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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2826/86

of 11 September 1986

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2874/82 on the monitoring by the Community of exports of certain steel products to the United States of America

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2870/82 of 21 October 1982 on the restriction of exports of certain steel products to the United States of America (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2823/86 (2), and in particular Article 5 (6) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2874/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 977/86 (4), laid down the procedures for monitoring exports of certain steel products to the United States of America; whereas certain technical changes should be made to that Regulation following the conclusion of a second Arrangement amending the Arrangement of 21 October 1982 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2874/82 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 (2) (b) shall be completed as follows:

'in the case of semi-finished iron and steel products it shall be specified whether the products are ''slabs'' or ''blooms and/or billets''.';

2. In Article 1 (4) a fourth indent shall be added as follows:

'- where additional allocations are made pursuant to the sixth indent of Article 2 (3), licences valid for a period of six months may be issued; the licences and the certificates corresponding to these licences shall be stamped with the words ''special export''.';

3. The Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I.

Article 2

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.

Done at Brussels, 11 September 1986.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 307, 1. 11. 1982, p. 3.

(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ No L 307, 1. 11. 1982, p. 56.

(4) OJ No L 91, 7. 4. 1986, p. 1.

(5) See page 21 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

CATEGORY 34

SEMI-FINISHED IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS

Sub-category I - Blooms and billets

1.2,3 // // // NIMEXE code // TS USA // 1.2.3 // // Code // Description // // // // 73.07-12 (235) 15 (235) 73.10-17 (235) 20 (235) 73.61-10 (235) 50 (235) 73.63-10 (235) 29 (235) 73.71-13 (235) 14 (235) 19 (235) 51 (235) 54 (235) 55 (235) 56 (235) 59 (235) 73.73-13 (235) 14 (235) 19 (235) 33 (235) 34 (235) 35 (235) 36 (235) 39 (235) // // Blooms and billets: // // // Other than alloy iron or steel: // // // Blooms: // // 606.6705 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6710 // - Other // // // Billets: // // 606.6715 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6720 // - Other // // // Of alloy iron or steel: // // // Of tool steel: // // 606.6901 // - Blooms // // 606.6902 // - Billets // // // Of stainless steel: // // // Blooms: // // 606.6905 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6906 // - Other // // // Billets: // // 606.6909 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6912 // - Other // // // Other: // // // Blooms: // // 606.6949 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6951 // - Other // // // Billets: // // 606.6953 // - Of circular cross-section // // 606.6955 // - Other // // // Sub-category II - Slabs (including ingots and sheet bars)

1.2,3 // // // NIMEXE code // TS USA // 1.2.3 // // Code // Description // // // // 73.06-10 (236) 20 30 (236) 73.07-21 24 25 73.10-17 (236) 20 (236) 73.61-10 (236) 20 50 (236) 73.63-10 (236) 29 (236) 73.71-13 (236) 14 (236) 19 (236) 21 (236) 23 24 29 52 54 (236) 55 (236) 56 (236) 59 (236) 73.73-13 (236) 14 (236) 19 (236) 33 (236) 34 (236) 35 (236) 36 (236) 39 (236) // // Ingots, slabs and sheet bars, all the foregoing of iron and steel: // // // Other than iron and steel: // // 606.6725 // - Slabs // // 606.6730 // - Sheet bars // // // Other: // // 606.6735 // - Of rectangular cross-section and having a width at least four times the thickness, over 6 inches in thickness // // 606.6740 // - Other // // // Alloy iron or steel: // // 606.6904 // - Of tool steel // // // Of stainless steel: // // 606.6915 // - Slabs // // 606.6918 // - Sheet bars // // // Other: // // 606.6921 // - Of rectangular cross-section and having a width at least four times the thickness, over 6 inches in thickness // // 606.6923 // - Other // // // Other: // // 606.6957 // - Slabs // // 606.6959 // - Sheet bars // // // Other: // // 606.6961 // - Of rectangular cross-section and having a width at least four times the thickness, over 6 inches in thickness // // 606.6963 // - Other // // // Plates, not cut, not presssed, and not stamped to non-rectangular shape (except as provided in item 609.17), over 6 inches in thickness: // // // Not coated or plated with metal and not clad: // // // Other than black plates: // // // Not pickled and not cold rolled: // // // Other than alloy iron or steel: // // 607.6620 (17) // - Other than in coils: // // // Alloy iron or steel: // // 607.7603 (17) // - Of stainless steel // // 607.7803 (17) // - Of other alloy iron or steel than stainless steel or cool steel // // //

(235) Covered if 'blooms' or 'billets' as defined in schedule 6, part 2, subpart B, 3 (b) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated.

(236) Covered if 'ingots', 'slabs' or 'sheet bars' as defined in schedule 6, part 2, subpart B, 3 (a) and (c) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated.