1190(*)2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 7
(*) Products regulated by the EC Treaty.
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7210 1211
7210 1219
7210 1290(*)7210 20107210 2090(*)7210 3010
7210 3090(*)
7210 41107210 4190(*)7210 49107210 4990(*)7210 5010
7210 5090(*)
7210 61107210 6190(*)7210 69107210 6990(*)
7210 7031
7210 70397210 7090(*)7210 90317210 9033
7210 9038
7210 9090(*)7211 13007211 14107211 1490
7211 1920
7211 19907211 23107211 23517211 2391(*)
7211 2399(*)
7211 29207211 2950(*)7211 2990(*)7211 9011
7211 9019(*)
7211 9090(*)7212 10107212 10917212 1093(*)
7212 1099(*)
7212 20117212 2019(*)7212 2090(*)7212 3011
7212 3019(*)
7212 3090(*)7212 40107212 40912002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 8
(*) Products regulated by the EC Treaty.
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7212 4093(*)
7212 4095(*)
7212 4098(*)7212 50317212 50517212 5058(*)
7212 5075(*)
7212 5091(*)7212 5093(*)7212 5097(*)7212 5099(*)7212 6011
7212 6019(*)
7212 60917212 6093(*)7212 6099(*)7213 1000
7213 2000
7213 91107213 91207213 91417213 9149
7213 9170
7213 91907213 99107213 99907214 2000
7214 3000
7214 91107214 91907214 99107214 9931
7214 9939
7214 99507214 99617214 99697214 9980
7214 9990
7215 90107216 10007216 21007216 2200
7216 3111
7216 31197216 31917216 31997216 3211
7216 3219
7216 32917216 32997216 33102002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 9
(*) Products regulated by the EC Treaty.
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7216 3390
7216 4010
7216 40907216 50107216 50917216 5099
7216 9910
7221 00107221 00907222 11117222 11197222 1121
7222 1129
7222 11917222 11997222 19107222 1990
7222 2011(*)
7222 2019(*)7222 2021(*)7222 2029(*)7222 2031(*)
7222 2039(*)
7222 2081(*)7222 2089(*)7222 30107222 3051(*)
7222 3091(*)
7222 3098(*)7222 40107222 40307222 4091(*)
7222 4093(*)
7222 4099(*)7223 0011(*)7223 0091(*)7223 0019(*)
7223 0099(*)
7225 11007225 19107225 19907225 2020
7225 2090
7225 30007225 40207225 40507225 4080
7225 5000
7225 91107225 9190(*)7225 92102002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 10
(*) Products regulated by the EC Treaty.
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7225 9290(*)
7225 99107225 9990(*)7226 1110
7226 1190(*)
7226 19107226 19307226 1990(*)7226 9110
7226 9190
7226 92107226 9290(*)7226 93207226 9380(*)
7226 9420
7226 9480(*)7226 99207226 9980(*)
7227 9010
7228 10107228 10307228 20117228 2019
7228 2030
7228 30207228 30417228 30497228 3061
7228 3069
7228 30707228 30897228 6010
7228 7010
7228 70317228 80107228 80907301 1000(*)
Complete CN heading 7304(*)
Complete CN heading 7306(*)7307 9100(*)7307 9311(*)7307 9319(*)
7307 9930(*)
7307 9990(*)2002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 11
(*) Products regulated by the EC Treaty.
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LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES
ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI
LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES
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BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Ministère des affaires économiques
Administration des relations économiques
Services ‘Licences’
Rue Général Leman 60B-1040 BruxellesFax: (32-2) 230 83 22
Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Bestuur van de Economische Betrekkingen
Dienst VergunningenGeneraal Lemanstraat 60B-1040 BrusselFax: (32-2) 230 83 22
DANMARK
Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen
Økonomi- og ErhvervsministerietVejlsøvej 29DK-8600 SilkeborgFax: (45) 35 46 64 01
DEUTSCHLAND
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29-35D-65760 Eschborn 1Fax (49-61) 969 42 26
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Υπουργείο Εθνικής ΟικονοµίαςΓενική Γραµµατεία ∆ιεθνών Σχέσεων
∆ιεύθυνση ∆ιεθνών Οικονοµικών ΡοώνΚορνάρου 1GR-105 63 Αθήνα
Φαξ: (3010) 328 60 94
ESPAÑA
Ministerio de Economía
Secretaría General de Comercio ExteriorPaseo de la Castellana 162E-28046 MadridFax: (34) 915 63 18 23/(34) 913 49 38 312002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 12
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FRANCE
Service des industries manufacturières
DIGITIP
12, rue Villiot — Bâtiment LE BERVILF-75572 Paris Cedex 12Fax: (33) 153 44 91 81
IRELAND
Department of Enterprise and Employment
Import/Export Licensing, Block CEarlsfort Centre
HatchStreet
DublinIrelandFax: (353-1) 631 28 26
ITALIA
Ministero delle Attività produttive
Direzione generale per la Politica commerciale e per la gestione del regime
degli scambi
Viale America 341I-00144 RomaTelefax (39-06) 59 93 22 35/59 93 26 36
LUXEMBOURG
Ministère des affaires étrangères
Office des licences
BP 113
L-2011 LuxembourgFax: (352) 46 61 38
NEDERLAND
Belastingdienst/Douane centrale dienst voor in- en uitvoer
Postbus 30003, Engelse Kamp 29700 RD GroningenNederland
Fax (31-50) 523 23 41
ÖSTERREICH
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C3Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit ◄.
Außenwirtschaftsadministration
Landstrasser Hauptstraße 55-57A-1030 WienFax (43-1) 711 00 8386
PORTUGAL
Ministério das Finanças
Direcção Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o Consumo
Rua Terreiro do Trigo, Edifício da Alfândega de LisboaP-1140-060 LisboaFax: (351) 218 814 261
SUOMI/FINLAND
Tullihallitus
PL 512
FIN-00101 Helsinki
Faksi (358-9) 614 28 52
Tullstyrelsen
PB 512FIN-00101 HelsingforsFax (358-9) 614 28 522002R0076 — EN — 01.08.2002 — 001.001 — 13
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SVERIGE
Kommerskollegium
PO Box 6803
S-113 86 Stockholm
Fax (46-8) 30 67 59
UNITEDKINGDOM
Department of Trade and Industry
Import Licensing Branch
Queensway House — West Precinct
Billingham TS23 2NF
Cleveland
United Kingdom
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