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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION No 3451/87/ECSC

of 18 November 1987

on Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in non-member countries

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 by recommendation No 1160/87/ECSC (1), the Commission subjected to a Community monitoring system the imports into the Community of certain iron and steel products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;

Whereas the reasons which originally led the Commission to introduce this measure, continue to apply and the said surveillance system should therefore be continued and extended so as to provide more detailed information on foreseeable imports and the terms and conditions of such imports.

MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION:

Article 1

1. The release for free circulation in the Community of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty, listed in Annexe III thereto and originating in non-member countries, shall be subject to the issue of an import licence.

2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered as being of first-choice quality until proof to the contrary is supplied by the importer.

3. The import licence shall be issued or endorsed by the Member States, free of charge and for any quantities requested, upon receipt of the application and in any case within not more than 10 working days from the submission of the completed application and presentation of two duplicates of the relevant purchase contract(s) and the vendor's order confirmation(s). The originals of these documents as well as the pro forma invoice must be produced if required by the licence-issuing authority.

4. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to the maintenance of existing quantitative restrictions imposed by th Member States on certain iron and steel products in respect of certain non-member countries.

5. The period of validity of the import licence is hereby fixed at three months, without prejudice to possible changes in the import arrangements in force.

Article 2

1. The importer's application must state:

(a) the name, address, occupation, telephone number and telex number of the importer,

(b) the description of the goods and the Combined Nomenclature code (2),

(c) the country of origin,

(d) the country of consignment,

(e) the net weight, by individual lots,

(f) the currency and value invoiced (cif),

(g) the proposed date and place of customs clearance,

(h) where necessary, the precise characteristics establishing any claim that the goods are seconds or of substandard quality.

2. The following additional information shall also be supplied by the importer:

A. For goods originating in and consigned direct from one of the countries listed in Annex I (direct importation):

(a) a full commercial description of the goods, including exact specifications and, where appropriate, declaration of the goods as seconds or of their possible use in shipbuilding, details of the exporter and place of delivery;

(b) the delivered price per tonne, exclusive of VAT, including transport costs from the basing point to point of delivery and all extras or rebates;

(c) particulars of:

(i) the price of the producer in the non-member country of origin, chosen for calculating the delivered price, including the date of the chosen lists;

or

(ii) the Community producer's price lists chosen for calculating the delivered price, including the date of the chosen lists;

or

(iii) where appropriate, the non-member country offer on which the terms of the delivery have been aligned, in sufficient detail to identify the offer and including the date.

B. For goods originating in and consigned direct from one of the countries listed in Annex II (direct importation):

(a) a full commercial description of the products, including exact specifications and, where appropriate, declaration of the goods as seconds or of their possible use in shipbuilding, details of the exporter and place of delivery;

(b) the delivered price per tonne, exclusive of VAT, including transport costs to point of delivery and all extras, rebates and any other factors relevant to calculation of the delivered price;

(c) particulars of:

(i) the Community producer's price lists chosen for calculating the delivered price, including the date of the chosen lists;

or

(ii) where appropriates, the non-member country offer on which the terms of the delivery have been aligned, in sufficient detail to identify the offer and including its date;

(d) for goods corresponding to Combined Nomenclature heading 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.

C. For goods originating in one of the countries listed in Annex I or II but consigned from any non-member country other than the country of origin (indirect importation), and for goods originating in a non-member country not listed in Annex I or II:

(a) a competence description corresponding to that appearing in the list of products to the basic prices in force and details of the exporter and the place of delivery;

(b) the cif price at the Community frontier, per tonne, in the currency of the contract, plus customs duties applicable and unloading costs.

(c) for goods corresponding to Combined Nomenclature heading 7201, the name and address of the final purchaser, where known.

3. The importer shall declare that neither he nor the purchaser will be granted any reduction, rebate or other form of refund not mentioned in the contract for the transaction, either at the time of the transaction or subsequently.

4. The importer shall certify that this application for an import licence is accurate.

5. The importer shall state whether his application is a repeat of a previous application concerning the same delivery.

Article 3

1. When a licence to import goods originating in the countries listed in Annex I or II is granted, Member States shall notify the Commission of any differences between:

- the delivered price calculated on the basis of the reference price list; and

- the delivered price calculated on the basis of the contract or the pro forma invoice.

They shall also furnish all necessary documents, in particular the duplicates of licence applications, purchase contracts and vendor's order confirmations, whenever the price difference noted is considerable or relates to a large quantity.

2. When a licence is granted to import goods:

- originating in non-member countries other than those listed in Annex I or II,

- originating in a country listed in Annex I or II, but consigned from a non-member country other than the country of origin (indirect importation),

Member States shall inform the Commission of any difference, in ECU per tonne, between:

- the basic price as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities; and

- the cif price at the Community frontier, including customs duties applicable and unloading costs.

3. Within the first 10 days of each month, Member States shall notify the Commission of the tonnage and values (calculating on the basis of the cif prices) for which import licences were issued during the preceding month.

4. The information supplied by Member States shall includes:

(a) a breakdown by country of origin;

(b) a breakdown by product (Combined Nomenclature) for each country of origin;

(c) for each country of origin, the quantities of products declared as being seconds or of substandard quality;

(d) within the total of any one product originating in any one country, the quantities not imported direct from that country and, in such cases, an indication of the country of consignment.

5. Within the first 10 days of each month, Member States shall notify to the Commission:

(a) the tonnage and the values (calculated on the basis of the cif price) for which import licences expired during the preceding month without having been fully or partially used;

(b) the tonnage and the values (calculated on the basis of the cif price) for which previously issued import licences were renewed in whole or in part in the preceding month. Article 4

This recommendation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.

It shall apply until 31 December 1988.

Done at Brussels, 18 November 1987.

For the Commission

Willy DE CLERCQ

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 112, 29. 4. 1987, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

ANNEX I

Austria

Finland

Norway

Sweden

ANNEX II

1.2 // Brazil Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary // Poland Romania South Korea Venezuela

ANNEX III

1.2.3.4.5 // 7201 10 11 7201 10 19 7201 10 30 7201 10 90 7201 20 00 7201 30 10 7201 30 90 7201 40 00 7202 11 10 7202 11 90 7202 99 11 7203 90 00 7204 50 10 7204 50 90 7206 10 00 7206 90 00 7207 11 11 7207 11 19 7207 12 11 7207 12 19 7207 19 11 7207 19 15 7207 19 31 7207 20 11 7207 20 15 7207 20 17 7207 20 31 7207 20 33 7207 20 51 7207 20 55 7207 20 57 7207 20 71 7208 11 00 7208 12 10 7208 12 91 7208 12 99 7208 13 10 7208 13 91 7208 13 99 7208 14 10 7208 14 90 7208 21 10 7208 21 90 7208 22 10 7208 22 91 7208 22 99 7208 23 10 7208 23 91 7208 23 99 7208 24 10 7208 24 90 7208 31 00 7208 32 10 7208 32 30 7208 32 51 7208 32 59 // 7208 32 91 7208 32 99 7208 33 10 7208 33 91 7208 33 99 7208 34 10 7208 34 90 7208 35 10 7208 35 91 7208 35 93 7208 35 99 7208 41 00 7208 42 10 7208 42 30 7208 42 51 7208 42 59 7208 42 91 7208 42 99 7208 43 10 7208 43 91 7208 43 99 7208 44 10 7208 44 90 7208 45 10 7208 45 91 7208 45 93 7208 45 99 7208 90 10 7209 11 00 7209 12 10 7209 12 90 7209 13 10 7209 13 90 7209 14 10 7209 14 90 7209 21 00 7209 22 10 7209 22 90 7209 23 10 7209 23 90 7209 24 10 7209 24 91 7209 24 99 7209 31 00 7209 32 10 7209 32 90 7209 33 10 7209 33 90 7209 34 10 7209 34 90 7209 41 00 7209 42 10 7209 42 90 7209 43 10 7209 43 90 7209 44 10 // 7209 44 90 7209 90 10 7210 11 10 7210 12 11 7210 12 19 7210 20 10 7210 31 10 7210 39 10 7210 41 10 7210 49 10 7210 50 10 7210 60 11 7210 60 19 7210 70 11 7210 70 19 7210 90 31 7210 90 33 7210 90 35 7210 90 39 7211 11 00 7211 12 10 7211 12 90 7211 19 10 7211 19 91 7211 19 99 7211 21 00 7211 22 10 7211 22 90 7211 29 10 7211 29 91 7211 29 99 7211 30 10 7211 41 10 7211 41 91 7211 49 10 7211 90 11 7212 10 10 7212 10 91 7212 21 11 7212 29 11 7212 30 11 7212 40 10 7212 40 91 7212 50 31 7212 50 51 7212 60 11 7212 60 91 7213 10 00 7213 20 00 7213 31 00 7213 39 00 7213 41 00 7213 49 00 7213 50 00 7214 20 00 7214 30 00 // 7214 40 10 7214 40 91 7214 40 99 7214 50 10 7214 50 91 7214 50 99 7214 60 00 7215 90 10 7216 10 00 7216 21 00 7216 22 00 7216 31 00 7216 32 00 7216 33 00 7216 40 10 7216 40 90 7216 50 10 7216 50 90 7216 90 10 7218 10 00 7218 90 11 7218 90 13 7218 90 15 7218 90 19 7218 90 50 7219 11 10 7219 11 90 7219 12 10 7219 12 90 7219 13 10 7219 13 90 7219 14 10 7219 14 90 7219 21 10 7219 21 90 7219 22 10 7219 22 90 7219 23 10 7219 23 90 7219 24 10 7219 24 90 7219 31 10 7219 31 90 7219 32 10 7219 32 90 7219 33 10 7219 33 90 7219 34 10 7219 34 90 7219 35 10 7219 35 90 7219 90 11 7219 90 19 7220 11 00 7220 12 00 7220 20 10 // 7220 90 11 7220 90 31 7221 00 10 7221 00 90 7222 10 11 7222 10 19 7222 10 91 7222 10 99 7222 30 10 7222 40 11 7222 40 19 7222 40 30 7224 10 00 7224 90 11 7224 90 30 7225 10 10 7225 10 91 7225 10 99 7225 20 11 7225 20 19 7225 20 30 7225 30 00 7225 40 10 7225 40 30 7225 40 50 7225 40 70 7225 40 90 7225 50 00 7225 90 10 7226 10 10 7226 10 30 7226 20 10 7226 20 31 7226 20 51 7226 20 71 7226 91 00 7226 92 10 7226 99 11 7226 99 31 7227 10 00 7227 20 00 7227 90 10 7227 90 90 7228 10 10 7228 10 30 7228 20 11 7228 20 19 7228 20 30 7228 30 10 7228 30 90 7228 60 10 7228 70 10 7228 70 31 7228 80 10 7228 80 90 7301 10 00