DECISION No 1/97 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, OF THE OTHER PART,

of 9 January 1997 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from Slovakia to the Community for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997 (extension of the double-checking system established by Decision No 2/95 of the Association Council) (97/79/ECSC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 10 of Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part (1), which entered into force on 1 February 1995, agreed on 7 October 1996 to recommend to the Association Council established under Article 104 of the Agreement that the double-checking system introduced in 1996 by Association Council Decision No 2/95 (2) should be extended for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1997 subject to certain amendments;

Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has agreed with this recommendation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The double-checking system established by Association Council Decision No 2/95 for the period 1 January to 31 December 1996 shall continue to apply for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1997, subject to the amendments shown in Article 2 of this Decision. In the preamble and Article 1 (1) and (3) of the Decision, references to the period 1 January to 31 December 1996 are hereby replaced by references to 1 January to 31 December 1997. Article 1 (4) shall be repealed.

Article 2

1. The first sentence of Article 2 (2) of the Decision shall be amended to read as follows:

'The Community undertakes to supply the Slovak authorities with precise statistical information on import documents issued by Member States in respect of the export documents issued by the Slovak authorities pursuant to Article 1.`

2. Annex I to the Decision shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this Decision.

3. In Annex III, 'Export Licence` shall be replaced by 'Export Document`.

4. In Annex IV, paragraph 3 shall be repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of the signature.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997.

Done at Brussels, 9 January 1997.

For the Association Council

The President

H. VAN MIERLO

(1) OJ No L 359, 31. 12. 1994, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 325, 30. 12. 1995, p. 65.

ANNEX

'ANNEX I

SLOVAKIA

List of products subject to double checking (1997)

Hot-rolled coils and pickled coils

7208 10 00

7208 25 00

7208 26 00

7208 27 00

7208 36 00

7208 37 10

7208 37 90

7208 38 10

7208 38 90

7208 39 10

7208 39 90

7219 11 00

7219 12 10

7219 12 90

7219 13 10

7219 14 10

7219 14 90

7225 19 10

7225 20 20

7225 30 00

Cut lengths

7208 40 10

7208 40 90

7208 51 10

7208 51 99

7208 52 10

7208 52 99

7208 53 10

7208 53 90

7208 54 10

7208 54 90

7208 90 10

7208 90 90

Cold-rolled sheets and coils

7209 15 00

7209 16 90

7209 17 90

7209 18 91

7209 18 99

7209 25 00

7209 26 90

7209 27 90

7209 28 90

7209 90 10

7209 90 90

Hot-rolled strip and hoop

7211 14 10

7211 14 90

7211 19 20

7211 19 90

7212 60 91

7220 11 00

7220 12 00

7220 90 31

7226 19 10

7226 20 20

7226 91 10

7226 91 90

7226 93 20

7226 94 20

7226 99 20

Cold-rolled strip and hoop

7211 23 10

7211 23 51

7211 23 99

7211 29 20

7211 90 19

7211 90 90

7226 92 90

7226 93 80

7226 94 80

7226 99 80

Hot dip galvanised sheets, coils and strip

7210 11 90

7210 41 10

7210 41 90

7210 49 10

7210 49 90

7210 61 10

7212 30 90

Tinplate in coils, sheet and strip

7210 11 10

7210 12 11

7210 70 31

7210 70 39

7212 10 99

Non oriented grain steel sheets, coils and strip for electrotechnics

7209 17 10

7209 27 10

7211 23 91`