COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No 393/95/ECSC of 24 February 1995 amending Commission Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 74 thereof,

Whereas it is necessary, in accordance with Article 3 of Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC (1), whereby the Commission made imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community subject to Community surveillance, to list those countries and the products for which export licences shall be required in an Annex to that Recommendation;

Whereas, pursuant to Commission Recommendation No 73/95/ECSC (2), an export licence and certificate of origin are to be issued by the competent Russian and Ukrainian authorities or organizations in relation to the double-checking system applicable to the import into the Community of certain steel products originating in those countries and whereas it is appropriate to publish models of these export documents for the information of economic operators;

Whereas pending the entry into force of the Decisions of the EC-Republic of Bulgaria Joint Committee and the EC-Romania Joint Committee as well as of the corresponding Commission Decisions establishing a double-checking system for the import into the Community of the steel products covered by these Decisions, the Republic of Bulgaria, Romania and the Community have agreed that an export licence issued by the competent Bulgarian and Romanian authorities will be required for the import into the Community of the steel products covered by these Decisions with effect from 1 March 1995;

Whereas, following consultations with the Swiss authorities, it is necessary to amend Article 1 of Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC to exclude from the scope of the Recommendation the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA),

MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

Annex I, which contains models of the export licence and certificate of origin to be issued by the competent Russian and Ukrainian authorities or organizations in relation to the double-checking system applicable to the import into the Community of certain steel products originating in those countries, shall be added as Annex V to Recommendation 3118/94/ECSC.

Article 2

1. Annex II, which contains a further list of the countries and products in respect of which export licences shall be required, shall be added as Annex VI to Commission Recommendation 3118/94/ECSC.

2. Annex III, which contains models of the export licence to be issued by the competent authorities listed in Annex VI, shall be added as Annex VII to Commission Recommendation 3118/94/ECSC.

Article 3

Article 1 (1) of Commission Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC is hereby amended by the addition, after the words '. . . originating in non-member countries other than', of the words 'the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or'.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 24 February 1995.

For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 330, 21. 12. 1994, p. 6.

(2) OJ No L 13, 19. 1. 1995, p. 1.

ANNEX I

'ANNEX V

ANNEX II

'ANNEX VI

Products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania requiring export licences

ECSC products listed in Annex I of Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC originating in the Republic of Bulgaria or Romania'

ANNEX III

'ANNEX VII